Sorry, easy way out. Just to say something is true doesn't make it true. I can say that the great Derno sat on the universe (beer can) and squished it...then farted and blew it apart and the resulting pieces formed the universe. In the same way Derno is the uncaused cause.
Sounds a bit rediculus doesn't it? All you can do at this point is beleive in what happened and keep that to yourself. None of the explanations can be prooved or disprooved.
So, god coulnd't have started the ball rolling then checked back in on adam and eve when they existed to say hi?
physic's degree with Math. I have had tons of chem and bio courses to go with it. Its not that i have done the work to prove different theories but i understand enough about science and what has happened to not turn my cheak to it because it says something different than what i was taught.
Where did I call you a name? And in the same respect, talking down to people is just as bad as calling them an a$$ or a fool.
Not exactly the easy way out. You also don't have to accept the explanation. If you believe that God created Time, space, than he would of course not be subject to it. So from a Christian prespective, this is an acceptable position, supported in the Bible.
The Derno thing I would have to question - I'm sure he could do the beer can trick, but what would it create? LOL
Or proved to my satifaction with a logical and Biblicial argument to support it.
If God would have checked out and popped back in than the Bible is wrong about his daily involvment with people Here and Now as well as the past. So no that is not what is recorded in the Bible, so to say he did other wise is speculation.
I don't have a degree but I read and ask alot of questions and look for "loop-holes" and where that puts me at the end of a pitcular thought. I have not seen enough evidence to support evolution - Common Descent. I believe in Natural Selection that has been proven. I read some of Talk Origins.
I don't turn the other cheek on Science either, I work in Fiber Optics. Science has it's place on telling you (the imperial you) what they think happened, not why it happened. To get the the Why you must look to Metaphyics.
With your education, you were trained to look for the most probably cause.
Well in chemisty I was taught the Life doesn't come from non life. Doesn't that scientific law, alone refute evolution?
In Philosophy - What is the purpose of life? Does any outside of God make sense? This of course is not saying that you or other people cannot or do not live a moral life, but it does question the why. Yes I understand that we could be doing good for goods sake but, What is good? That subjective in the Naruralist position.
If we have found sea shells at the top of every mountain range on the earth. Fossils are only found in sedimentary type rocks. Fossils only form when the animal is covered quickly and than left undistrubed for some time. That we find Fossil Beds where groups of animals have been found. If we calculate the volume of water on the earth, solid, vapor and liquid, isn't there enough to cover the entire earth.
Doesn't that point to a world wide flood?
The FYI was not directed at you more of a position statement, cause I was called arrogant by several people. Thats why I put a general statement. Could you give me an example of were I have talked down to people? That way I don't do it anymore.
Thanks
Smitty