2007-10-30 15:02:03 · 22 answers · asked by realchurchhistorian 4 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
James - mere semantics
2007-10-30 15:09:47 · update #1
i wouldnt say all matter was eternal-or anything else-not proven yet-as for options-all are equally logical till proven otherwise------smile and enjoy the night
2007-10-30 15:08:57 · answer #1 · answered by lazaruslong138 6 · 1⤊ 1⤋
Matter and energy may not be eternal. Dark matter and dark energy may be eternal. The study of cosmology is fascinating. The universe could die a long and dark death that lasts for eternity. Or maybe something that we haven't discovered yet may slow the expansion of the universe down and eventually result in the big crunch. Did I say that cosmology is fascinating?
The only thing that is missing is god. Why? God was made in man's imagination. No creature like that exists.
2007-10-30 22:17:16 · answer #2 · answered by Lionheart ® 7 · 1⤊ 1⤋
Yes--that this concept of the Eternal is being unnecessarily fetishized. Perhaps the point is not simplistic Eternity, but rather the sacred immanence of the instant moment. In this sense, God and Matter would be mutually synonymous, and immanence would be the locus of sacredness and meaning.
2007-10-30 23:11:06 · answer #3 · answered by snowbaal 5 · 0⤊ 1⤋
God who is eternal created matter which He can do what He wants with.
2007-10-30 22:49:38 · answer #4 · answered by good day 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
You are mistaken about atheists and matter - people have different opinions and many are happy to admit that they do not know, since even the best scientists disagree on that...
And to be honest people who say God is eternal don't know either, their only evidence for that is 'holy' texts.
2007-10-30 22:07:09 · answer #5 · answered by Citizen Justin 7 · 2⤊ 1⤋
Sure....the total potential energy of the entire universe or multiple universes could be zero. That means that there is just as much negative energy and matter as positive. That could mean that the whole universe is just a random fluctuation.
2007-10-30 22:09:54 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 1⤋
I doubt many atheists say matter is eternal. There's that whole "Heat Death of the Universe" problem.
2007-10-30 22:06:05 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 7⤊ 1⤋
Physicists say matter is eternal. Atheists are just people who don't believe in divine entitites.
2007-10-30 22:30:35 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
sure:
matter can be eternal and god isn't (god as human concept)
god and matter can be eternal (we know matter exists, it could be eternal, I don't think we really know. God can't be disproven, so he could exist and be eternal)
god is eternal and matter isn't (matter could convert all into energy)
neither god not matter are eternal.
does this cover it?
2007-10-30 22:07:21 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 2⤋
Any god is a human concept.
Morganie has no clue about the big bang if she thinks it contradicts any scientific theories/laws.
2007-10-30 22:14:47 · answer #10 · answered by meissen97 6 · 0⤊ 1⤋