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Message 218 of 405 (453321)
02-01-2008 8:30 PM
Reply to: Message 216 by Modulous
02-01-2008 7:44 PM


Re: Re-Orgin
Hi Mod,
Modulous writes:
If you think that believing Genesis 1:1 is causing you problems with understanding cosmology, then I can't help you. You either need to find a way to do it, stop believing Genesis 1:1 or stop trying to understand (and criticize) cosmology.
I believe Genesis 1:1 In the beginning God created the heaven and the earth.
That causes just about everyone here a problem. Not me.
I don't care how He did it. OK
If he chose to use a singularity to bring the universe into existence as we know it I got no problem with that.
That would mean If I would change my God's name to singularity you would believe everything I am saying.
I am not questioning the existence of a singularity.
I just want to know how it got to where it was when the universe began.
I do say with the answers cavediver gave to my questions it could not exist.
I also say the statements of Hawking says it cannot exist.
I think I have proved my point.
That if what Hawking says is true and the answers cavediver gave me is true I have no option but to conclude the singularity did not exist.
Now if it did not exist there could be no universe.
And we could not be here having this debate.
We are here, the universe is here whatever it came from was there.
Singularity, imploded universe, or God.
Message 34I said:
"NOTICE" I say if Dr. Hawking is correct in what "HE" says in these lectures there could have been no singularity the universe expanded from. There is no way one could form under the circumstances he described that they were created in.
"NOTICE" I am not saying that there is no way possible for a singularity to exist. But I am saying that under the understood Big Bang Theory it could not have. Under an amended Big Bang Theory it could exist.
I provided quotes from Hawking's lecturers, and source his site.
Nobody refuted what Hawking said, as being false cavediver even agreed in his answers to me that you can find in:
Message 91Where I said::
Premise 1: Singularity including the Big Bang is the best explanation for the orgin of the universe. Falasified
Now if what Hawking said and the answers cavediver gave in response to my questions are correct then my premise 1 is true.
Does that make it true?
Only if they are correct.
God Bless,

"John 5:39 (KJS) Search the scriptures; for in them ye think ye have eternal life: and they are they which testify of me."

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Message 225 of 405 (453341)
02-01-2008 9:44 PM
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02-01-2008 9:00 PM


Re: Re-Orgin
Hi Mod,
Modulous writes:
And I've answered. It got to where it was in the same fashion that spot 5 inches from your nose 5 seconds ago did. It's part of the universe. If you'd ask 'does the universe self exist (along with the singularity at T=0 in real time) or is there something more than the universe in which some event caused the universe to exist?' you'd be asking the right kind of question.
Mod be realistic. The spot 5 inches from my nose was in the exact same spot it arrived when the universe expanded to the point that the spot 5 inches in front of my nose existed, prior to that moment
it did not exist and if the singularity had not expanded it would not have been there. Where did it come from? The singularity created that spot. My nose just got there a lot latter. But it was there all the time from its creation.
So If I say I believe the universe has always been here in some form or another. That should give the idea that I think it self-exists. I just believe God is what is the self that makes it exist.
Does the universe self-exist (all inclusive)?
Is there something more than the universe which caused the universe to exist?
God Bless,

"John 5:39 (KJS) Search the scriptures; for in them ye think ye have eternal life: and they are they which testify of me."

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Message 228 of 405 (453345)
02-01-2008 10:04 PM
Reply to: Message 226 by Modulous
02-01-2008 9:55 PM


Re: Re-Orgin
Hi Mod,
Modulous writes:
Not necessarily. Spacetime could simply exist. Whatever is true about reality, I'm sure that there is some entity which simply exists. That we both probably agree upon.
I will agree with that.
Now what do you want to call that entity?
God Bless,

"John 5:39 (KJS) Search the scriptures; for in them ye think ye have eternal life: and they are they which testify of me."

