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Author Topic:   Why was the world created?
Chiroptera
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Message 7 of 59 (412651)
07-25-2007 5:34 PM
Reply to: Message 1 by Open MInd
07-23-2007 12:37 PM


If no why can be thought of than the scientific theories are not complete, and the religions that answer this question will be more credible than science.
I dunno. Maybe there is no "why". Maybe the universe simply exists. In that case, the religions that think they answer this question are simply wrong.

I've done everything the Bible says, even the stuff that contradicts the other stuff! -- Ned Flanders

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Chiroptera
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Message 27 of 59 (412812)
07-26-2007 11:44 AM
Reply to: Message 18 by Open MInd
07-26-2007 10:54 AM


Re: Is that a good enough answer?
I dont think the person who answers by saying that no answer exists is better than someone who says they have an answer has an answer.
Neither do I, but we're not discussing what makes one person better than another. We're discussing the question, "Why does the universe exist"? (Or, at least, that's what I think we're discussing.)
I don't think the question has an answer. I think the universe just exists. I'm not claiming that this makes me a better person. I'm merely stating that this is my opinion on the matter.
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Furthermore, for some reason everything else in the world has an answer to the question why?
I don't know about that. You asked one such question in a later post. Why does evil exist? This is another question with no answer. "Evil" doesn't exist in an objective sense -- "evil" is a category in which some people place some things. However, since different people have different ideas about what things are "evil", and some people (like me) don't usually find "evil" to be a very useful category, then I think we can conclude that "evil" doesn't exist except in the minds of those people who make use of the concept.
Edited by Chiroptera, : Fixed quote tag.
Also, very odd -- first time I tried posting it didn't take, so I resubmitted it. Listed on All Topics, but message didn't exist. Also, at that time, this thread wasn't listed at all in the Topic Index for Chiroptera (although it is now).

I've done everything the Bible says, even the stuff that contradicts the other stuff! -- Ned Flanders

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Chiroptera
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Message 30 of 59 (412817)
07-26-2007 11:52 AM
Reply to: Message 28 by Brian
07-26-2007 11:49 AM


Re: The answer is easy
Yahweh is a barbarian, a sadistic creature whose only pleasure is to sit back and laugh at....
And don't forget the billions of people burning in Hell for not being sufficiently sycophantic. Or for being sycophants in the wrong way.

I've done everything the Bible says, even the stuff that contradicts the other stuff! -- Ned Flanders

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Chiroptera
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Message 57 of 59 (442670)
12-22-2007 9:14 AM
Reply to: Message 55 by wisdom
12-21-2007 5:39 PM


Re: Qur'an and Science
Did you guys know....
No, I didn't. Thanks.

It has become fashionable on the left and in Western Europe to compare the Bush administration to the Nazis. The comparison is not without some superficial merit. In both cases the government is run by a small gang of snickering, stupid thugs whose vision of paradise is full of explosions and beautifully designed prisons. -- Matt Taibbi

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