Ricky Gervais explaining how he became an Atheist

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Kasz216 said:

theRepublic said:

Kasz216 said:

theRepublic said:
There is plenty we don't know about gravity, but we sort of went off topic.

There is a difference between theory and faith. I'm not sure how to explain it to you, but it bothers me that you can't tell the difference.

There is none.  It bothers me that you can't realize that.

Theory is simply trying to fill in the blanks with what seems to make the most sense to you specifically based on the blanks that need to be filled in your scientific model.  It's why different scientists often have different theories until people decide to all agree on one.

At least not those kind of theories that can't actually be tested.

Maybe the dictionary will help.

Faith - firm belief in something for which there is no proof

Theory - the analysis of a set of facts in their relation to one another

How is there more proof of Dark Energy then God.

How is it anymore likely there is a force of energy pushing everything... rather then an omniscent being pushing it or tiny waves of "space wind" or whatever else.

How are gravity particles anymore likely then little gremlins pulling down things and increasing gravity or just that everyone got their math equations wrong?

Furthermore... what if someone... examining the world comes to the conclusion it was all created by a supreme being?  How is this not a theory?

 

1. There isn't, but related to other things, there's more evidence for dark energy than for god.

2. Who the hell said, that a force of energy is the final thing pushing things? No one!

3. How is god more likely then little gremlins pulling down things and increasing gravity or just that everyone got their favourite book (which was written 3400-1680 years ago) wrong?

4. If after knowing all the other problems, the beginning of everything is leading there and you get to the final question and then somebody makes plausible through correlation to other things, that there is a supreme being it's not a problem to any scientist at all (well, there'll still be the question left, what was before that supreme being)

 

Even if there is a "supreme being" why the hell should he/she/it give a shit about what I did in my life.