I can answer this from my perspective (and as another Jim, I guess). Anyway, the idea, as you put it, of a "First Mover" just doesn't bother me. Not knowing the answer to something doesn't make me want to jump to a conclusion. The "something came from nothing" argument makes things too simplified. Digging further, there may be a more cohesive understanding of what we see as "nothing" or some alternate definition of "nothing" that draws on reassessments of reality and existance that humans have never considered before.
The idea that we need some sort of concrete explanation for the "origin" of the universe - /RIGHT NOW/ seems sort of ridiculous to me. Maybe the whole idea of "origin" is completely beyond the scope of our current methods of observation and capability of understanding. Fuzzy metaphysical arguments like that can be implemented by both "sides", arguing for or against some sort of divine providence in this or that, but the very idea of "The Hand of God", regardless of how it's spun (either as "Intelligent Design" or the like) strikes me as anathema to that curiosity and intelligence and creativity that got our exceptional brand of intellligent bipedal primate to the point where we can argue metaphysics and sling around half-dollar vocabulary words on a globe-spanning network of computers and information systems. - Jim G wrote: >Hey Jim, you mind me asking a question? > >Atheism was always interesting to me. I'm not a very religious person, and >generally don't pay much attention to preachy religious jargon about God and >such. But the one thing that's always kept me in the believer's camp is the >idea of the First Mover. My question is how, as an atheist, how do you >resolve the question of the First Mover, or the idea that something came >from nothing? > >BG > > > > >>1) I'm not Christian, I'm an atheist. >> >> >> > > > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Special thanks to the CF Community Suite Gold Sponsor - CFHosting.net http://www.cfhosting.net Message: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=i:5:137659 Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/threads.cfm/5 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=s:5 Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.5 Donations & Support: http://www.houseoffusion.com/tiny.cfm/54
