My question is more scientific than faithful. Here it goes.. If we are just a very small speck in the vast universe, do we really know as much as we think. Like how the universe was created, what is really out there and even why is life on our planet and where did we come from. Even the fact if god reigns over the planet, does he reign over other planets too (assuming theres life which I believe)
2007-03-22 18:03:11 · 10 answers · asked by nystateofmind8989 2 in Science & Mathematics ➔ Other - Science
No
2007-03-22 18:05:49 · answer #1 · answered by Ashisweety 3 · 0⤊ 1⤋
I am 52 years old, well educated and with a huge background of experience from business to combat. The older I get the dumber i get. At 18 I had all the answers and was going to change the world.
Now I am not a 100% sure that I really exist.
People that claim to have the answers or to KNOW stuff probably havent really thought about it..
2007-03-23 08:47:24 · answer #2 · answered by Mike M 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
An honest, intelligent person knows as much as he thinks. He may understand all the big bang and other cosmological theories, but he doesn't know for sure which (if any) is correct or where the matter and/or energy for the big bang came from. But he knows that he doesn't know that. Even an honest, intelligent Christian knows that, since the Bible tells us practically nothing about Mars, we just don't know whether God reigns over Mars or whether He delegated that task to some other being.
2007-03-23 03:49:27 · answer #3 · answered by Frank N 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Any scientist will tell you there is tons to find out. This is sometimes a little daunting, but usually a source of excitement. It means there are many new and interesting puzzles to solve and things to learn.
Sometimes people use the "appeal to ignorance" argument. They say something like "considering all that we don't know, how do we know that (insert whatever idea here) isn't really true."
This sort of argument doesn't really fly, since it could be applied to pretty much any odd idea out there.
Besides, in the sciences, positive evidence is key. Negative ideas, things of the form "scientists haven't proved their idea to my satisfaction, so the odd idea that I have that has no credible evidence is in the running too, isn't it" really don't make too much sense.
2007-03-23 01:14:05 · answer #4 · answered by 2 meter man 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
It depends on who you ask as to how much we as a human race "know", and how you compare it to other times in history. If you compare how much we know to how much we knew a hundred years ago, you are comparing the first airplanes to airplanes that do not need a pilot. From 1900 to 1800 you are comparing the technology of airplanes to ships.
Basically we know a lot compared to the past, but we will always be learning at an exponential rate, so relatively we hardly know anything at all compared to 100 years in the future.
2007-03-23 02:31:19 · answer #5 · answered by Um? 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Maybe when we die, we finally learn all the answers to the universe as part of our final journey?? lol, I probably sound like a freak, but I think about this question all the time!
More than likely, we will NEVER KNOW. . . . but it would be a lot cooler if we did!
2007-03-23 01:12:49 · answer #6 · answered by ? 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Concerning scientifically, then yes. Our minds hold strength that can overpower even our own physical capabilities. I know that I know a whole heck of allot more that even I realize. Does that make sense?
2007-03-23 01:11:39 · answer #7 · answered by fe2bsho 3 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Nobody knows the answers to those questions. Some people have faith, some people pretend to know, but nobody REALLY knows.
2007-03-23 01:05:53 · answer #8 · answered by Mickey Mouse Spears 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
we don't know anything at all ......... even those geniuses , they're hardly any close to explaining things
2007-03-23 01:06:01 · answer #9 · answered by asphyxia 5 · 0⤊ 1⤋
didn't you learn all that in 3rd grade?
2007-03-23 01:05:51 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