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GordoDeCentral

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I disagree with #1 but i am not equipped enough to explain myself because we would be arguing with vastly different back grounds (my bad). i can refer you though to a book to read: David Hume - a Treatise of Human Nature... If you are interested in Epistemology, this is the most important book to read.

since i am sure that you will not read the book, I'll try to judge your argument in popular terms on popular grounds.

and i hope your argument is not "The universe came in to being while God did not and so we cannot ask who created god but we can ask who created the universe"

you can ask any questions, regardless of how dumb it can be
 
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mikhail

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    Right, the Big Bang was the starting point in time. Meaning that if the universe had a timeline for example, the Big Bang would be the very first point in that timeline.
    More than this, the Big Bang created the universe, which has at least four dimensions. And that means it made time.

    1) Everything that comes into being has a cause.
    2) The universe came into being.

    Conclusion: The Universe had a cause.
    Cause comes before effect. But the Big Bang created time, meaning that 'before the Big Bang' is meaningless.

    And yes, that's bloody weird, but there's a lot of good physics sitting on top of it, and it's being tested constantly.
     

    Hist

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    you can ask any questions, regardless of how dumb it can be
    I am not saying he is dumb at all... In fact, i respect what he is going through. I have been there myself and had thought about these very same arguments too..
    His questioning of faith articles alone tells you that he is not dumb.. he will even get more and more open minded along the way as he looks for answers. He will even find new questions ;)...

    My comment was just about not repeating what we already have gone through before, thats all.
     

    Hist

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    More than this, the Big Bang created the universe, which has at least four dimensions. And that means it made time.


    Cause comes before effect. But the Big Bang created time, meaning that 'before the Big Bang' is meaningless.

    And yes, that's bloody weird, but there's a lot of good physics sitting on top of it, and it's being tested constantly.
    Exactly, causality exists so far as its bound by our experience. we arrive at its infallibility (the same way we learn anything else) through the use of induction(comes from experience) which never guarantees absolute certainty. However, we can somewhat rely on knowledge gained through our experience when we project our "laws" and generalize them within the contexts of the universe that we experience. any generalization of our earthly, worldy laws (even of causality) beyond the actual universe are completely unjustified.
    You can have absolutely no knowledge of anything that was "before" or "without" or "outside the universe"

    An argument like the proposed causal one can be somewhat justified if you were discussing objects linked with causality within the context of the universe. By no means, can we claim causality exists outside the universe or between the universe and something outside it.
     
    Jun 13, 2007
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    More than this, the Big Bang created the universe, which has at least four dimensions. And that means it made time.


    Cause comes before effect. But the Big Bang created time, meaning that 'before the Big Bang' is meaningless.

    And yes, that's bloody weird, but there's a lot of good physics sitting on top of it, and it's being tested constantly.
    You are assuming that causality only applies if there existed a time that preceded the actual event (effect). You have no basis for that assumption.
     
    Jun 13, 2007
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    I disagree with #1 but i am not equipped enough to explain myself because we would be arguing with vastly different back grounds (my bad). i can refer you though to a book to read: David Hume - a Treatise of Human Nature... If you are interested in Epistemology, this is the most important book to read.

    since i am sure that you will not read the book, I'll try to judge your argument in popular terms on popular grounds.

    and i hope your argument is not "The universe came in to being while God did not and so we cannot ask who created god but we can ask who created the universe"
    Well, for an advocate for openmindedness, you aren't being very open-minded here, are you?

    Before you automatically debunk the argment, take some time to actually consider it.

    1) God is supernatural.
    2) The universe is natural.
    3) Everything that is natural must abide by the laws of causality.

    Conclusion: God does not have to abide by these laws.

    There is no logical contradiction. If you want to prove me wrong, you must prove my premises are false since the argument is obviously valid.You say it is irrational to consider something that is outside the laws of the universe? Why?
     

    GordoDeCentral

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    I am not saying he is dumb at all... In fact, i respect what he is going through. I have been there myself and had thought about these very same arguments too..
    His questioning of faith articles alone tells you that he is not dumb.. he will even get more and more open minded along the way as he looks for answers. He will even find new questions ;)...

    My comment was just about not repeating what we already have gone through before, thats all.
    who said i refer to his questions as dumb ;) you say hume i say descartes. And where is it that he is that you have been? Have you considered that you regressed?
     
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    mikhail

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    You are assuming that causality only applies if there existed a time that preceded the actual event (effect). You have no basis for that assumption.
    There is no other way to consider it without changing the definition of causality. Heck, I have enormous philosophical trouble with the model because the consequences of time having a beginning are difficult to imagine.
     

    IrishZebra

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    Jun 18, 2006
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    everything that must exist must exist in a causal relationship, if everything natural obeys casaulity then something supernatural by its very definition is not natural and must not exist.

    We can all use circular logic.

    Time re: the universe is not comprenesable in a linear sense anyway.
     

    Bjerknes

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    More than this, the Big Bang created the universe, which has at least four dimensions. And that means it made time.


    Cause comes before effect. But the Big Bang created time, meaning that 'before the Big Bang' is meaningless.

    And yes, that's bloody weird, but there's a lot of good physics sitting on top of it, and it's being tested constantly.
    :tup:
     
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    mikhail

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    everything that must exist must exist in a causal relationship, if everything natural obeys casaulity then something supernatural by its very definition is not natural and must not exist.

    We can all use circular logic.

    Time re: the universe is not comprenesable in a linear sense anyway.
    I'm not quite sure what you mean (or even that this is aimed at me. Can you expand it a little please?
     

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