Sage
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I think the universe is beautiful. Just because it's beautiful doesn't mean it needs a purpose. I don't need to be born with a purpose to have any meaning for my life I give the meaning to my life in the form of productive work (which enables me to afford toys and helps the greater good it's a win-win situation!).
Isn't that good enough? I'm blessed to have been born with a conscience how is that worthless?
As for whether the Big Bang or Creationism is more probable, we've been through that route already the probability of it happening is so high, there is no reason not to believe it didn't happen.
Let's say nobody ever told you that atoms were composed of neutrons, protons, and electrons, and that electrons were little things that whizzed around the protons and neutrons in a fuzzy could "path". In other words, you pictured atoms as just little tiny balls (I know that's how I pictured them before I learned basic chemistry in middle school). So you go through life thinking atoms are just little balls of matter, then around 40 years old, you're told about them being composed of smaller particles.
Would you believe it?
That's how I see the Big Bang to people who are willing to accept science as the best method for discovering knowledge, the Big Bang makes perfect sense. To somebody who simply wasn't raised to believe it though, it looks like nonsense, just because it goes against what he/she has learned.
And please don't tell me that because you've actually seen an atom's protons/neutrons/electrons you believe it them, but you can't believe in the Big Bang because you've never seen it because, I seriously doubt you have ever seen an atom and its subatomic particles, and so can't claim that as proof. I know you've seen models, but I doubt that actual thing.
Isn't that good enough? I'm blessed to have been born with a conscience how is that worthless?
As for whether the Big Bang or Creationism is more probable, we've been through that route already the probability of it happening is so high, there is no reason not to believe it didn't happen.
Let's say nobody ever told you that atoms were composed of neutrons, protons, and electrons, and that electrons were little things that whizzed around the protons and neutrons in a fuzzy could "path". In other words, you pictured atoms as just little tiny balls (I know that's how I pictured them before I learned basic chemistry in middle school). So you go through life thinking atoms are just little balls of matter, then around 40 years old, you're told about them being composed of smaller particles.
Would you believe it?
That's how I see the Big Bang to people who are willing to accept science as the best method for discovering knowledge, the Big Bang makes perfect sense. To somebody who simply wasn't raised to believe it though, it looks like nonsense, just because it goes against what he/she has learned.
And please don't tell me that because you've actually seen an atom's protons/neutrons/electrons you believe it them, but you can't believe in the Big Bang because you've never seen it because, I seriously doubt you have ever seen an atom and its subatomic particles, and so can't claim that as proof. I know you've seen models, but I doubt that actual thing.
I meant truth as in something true. I missed what you are saying in the "questioning religion" thread. Sorry!
. Why not just create a website you can link to, instead of going through the same insane arguement every time? You could even just link to your posts refuting this idiocy, so you wouldn't have to write anything else. Hell, give me the links and I'll do it myself! It would take 2 seconds on Tripod.
