2007-04-16 09:31:38 · 24 answers · asked by Anonymous in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
Absolutely right. Things just fell off the earth before Newton discovered gravity.
2007-04-16 09:34:40 · answer #1 · answered by Dharma Nature 7 · 5⤊ 0⤋
Ahh, the tiresome First Cause argument brought up for the 1,232,434,543,565th time. Time for the Standard Refutation.
If you posit a creator, the the question turns into "Who created the Creator?" How can the "law maker" you mention exist without some other creator, God-Squared perhaps, creating him? And then you have to answer who created God-Squared, (God-Cubed?) and so forth in an endless regression.
If you accept that your particular god has simply existed for all eternity, why not simply accept that the physical universe has existed for all eternity? At least we can observe the universe directly, but have to infer the existence of your creator indirectly. Occam's Razor, dude...
2007-04-16 09:44:48 · answer #2 · answered by crypto_the_unknown 4 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Sometimes the creation, or the idea of the creation, exists in the creator's mind long become it becomes an actual reality.
2016-05-17 03:59:16 · answer #3 · answered by ? 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Wow -- what a trivial semantic argument.
If you call it creation you imply a creator. If you call it the universe you don't.
Physical laws are a construct of man. They are observations of forces which can exist without a creator.
2007-04-16 09:50:35 · answer #4 · answered by novangelis 7 · 0⤊ 1⤋
How can crystals grow in regular, repeating, and specific patterns without holding any intelligence or will? Oh, they're naturally inclined to do so.
You argument is akin to a puddle of water saying, "I fit this indentation in the ground so well, it must have been made for me." The world wasn't designed to fit us. It's been here longer than we have.
2007-04-16 09:51:52 · answer #5 · answered by Lao Pu 4 · 0⤊ 1⤋
gulp, gulp, hic...
Matter and the laws of physics have always existed. It is just that simple.
You see if that reasoning works for your God, that hasn't ever been proved, or provided any tangible evidence for his own existence. Why wouldn't it apply to Matter and the Laws of Physics? Which have been proven and are tangible?
Is your theory that the universe is very complex, therefor must have been created? If so, is your God complex? Where did he come from, he must have been created right?
This is circular reasoning.
2007-04-16 09:38:24 · answer #6 · answered by ɹɐǝɟsuɐs Blessed Cheese Maker 7 · 2⤊ 2⤋
Why wouldn't they?
And of course how could a creator exist without his/her own creator?
And why would your inability to understand this count as evidence for creationism?
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Keg, you just made that up. Doesn't the fact that you have to lie to defend your beliefs suggest there's something wrong with those beliefs? It should.
2007-04-16 09:42:18 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 2⤋
How can a watch or lambourgini decide to appear on their own or by exploding a bunch of firecrackers.
Speed of light?
rain just happens?
what pushes galaxy cluster?
2007-04-16 10:39:43 · answer #8 · answered by robert p 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
How can a creator exist without being created ?
He "always existed" ? Oh, I see, it's ok to suspend logic there
2007-04-16 09:36:53 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 4⤊ 2⤋
Your question assumes that what we occupy is "creation" which therefore needs a creator. Your second question equivocates on the word "law."
2007-04-16 09:35:52 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 3⤊ 2⤋