I'm talking about nothing, no energy, particles, laws of physics, and everything else you can come up with.
2007-11-13 00:39:17 · 23 answers · asked by Let's Debate 1 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
Yeah the first 5 responses = 0-5.
2007-11-13 00:51:27 · update #1
instantd: You're a good example of a bad excuse. So you're saying, I'm an atheists, but your answer to the base of your entire belief is, "I don't know."
2007-11-13 00:56:17 · update #2
I certainly don't believe a vengeful, blood thirsty sky boss made all this.
2007-11-13 00:52:35 · answer #1 · answered by timbers 5 · 2⤊ 1⤋
Well, I don't know any atheists who positively believe the universe came from nothing. I, like the other atheists I know, do not know where the universe came from.
There are various hypotheses, with varying degrees of plausibility and scientific validity. I'm no expert on the evidence myself though, so I'm happy to let the experts work out what happened and when.
The fact that nobody knows yet does not automatically mean, however, that a fairy needs to be invented and credited with the origin of the universe. Adding in some magic creature just adds more questions.
2007-11-13 01:19:22 · answer #2 · answered by Dave C 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Not a bad question. As I've said before, there is the instability of nothingness, M-theory, multiverse theories and the balance of positive and negative energy that suggest no supernatural cause is necessary.
Of course, it would take "faith" to be completely certain of any of these theories before they were proven. But all this says is that faith proves nothing.
2007-11-13 00:58:14 · answer #3 · answered by Eleventy 6 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Absolutely but who, except those opposed to the idea of a big bang, believe the "universe came from nothing"?Ironically,when the BB theory was proposed,it was embraced very much so by theists,because as opposed to the only other theory at the time "the Steady State Theory"The BB theory did offer a "moment of creation".The fact that it is so vehemently opposed,mostly by the young "Jesus Camp"graduates,simply shows the saddening degeneration of education in this country
2007-11-13 00:49:57 · answer #4 · answered by reporters should die 5 · 1⤊ 1⤋
No. I just need to accept that the ultimate origin of the universe is a question that has yet to be answered (and may never be answered).
To believe that a God did it and that He came from nothing - that takes faith.
2007-11-13 00:53:42 · answer #5 · answered by Brendan G 4 · 3⤊ 0⤋
It still takes only *half* as much faith to believe that the universe could have come into existence spontaneously from nothing, as it would take to believe that first of all a single, sentient being could have come into existence spontaneously from nothing and *then* proceeded to create the universe.
2007-11-13 03:41:42 · answer #6 · answered by sparky_dy 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I am confused as to why you seem to be equating atheism with the belief that the universe came from nothing. This is a generalization in poor taste.
2007-11-15 08:35:37 · answer #7 · answered by mannzaformulaone 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
For me, no. For me the best part of being an atheist is that I don't have to bother about these things. I say to myself that there is too much for humans to understand so why waste time thinking about it? Maybe one day humans will have the knowledge of it, but for me I really don't need to come up with explanations for the origins of the universe. The fact that the universe is here is good enough for me.
2007-11-13 00:45:53 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 3⤊ 1⤋
Who said that the universe came from nothing other than you?
Lion of Judah You are psychotic and in serious need of psychiatric help. So are the crazies that made that web site.
If i remember right the big bang theory came from a theist.
The M-Theory has nothing to support it.
2007-11-13 00:47:37 · answer #9 · answered by gdc 3 · 2⤊ 1⤋
Atheists don't believe that the universe came from *nothing*. We believe everything has always been here.
It makes infinitely more sense than to think that first there was NOTHING, and then a magical, invisible, supernatural being "poofed" everything into existence...out of NOTHING. If you think that God "created" everything, then what did he use to "create" everything? You need materials, right? So where did he get the materials? Let me guess...he "created" the materials, too. Well, out of what? (This could go in circles forever...) This idea that there's a magical super-being that "created" everything out of nothing, using materials that he had to create--out of nothing, makes less sense than to just understand that everything has always existed.
2007-11-13 00:50:54 · answer #10 · answered by Jess H 7 · 1⤊ 3⤋
I think people have a need to put a label on everything... as if labeling something means it's understood and not something to worry about.
For me, it's enough to admit I don't know. I don't need to put it into a box labeled "Heaven," or "Science," or "Spiritualism" - and put it away on a top shelf of faith, out of sight and out of mind.
I guess I have a huge box on my own top shelf, labeled "Awaiting Further Data." We all deal with fear in our own ways.
2007-11-13 01:40:45 · answer #11 · answered by atypical carl 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