Did life happen by chance or by a conscious force?

Question

and if it is a manifestation of a conscious force, then how did that force manifest itself in the first place?
so would that conclude that life happened by chance?

How could anything possibly sprout from nothing? Logically its not possible for anything ; even energy to manifest out of nothing!
so it concludes that energy was alwayz there! how is that possible? how can anything alwayz have existed, since it doesn't make any sense to say that energy could have manifested out of nothing as that's not scientifically possible either!

adam & kermit .. brilliant answers!

Answer 1

Neither is possible in the way that our mind constructs reality.

The inability for us to even assume one or the other due to logical constraints is a kind of proof itself that conceptual logic is a kind of construct, with perhaps no direct correlation with reality. Meaning realism of any type is likely indefensible.

We are behind a barrier that is the world we know of it, and behind that barrier is the true nature of existance. The barrier is absolute.

Answer 2

"Did life happen by chance or by a conscious force?"

- I think it happened by force, but I don't think that force is/was conscious the way human beings are.


"and if it is a manifestation of a conscious force, then how did that force manifest itself in the first place?"

- It need not have "manifested" itself; life may be a *form* of force, even as matter is a form of energy.


"How could anything possibly sprout from nothing? Logically its not possible for anything ; even energy to manifest out of nothing!
so it concludes that energy was alwayz there! how is that possible? how can anything alwayz have existed[?]"

- I don't understand this question: what you seem to be asking is: "How can anything exist?" - Well, by *existing* of course... I agree, though, that there must always have been, and always remain, something.

Answer 3

First, I believe in a conscious force creating the universe. If we believe the odds-quoters, it was a one-in-four billion chance that the universe would have occurred without any conscious effort or plan. That's pretty statistically insignificant, not impossible, but extremely unlikely. Next, time is a creation of planet-bound men, so it may not apply to a being from elsewhere. Energy may or may not have always existed, but ways of measuring it did not always exist, so that's a moot point. Science doesn't have the answers to everything, or there would be no need for research and no discoveries. If you examine the "Big Bang," ask where the energy or matter for it to occur came from. After observing the physics of the universe, are you convinced that all the intricate movements, and the rules governing atoms, force, states of being, etc. came about by accident?
I don't know most of the answers, but I like the odds better that this was a planned universe.

Answer 4

Should we believe in scientific theory and logic or is there some magical creator with unimaginable intelligence who created everything? Since none of us lived that far back, all we can do is speculate. Neither theory can be proven, no matter what either side says.

Another problem is that we don't even know what life is. Is a robot alive if given enough instructions to be conscious of itself, or is life something else? My cat is not conscious of herself, yet she is alive.

It seems to come down to a matter of opinion and maybe even what you stand for. Since all cultures seem to ask these same questions, I have to wonder why we as a species are at all curious about this. No other animal seems to care. How does knowing the answer to creation help onself or even humankind? It does not seem evolutionarily logical to waste time on such matters, yet we do. I believe this may be a clue.

Answer 5

You asked, "How could anything possibly sprout from nothing?"

If there was a "conscious force" it was life.

So you are only back to the question, where did life come from?

The only reasonable answer is that this universe is a universe that creates life out of non-life (not nothing).

Just because YOU cannot imagine life coming from non-life doesn't prove anything other than you lack of imagination and possibly education and/or intelligence. More likely you have been brain washed from an early age that only one way of viewing the universe is possible and that all other ideas are invalid because someone would punish you if you said otherwise. That is not a very good method of determining the truth.

Answer 6

Again with this? I-Yi-Yi! Who said there was nothing in the first place? If we put this in some sort of theoretical term - that you cant have the Yin without the Yang.... how can there be nothing ... with out something? You cant even say the word 'nothing' without it being something. 'Nothing' is only a word. That's it.... you cant explain it and if you do.... then its something... its a void... a plane without any matter. Well then... that is something. Nothing is an Idea. Nothing is a void. Nothing is a ... fill in the blank. You have to explain nothing before you can answer this question. break it down further if you really want your question answered.

Answer 7

Read the book of Genesis,You will find your answer,Beginning with, In the Beginning GOD created the heaven and the earth,read the rest you will get your answers.

Answer 8

two words: The annunaki