Someone posted this answer and got best answer! My question is does atheism have ANYTHING to do with creation?
2007-10-01 14:58:52 · 26 answers · asked by punch 7 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
No, Atheism in general doesn't try to Assume Creation, as many of the Mainstream religions do. I've seen many questions about what Atheists thought Created or how "Creation" came to be... and I've always seen an honest answer "We Don't Know". Science doesn't even try to come up with an exact answer... and that's where the more Religious trip up when arguing the whole thing... They think because someone states they don't believe in any God(s) that they must have the answer to the "beginning" of ALL things... in no way does it mean that.
As for getting best answer - I've noticed a lot of people in here will give that to those that support their own ideas anyway, rather than actually look at the answers and see which one is the more Honest of the answers. I think some in here just look for the pat on the back, instead of actually looking for answers.
2007-10-01 15:05:39 · answer #1 · answered by River 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Ha Ha this question is sooooo funny. Theists can't explain where god came from and atheists can't explain where everything else came from.
Of course eons ago no one could explain why the sun rose in the morning and why the rains fell, so we had gods for those chores. Now we know that the rotation of the earth and it's orbit around the sun create the illusion of the rising sun and, well, we still can't predict when it will rain. That is a question for the science section I think.
The point is when we had no knowledge we made up gods to explain what we didn't know. Right now we don't know what set off the big bang so if the theists want to have a god to feel comfortable about that bit of information we have not figured out, then they should. If they feel comfortable then they are not getting in the way of science as they have been known to do in the past.
2007-10-01 17:02:51 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
Of course not. That really isn't the point. Atheism doesn't explain anything: it isn't used to explain the origin of the universe. It's not supposed to. Creation of the universe is seen as independent of a "maker". That's the point, refuting the existence of a "creation being" in the classical sense of a god.
2007-10-01 15:15:19 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
Yes, indirectly, though Atheists would object to the word "creation" as begging the question. The problem is that noone can explain the existence of the universe, since the word "cause" only has a meaning within space/time(something must come "before" to be a cause). It is nonsense to ask what "caused" space and time itself.
2007-10-01 15:18:26 · answer #4 · answered by neil s 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
You can use logic to create and detroy. To justify and nullify. It all depends on your starting and end points of perspective. Atheism doesn't support creationism because creationism is the baseline for theistic thought. Theistic thought is not without logic, but creationism defies logic in the realm of science. The theory of creationism itself was crafted by theists, or at least pragmatic chieftans who saught the easiest explanation for authority and control by answering life's mysteries, and spreading the word.
In a word...no.
2007-10-01 15:17:16 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
*sighs* No, nothing. Because the same problem applies to the Christians. If something can't come from nothing, then how did god come into being? And "he always was" isn't an answer, its a cop out. Especially since Atheism doesn't say that something came from nothing, and neither does science.
2007-10-01 15:14:20 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
It would not. What you're defining as "christianity" is usually a great wing political circulate that has little to do with authentic Christianity. authentic Christianity has traditionally positioned super value in preparation. in reality, all the Ivy league colleges in usa of america have been based with the aid of Christian church homes. Harvard grew to become right into a methodist college, and Princeton grew to become into based with the aid of the Presbyterians. and you'll be able to't deny that the Catholic Church helps countless the main useful preparation establishments in this usa; Like Notre damn. Why even the Mormons have BYU.
2016-11-07 00:18:23 · answer #7 · answered by ? 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It depends on the definition of god. For those who define god as a creator of reality it boils down to the question of whether reality is created. I do not believe reality is created, hence I am an atheist.
I don't believe there is a "creation" and I don't believe anything "arose from nothing".
Instead, like many modern physicists I believe there is an uncreated plentitudnal existence based on timeless mathematics (necessary logical truth).
http://arxiv.org/PS_cache/arxiv/pdf/0704/0704.0646v1.pdf
2007-10-01 15:05:53 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Ya know, this is normally reserved for the PhD course and you're supposed to work it out for yourself - but:
It all comes down to String Theory - Ergo The Flying Spaghetti Monster is God.
2007-10-01 20:44:31 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
That makes no sense, for theists have the same answer to explain: how does a god arise from nothing?
Anyway, that question probably belongs in the physics section.
2007-10-01 15:03:10 · answer #10 · answered by khard 6 · 4⤊ 1⤋