Ok? So? 98% similiar? how about God made it that way!
Why? Why would god do that? What predictions could we make based on the idea that god did it?
When asked how he would respond to callers demanding proof that there is a creator, Bob Enyart put it far more concisely than I could have. So I decided to quote him here on the subject.
Ah, Bob Enyart - convicted child abuser, hate monger, bigot, liar, enemy of democracy and tax evader - what a wonderful man to drag out in support of your position.
"Normally we'll start by explaining the laws of science. I'll ask them, 'Do you agree that a rock cannot make itself out of nothing?' They'll agree with that. I say that we can sort of figure that the Universe cannot make itself. Not possible. They will generally agree with that. I'll say, 'Well you just discovered the first law of Thermodynamics, conservation of energy and matter. You can not create or destroy energy. By the laws of the natural Universe that can't happen.'
It's a real pity that's not quite true. We know matter and energy can come into and out of existence, we can observe it occuring at the Quantum level.
Then I'll ask them, 'Can a fire burn forever? Like the sun, could it burn forever?' No, it would burn out eventually. Okay, you just discovered the second law of Thermodynamics, energy goes from order to disorder. It becomes useless. Eventually you can't use it. So is there fire burning in the Universe? Yes. All right what does that mean? It wasn't burning forever.
What you mean the sun hasn't been 'burning' forever? And the universe hasn't been there forever? What,
exactly like science says it hasn't?
[This message has been edited by Mr Jack, 01-16-2004]
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