Best guess .0000000000001%
So why would anyone speak as though they know without doubt, the details of all creation and how it was a spontaneous event for no reason and void of purpose?
2007-09-02 19:33:20 · 22 answers · asked by Chi Guy 5 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
What humans know today, will be laughable 30 years from now. Just as eight track tapes are laughable compared to MP3.
2007-09-02 19:41:08 · update #1
Well, percentage has a numerator and a denominator. The numerator is what we know, and the denominator is all that can be known. Since the denominator is unknown, it is even unknown how you would estimate it, your answer is closer to zero.
As for the creation of the universe, I don't think your premise of people speaking as though they know without doubt is correct. Most people acknowledge the Big Bang is just a theory, based on the observation of a universe that appears to be expanding.
2007-09-03 05:05:31 · answer #1 · answered by ? 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The universe being infinite and our lack of understanding is not reason enough to dispel scientific theories in favor of a God.
The more we learn about our world the less likely it becomes that a God exists. Those who speak as though they know without a doubt are speaking from their life experience. Maybe it's a journey everyone will take, some sooner rather than later.
I don't know, good question :-)
2007-09-02 19:51:59 · answer #2 · answered by ? 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Depends on the subject. There are a billion trillion stars about which we know little; we can read their spectrograms and know things about their age and size, but we won't know details of their planetary configuration for years -- if ever. But we have a good understanding of the basic laws of the universe, and of how to use them to interpret data and figure out the basic details of how the universe began, and how it became what we see today. And the evidence is clear: there is no need to bring any sort of supernatural influence in to explain things -- and it is provably useless to do so.
2007-09-02 19:51:20 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
For each of us, the universe is different. A homeless man may view the universe as unfair, hard and tough. A rich man may view the universe as a lovely place full of luxury and pleasure. Both of them are viewing the same universe, it is just different because of their perceptions. By the same token, Christians may view the universe with awe, wonder and proof of gods existence because it is too intricate and perfect in its machinations not to have been created by God. Non believers on the other hand have a scientific, clinical perspective and may see it as a result of a huge explosion that resulted in everything that exists today.
2007-09-02 19:45:55 · answer #4 · answered by iamwhoiam 5 · 0⤊ 1⤋
In the cosmic design,the composition of a human is lesser than a grain of sand.His brain should rightly be less than a hundredth part of a sand grain.How much knowledge or wisdom can be packed in to that Space,specially after he has already filled it with other useless information?Middle name of assertive knowledge should be ignorance or arrogance.
2007-09-02 20:16:25 · answer #5 · answered by brkshandilya 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
years ago Eisntein claimed 10% but that is acknowledged and belief in fantasy should not be . the inclinations are supported by evidence that hasn't changed much and yet some questions may never be resolved . why not at least go with what is known . Be kind seek peace truth and happiness and let the future generations deal with new discoveries rather than destroying them before they reach their thirties.
2007-09-02 19:54:27 · answer #6 · answered by dogpatch USA 7 · 2⤊ 1⤋
0%
So, how can we claim to know anything for sure. Because something else happened that had a 0% chance; a man coming back to life (when he said he would)! One impossible act opened up a whole new system of thoughts and ideas: a whole new way to understand things.
2007-09-02 19:40:44 · answer #7 · answered by soulinverse 4 · 0⤊ 1⤋
You're speaking from your own perspective, and projecting your limited view on the rest of us. Just because you can't imagine something...."circumcise your heart?"..
Pierce the veil of your imagination?
Step outside of the box?
Within your DNA is memory of the beginning and the end. Remember?
If you listen closely, you will know the first and the last.
You will hear the Prime Mover speaking you into existence, and you will know that the Father is in the son.
Nothing is for nothing and devoid of purpose.
Nothing extra, nothing left out.
2007-09-02 19:47:52 · answer #8 · answered by ? 6 · 2⤊ 2⤋
Everything you stated is an Opinion, Science doesn't claim to have all the answers. The difference is Science looks for answers, we don't just accept what we have been taught to believe. If we did that, We would still think the earth is flat. And that the moon is it's own light source. And that the Sun doesn't revolve around the earth.
2007-09-02 19:37:01 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 3⤊ 1⤋
It would depend on how much there was in the universe to know. When we find everything, we'll be able to know what percentage we know. And if we know all there is to know then the percentage we will know of what there is to know will be 100%. Until then we don't know how much we know of what there is to know.
I think I said that right.
2007-09-02 19:39:08 · answer #10 · answered by Arnon 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