RE: Where do we go when we die and are you afraid?
July 22, 2020 at 12:51 pm
(This post was last modified: July 22, 2020 at 12:55 pm by polymath257.)
(July 22, 2020 at 9:50 am)Shazzalovesnovels Wrote: So who made the universe? and if particles did explode to make the universe, who made those particles? You probably hear theses questions from 'theist's?' on the daily.
1. Why do you think it was a 'who' that made the universe?
2. Why do you think the universe was made?
3. If you the BB says that 'particles' exploded and made the universe, you really should read some more physics and learn what the actual BB theory says.
4. Yes, this is a well-known sequence of questions.
5. Yes, we've heard of Satan. There's even less reason to believe in that mythical character than there is to believe in the God character.
6. We're not making fun of you. It's just that we have heard the same lines over and over and over and over....
I would suggest going out and reading some things *other* than the Bible. Read some history, maybe a world history, just to get a synopsis. Read some science (not the popular accounts in magazines--pick up an actual science book and read it). Read about some of the other religions, preferably by someone who believes in those religions. Try to really understand why the other world religions are believed by so many people.
And, most of all, be honest with yourself. Don't just believe something because you *want* it to be true. In fact, any time you *want* something to be true, apply extra skepticism: otherwise you may well fool yourself.
(July 22, 2020 at 10:30 am)Shazzalovesnovels Wrote:(July 22, 2020 at 10:13 am)Mister Agenda Wrote: That a 'who' was involved at all is an unwarranted presumption. We do get the Kalaam Cosmological Argument fairly often around here.
I'm always presuming things. I also don't think before I speak.
Kalaam Cosmological Argument - Another theory added to my glossary, thanks.
Something HAD to have created it. I can't fathom anything else. And I know, just because I can't fathom doesn't mean it's not possible..
I disagree. ALL causality happens within the universe and through natural laws. So, to talk about the causes of the universe or of those natural laws is self-defeating. There is no way they *can* be caused.
Here's another mind bender: can you imagine a time for which there is no 'time before it'?
