Creation out of absolute nothing is a metaphysical quagmire for theists anyway, since nothing must at least have the potentiality for becoming something. Since theists are stuck with potentiality, it might as well be something like a quantum vacuum.
When confronted with a demand that the universe have a cause, infidels have usually pointed out that God was not much of an explanation. This is true… - Taner Edis
When confronted with a demand that the universe have a cause, infidels have usually pointed out that God was not much of an explanation. This is true…
- Taner Edis
Creation out of absolute nothing is a metaphysical quagmire for theists anyway, since nothing must at least have the potentiality for becoming someth… - Taner Edis
Creation out of absolute nothing is a metaphysical quagmire for theists anyway, since nothing must at least have the potentiality for becoming someth…
Attaching a Creator to the boundary is metaphysical skullduggery. - Taner Edis
Attaching a Creator to the boundary is metaphysical skullduggery.
Quantum mechanics is so counter-intuitive, physicists have never been able to come up with a comfortable picture of how it works. - Taner Edis
Quantum mechanics is so counter-intuitive, physicists have never been able to come up with a comfortable picture of how it works.
Of course, Jastrow's comment is exaggerated at best; theologians hardly predicted the Big Bang. If our universe turns out to be closed, hence with an… - Taner Edis
Of course, Jastrow's comment is exaggerated at best; theologians hardly predicted the Big Bang. If our universe turns out to be closed, hence with an…
Asking about a time before the beginning of our spherical spacetime is like asking what lies north of the North Pole. There is no such thing. - Taner Edis
Asking about a time before the beginning of our spherical spacetime is like asking what lies north of the North Pole. There is no such thing.
Which is better: to achieve Nirvana, or become a Boddhissatva? - Taner Edis
Which is better: to achieve Nirvana, or become a Boddhissatva?
To talk intelligibly about modern physics, we have to admit the possibility of uncaused events. - Taner Edis
To talk intelligibly about modern physics, we have to admit the possibility of uncaused events.
In the popular imagination, the Big Bang is a great explosion; at one time there was nothing, then matter erupted into previously empty space. Howeve… - Taner Edis
In the popular imagination, the Big Bang is a great explosion; at one time there was nothing, then matter erupted into previously empty space. Howeve…
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