The Law of Causality states: Every effect must have a cause.....so, was there a cause for people and if so, what is it?
2007-08-16 09:25:41 · 31 answers · asked by ♥Sunny Girl♥ 5 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
Atheists....so you DO believe in evolution. And here all along I thought you didn't, thus you violate the Law of Causality.
2007-08-16 10:07:43 · update #1
I don't know. But I'm not going to say that it must be god just because I don't know. I don't really need to know and I'm comfortable with that.
2007-08-16 09:33:57 · answer #1 · answered by moondriven 3 · 8⤊ 3⤋
I make no claim to be an atheist, but answer at your invitation.
I'm not sure I fully subscribe to the concept of 'causality'. While on the surface of reality (the part we observe), causality may seem valid, it most likely doesn't hold true for the unobserved. The observers influence (and limit) their own reality. Thus, there seems to be a basic, comical 'absurdity' to reality..
As far as I can tell, people seem to exist for the sole purpose of amusing and annoying God and other people (and perhaps sometimes, vice-versa). It seems to be strictly a 'sentimental' relationship (not a 'conditional' one), and not much else.
I have not been able to simplify this any further. Social interactions seem basically to be a struggle for attention... (or, 'control'), and this is what God claims to want the most, from His people. He gets angriest when He is ignored too much, and for too long... much like a bunch of children we might know...
2007-08-16 21:34:17 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 1⤋
Yet another product of public education.
Your bastardization of causality aside, the "cause" for people would be simple monomers. Chemistry and natural selection took it from there, and the rest, as they say, is history. And you're an idiot. They don't say that, just me. Actually, I bet a lot of them say that.
2007-08-16 10:11:21 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 1⤋
You're assuming that people are a "stock" item in the universe, we are not. We are what is possible. You also can't look at sum of the pieces, you have to look at the pieces themselves, everything from the oxygen we breath, the water we're mostly made of, the electromagnetic spectrum we see in, gravity, the cycles of moon (no joke), the length of our day and how it has changed, and a billion other things. When you look at how each and all these thing interacted, you will then be able to see the causes.
2007-08-16 10:24:30 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 2⤋
"Cause" for people? I'm not sure I understand exactly what you mean. Do you mean how did we get started?
We don't know yet. But just because we don't know yet, doesn't mean that we're just going to credit some invisible, magical, supernatural being with "causing" it. Just making up an answer for something you don't understand is not the intelligent way to go about things. If we all did that, then we'd still be living in clay huts with a life expectancy of about 40.
2007-08-16 10:05:22 · answer #5 · answered by Jess H 7 · 1⤊ 2⤋
The same cause as for all other species: Natural selection over time based on environmental pressures and random mutations.
And by the way, answering this question took about as much courage as buttoning my shirt.
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By the way, Madam Causality Police, what caused God?
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2007-08-16 10:03:48 · answer #6 · answered by NHBaritone 7 · 4⤊ 1⤋
Athiest myself. Maybe it was because the Earth wept to the Lord because it neded to be polluted. Is that the answer you want so badly? Give me a break. Mankind is the product of evolution.
2007-08-16 10:03:12 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 1⤋
Sure. Evolution. Filling a natural niche in our environment.
2007-08-16 10:03:00 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 1⤋
why are you getting yourself all worked up over what atheists believe, just be thankful you found jesus and just treat your neighbors,say the atheist as your friends and stop hounding them or trying to convert them,when they are ready and when they open their hearts they will see god and his love for them,yes it is sad that they dont see gods beauty and love on earth from his people,atheists and all people are good people they just arent as lucky as you or me to be able to believe in jesus,just be nice and show love to them without this mean side of you in this ? you asked,DO NOT JUDGE,LEAVE IT TO GOD,JUST DO GODS WORK HERE AND THATS IT good luck kisses tina
2007-08-16 14:07:34 · answer #9 · answered by tina l 2 · 1⤊ 1⤋
Oh, read a book. You ask a question that can't be answered in 1000 words or less. Then you are smug because "they can't answer the question!" You don't want to know. You want to play games.
It never occurs to you that we don't find you or your question important enough to answer. Further, we see through your childish games.
2007-08-16 10:09:04 · answer #10 · answered by atheist 6 · 2⤊ 2⤋
I like moondriven's answer, I'll stick with that. Plus, why does there HAVE to be a reason for everything? Why can't things just be, just because?
2007-08-16 10:03:33 · answer #11 · answered by *Cara* 7 · 1⤊ 1⤋