@thack45,
thack45 wrote:
Oh no. I encourage him to ask. But I guess it makes sense that he isn't supposed to since, illogical as it is, the argument brings trouble for many of his listeners' beliefs (like, say, the fact that no one was there to see a god create the universe, so...) No, what he's supposed to do is quickly move on to the next stage of arrogant religious certainty, and simply dismiss anything that conflicts with the god.
Well,
we should encourage such common sense questions and rather than assuming they originate from an arrogant and aggressive religious certainty,
we should be prepared to answer them. If
we care that people know of and are willing to consider scientific theories on the creation of the Universe than
we best not take the position of:
"Because the scientists tell us so moron.You'll never understand it so just shut up and accept it."
Many of us in this forum have read one or more books written by so-called science-popularists, who, whether or not they are scientists themselves, are able to convey complex concepts in a way that is comprehensible to the average person. If explained properly, the average person can understand the Big Bang theory and how scientists can feel confident about it, even if no one witnessed it.
We need, however, to be prepared for the obvious follow-up questions of "What caused the Big Bang?" "What preceded the Big Bang?" etc I've actually heard "scientists" argue that those questions are not important.
It may be that nothing pre-existed the Big Bang, but I don't
understand how that can be and I think anyone who says they can is full of it. The absence of existence is incomprehensible to humans, regardless of I.Q. One can accept it as the only logical possibility, but one can not
know it, in the sense that one can
know galaxies and black holes. Better they simply answer "
Wehave no idea."
