RE: nothing, nothing, nothing...big bang?
October 11, 2010 at 9:31 am
(This post was last modified: October 11, 2010 at 9:37 am by The Omnissiunt One.)
(October 11, 2010 at 8:42 am)little_monkey Wrote: There is no such thing as absolutely nothing. There is no volume in this universe where there is absolutely nothing. So absolutely nothing only exists in your imagination.
Are you saying that there's absolutely nothing in his head?
(October 10, 2010 at 6:09 pm)solja247 Wrote: No. You can see what part of the brain is stimulated, thoughts and neurons are a little different...
True, but it does suggest that thoughts are contingent on matter.
Quote:It could be, but what we know of the laws of nature, at the present time, is that the universe couldnt be uncaused. Of course in 50years time we may prove that law completely wrong, which would be really cool and screw theists over!
Some interpretations of quantum mechanics say otherwise. Besides, the laws of nature don't necessarily apply outside the universe.
Quote:In this case, 'more' is a subjective word...
By 'more speculative', I mean 'further from our experience'. Which it probably is. In fact, most Christians claim that God is incomprehensible, whereas an uncaused universe might one day be comprehensible and investigable.
'We must respect the other fellow's religion, but only in the sense and to the extent that we respect his theory that his wife is beautiful and his children smart.' H.L. Mencken
'False religion' is the ultimate tautology.
'It is just like man's vanity and impertinence to call an animal dumb because it is dumb to his dull perceptions.' Mark Twain
'I care not much for a man's religion whose dog and cat are not the better for it.' Abraham Lincoln
'False religion' is the ultimate tautology.
'It is just like man's vanity and impertinence to call an animal dumb because it is dumb to his dull perceptions.' Mark Twain
'I care not much for a man's religion whose dog and cat are not the better for it.' Abraham Lincoln