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Message 46 of 687 (520674)
08-23-2009 1:43 AM
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Message 47 of 687 (520684)
08-23-2009 4:56 AM
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08-23-2009 1:23 AM


Re: Old
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ICANT writes:
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What is the scientific answer to how the universe began? "We don't know."
No, that isn't the scientific answer. The answer is: "We have lots and lots of data, and many ideas. The currently accepted one is the Big Bang Theory, and research is ongoing to either support or replace it. Check back for more updates!"
ICANT writes:
quote:
...but you don't have one shread of evidence of the facts of exactly how the universe began to exist.
Really, so you are claiming that all of the math that gets so close to your much-parroted "T=0" isn't based on any data at all? Is that what you are claiming?
ICANT seems to be asking about the origin of the Big Bang. He is correct; we don't have a scientific answer to this, and may never have one.
We have scientific speculations. Some suggest a random fluctuation in the vacuum (whatever that would mean before the Big Bang) and others suggest collisions between branes in a multiverse scenario. It may be possible to obtain some secondary evidence and limits for these speculations, but they are not really testable in the normal sense, so it is questionable whether they should even be called "scientific".

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Message 48 of 687 (520686)
08-23-2009 5:13 AM
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08-22-2009 9:23 PM


Re: Old
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Phage0070 writes:
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Scientists didn't come up with the big bang theory without observing background radiation and the expansion of the universe.
Lets see, the Lematre theory, was confirmed by Edwin Hubble's observations in 1929. (The universe was expanding) The BBT got it's name on March 28, 1949 by Fred Hoyle on BBC radio. The MBR was not discovered until 1964. So your facts are a little out of kelter.
Something similar to the Big Bang theory was suggested by Edgar Allan Poe in the mid 1800's. Lemaitre, a Poe buff, likely got the idea from Poe. At this time there was observational evidence that the universe was finite (Olbers' paradox), but of course no observational evidence of CBR or expansion.

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Message 49 of 687 (520700)
08-23-2009 8:31 AM
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08-23-2009 4:56 AM


Re: Old
kbertsche,
Yeah, but there is evidence that there was one, which "proves" that genesis was wrong
Mark

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Message 50 of 687 (520709)
08-23-2009 11:44 AM
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08-23-2009 8:31 AM


Re: Old
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Yeah, but there is evidence that there was one, which "proves" that genesis was wrong
Mark
You are saying that evidence that a Big Bang occurred proves Genesis wrong? That the Genesis account precludes a Big Bang? How so??
From the time of the ancient Greeks until the 20th century nearly all philosophers and scientists believed the universe to be eternal. They changed their opinion, primarily due to the extremely strong evidence for the Big Bang. Throughout this entire time the Genesis account proclaimed that the universe had a beginning, consistent with the Big Bang.
I don't know ICANT's views on the Big Bang, but I see no inconsistency between the Big Bang and the Genesis account.

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Message 51 of 687 (520727)
08-23-2009 3:25 PM
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08-23-2009 11:44 AM


Re: Old
kbertsche,
You are saying that evidence that a Big Bang occurred proves Genesis wrong? That the Genesis account precludes a Big Bang? How so??
Because one involves the solar system taking ~10 million years to appear, the other takes < 7 days. A tiny discrepancy?
Mark

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Message 52 of 687 (520729)
08-23-2009 3:39 PM
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08-23-2009 3:25 PM


Re: Old
Hi Mark,
Mark24 writes:
Because one involves the solar system taking ~10 million years to appear, the other takes < 7 days. A tiny discrepancy?
Where does the Bible say the solar system took 7 days to appear?
Some very vocal YEC creationist say it took 6 days. But that is not what the Bible says.
The Bible says in the beginning God created the heaven and the earth.
The heaven existed prior to Genesis 1:2-2:3.
The earth existed prior to Genesis 1:2-2:3.
In fact the earth is said to be in darkness and covered with water in Genesis 1:2.
So explain how they were created in the 7 day period you reference when they already existed.
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 53 of 687 (520730)
08-23-2009 3:43 PM
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08-23-2009 3:39 PM


