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Why does the creator need a creator? Perhaps the creator is the ultimate.
Perhaps matter is the ultimate. Why is it impossible for christians to accept the big bang? I know the old argument of something doesn't come from nothing. Then they give this explanation for god. If god can be a constant, then perhaps something is the constant. Maybe the universe has always existed and the big bang is just the result of a universal recycling system. Billions and billions of years from now maybe all of existence will collapse in on itself and the energy built up results in a big bang
I have actually read some of the many Hindu/Vedic creation stories. The time scale seems to be a little more accurate (many billions of years rather than days), but what many people don't realize is that the word for "day" in Genesis is "yeom" if I remember correctly, which can also be translated as "an indefinite period of time", even a long time. Christians who believe the world is 6000 years old do it based on genealogies, and since biblical genealogies often contradict, it's usually very poorly educated Christians who believe that.
But as I said, the account of the order of events in Genesis is NOT perfect, simply better than the other creation myths I've read. If you read the Vedic accounts, most of them seem very improbable. There's a lot of mention of an earlier high-tech "godly" civilization at war with a "demonic" civilization, which is kinda interesting, but unsubstantiated by data. As for Buddhist writings, most of them are anonymous - the Buddha didn't leave behind all that much himself except for the Eightfold Noble Path.
Raison, most Christians DO believe in the Big Bang..
Technically correct, but 40% believe the earth is only 6000 - 100000 years old. 40 flipping percent, 4 out of every 10
In 2012, 40% are so ignorant of the evidence that the earth is 4+ Billion year old. 40% It boggles the mind that the ignorance of long dead goat herders could have such an irrational hold on people that are supposed to be able to think and reason.
Perhaps matter is the ultimate. Why is it impossible for christians to accept the big bang? I know the old argument of something doesn't come from nothing. Then they give this explanation for god. If god can be a constant, then perhaps something is the constant. Maybe the universe has always existed and the big bang is just the result of a universal recycling system. Billions and billions of years from now maybe all of existence will collapse in on itself and the energy built up results in a big bang
Those computers couldn't do anything without first being created.
Neither could the computer builders have done anything without first being born. Let's just cut to the chase, though: any variation of the Watchmaker Fallacy is a bad metaphor, and inapplicable.
Why does the creator need a creator? Perhaps the creator is the ultimate.
There's nothing in the properties of the universe to suggest an uncaused cause. So it's just a made up concept for an irrational God concept. Basically the idea is just wishful thinking via a made-up superpower.
Yeah, I don't believe I exist either........................oh dear.
We humans speak outside ourselves when we state, There is a God or There is no God.
Could God speak outside of Himself and say "There is no God outside of Me?"
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