Is it possible to use science to support the idea of creation of the universe by an intelligent being?
Is it possible to use science to support the idea of creation of the universe by an intelligent being?
Abby this has been discuss elsewhere here ad nauseum...
but welcome to the HOP.
If you are a lib, you have my apologies.
Okay, I figured it was.
I have studied the theories of evolution and intelligent design and I believe whole-heartedly that when the facts are studied objectively, the only truly rational conclusion I can perceive is that our universe was created by an intelligent being.
Okay, I figured it was.
I have studied the theories of evolution and intelligent design and I believe whole-heartedly that when the facts are studied objectively, the only truly rational conclusion I can perceive is that our universe was created by an intelligent being.
I'm not, so I guess I don't then.
Is it possible to use science to support the idea of creation of the universe by an intelligent being?
Speak for yourself. I am content to believe in science and not a creator. Life without "meaning", does not depress me. It is what it is. Without invented superstitions imposed on me by those too weak to accept reality.Even though there is no proof one way or another, some of us choose to believe that there is a purpose, and therefore a creator. To believe otherwise is simply too depressing. What if it really doesn't matter that we exist, what we do or don't do? What meaning does life have then?
Speak for yourself. I am content to believe in science and not a creator. Life without "meaning", does not depress me. It is what it is. Without invented superstitions imposed on me by those too weak to accept reality.
Speak for yourself. I am content to believe in science and not a creator. Life without "meaning", does not depress me. It is what it is. Without invented superstitions imposed on me by those too weak to accept reality.
Reality being that we inhabit a little blue dot no bigger than the period at the end of a sentence circling a minor star in a galaxy of billions of stars, surrounded by more galaxies of billions of stars each, with no evidence that there is life elsewhere? Reality being that none of the history of mankind matters one whit, none of the billions of ordinary lives matter, that one day this small insignificant planet will end, and intelligence will end with it.
That is, if we don't destroy ourselves by our incessant warfare first.
Yes, i find that idea depressing to say the least.
Check out my Einstein quote. That should give you cause to to be a bit more optimistic.
If a person were able to achieve what Einstein described, and then cease to exist after less than a tenth of a millennium, what would it matter? That time is insignificant, just as the human race is insignificant.
His point, I think, is that one need not despair just because the universe doesn't play fair, that one way to deal with this ruthless existence is to have more compassion for people and the world in which we live. It may not make a bit of difference to indifferent nature, but I think it makes a big difference for us humans if we can learn to get along. Certainly, it is a much better outlook than 'every man for himself'. Wouldn't you agree?