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Message 232 of 405 (453351)
02-01-2008 10:27 PM
Reply to: Message 229 by Modulous
02-01-2008 10:08 PM


Re: nasal analogies
Hi Mod,
Modulous writes:
The point 5 inches from your nose 5 seconds ago 'came
What difference does it make if it was 5 seconds ago or 10 billion years ago it was in the same spot. Created by the expansion of whatever.
Modulous writes:
Which one is better? By definition my answer is more parsimonious (it proposes no more entities than are required). Whether or not it being parsimonious makes it better is a philosophical argument we can safely ignore here.
So if I said:
Spacetime could itself be created by a self-existing megaspacetime; Spacetime, could just be an assistant to it. Or maybe the megaspacetime is subservient to the actual self-existing entity that created it. And so on.
Would that not be the same thing you are saying?
So what's the difference?
God Bless,

"John 5:39 (KJS) Search the scriptures; for in them ye think ye have eternal life: and they are they which testify of me."

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Message 235 of 405 (453357)
02-01-2008 11:05 PM
Reply to: Message 233 by Modulous
02-01-2008 10:42 PM


Re: Entity
Hi Mod,
You: That which self-exists is at least one further step beyond the entity for which there is evidence.
Whatever gave you that Idea?
I thought you knew what I believed about God. Since you aparantly don't I will give you how Genesis 1:1 would read if I was writing it knowing what a couple of the other writers in the Bible wrote.
Gen. 1:1 Before all things was I Am created the universe and streached it out, with all its majesty, and in Him we live, and move, and have our being the universe and everything in it resides in God and by Him all things can exist and without Him nothing exists.
Either could be the same if you did not have an adversion to the word God.

"John 5:39 (KJS) Search the scriptures; for in them ye think ye have eternal life: and they are they which testify of me."

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Message 237 of 405 (453360)
02-01-2008 11:15 PM
Reply to: Message 233 by Modulous
02-01-2008 10:42 PM


Re: Spacetime
Hi Mod,
Modulous writes:
The difference is that we know that spacetime exists.
I'm sorry but I been doing that stupid thing Catholic Sientist told me to stop. Thinking.
We know time exists.
We know space exists.
How do we know spacetime exists?
Thanks
God Bless,

"John 5:39 (KJS) Search the scriptures; for in them ye think ye have eternal life: and they are they which testify of me."

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Message 250 of 405 (453438)
02-02-2008 8:29 AM
Reply to: Message 240 by Son Goku
02-02-2008 4:28 AM


Re: Orgin
Hi Son Goku,
Son Goku writes:
1)You have to be brief and simple when making public press releases.
The page you were looking for doesn't exist (404)
Hawking on the beginning.
Public Lectures - The Beginning of Time
In this lecture, I would like to discuss whether time itself has a beginning, and whether it will have an end. All the evidence seems to indicate, that the universe has not existed forever, but that it had a beginning, about 15 billion years ago. This is probably the most remarkable discovery of modern cosmology. Yet it is now taken for granted.
This was not a press release but a public lecture.
I give 2 45 minute lectures every Sunday so I know you have to be brief.
But what does that have to do with saying what you mean and meaning what you say?
Son Goku writes:
(2)He is correct in a certain technical sense, but I would rather not go into explaining it.
He is either correct or incorrect.
Why not explain it? We got plenty of time.
Son Goku writes:
However, I am beginning to think you are being purposefully difficult.
I have questions that have not been answered. The only way I know to get them answered is to keep asking until somebody answers them.
Below is statements from Dr. Hawking concerning the singularity and the Big Bang.
quote:
Definition of Singularity
A spacetime is singular if it is timelike or null geodesically incomplete, but can not be embedded in a larger spacetime.
Hawking's comments on spacetime.
quote:
I have emphasized what I consider the two most remarkable features that I have learnt in my research on space and time: first, that gravity curls up spacetime so that it has a begining and an end. Second, that there is a deep connection between gravity and thermodynamics that arises because gravity itself determines the topology of the manifold on which it acts.
Hawking's comments on production of singularities.
quote:
The positive curvature of spacetime produced singularities at which classical general relativity broke down.
Lectures the nature of space and time at: The page you were looking for doesn't exist (404)
Does Hawking say a spacetime is singular?
Does he say gravity curls up spacetime so that it has a begining and an end.
Does he say that there is a deep connection between gravity and thermodynamics that arises because gravity itself determines the topology of the manifold on which it acts.
Does he say The positive curvature of spacetime produced singularities at which classical general relativity broke down.
Would you answer these questions and explain to me how a singularity could be produced taking into consideration what Hawking said.
Edited by ICANT, : spelling

"John 5:39 (KJS) Search the scriptures; for in them ye think ye have eternal life: and they are they which testify of me."

