Just happened? How did nothing make everything out of nothing? And by no think, philosophers mean no thing. Not a “cosmic vacuum.” That’s a think and things have properties. No cosmic vacuum present. No thing.
P1. Everything that begins to exist has a cause.P2. The universe began to exst.C. The universe has a cause.
Sherlock Holmes and Watson were camping. Sherlock wakes up and wakes up Watson. “Watson, what do you see?” “Sherlock, I see the grand sight of all the heavens, what do you see?” “Watson, I see that someone has stolen our TENT!!”
The invisible and undetectable Flying Spaghetti Monster created the universe after drinking heavily. Anyone who disagrees will be turned into a Republican with His Noodly Appendage.
The Egyptian creation myth says that some god pulled out of his wife too early and the resulting emission became the stars. Your creation myth might vary.
The universe is 13.7 billion years old. There are more stars in it than there are grains of sand on all the beaches of this tiny insignificant speck we call Earth, which has only existed for 4.5 billion years. Modern Humans have been here for about 200,000 years. Given these facts, belief in a personal god is completely irrational.
And by and by a steamboat would plow her way up the river. And she’d belch a world of sparks out of her chimbleys. And they would settle down into the the river and they was ever so pretty …
If the laws of physics, locked down in the first hundredth of a second after the Big Bang, had been in any way slightly different, there would be no atoms, no stars, no us.
Imagine 8 months ago
They happened to be made. Spontaneously.
Algolei I 8 months ago
“lie”
some idiot from R'lyeh Premium Member 8 months ago
Just happened.
markkahler52 8 months ago
All in One Big Colassal Holograph!!
More Coffee Please! Premium Member 8 months ago
IMO, just happened.
Egrayjames 8 months ago
It is what it is.
ThreeDogDad Premium Member 8 months ago
Part of the dream we’re all a part of.
ladykat 8 months ago
A little of both.
rmercer Premium Member 8 months ago
Have you ever tried to make a star? All the star goo keeps squirting away. Even omnipotent beings can get frustrated.
DIY Dogmatic Dunderheaded Doomsday Doggerel 8 months ago
The debate rages: Big Birth or Large Luck.
The truth, as they say, is usually in the middle. But wandering in the middle of the road is also where one is most likely to be hit.
So, the “debate” rages.
Assignment: Make a case for both. Ready… begin!
johnschutt 8 months ago
Just happened? How did nothing make everything out of nothing? And by no think, philosophers mean no thing. Not a “cosmic vacuum.” That’s a think and things have properties. No cosmic vacuum present. No thing.
P1. Everything that begins to exist has a cause.P2. The universe began to exst.C. The universe has a cause.
aerotica69 8 months ago
A question that will still be under discussion when those stars all go out.
Tom 8 months ago
If they were made, then who made the maker?? If he always existed then why couldn’t the universe have always existed? Just asking.
NeedaChuckle Premium Member 8 months ago
Sherlock Holmes and Watson were camping. Sherlock wakes up and wakes up Watson. “Watson, what do you see?” “Sherlock, I see the grand sight of all the heavens, what do you see?” “Watson, I see that someone has stolen our TENT!!”
erik.vanthienen 8 months ago
The invisible and undetectable Flying Spaghetti Monster created the universe after drinking heavily. Anyone who disagrees will be turned into a Republican with His Noodly Appendage.
sobrown51 8 months ago
Stirring debate.
mindjob 8 months ago
If chiseled from giant balls of fire, someone had to chisel the chiseler
Teto85 Premium Member 8 months ago
The Egyptian creation myth says that some god pulled out of his wife too early and the resulting emission became the stars. Your creation myth might vary.
MrBio 8 months ago
The universe is 13.7 billion years old. There are more stars in it than there are grains of sand on all the beaches of this tiny insignificant speck we call Earth, which has only existed for 4.5 billion years. Modern Humans have been here for about 200,000 years. Given these facts, belief in a personal god is completely irrational.
artjohn42 8 months ago
They happened to be made by the laws of physics.
ObsiWan Premium Member 8 months ago
Who cares how it was made? It’s here now and let us be part of it. Enjoy and cherish it.
A# 466 8 months ago
And by and by a steamboat would plow her way up the river. And she’d belch a world of sparks out of her chimbleys. And they would settle down into the the river and they was ever so pretty …
Bob Blumenfeld 8 months ago
Sweet. Given Twain’s view of organized religion, I think he’d side with Oliver.
Our Life 8 months ago
Yep, just like the rest of us!
MVMartinek 8 months ago
Made so they just happened.
If the laws of physics, locked down in the first hundredth of a second after the Big Bang, had been in any way slightly different, there would be no atoms, no stars, no us.