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This is a thread I've posted over in the IPower forums, it's getting a pretty large response, so I thought I'd post it over here and see what you guys think.
Everyone has their own view on the origin of life and the Universe, most people seem to follow the ideas that evolution explains the diversity of life, and the Big Bang theory explains how the Universe came to be as it is, but these aren't answers to the origin of life, and the origin of the Universe.
I'd just personally love to hear people's view on the topic. It's surely got to be one of the most important questions for mankind, so you've gotta have an opinion somewhere down the line.
And for those wondering, my views stem from a deist perspective, that is I believe that a force or power that was sentient, created the Universe. This "deity" is not the god of any Bible.
As for life, I follow evolution to it's natural course, but as for the origin, I must accept that a freak lightning strike caused the enzyme reactions. I don't like this idea, but it's one I have to logically follow.
Everyone has their own view on the origin of life and the Universe, most people seem to follow the ideas that evolution explains the diversity of life, and the Big Bang theory explains how the Universe came to be as it is, but these aren't answers to the origin of life, and the origin of the Universe.
I'd just personally love to hear people's view on the topic. It's surely got to be one of the most important questions for mankind, so you've gotta have an opinion somewhere down the line.
And for those wondering, my views stem from a deist perspective, that is I believe that a force or power that was sentient, created the Universe. This "deity" is not the god of any Bible.
As for life, I follow evolution to it's natural course, but as for the origin, I must accept that a freak lightning strike caused the enzyme reactions. I don't like this idea, but it's one I have to logically follow.
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I'd say a lot of people seem to read stuff in to the Bible or other religious texts that just isn't there.
God from the Bible is more like the entity you suggest than something other people make it out to be. The whole 'made man in God's image' thing is completely mis-understood to mean God looks human, when the Bible itself makes it clear that God is a force beyond our understanding.
I suppose it's human nature that we try to humanise something we can't understand, though and every religion does this. In fact there are so many parallels between most religons that you wonder why anyone ever fights over them (clue: it's a tool used as an excuse for a war).
It does make sense, though, in the grand scheme of things that some intelligence far greater than our understanding permits would have had a hand in the creation of our universe. However, there is also the danger of labelling 'our' universe as the only one, even now we're just beginning to understand how huge the entire cosmos is and that there are things far beyond our current line of sight, places that may well have been around far longer than even the big bang.
God from the Bible is more like the entity you suggest than something other people make it out to be. The whole 'made man in God's image' thing is completely mis-understood to mean God looks human, when the Bible itself makes it clear that God is a force beyond our understanding.
I suppose it's human nature that we try to humanise something we can't understand, though and every religion does this. In fact there are so many parallels between most religons that you wonder why anyone ever fights over them (clue: it's a tool used as an excuse for a war).
It does make sense, though, in the grand scheme of things that some intelligence far greater than our understanding permits would have had a hand in the creation of our universe. However, there is also the danger of labelling 'our' universe as the only one, even now we're just beginning to understand how huge the entire cosmos is and that there are things far beyond our current line of sight, places that may well have been around far longer than even the big bang.
I kind of share your views Reaper. I don't believe that an almighty God created us on a whim but i do believe some 'thing' started the whole universe, the big bang, off. I don't know what this 'thing' is, i don't know if it's an actual being or just an essence or force but i believe some greater power started it off. But i also believe that that was the last time 'it' had any kind of imput into life, i think 'it' just left life to create and evolve itself.
One thing i would love to know and i probably never will is that they say space is expanding, like a balloon for instance, but what are we expanding into? there's got to be a limit, a barrier of such, nothing can go on forever. And if it is expanding like a balloon, then eventually it's going to 'pop' and then what's going to happen? The big crunch apparently. That's where the whole lot is reversed and everything is condensed into a tight atom and at that point it will eventually explode again in another big bang type senario. Thus also leaving the question how many times has it happened before and when will it end for good?
Space is fun :)
One thing i would love to know and i probably never will is that they say space is expanding, like a balloon for instance, but what are we expanding into? there's got to be a limit, a barrier of such, nothing can go on forever. And if it is expanding like a balloon, then eventually it's going to 'pop' and then what's going to happen? The big crunch apparently. That's where the whole lot is reversed and everything is condensed into a tight atom and at that point it will eventually explode again in another big bang type senario. Thus also leaving the question how many times has it happened before and when will it end for good?
Space is fun :)
This is a thread I've posted over in the IPower forums, it's getting a pretty large response, so I thought I'd post it over here and see what you guys think.
Everyone has their own view on the origin of life and the Universe, most people seem to follow the ideas that evolution explains the diversity of life, and the Big Bang theory explains how the Universe came to be as it is, but these aren't answers to the origin of life, and the origin of the Universe.
I'd just personally love to hear people's view on the topic. It's surely got to be one of the most important questions for mankind, so you've gotta have an opinion somewhere down the line.
And for those wondering, my views stem from a deist perspective, that is I believe that a force or power that was sentient, created the Universe. This "deity" is not the god of any Bible.
As for life, I follow evolution to it's natural course, but as for the origin, I must accept that a freak lightning strike caused the enzyme reactions. I don't like this idea, but it's one I have to logically follow.
Everyone has their own view on the origin of life and the Universe, most people seem to follow the ideas that evolution explains the diversity of life, and the Big Bang theory explains how the Universe came to be as it is, but these aren't answers to the origin of life, and the origin of the Universe.
I'd just personally love to hear people's view on the topic. It's surely got to be one of the most important questions for mankind, so you've gotta have an opinion somewhere down the line.
And for those wondering, my views stem from a deist perspective, that is I believe that a force or power that was sentient, created the Universe. This "deity" is not the god of any Bible.
As for life, I follow evolution to it's natural course, but as for the origin, I must accept that a freak lightning strike caused the enzyme reactions. I don't like this idea, but it's one I have to logically follow.
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