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Message 255 of 405 (453447)
02-02-2008 8:49 AM
Reply to: Message 242 by Modulous
02-02-2008 7:45 AM


Re: Entity
Hi Mod,
Modulous writes:
God is an entity that is meant to have created the universe. That means it refers to an extra entity.
Whose definition of God is this?
Yours or some YEC'ER or Some ID'ER It ain't mine.
You going to have to quit classifying me with those folks cause we don't speak the same language.
Here is my definition of God:
Gen. 1:1 Before all things was I Am created the universe and streached it out, with all its majesty, and in Him we live, and move, and have our being the universe and everything in it resides in God and by Him all things can exist and without Him nothing exists.
Does that sound like a different entity or the entire universe wraped up into one entity which I call God?
Why did you ignore the above statement and give your definition of God in an answer to my post?
God Bless,

"John 5:39 (KJS) Search the scriptures; for in them ye think ye have eternal life: and they are they which testify of me."

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Message 262 of 405 (453458)
02-02-2008 9:18 AM
Reply to: Message 254 by Son Goku
02-02-2008 8:47 AM


Re: Orgin
Hi Son,
Son Goku writes:
"Where did the singularity come from?". This is a nonsense question.
Everybody keeps saying it is a nonsence question.
Could that be because they don't want to face the fact they they have no idea how or why it got there?
ICANT writes:
Does Hawking say a spacetime is singular?
...........spacetime produced singularities at which classical general relativity broke down.
Yes to every question.
These are the questions you are answering yes to all.
Does Hawking say a spacetime is singular?
Then this spacetime can not be a part of another spacetime.
Does he say gravity curls up spacetime so that it has a begining and an end.
It takes gravity to curl up spacetime.
Spacetime has a beginning and an end.
Does he say that there is a deep connection between gravity and thermodynamics that arises because gravity itself determines the topology of the manifold on which it acts.
Gravity determines the topoogy of the manifold on which it acts.
Does he say The positive curvature of spacetime produced singularities at which classical general relativity broke down.
The positive curvature of spacetime produced singularities.
Sumation:
Since spacetime has to have a beginning when did the one at T=0 begin?
The spacetime at T=0 could not exist in another spacetime.
If spacetime if necessary for a singularity and does not exist Gravity can not curl it up.
Then if Gravity does not exist it could not curl up spacetime if it did exist.
Conclusion:
No spacetime.
No Gravity
NO singularity
No Big Bang
No Universe
We are not here.
This being the case I have to conclude:
Premise 1: Singularity including the Big Bang is the best explanation for the orgin of the universe. Falasified
God Bless,

"John 5:39 (KJS) Search the scriptures; for in them ye think ye have eternal life: and they are they which testify of me."

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Message 265 of 405 (453463)
02-02-2008 9:37 AM
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02-02-2008 9:21 AM


Re: Entity
Hi Mod,
Modulous writes:
How does saying: "If you want to suggest you are a pantheist you can just say so.", ignore what you said? Why not just say you are a pantheist?
I had to look that varmint up.
Pantheist Definition & Meaning - Merriam-Webster
1: a doctrine that equates God with the forces and laws of the universe
Nope I ain't one of those varmint .
I do not equate God with the forces and laws of the universe.
God is the force that makes the universe and holds it together. He is the laws.
Did you not read, in Him we move and have our being?
God Bless,

"John 5:39 (KJS) Search the scriptures; for in them ye think ye have eternal life: and they are they which testify of me."

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Message 267 of 405 (453478)
02-02-2008 10:17 AM
Reply to: Message 266 by Modulous
02-02-2008 9:39 AM


Re: Entity
Hi Mod,
Modulous writes:
Either God and the universe are the same thing or they are different things. Which one is it?.
They are not the same thing and they are different things.
The universe is a part of God if there are other universes out there they are a part of God.
When He told Moses to go tell Pharaoh to let my people go Moses wanted to know what to tell Pharaoh.
God said tell him I AM sent you.
I Am denotes all that there is or ever will be.
I also believe that God became flesh in the form of Jesus and came to the earth and did a lot of things. In fact He paid my debt so I can live with Him for eternity.
God Bless,

"John 5:39 (KJS) Search the scriptures; for in them ye think ye have eternal life: and they are they which testify of me."

