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**phild707** · 10-23-2007, 01:23 AM

Originally Posted by Arrogant-One

Thanks for that Phil

Opinions aside, I think the evidence seems to be stronger for an argument that God does exist as opposed to the opposite argument.

For instance, if God did not create the world, oceans, stars, planets, and life generally, then how was such created?

AO

Here's my take on the BIG question AO.
I doubt that we will never know how the universe came to be just as we will probably never know if its the only one.
Science has taught us what little we do know about our universe.
Religions on the other hand have taught us little about it.
Christianity in particular has actually been responsible for the impeding of human understanding of the natural world by presenting a false earth centric view of it and the persecution of those who would contradict their views.

The Miller-Urey experiment, way back in the 50's, was the first to demonstrate that in the apparently hostile conditions of the primitive earth hydrocarbons, including importantly, amino acids, will form naturally (and rapidly).
Amino acids are used to make proteins in living cells.
We have no reason to believe other than life evolved naturally in the primeval sludge just as it must have evolved naturally in countless numbers of other similar environments across the universe.
Consequently the universe is teeming with life.

One of the really interesting questions that arises from this is:
Is it inevitable that the leading intelligent life form on every earth will go through the same rise and fall cycle as here?
1. Learns to use tools and conquers fire
2. Learns to comminicate in a complex language
3. Masters technology
4. Destroys the environment and ultimately perishes with all other life in it.

10-23-2007, 01:23 AM	#20 (permalink)
phild707 Senior Member Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: Burnie International Airport Posts: 298	Originally Posted by Arrogant-One Thanks for that Phil Opinions aside, I think the evidence seems to be stronger for an argument that God does exist as opposed to the opposite argument. For instance, if God did not create the world, oceans, stars, planets, and life generally, then how was such created? AO Here's my take on the BIG question AO. I doubt that we will never know how the universe came to be just as we will probably never know if its the only one. Science has taught us what little we do know about our universe. Religions on the other hand have taught us little about it. Christianity in particular has actually been responsible for the impeding of human understanding of the natural world by presenting a false earth centric view of it and the persecution of those who would contradict their views. The Miller-Urey experiment, way back in the 50's, was the first to demonstrate that in the apparently hostile conditions of the primitive earth hydrocarbons, including importantly, amino acids, will form naturally (and rapidly). Amino acids are used to make proteins in living cells. We have no reason to believe other than life evolved naturally in the primeval sludge just as it must have evolved naturally in countless numbers of other similar environments across the universe. Consequently the universe is teeming with life. One of the really interesting questions that arises from this is: Is it inevitable that the leading intelligent life form on every earth will go through the same rise and fall cycle as here? 1. Learns to use tools and conquers fire 2. Learns to comminicate in a complex language 3. Masters technology 4. Destroys the environment and ultimately perishes with all other life in it. __________________ "It ain't no sin if you crack a few laws now and then, just so long as you don't break any." Mae West