Question for atheists (believers welcome too)

I relay can add anything more than what i said above, I guess i should have writen it in my own responce,LOL. Anyway, it is hard for me to fathom the depths unbelivers will go NOT to beleive in God, They will say their are no absalutes, for one thing they are very absolute about it. For instance, God can't exist becouse who made God? They ask this question knowing you will say "nobody crated god, He has always been." Ha! they say, "If life began by God then somewhere God had to be created, he can't always have been." So then I say okay, where did everything in the universe come from? answer: the big bang... Okay where did the big bang come from? answer: from energy that was compressed into a single atom that exploded into everything that is the universe... Okay where did the energy come from? answer; It didn't come from anywhere, it was always there. HA!!! You said befor it was inpossible for something to have always existed!!! They can beleive in an atom that had no beggining and no end, but their minds can' wrap itself around an intelegent though (GOD) that has always been. I beleive it is becouse they can not comprehind NOTHING, by that I mean the absense of everything, no light, no darkness, no atoms or thought. This was our universe befor the devine spark of Light and the Word spoke it into existence. Enstien was so close with his general relitivity, about the constent motion of matter and the combined laws of thermodynamics. The odds of spontanious life comming into existance like stated above is astronomical, Becouse not only does chance have to put every molicule together correct, but in the right order. Can you emagine if chance never created trees or vegitation? or water? this is what I mean, chance had to get the suport system down first, then the micro organisms, and the slow development of all species. Truly a tornado has a better chance of creating a functional 747 in its wake than spontaious life with no intellegent forthought. I think I will get som amino acids and other chimicals together and throw it in to a vat and see what i can create by chance. What is so hard in understanding that life in all forms is to complexed for accedent? Why is it that mans mind has no limits? Why is it that we alone are aware of not only our planet but the cosmos as well? Why is it that mans three greatest question thrughout history has been; who am I, why am I here, and where did I come from? Answers, I am the created image of God, I am here to find my way back to the Creator, And upon finding the Creator, knowing Him from where I came.

It is not that I don't believe in God. I just find that she is unnecessary to understand the universe.

Why do I not believe in a god? Well, mostly because I don't think the question 'how did the universe get here' should be answered with a 'who' but rather a 'what.'

Hi, I am a Christian. And I have debated with atheists here many times. And it is disappointing to read atheists post about contradictions in the Bible which subsequently lead them to the conclusion that God does not exist. I just don't think it is a valid logic because if Christian understanding of God is untrue or wrong I think there are other expressions too. And therefore one needs to examine whether Hinduism or Islam or Judaism etc are correctly perceiving god or not. Or even otherwise if the existing religious expressions of God is untrue I don't see how one can conclude that there is no God. Another point I want to mention is that when atheists attack Christianity there is a misunderstanding of Christian theology. They think they understand, but they don't. And I think it's unfair to attack without having done some study. For discussion yes, but to say it's wrong and ridiculous without having examined well I think it's not fair. I have not read any posts by atheist on Christianity that I can say this is a fair critique. May be there are, and I have not read!

Doing this at 65% instead of 120, but I hope you enjoy the efforts. I think the question could be answered with a who or a what... but I'm more focused on a why... There is also a where too... supposedly defined by some black hole locations, but not confirmed totally. I have seen contradictions in scripture as well as the human variable in religion. Imperfect and willing to abuse religion for its own purposes (control, fear). I do not disrepect the religious though. I have my own thoughts on the matter and I do entertain the possibility of creator(s). I also entertain the notion of energies, matter, or even other quantum and physical scenarios being the answer to the universe. There is another possibility that the universe as we perceive it is only a fraction of something even greater. Its also possible that none of this, the universe, creator, "spiritual" energies...none of it exists... There are some scientific rationalizations like those you shared Santu. I'm reminded of string theory and the possibility of 10 dimensions (I believe 26 in another theory) but they are imperceivable by humans. Similar to "time" not being completely perceivable by humans. Quite possible something unknown to us exists in any or all of those dimensions, but again, unable to perceive it. These discussions may also lend itself to the discussion, since you did say anything offered is worth the read. http://www.mylot.com/w/discussions/1360349.aspx http://www.mylot.com/w/discussions/1360501.aspx Plenty of things about religion and creation are questionable, same with some issues in science (Hadean-Archean eons for example). There are facts with the latter, but little to no evidence of what really happened in terms of life. And I do throw the same question when it comes to origins of the universe... there is no definite witness or evidence, just theories to fit observations and facts (expanding universe... hydrogen and helium abundances). I also think about how "perfectly" some things occured. How life evolved and the intricacies of the environment to sustain it. It may not seem like much, but random or minor differences in our current environment would make it unsustainable for life (oxygen content being the most apparent). Its a puzzle, a very interesting one.