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[MorganGrayson]

Originally Posted by Winetalk.com

Morgan, if I knew where the particles came from, would I be posting on Oprano?

THIS question I have no answer to and the "GOD" theory doesn't answer it either, as there is no answer to who the heck have created "GOD"?

You're getting points for that first line!

The "God Theory" has the "always was" clause in it, which frankly, I'm comfortable with. I don't understand it, but I don't understand gravity, either. I just know that if I trip I'm falling down.

I'm actually quite comfortable over here in my chair with "who the fuck knows?" as an answer to some of Life's Larger Questions. So many people start to twitch when confronted with something they can't explain. They have to have Answers. They have to have Proof.

Frankly, I can't think of a worse waste of time than trying to figure out where the Universe came from. It's here. That's enough. I'm much more concerned about where we're headed, as a species and as a planet. And not in 10,000 years, either. More like...later this afternoon. Or tomorrow at the latest.

We've become a species with wiz bang technology, but the news this morning was occupied with the height of the surf in the ocean and how many extra lifeguards are on duty because stupid people stand too close to it and end up sucked in and drowning. I like to think of it as a "Darwin Was Right" news feature.

[Robin]

What is amazing is how people hold onto fundamental beliefs against all the evidence.

First the Earth was flat - then we found by observing lunar and solar eclipses that it was round

Then the Earth was the center of the Universe - until we deduced that the orbits of the planets only made sense if they all rotated around the sun

Then it was maintained that God created the world about 5,000 years ago - until we discovered dinosaur bones...

Oh... wait... no - apparently God put the dinosaur bones there and messed with carbon dating etc... as a test of faith. So right now we are in the era where the science of evolution is being fought over until eventually the fundamentalists will say "OK then, God created evolution - but it was all planned in advance".

Once that point gets settled I expect the fundamentalists to argue against quantum mechanics and the uncertainty principle which effectiveley means that NOTHING can be set that far in advance due to quantum probabilities - but there you go...

[Winetalk.com]

Originally Posted by MorganGrayson

You're getting points for that first line!

The "God Theory" has the "always was" clause in it, which frankly, I'm comfortable with.

"Always was" theory defies logic. If it didn't, I would have the answer about where the particles came from. This is the difference between "faith" and "science", faith doesn't require logical explanations.