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I am not an adherent of any organized religion, but this question is puzzling: Where did stuff come from? There are two possibilities, either 1] it was put the
by PostOnce 16y ago
I am not an adherent of any organized religion, but this question is puzzling:
Where did stuff come from? There are two possibilities, either 1] it was put there, or 2] it was just there to begin with.
God is an easy solution, but then where did he come from? Same problem.
Maybe there are other possibilities that our brains just aren't able to process at this stage in our evolution.
Anyway, before anyone says "the big bang", isn't that the explanation of how stuff got where it is, rather than how it came to be to begin with? It started with a singularity, where'd that come from?
- tensor 16y agoThat is a classic philosophical question. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Primum_movens http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Primum_movens
- rokhayakebe 16y agoMaybe there are other possibilities that our brains just aren't able to process at this stage in our evolution. Voila. You nailed it.
- bad_user 16y agoThis can be turned around ... maybe our brains aren't able to process the existence of God.
- PostOnce 16y agoI think this was about the ability to understand a fundamental concept. The fundamental concept of a god can be easily grasped by small children. There is a powerful being. He controls physical laws. How hard is that?
- bad_user 16y agoIt is hard to sustain such understanding ... all children believe at some point in Santa Claus, but that's only because they receive gifts (or fear punishment in the case of God) and they believe in general whatever the parents tell them to. Einstein's theory wasn't believed by the public until it was proven. So yes ... if God exists, our primary senses cannot perceive Him, and although I have reasons to believe He exists, all of them are subjective, but as our species evolves we may actually be able to.
- Gormo 16y agoWho is to say that our concept of things "coming from" places even corresponds to anything real with respect to the origin of reality? Why must we presume that the universe has a definite point of origin in space and time?
- ErrantX 16y agoWhat came before the singularity is a great question. It's delicious to theorise for fun. One day we may even figure it out.
- blhack 16y ago>God is an easy solution, but then where did he come from? Same problem. God isn't made of matter and does not experience linear time. (We can't comprehend the answer to this question).
- oscardelben 16y agoHow do you know?