Re: Old
ICANT,
So explain how they were created in the 7 day period you reference when they already existed.
That would be creation week.
Where does the Bible say the solar system took 7 days to appear?
It's implicit. If everything was created in creation week, then so was the solar system.
Mark

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Message 54 of 687 (520744)
08-23-2009 4:46 PM
Reply to: Message 43 by lyx2no
08-22-2009 10:55 PM


Re: Getting Older
Hi lyx2no,
lyx2no writes:
No you haven't. Tuffers said the creation story had been shown to be wrong. You interpreted this thusly: Only Gen 1:1 speaks of the creation; therefore, tuffers is saying that Gen 1:1 has been scientifically proven false.
In his OP tuffers said:
tuffers writes:
Many people today who accept that science has proven the creation story of the Bible to be fictional, somehow still believe in the creator from that story.
tuffers said "science has proven the creation story of the Bible to be fictional".
That is plain to me.
If you have a different explanation lets have it.
Genesis 1:1 says in the beginning God created the heaven and the earth.
Declarative sentence of completed action. God created not will create in the 7 days found in Genesis 1:2-2:3.
Therefore tuffers said science has proven Genesis 1:1 false unless fiction means something else.
I simply ask for the evidence that proves Genesis 1:1 false/fictional.
lxyn2o writes:
Tuffers needs to present evidence that Gen 1:1 In the beginning God creates the heaven and the earth.
tuffers or anyone else has never been asked by me to present evidence that Gen. 1:1 is correct.
I have asked that the evidence that proves it false be presented.
lyx2no writes:
If your entire argument is that it hasn't been proven that a god of some sort did not create the Heavens and the Earth you,ll not find any sane challengers.
My argument is nobody has presented any scientific evidence of the creation of the universe. There is none, it does not exist.
Yet tuffers, and others have claimed science proves the Genesis account of creation false.
Either they do not know what the Genesis creation account says or they don't know what they are talking about.
Science has zero evidence of facts of how the universe began to exist.
Many here have said it did not begin to exist. "It just is".
"It just is", makes the universe infinite. That is the Steady state theory. Hoyle and Einstein held this theory to be correct.
Because of the discovery of expansion Einstein began a search of how God created the universe.
If expansion is true the universe did not exist and began to exist.
Genesis 1:1 says: "In the beginning God created the heaven and the earth.
Science says: "In the beginning we don't know".
lyxn2o writes:
Gen 1:1 doesn't say enough that it can be proven wrong.
Sure it does. All you or anyone has to do is produce the evidence of the facts of how the universe began to exist There are several ideas but they are all the imaginations of man.
lyx2no writes:
The claim is the bit that evidence need be supplied for.
The claim is: "science has proven the creation story of the Bible to be fictional".
That is the claim.
My statement is that the evidence I asked for does not exist.
I am glad you agree that the evidence does not exist.
But I can't understand why the facts would not falsify Genesis 1:1 if it is not 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 55 of 687 (520746)
08-23-2009 4:58 PM
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08-23-2009 3:43 PM


Re: Old
mark24 writes:
It's implicit. If everything was created in creation week, then so was the solar system.
There is no creation week.
The only things created in Gen 1:2-2:3 is huge water creatures in verse 21 and mankind in verse 27.
There is a creation day. Gen 1:1 "in the beginning God created the heaven and the earth".
Genesis 2:4 delcares itself to be the account of the heaven and earth in the DAY the Lord God created the earth and the heaven.
BTW are you a YEC atheist?
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 56 of 687 (520751)
08-23-2009 5:33 PM
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08-23-2009 3:25 PM


Re: Old
quote:
quote:
You are saying that evidence that a Big Bang occurred proves Genesis wrong? That the Genesis account precludes a Big Bang? How so??
Because one involves the solar system taking ~10 million years to appear, the other takes < 7 days. A tiny discrepancy?
Mark
I think you are missing the main point of this thread. ICANT claims the text does NOT say that the heavens and earth were created in a 7-day period. They were created in Gen 1:1, before the 7-day period commenced. Their creation (and the length of time to accomplish it) are undated in Scripture.
I agree with ICANT on this point, as do many theologians and Hebrew scholars.

