"The universe was not designed for life; in practically the entire universe conditions are extremely hostile to life. Saying that the universe is made just for us is like a frog looking at his pond and thinking that the whole world was made just for him."
http://www.godlessgeeks.com/WhyAtheism.htm
2006-07-21 02:15:54 · 20 answers · asked by Smegma Stigma 4 in Science & Mathematics ➔ Astronomy & Space
The universe was not designed.
The universe was formed naturally, adhering to the laws of physics.
You are correct though - the universe we know is totally, totally inhospitable to life, except for a very very small corner.. (the corner we happen to subsist in...)
2006-07-21 02:20:38 · answer #1 · answered by crazyotto65 5 · 4⤊ 0⤋
No, well, that is so foolish to say!!
Because you have the problem that WE ARE here.
It absolutely is designed for life--but not us, not just us. It's designed for life because it managed to create it. I don't know if you can say there are any accidents-- How could it be so? If we were a big accident, then how did the universe create such an incredible accident?
Furthermore, I don't know your view-- but how could you say something so narrow minded that we the universe is too hostile to house other life, it's too hostile to house us too than! YOu sound like you are painting yourself into a corner, if it is too hostile to house other life and we are this unique creation, than WOW, we are the only ones? that WOULD make someone feel special!!
ARe you kidding me? From the beginning of the universe to the end, we have no clue how much life there really is out there. --We could have hundreds of other worlds with life right in our very own galaxy! never mind all the others!
Can you imagine if in every one of the millions, billions? of galaxies, there were at least hundreds if not thousands of other worlds which also house life? It is actually VERY probable because WE are here, so they must be too!!!
2006-07-21 03:21:12 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Many prominent scientists would disagree with that statement. There are many components of our universe that, if set even slightly different, would make life impossible: such as the fact that water expands when frozen (unlike every other known substance), the relative mass between protons and neutrons, the exactly equal electrical charge of protons and neutrons, and so on and so on. It really does seem that our universe was designed for life.
The only counter-argument to this is: 1) our universe is only one of an infinite number of universes, that have existed before ours (or exist in a different space/dimmension than ours). Given the infinite number, it was just a matter of time before the cosmic lottery hit the jackpot, and came up with a universe capable of sustaining life.
BUT, this is purely philisophic speculation. It may be that is the case, or maybe not - we currently have no way of knowing. However, we still cannot deny that the universe is finely tuned to create life, and if any one of those parameters were set even slightly different, we would not be here.
2006-07-21 02:28:05 · answer #3 · answered by Crazy Eagle 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The universe was designed, but not for life. Is that your proposal? By whom was it designed to be extremely hostile to life? Why Atheism?
Regardless, based on what is observable, it seems the universe was designed so almost all of it is so hostile to life that only on small rare parts is life possible and only in fragile conditions at that! Who are we to say that our buzzing little planet isn't just an overflowing ant hill in someone else's slow planet that takes years upon earth years to complete a single breath or blink of an eye. It would move so slow we would perceive it as not moving at all. Or maybe the existence of other life moves so fast we can't see it because it exists between the refresh rate of our eyes!
The fourth dimension of time allows for other life to be all around us and we can't observe it. Einstein only proved that human life can't travel at the speed of light.
2006-07-21 02:17:37 · answer #4 · answered by Ken C. 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The chemistry that underlies life on Earth is abundant throughout the universe -- in comets, in the interstellar medium, in the atmospheres of planets, in the outer solar system bodies and in living organisms, an astrophysicist told United Press International.
"If these are made everywhere, perhaps life is everywhere," said Emma Bakes, a principal investigator with NASA's Ames Research Center in California and with the SETI Institute. SETI stands for the Search for Extra-Terrestrial Intelligence.
"You have the chemical foundation spread throughout the entire galaxy," she said. "We're not special. I would bet -- if I had a million dollars -- I would bet that life is widespread across the universe."
2006-07-21 02:20:09 · answer #5 · answered by QuizTheOneWithoutOne 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
That's absurd. Every part of the earth from the arctic wastes to the deepest hydrothermal vents has life. Does that sound like life has any trouble existing in the universe?
I think the problem is the people who try to divide the universe up into life and not-life. It's ALL life.
A tree is made out of air and dirt and sunshine and water. It's ALL life.
2006-07-21 02:21:49 · answer #6 · answered by Doctor Hand 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I do not think the Universe was designed for life.. as of course it was not "designed" at all, but rather happened.. Much as life is just a freak occurance under the exact right conditions.
2006-07-21 02:18:05 · answer #7 · answered by paladine9169 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Hi,
I think that since the universe is just very young you cannot say exactly what it is there for.
Same way a small child does not know yet what he will do when he grows up.... a salesman, a scientist etc...
However I think it was created for life. Life can be created out of nothing. Gases create life! So there might be many places where life can form.
Karl
http://www.furl.net/furled.jsp?topic=ds
2006-07-21 04:56:14 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes, It is like the snow flake who notices the temperature is perfectly conducive to the formation of snow and concludes that reality was designed by snow pixies.
The reality is that Existence is far more vast and varied than people would like to admit. We find ourselves in that infintesimal region where we can survive because only in that region can we evolve.
Does the fact someone wins a lottery mean there was an invisible cheater who rigged the lottery or does it just mean an awful lot of lottery tickets were sold.
2006-07-21 02:24:32 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
This guy just sounds like he's whining because for some reason or other, something bad happened and he can't handle it, so he's punishing God by proving he doesn't exist. We live in the universe right? So wouldn't that mean it is good to live in? Why can't some people just accept the fact that they don't know everything and that choosing to blame God for everything that goes wrong in their insignificant lives is wrong? For all the times a kid dies because of war or famine or gang violence, you name it, we blame God or a faulty government system or the environment etc. in stead of doing something about it! Why don't we focus on our own world before we worry about the fate of the universe?
2006-07-21 02:27:16 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