God v No God

mang, philosophy rawked, I miss it.

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Originally Posted by ilw

Edit: And even if you interpret it as simpler is better. How is creating a god to create the universe simpler than just creating the universe?

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The thing is that you just said that you think that the universe was created.

Create. It's a verb, see, someone or something must be doing it for that sentence to make sense.

You're implying the first part of the sentence by saying the second.

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Originally Posted by Proper Bo

I miss it.

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When did you stop living your life well.

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Originally Posted by manker

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Originally Posted by ilw

Edit: And even if you interpret it as simpler is better. How is creating a god to create the universe simpler than just creating the universe?

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The thing is that you just said that you think that the universe was created.

Create. It's a verb, see, someone or something must be doing it for that sentence to make sense.

You're implying the first part of the sentence by saying the second.

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Can I just opine how brilliant a point that is.

for the record something can be created spontaneously from nothing and by nothing e.g. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vacuum_polarization
but thats a gay argument. the last sentence was a last minute edit which i didn't even think through, so i'm not bothered that its a bit inconsistent and that i didn't choose my words carefully

Since someone started dropping Wikipedia articles, I call upon:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_Hume
and
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Problem_of_induction

All science is based on assumption. If you drop a stone you assume it'll fall down, but how can you be sure that the next time we drop it, it won't fall upwards?

Scientists once said atoms were the smallest possible particles, those idiots :no2:

My fave bit was when we larfed at the medievals because they thought that light came in particles.

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Originally Posted by ilw

, so i'm not bothered that its a bit inconsistent and that i didn't choose my words carefully

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obviously

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Originally Posted by Mr JP Fugley

My fave bit was when we larfed at the medievals because they thought that light came in particles.

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Lay off the :physicsrod: I haven't studied that area in a while :no:

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Originally Posted by DorisInsinuate

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Originally Posted by Mr JP Fugley

My fave bit was when we larfed at the medievals because they thought that light came in particles.

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Lay off the :physicsrod: I haven't studied that area in a while :no:

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obviously