Which theory is REALLY the more ridiculous?

Question

If you believe in God, then you believe the universe was created by God out of nothing.

If you are an atheist, then according to science, you must believe the universe and everything in it has always existed..ALWAYS. like forever into eternity. Remember matter never disappears it just changes states.

why is either one any more believable than the other?

Answer 1

But where did the matter come from. Everything must come out from something right....like the chicken and the egg...

Which comes 1st the chicken or the egg...one must be there 1st so I guess the chicken which God give to us...couldn't be the egg cos it need to come out from somewhere...thus here comes the chicken but the chicken comes form the egg...and so on so forth.

So the moral of the story, something need to be there 1st to evolve....if not it's nothing man,...just NOTHING...!!!

p/s: Why I say God give chicken because it will not break or cracked if it was thrown down from heaven...not like egg! haha....

Answer 2

Neither theory is ridiculous (which means worthy of ridicule, insult or attack).
In truth, the scientific theory actually supports some of the beliefs held by those who believe in God. Also, the theory that the universe was created by God is somewhat supported by the theory developed by scientists. In fact, almost every factor, and almost every moment in the timeline of both theories is agreed upon in principle. The major differences are held in why it occured the way it did (this is because modern science is yet to prove that the collective "everything" is able to think as one, although group studies are developing toward an advancement of that theory too), and that believers in The Bible are unable to accept the possibility that before this universe existed, there was another universe, and that the law of attraction compressed the last universe into a singularity that then rapidly expanded, called the "Big Bang". Beleivers in the Bible believe this all started 4400 years ago or something like that, and while there is no irrefutable evidence to suggest it did, there are a lot of unanswered questions relating to that moment in time that casts enough doubt in my mind to be open to the possibility that that is what happened. However, even if I were shown conclusive irefutable proof that things are definitively one way or another, I still would not discount the possibility that the other theory is true from a perspective, and as such would not attempt to ridicule the believers in such a theory. To do so would violate my belief that, as you say, "matter never disappears it just changes states." This phrase applies equally to human beliefs, which are in a constant state of change and flux, adapting to express themselves in new and exciting ways because it is fun. Fun for mind, body and soul, to be challenged, to overcome adversity, to satisfy the ego once in a while by feeling like the answer is correct, to be the person you choose to be.

Now how can you ridicule that?

Answer 3

I understand what you are trying to say, and being a Christian I appreciate it, but ultimately it is a weak argument. If someone does not believe in God, then it does not matter how you present the beginning of the universe argument, the idea that God created it is nonsense to them. It is like saying, "Well, I don't believe in aliens from outer space, therefore the "alien" my sister thinks she saw must have been a weather balloon." Well, no. What she thought she saw could have been any number of things, even if aliens don't exist. It did not have to be a weather balloon. In other words, even if you could PROVE that an athiest's view on the creation of the universe is wrong, which you can't because it is all theory, that does NOT necessarily prove that God exists. There could be numerous other possible explanations that we just are not currently aware of.

Atheists and religious people are both wasting their time on this subject. No scientific explanation for the creation of the universe proves that there is no God, because God, if he exists, could have created the explanation himself. Unfortunately for you, the same holds true in reverse. Any explanation for the creation of the universe could possibly be explained by scientific reasoning... it just may be that the reasoning hasn't been worked out yet. Even a scientist will admit that we do not know everything. That does not mean that we won't, in theory.

Answer 4

O.K. I'll play along with the God theory. Say an omnipotent being did invent the universe. The problem is how do you prove which one? How can you prove it was your God and not another like say Zeus, Ra,or Vishnu? Or possibly an omnipotent deity nobody has even heard of? I'm sure many will point to bible scriptures. The problem is almost every religion has it's own scriptures so how are we to prove which one's telling the truth.

Furthermore if you insist that something created the universe what created the creator? I'm sure many believers will say he always existed. The exact same thing you claim that atheists believe.

Answer 5

You are incorrect. In fact, you have it backwards. Someone who believes in a creator believes the universe come from god's handy work. This is not nothing.

For someone that relies on observation, study, peer review, true scientific predictions, etc, there is no statement that says how the universe came into being. Only notions, which are not promoted as fact. One such notion is that something come out of nothing simply because something is more stable than nothing. Another notion is that their are infinate numbers of universes, each with their own properties.

Also, matter does get converted back to energy. E=mc^2, remember? It's energy that does not disappear, but simply changes states.

Answer 6

Let us observe this for a moment out of nothing comes something? What exactly was the creating force. Science supports the big bang theory, something had to bring this incredible phenomenon upon the the universe. Why not God. Even in science there has to be a leap of faith.

Answer 7

Well I am athiest, but I believe sort of what you have written. But it had to have started somewhere. Life couldn't have ALWAYS existed. But I believe that there was a small element that eventually evolved and mutated and became what we have today! The only question is where did that come from? You can't prove what happened millions of years ago because there was no record of history back then AND there is no proof that everything just appeared. So, believe what you will. Either way, live with good morals and it will get you a great life.

Answer 8

fundamental lack of understanding of the subjects maybe?

science tries to back its theories up with fact, its hard to do that when the big bang is the last evidential spot in explaining the universe creation.

maybe there both wrong. maybe there is truth in both.

who is ever right anyway,science, even god makes mistakes, if he didn't then everything would be perfect.

maybe the superfluous thing is trying to figure an unanswerable question that doesn't matter you you?

some people believe, others don't, in one thing or another.

why is either one any more believable than the other?

because we all have our own opinions on everything, what does it matter.to each their own.

just get on living life

Answer 9

the idea that god created the universe is not a theory, it's a myth, superstitious idea that has it's origin in prehistory, the beliefs of primitives, that is still one of the corner stones of most existing religions, as well as the actual belief in the existence of a God of sorts.
according to science, this universe was created about 13-15 billion years ago, in a singular event named "the big bang", and that is a scientific theory.

Answer 10

To think of the scientific theory, and the atheist side, we are just here living a life, no one watching out for us, the world is just full of coincides and chance.
To think of the creation theory and the whole God thing, we were placed here, for a reason and with purpose. He is watching out for us and wants to bless us. He has His angels surrounding us and protecting us and our loved ones.
Just based on this added thought to your question, which ever one is really true, I would rather believe that someones got my back then believe that we are just here by ourselves.
Science is important, but it will never explain everything and is there for more ridiculous.
Faith wins every time.

Answer 11

Science offers humanity plausible answers to it's existence and how the world may have come to be via a host of different disciplines; Biology, Archaeology, Zoology, Astronomy, so on and so forth. There's just too many to name. It offers me ways in which I can understand them. Religion just doesn't do that for me. I think it makes a person stop thinking and offers "magic" in place of reality, but if you're so inclined to believe in that, whatever.

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