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Message 57 of 687 (520752)
08-23-2009 6:28 PM
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08-23-2009 5:33 PM


Re: Old
Learn something new every day .

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Message 58 of 687 (520753)
08-23-2009 6:42 PM
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08-23-2009 4:58 PM


Re: Old
Maybe there has to be a creation week to justify people in medieval clothes parading around in pointy buildings on 'sabbaths' to provide a nice safe ritual version of Christianity. Maybe the only reason there is such a thing as a week is to provide protection from Christianity.

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Message 59 of 687 (520759)
08-23-2009 7:54 PM
Reply to: Message 54 by ICANT
08-23-2009 4:46 PM


Re: Getting Older
That is plain to me.
If you have a different explanation lets have it.
It has been explained it to you more then once, but I'm always happy to give it another try.
When you are chairing one of your bi-monthly meetings of The Secret Society of Utter Nut-Balls have you ever noticed tuffers to be in attendance? No? That's because he's not a member. When non-members use the phrase "The creation story" they're not referring to just the first ten words. Like the hand shake, the ten word rule is a members only idiosyncrasy.
Tuffers, and other non-members, mean all of it. Sloppy usage to be sure, but when in Rome So when tuffers says "science has proven the creation story of the Bible to be fictional" he means the bits about God creating hot dog buns in packs of ten when all the scientific evidence 'proves' they only come in eights.
tuffers said "science has proven the creation story of the Bible to be fictional".
That is plain to me.
If you have a different explanation lets have it.
Genesis 1:1 says in the beginning God created the heaven and the earth.
Declarative sentence of completed action. God created not will create in the 7 days found in Genesis 1:2-2:3.
Therefore tuffers said science has proven Genesis 1:1 false unless fiction means something else.
I simply ask for the evidence that proves Genesis 1:1 false/fictional.
You really, really don't need to keep saying this, though maybe you do need to read it.
No one has said Gen 1:1 has be shown to be wrong: No one. No one even tried. You have turned tuffers statement into your statement and then demand that he defend it. He is only responsible for defending his own statements. (Which, by the way, he hasn't done either, but as it's been done to death it shouldn't be necessary.)
lxyn2o writes:
Tuffers needs to present evidence that Gen 1:1 In the beginning God creates the heaven and the earth.
You'll have to take that up with lxyn2o. The man's been at the swill, if you ask me. It's not even a full sentence.
But I can't understand why the facts would not falsify Genesis 1:1 if it is not correct.
Because Gen 1:1 only say that God did it. It does not restriction how God did it. Therefore, no matter how it was done God could have done it.
Try this: You're playing Clue with an idiot. The cards are all dealt out, the clues hidden away. On the idiot's first roll he declares he did it. No one has his card, save maybe himself, but he's an idiot. He has no alibi. Now if he said he did it with a wrench, well, Colonel mustard produces the wrench. If he said he did it in the study, Miss Scarlet was in the study. If he said the victim was Mr. Green, Mr. Green can put up a fuss. But, until such time as more is said the idiot's story can't be contradicted. Any idiot can present a story too vague to be contradictable. Especially in ten words or less.

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Message 60 of 687 (520762)
08-23-2009 9:44 PM
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08-23-2009 7:54 PM


Re: Getting Older
Considering that science has proven the broader story of Genesis to be false, isn't it only logical to assume that the first 10 words are also false?
Edited by caldron68, : No reason given.

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