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Message 269 of 405 (453504)
02-02-2008 2:00 PM
Reply to: Message 268 by Son Goku
02-02-2008 1:20 PM


Re: Orgin
Hi Son,
Son Goku writes:
You're purposefully being difficult. I don't understand why you would waste time like this.
I am not trying to be difficult on purpose I know I am difficult because I ask hard questions. This is a debate board.
So why not instead of insulting remarks you just take [msg262]
and go down it line by line and show me where I am wrong.
God Bless,

"John 5:39 (KJS) Search the scriptures; for in them ye think ye have eternal life: and they are they which testify of me."

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Message 271 of 405 (453516)
02-02-2008 3:17 PM
Reply to: Message 270 by Percy
02-02-2008 2:25 PM


Re: Origin
Hi Percy,
Percy writes:
It isn't that your questions are hard, but that people are having great difficulty finding explanations that make sense to you.
Percy cavediver and Son Goku both answered questions to the affirmative concerning what hawking said. I drew conclusions based upon what Hawking said and what they said about what Hawking said.
My original question:
Message 1
In this topic I would like to discuss which is the best explanation for the origin of the universe. God or the Singularity including the Big Bang.
Premise 1: Singularity including the Big Bang is the best explanation for the orgin of the universe. Falsified
Premise 2: God is the best explanation for the origin of the universe.
Maybe, Maybe not but not falsified.
Aside: This brought a lot of traffic to the site what was the highest number?
In Message 262 I lay out my case.
In Message 269 I asked Son to take msg 262 line for line and show me where I am wrong.
Is that too hard of a question or one that can not be answered?
God Bless,

"John 5:39 (KJS) Search the scriptures; for in them ye think ye have eternal life: and they are they which testify of me."

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Message 274 of 405 (453525)
02-02-2008 5:30 PM
Reply to: Message 272 by Son Goku
02-02-2008 4:25 PM


Re: Orgin
Hi Son,
Son Goku writes:
Your mistake has been the same from the start, that of taking the singularity as a physical object that exists and demanding an explanation of where it came from. I keep explaining this to you and you keep ignoring it.
I am beginning to think the only mistake I made was expecting an answer.
Son Goku writes:
I think you might be confusing the mathematical concept of inferring with the physical concept of creating. Hawking is proving a theorem about spacetimes. He is saying that given a general relativistic spacetime with positive curvature, there will be a singularity somewhere in the spacetime. However the curvature didn't "create the singularity".
OK lets start all over.
You are saying there will be a singularity somewhere in spacetime.
I can understand that.
GR says there was a singularity at T=0.
I can understand that.
At T=0+ expansion began which created space, time, gravity and everything that it took to create all the things that we see in the universe and the things we can not see.
I can understand that.
Correct me If I got any of these wrong.
God Bless,
Edited by ICANT, : spelling

"John 5:39 (KJS) Search the scriptures; for in them ye think ye have eternal life: and they are they which testify of me."

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Message 276 of 405 (453542)
02-02-2008 7:17 PM
Reply to: Message 275 by Son Goku
02-02-2008 6:43 PM


Re: Orgin
Hi Son,
Son Goku writes:
This is wrong. Nothing is known about T=0 or the short period after it. The earliest thing we know is that the universe was expanding and was hot and dense.
I know the expansion didn't start at T=0.
I did think it started shortly after T=0
As I stated:
ICANT writes:
At T=0+ expansion began which created space, time, gravity and everything that it took to create all the things that we see in the universe and the things we can not see.
I stated at T=0+ (+ for shortly after)I think this agrees with what you are saying.
Correct me if I am still not getting it.
The rest of that sentence can happen at any time after expansion began.
Since you did not address the other 2 I am going to assume you agree those are OK. Correct me if I am wrong in this assumption.
God Bless,

"John 5:39 (KJS) Search the scriptures; for in them ye think ye have eternal life: and they are they which testify of me."

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