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take a look at the universe. endless in time and space.

people say that God being forever is not possible. but the universe is forever. is it more possible that some matter that lived forever, and just 16.7 billion years ago, just decided to make the universe? or a Supreme God?

how do animals know when to evolve? does "nature" tell them to? no. it must be a God.

what do you say?

2007-05-26 08:04:54 · 28 answers · asked by Wikisidr 3 in Society & Culture Religion & Spirituality

28 answers

oh, I love you!

lets see them try and answer this one.
God Bless

2007-05-26 08:09:19 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 3 13

Space-time is not infinite, the universe is finite. We know it started about 15 billion years ago because of all the evidence. We know the first event in our known universe was the Big Bang. For our universe, the Big Bang was the beginning of not only space but time as well. Some hypotheses about what happened before include repeated cycles of Big Bangs. Other hypotheses assume that universes can create daughter universes, or that the universe is a multiverse. Still others posit that it is mathematically possible that the universe just began, starting from absolutely nothing. We have not yet figured out ways to test these hypotheses, but maybe in the future we will be able to explore these issues more thoroughly. However, the theory that there was a Big Bang itself, that the universe is expanding, and many of the actual mechanics of the Big Bang have been thoroughly tested in many different ways.

2007-05-26 15:28:03 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 3 3

Time and space are not infinite. Modern astrophysicists agree that the best evidence suggest that the universe has an event horizon where time and space end. This is not evidence for or against God. It is evidence of nothing.

Animals evolve through natural selection. No knowledge is required. Simply those creatures with beneficial traits pass on those traits to their offspring while those without traits suiting them to a particular environment die. Darwin almost abandoned his theory because he could not figure out how these traits were passed from one generation to another. It wasn't until DNA was discovered that this process became clear. Organisms don't need anything to tell them when to evolve. It is simply a reaction, a response being the result of the passage of genetic material from one generation to another.

2007-05-26 15:21:52 · answer #3 · answered by Lao Pu 4 · 4 2

That is no proof and you are ASSUMING that nature doesn't tell animals to evolve. While I too believe that something started it all however the whole point of religion is to explain why and why changes from person to person and therefore can never truly be proven. And simply saying the universe goes on forever won't convince the athiests to change what they believe.

2007-05-26 15:14:10 · answer #4 · answered by MoonWater 3 · 3 1

Our constantly changing environment dictates that we must evolve. Those that can do so survive. Others do not. Every species wants to ensure its own survival, and there are many factors that can precipitate change.

You didn't give me a good reason to accept your answer out of all the other billions of possibilities for the origin of everything.
Perhaps no one knows the answers. Why do I have to find a reason to justify my existence?

2007-05-26 15:14:46 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 2 1

Again, a Christian ASSUMES things are part of a predetermined sequence and then argues from it.

It's more plausible that the Universe has always existed, in different states, than it is a God did it. Look up "Occam's Razor."

Animals don't know when to evolve, in fact, nothing wants to evolve really. It just happens over time as environments change. There is no choice in the matter.

I say that you've just shown some pretty poor skills at deduction

2007-05-26 15:09:52 · answer #6 · answered by Squishy Mckay 2 · 8 3

Good try. I believe in God, but we cannot empirically prove or disprove God, mainly because empirical proof is concerned with the objective, measurable and observable, meaning literally with tools and instruments. Proof of the existence of God is allegorical, subjective, experiential, and intuitive, all way out of the domain of today's laboratory science. However, most scientists aren't necessarily atheists or even agnostics. They are however intelligent enough to know the limitations of empirical research in proving the existence of a spiritual entity, and knowing this leave him out of laboratory experimentation and scientific journals, as they should.

I like the story of the guy who secretly spent months building and perfecting a stunning planetarium in his basement, complete with a dazzling sun and jewel like, mechanized, perfectly orbiting planets. Finished, he then invited his atheist friend whom he loved very much to come over and take a look. Thunderstruck at the excellence before him, his friend said, "This is the most elegant and amazing thing I've ever seen. Who created this?" The guy replied, "No body." The atheist urged, "C'mon, you don't think I'm so dumb as that. Tell me, who created it? Somebody or something had to create it. It couldn't just appear in your basement by itself." "No body," the other insisted. This exchange went on for some time. Finally, the creator said. "Look, my friend, why do you insist that someone had to create it, that it couldn't appear in my basement all by itself? By comparison to the universe, this little planetarium is child splay, a simple toy. Yet, you know beyond any doubt that someone or something had to create it. Yet, when we speak of the far more complex, vast, and sophisticated universe, you say it came into existence by itself. Do you see the contradiction in your thinking?"

2007-05-26 15:38:24 · answer #7 · answered by jaicee 6 · 1 2

I support your cause, but this is hardly proof. There is something infinite about space, becuse the universes either started somehow (as in TIME had a start) or it, too, has always been "here" (in one form or another).

2007-05-26 15:08:17 · answer #8 · answered by randyken 6 · 2 0

The old take a look at the universe argument. I could just as easily tell you to take a look at the universe and look at all of the fcked up things to prove the creator was a moron. Also animals don't need to know when to evolve. It occurs naturally as they adapt to there environments. Sorry but there no magical sky fairy making animals evolve with his magic wand.

2007-05-26 15:09:56 · answer #9 · answered by Armand Steel 3 · 4 3

There are so many mistakes in your question it's impossible to know where to begin.

Suffice it to say that the ideas you're disagreeing with aren't actually held by anyone. You need to know a LOT more than you do in order to understand these subjects.

CD

2007-05-26 15:14:43 · answer #10 · answered by Super Atheist 7 · 2 1

Sorry, you contradict yourself. First you say "here's proof". Then toward the end you say " it must be ". Must be is far from proof.
How do you know what nature directs animals to do ? How can a "god" do it ?
What do you say ?

2007-05-26 15:14:31 · answer #11 · answered by Anonymous · 3 1

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