Name: Anonymous 2010-02-13 6:52
Forget Christianity for a minute and let's just talk about the universe. You want to use only logic and intelligence and reason, right?
Sounds good to me. And, using all your logic, intelligence and reason points you to the conclusion that there is probably no God, so he obviously didn't create the universe, right? If so, that means the universe came into existence by accident - the big bang, the small bang, the billions of years of evolution, whatever you call it, however you slice it - the universe just happened.
Here's the problem with that: your theory very clearly violates the second law of themodynamics - a LAW of science, not a theory, that, as you know, is commonly called entropy. Everything is falling apart. Everything in the universe is constantly going from order to chaos and has been for as long as we know - hence the reason it's a law.
Now, I'm using logic to explain logic here and if you're following along, which I assume you are, then you are also using logic, which can only mean one of two things:
1.) The human brain is the amazing, incredible exception to the law of entropy when suddenly the chaotic, accidental process of evolution had a spurt of genious and created order out of chaos. Then after entropy had taken a break for a while, so that humans could be created logically and intelligentally, the universe picked up again on it's merry way of continually detiorating towards chaos. This would be truly incredible, considering there are no exceptions to other scientific laws, such as gravity. Incredible - meaning, literally, unbelievable.
2.) Or you could go out on a limb and suppose that the unvierse was set up with order and intelligence from the beginning.
Geez. Which one seems like the bigger logical and scientific leap?
Remember, we're not talking about Christianity or God, just trying to figure out how we came to be logical out of chaos.
Sounds good to me. And, using all your logic, intelligence and reason points you to the conclusion that there is probably no God, so he obviously didn't create the universe, right? If so, that means the universe came into existence by accident - the big bang, the small bang, the billions of years of evolution, whatever you call it, however you slice it - the universe just happened.
Here's the problem with that: your theory very clearly violates the second law of themodynamics - a LAW of science, not a theory, that, as you know, is commonly called entropy. Everything is falling apart. Everything in the universe is constantly going from order to chaos and has been for as long as we know - hence the reason it's a law.
Now, I'm using logic to explain logic here and if you're following along, which I assume you are, then you are also using logic, which can only mean one of two things:
1.) The human brain is the amazing, incredible exception to the law of entropy when suddenly the chaotic, accidental process of evolution had a spurt of genious and created order out of chaos. Then after entropy had taken a break for a while, so that humans could be created logically and intelligentally, the universe picked up again on it's merry way of continually detiorating towards chaos. This would be truly incredible, considering there are no exceptions to other scientific laws, such as gravity. Incredible - meaning, literally, unbelievable.
2.) Or you could go out on a limb and suppose that the unvierse was set up with order and intelligence from the beginning.
Geez. Which one seems like the bigger logical and scientific leap?
Remember, we're not talking about Christianity or God, just trying to figure out how we came to be logical out of chaos.