To talk intelligibly about modern physics, we have to admit the possibility of uncaused events.
Attaching a Creator to the boundary is metaphysical skullduggery. - Taner Edis
Attaching a Creator to the boundary is metaphysical skullduggery.
- 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
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…
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…
To talk intelligibly about modern physics, we have to admit the possibility of uncaused events. - Taner Edis
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.
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?
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…
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…
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