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The only rational problem with Atheism
July 13, 2011 at 3:41 pm
As an Atheist, there is one issue for me that is a problem. Although evolution is easily provable and is clearly a reality, it does not answer the question of "how this all began in the first place." Science itself acknowledges cause and effect. Something in motion has to be set into motion. A car doesn't accelerate without you pushing the gas pedal. So what is pushing the gas pedal of life. I have heard the best argument for god as "the first cause" and everything we see now is the result of that initial action.
Is there any examples or pattern in life where something has come into existence from nothing. Then again this would raise a further question, "do we have the ability to see what caused this something to apparently come out of nothing. Any thoughts.
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RE: The only rational problem with Atheism
July 13, 2011 at 3:42 pm
Uh ... I think two current threads are covering this currently. Use the search feature.
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RE: The only rational problem with Atheism
July 13, 2011 at 3:52 pm
Isn't the great and holy answer, "Because?"
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RE: The only rational problem with Atheism
July 13, 2011 at 3:53 pm
The recipe for chicken vindaloo doesn't explain how everything started either.
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RE: The only rational problem with Atheism
July 13, 2011 at 3:58 pm
But at least you can digest that.
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RE: The only rational problem with Atheism
July 13, 2011 at 4:02 pm
Watch BBC4 right now, it is about that very topic.
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RE: The only rational problem with Atheism
July 13, 2011 at 4:21 pm
Everyone seems vary capable of side stepping this issue, just as Dawkins and Hitchins have perfected. No one likes not knowing the answer to a question that lies at the heart of their view of reality.
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RE: The only rational problem with Atheism
July 13, 2011 at 4:24 pm
(This post was last modified: July 13, 2011 at 4:24 pm by Epimethean.)
I'm telling ya, guy, use the search feature. This very issue has been addressed in recent threads. It has no bearing on "sidestepping:" The point is one of redundancy here.
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