| footbag said: "So to believe that there is no God without concrete proof that he doesn't requires just as much faith as believing that he does exist." I disagree. The definition of Faith is a belief without evidence or proof. There is evidence that the universe was created the way scientists theorize. (IE Big Bang) And based on this definition, you cannot have faith in something that can be proven or observed. You can have faith in something that has been disproven. Otherwise it is an observation. Theories require testability and proof to be theories. Since there is no evidence that the universe was created by god, religions rely on faith. "It's amazing how the Bible and science can fit together so well." Not quite as good as Dark Side of the Moon and Wizard of Oz. Now that was truly God's work! |
The problem is, the Big Bang theory is not testable or observable. It is simply conjecture attempting to explain what we see now. There's no way to get an infinite amount of matter into an infinitely compact space, then blow it up. Then the other problem arises, why did it suddenly explode? We all know Newton's first law of motion 'an object at rest tends to stay at rest'. If time is infinite and this ball of matter existed at a point in time, it can be assumed that the ball of matter was 'at rest' for an infinite period of time before it exploded. If this is true, then by the laws of physics it would not be able to explode without an outside force acting on it. What is this outside force?
The big bang theory requires some level of faith, just like being a Christian or being an athiest.
