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Not even the Nothing could, not exist, without the Something, You are dealing with True Infinity,The Creator, Alpha & Omega. That which has always been and will always be. The One Creator stood in the Nothing and said " I'am ".
Cogito, Ergo Sum
edmc^2
This concept and reality is the same with God - He Always existed! That's all there is to it. Otherwise the other and ONLY alternative is to accept that nothing created everything.
That's pretty much what you are saying, either way. So we're not allowed to say "nothing created the universe", or it simply "always existed". But we can say nothing created god, who always existed (and who created everything else). No bias or or excess baggade there (where's the facepalm?). lol.
It might be good to define "god" also. Out of the thousands of versions available, we do at least know that the "idiot god " of the bible is mythical and he has definitely been discredited. Unlike musings about how our universe might have got here, the bible makes testable claims that are very applicable to this universe and that we know are laughably and ridiculously wrong. He either doesn't exist, or has been so horribly misrepresented that he might as well not exist. So it seems we will have to start from scratch there, if we overlook the other obvious fact that there is no evidence of such a thing to begin with.
So which one are you proposing? The Rainbow Serpent, Aganju, John Frum, Ahau Chamahez, Jupiter...? Can you also outline the falsifiable claims, experiments etc we can use to verify?
edit on 16-11-2013 by Cogito, Ergo Sum because: for the heck of it
Krazysh0t
reply to post by tsingtao
Your attempt to be cute and funny not withstanding, but yes I would need to witness God or some sort of miracle that is then taken credit by God directly. Not indirectly by some priest or religious official, but DIRECTLY from God. You obviously require no proof of his existence and while that may be fine for you, it doesn't hold up for me and others like myself. Again God should be aware of my wants in this regard, He should also be aware of what exactly I would need to see or experience to believe in Him as well as any other person like myself (keep in mind, what I would consider absolute proof would be vastly different then what someone else would consider absolute proof). So tell me why doesn't He just satisfy this simple request? It would clear up a BOATLOAD of confusion on this planet, but instead God in His infinite love decides to keep us in the dark and let us continue to bicker back and forth about if He exists and if He does what the correct way to worship him is.
Then answer this question - have you ever seen any other time but the present?
bastion
Itisnowagain
edmc^2
reply to post by Cogito, Ergo Sum
[qoute]Lol. You realize you just ruled out god? [/qoute]
Exactly!
0=1 rules out God. It also rules "out of something comes something" for how could an Always Existing God be present if there was NOTHING (0) to begin with?
God is nothingness - which is what is always present.
The present is always present but there maybe ideas arising presently that talk of 'someone' who lives in time - a separate person.
There is nothing apart from the present - which is always happening as this (whatever is actually happening).
But the fact is, I didn't rule out God from the equation. No for the simple reason that I always view that "something or someone eternal" was always present when energy materialized into matter.
The present is eternal - there is no 'something/someone'.
The present just continually appears different.
that nothing created something.
No 'thing' was ever created.
This is both nothing and everything - emptiness IS form.
edit on 16-11-2013 by Itisnowagain because: (no reason given)
The problem with this is your basing your explanations on the following boundary conditions
There is a god and it's nothingness - no proof either way
The present if always the present - not proof, with string theory/upper dimensional Phsysics strongly indicating your claim is false.
There is nothing apart from the present - you can't prove a negative and 12th dimensional hypertime models show us there is no true singular present.
Unless you can prove your founding assumptions you're always going to come out with the wrong result, even if the right methods were used.
arpgme
reply to post by Itisnowagain
If I went in a time machine to 1970, it would be experienced as now.
Now matter where a time machine takes you, you would be experiencing it is now
I know that wasn't your point but it's just interesting for me to think about.
Nacirema
reply to post by edmc^2
This is how I see it. God is just a concept in a human-based belief system. Whether or not a god exists independent of human belief systems, well, I have no way of knowing. But I live my life as though any deity most likely does not exist.
My stance as an atheist is working pretty well, to say the least.
edmc^2
AfterInfinity
reply to post by edmc^2
So what you're saying is, as long as we're inventing irrational explanations, you might as well adhere to something that benefits you personally according to how you would like to be benefitted by such a system. Or in other words, if you're going to have an imaginary friend, it might as well be a genie who lives only to make you the happiest person on Earth.
Why am I not surprised?
No, I did not invent an "imaginary friend". It is what it is. Nothing comes nothing not "out of nothing, comes something".
Any rational mind can understand and see the logic in that! I don't know why you can't.
In fact it's an "imaginary" concept that "out of nothing, comes something".
Of course if you can prove that "out of nothing, comes something", then I'm with you.
pheonix358
You have fallen into the religious zealot trap.
You want to prove that YOUR god exists.
I prefer thinking of the Mother of the Universe. It gets rid of all of those pesky illogical scriptures put in there by men to control people.
I am happy thinking of The Mother of the Universe or just Mummy for short.
ETA You also have a logical fallacy. Some one needed to create the universe = therefore god must exist
So who created God, well, obviously the Mother Of the Universe did that!
Pedit on 11/11/2013 by pheonix358 because: (no reason given)
arpgme
reply to post by Itisnowagain
If I went in a time machine to 1970, it would be experienced as now.
Now matter where a time machine takes you, you would be experiencing it is now
I know that wasn't your point but it's just interesting for me to think about.
tkwasny
arpgme
reply to post by Itisnowagain
If I went in a time machine to 1970, it would be experienced as now.
Now matter where a time machine takes you, you would be experiencing it is now
I know that wasn't your point but it's just interesting for me to think about.
You so well demonstrate the reality which is our quantum multiverse. Time is the kinetic dimension of streams and threads. All that you were in your past is still there, just as real, just as content complete. The time currents do not permit you back as they have a stronger an impact upon your body that is housing your brain, which is the transceiver into your consciousness envelope.
Itisnowagain
reply to post by spy66
He is right though - nothing comes from nothing.
There is only ever nothing but words seem to make something out of this nothing.
Wait now..........................for the next thought to arise.....................where did it come from................where did it appear .......................and where did it go?
Thoughts are words. Say a word, hear a word...............now it is gone.
This moment is all there is - is it a thing? Or is it an appearance of moving light that is changing continually.
Nacirema
reply to post by edmc^2
This is how I see it. God is just a concept in a human-based belief system. Whether or not a god exists independent of human belief systems, well, I have no way of knowing. But I live my life as though any deity most likely does not exist.
My stance as an atheist is working pretty well, to say the least.