>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?
Honestly I don't. ;^) However the idea that there must have been nothing before something is questionable - there simply could have always been "something". At the same time the idea that the only possible "first mover" was conscious (or even if conscious, still exists and omnipotent exerts control) simply puts the question back further: where did that thing come from? In other words if you beleive in God (or a Godlike creator) where did it come from? It may be just as likely (as some have postulated) that the entire universe is the result of a quantum instability which snowballed into the big bang: "something from nothing" at the quantum level. Essentailly an enormous display of zero-point energy (or so I remember... I'm not even an amatuer physicist). But I personally just don't know. At the same time I see no compelling reason to attribute it to an intelligent, omnipotent creator. Jim Davis ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Special thanks to the CF Community Suite Gold Sponsor - CFHosting.net http://www.cfhosting.net Message: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=i:5:137688 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
