Not according to the dictionary! Atheism is the lack of belief in God. I don't believe God exists. Hence, I fit the bill. Dead on, in fact. I'm not saying I'm not sure about it. I flat out do not believe it. But beliefs can and do change as new evidence is presented. Saying it's possible does not imply I'm sitting on the fence. It's possible that one day I will love Toto. But I don't right now. I have a very firm position on God. I'm not on the fence.

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I don't know anything about m-theory and I don't know anything about why you brought it up.

I don't know even precisely what the theory that I've been talking about is called, it is simply an expansion of the Big Bang Theory using quantum mechanics to explain the origin of the situation which brought about the singularity, I simply have a lot of experience in theoretical and quantum physics and have shown how it is entirely possible for the universe to be created from nothing (nothing, not a singularity, the singularity comes from nothing) using the physics that we know today and have proven through empirical evidence (as we know that quantum fluctuations exist).

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hehehe- the theory of gawd.

You just plug every hole in our knowledge with gawd - that's the whole theory of your gawd.

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I believe it is the m theory (one of the string theories) that you are talking about. It address the creation of the singularity with essentially parallel universes.

I thought it was you who had mentioned string theory earlier but I guess I was wrong. Anyway - I agree with you but you have to understand that this theory is a very new theory and is something that can't be observed by any current conventional means.

M-Theory:

Some physicists use one of the superstring theories to explain God also. You don't have to watch the first one to watch the second one but it will help to understand what the God Theory is based on.

God Theory (a subset of string theory):

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That second video ends with "Both views are equally defesnsible but you can - if you want - believe in both science and God and a universe with a purpose."

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Sahrie eye dohn't noe wut "gawd" iz - heheheheheh!

Plausible yes, but still doesn't completely rule out the possibility of a God (which is obviously a plausible possibility too, maybe not for you, but for millions of others it is). In regards to my faith in God, whether the Big Bang Theory is proven to be completely factually true or not doesn't concern me at all. If the formation of our physical universe is proven to have a scientific explanation, my personal faith in God himself will remain (I mean God may have made the Big Bang happen too as part of his plan ). God explains what science can't. Though the idea of Big Bang being true would serve as quite a rude-awakening for the fundamental Religionists out there who are still believing the Earth is only 6000 years old, and ignorantly choosing to completely reject evolution due to being completely blinded by religion - their entire grasp of how they perceive life would slip out beneath them. I consider it a good thing I don't classify myself in that 'fundamentalist' group.


My point exactly.

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You can't really deny the Big Bang occurred, though some religious have tried to cite it as how God created the universe. It's an easily provable scientific fact that the universe emerged from a singularity.

My question for you is, why do you create God for no reason to explain something that can be explained without creating anything?

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-- Paul Krugman

Not really Foxie dear, there are still mysteries to how it all occurred. As for your question, you're assuming something that's completely false and using it as the basis, so there's no need for me to answer it. I didn't "create" God, and I also don't use him to explain things that are already explained. So...I guess I can't help you figure that out, sorry.

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I said no doubt to the fact that it occurred.

Then how do you derive God from reality?

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"The raw fact is that every successful example of economic development this past century--every case of a poor nation that worked its way up to a more or less decent, or at least dramatically better, standard of living--has taken place via globalization; that is, by producing for the world market rather than trying for self-sufficiency."

-- Paul Krugman

What do you mean? How does one "find" God out of "reality"? I guess the answer to that is completely subjective to the individual because I'm sure everyone senses God (who believes in him) differently. I've already somewhat explained to you how I perceive him in this thread.

Your question is posed in a way that if I answer it will seem as if I'm trying to make you "understand how to find God" and I think "deriving God" should be an individual task, completed with as little influence as possible. So my answer of how "I derive God" holds no merit (and would bore you).

I sense you're not going to leave me alone until I tell you that "I don't believe in God" and/or bend only to the laws of science .. which I can assure will take a lot more pondering and experiencing before I jump to those conclusions.

SO with that said, I hope we can all live and let live, holding hands and singing oh happy day with the sun setting off in the sunset.



Goodnight.

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