Does the vastness of the universe prove there is no God?
| Tom
(@lonewanderer)
1 year, 2 months ago ago
I just watched this video which shows how massive the universe is. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zr7wNQw12l8 It raised many questions as you can imagine. One of these questions i thought to myself was being as there are billions of planets and stars in a galaxy and there are countless billions of galaxies in the universe, we have to assume that we are not the only form of life. I mean due to the sheer uncomprehensible size of the universe it would be nieve to believe we are the only form of life. Therefore i thought as humans are so insignificant in the universe, why would God care about what me or you did and if we believed in him etc. Religious people preach about how God knows each one of us personally and cares for us, but is this just wishful thinking as surely we mean nothing to him, as we are like a speck of dust in the universe. Do you know what i mean? I’m athiest by the way. |
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| 1.61803399
(@drunkmonkmeth)
1 year, 2 months ago ago
nothing we know disproves god. |
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| mrmojorisin
(@mrmojorisin)
1 year, 2 months ago ago
I have heard christians say that the idea that god “knows each one of us personally” is even more incredible because of our comparative insignificance. You could argue either way, I don’t think the vastness of the universe has any bearing on whether or not there is a god. |
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| WJ
(@chuang11)
1 year, 2 months ago ago
I was atheist too, but now I tend to believe in God. I believe in God who is the creator and observer. Do I believe in that God send his son to condemn our sin? I don’t believe that. It likes God is the audience who sitting at God’s home and watching us playing a soccer. As a soccer player, you don’t hear any word from your audience but you know there it’s an audience who keep watching us. I just believe we are part of God, and I don’t think we will know who is God or what is God soon. Maybe God just means energy, ether, higg boson or whatever scientific thing that we will finally discover. |
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| R.V. Star
(@rickvonstar)
1 year, 2 months ago ago
It’s common fallacy that just because you can’t produce evidence for something, that it must not exist. Any arguments based on the “Well God doesn’t exist because there isn’t any evidence” are invalid. Everyone knew light existed before there was actual evidence for photons. If you are an atheist, what evidence would you accept in order to prove the existence of god? if you are religious, what evidence would you accept in order to prove the non-existence of god? |
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| Shredder
(@shredder)
1 year, 2 months ago ago
Only evidence can prove. A lack of evidence is a lack of proof of anything. |
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| Isaac
(@loc2dabrain)
1 year, 2 months ago ago
I like what WJ had to say. There has to be a god, maybe its the connection with everyone, who knows, I always say believe what you want to believe. |
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| Bryan Hellard
Well, technically, it doesn’t matter how huge the Universe is, God could have a personal relationship and sit down for tea every week with every single being on every single planet orbiting every single star. He is God after all. |
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| Colton
If you believe there is a god, you will see God in everything. But if you don’t believe in a god, you will see proof of that in everything. So one person could look at how vast the universe is and say there is no way a god exists. While another person could see the same picture/video and marvel at the wonders God created. |
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| Ellie
(@tangledupinplaid21)
1 year, 1 month ago ago
The vastness of the universe and excess of information make it possible to prove pretty much anything to yourself if you wanna. What do you want to prove to yourself? |
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| Eric
(@blankey)
1 year, 1 month ago ago
@Phil, word. |
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| Alex
(@hollowinfinity)
1 year, 1 month ago ago
lol. @Phil, we all know that, “Absence of evidence is not evidence of absence” Another misconception about god, is that everyone assumes its a ‘person’ and cares ‘specifically’ what you do. |
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| Alex
(@hollowinfinity)
1 year, 1 month ago ago
It’s like saying that since my cup has no water in it, there can’t be water in any cup. Or, Because I haven’t seen a narwhal with my own eyes, they can’t exist. |
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| Kyle
I one to believe that God literally IS all things that are, was or ever will be. Something above and beyond the scope of a normal minds ability to grasp in it’s entirety, simply because it is your entire mind, bod, and soul, plus some. As extensions of God we examine ourselves and the world around us. In a sense, it’s like sitting and thinking about yourself, looking in a mirror, and running tests on yourself. We are the thoughts and fingers of God reaching out and exploring and understanding Ourself. |
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| Ray Butler
As limited beings we have a limited view on everything. As there is no concrete evidence for or against the existence of God can only mean one thing, someone is concealing it, and well, better than any human influence ever could. |
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| Steven
I believe there is a purple teakettle orbiting mars that created the universe. Don’t believe in God though… |
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| Filip
(@filipek)
1 year, 1 month ago ago
The same old repeating discussion over and over again. I will explain it once. You will never be able to proof or disproof the existence of God, and you know why? Because it is something one BELIEVES in!!! I believe that I will have a happy and prosper life. Can you proof this for me? Can you disproof this for me?? It is so stupid to ask whether God exists or not. It is only a matter of BELIEF! Another discussion is the fact what the word ‘God’ means for one another, because I can imagine everybody has his/her own definition of the word ‘God’. Just like everybody has his/her own definition of the word love etc. |
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| Bryan Hellard
With big questions like these, I like to counter with “Does it matter?” There is no way we can ever know, and if one day we can know, then excellent! Otherwise, it doesn’t matter…. No sense in worrying or arguing about it. |
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| Dick
@Alex-”the bigger the Universe only means more probabilities, so the probability a god exists goes up due to its epicness.” |
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| Hitomi
(@kidvisions)
1 year, 1 month ago ago
I think that believing in the existence of God and proving his existence are two different things. So, determining what existence is, is a tricky matter for which we can probably never find an answer. Belief on the other hand, does not need proofs. I believe that music is capable of building peace in societies. I don’t need to prove that, since it gives meaning to what I do with music. I think the same applied to people who believe in God. It doesn’t really matter if the essence of what they believe in can or can not be proved as long as it gives meaning to what they do. Now, to answer your question about the vastness of the universe and how that somehow proves the unexistence of God. Well, I don’t think it proves anything other than itself. We only know parts of the truth, pieces of what is, so we can’t possibly prove the existence or unexsitence of something based on something else , the essence of which we can not totally grasp. |
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| Filip
(@filipek)
1 year, 1 month ago ago
Bryan, for some people it does for some it does not. Can we just accept this fact without judging people their believes? Is it really so difficult? I thought we as ‘HEthens’ are different. |
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| Filip
(@filipek)
1 year, 1 month ago ago
Exactly my point kidvisions |
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| Hitomi
(@kidvisions)
1 year, 1 month ago ago
@Filip, yes, and can we come to a point where we do not feel the need to “defend” our beliefs violently? |
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| Filip
(@filipek)
1 year, 1 month ago ago
We as in mankind? Unfortunately I do not think this will ever be possible. We make judgements each and every day. The art is to do this as little as possible. At discussion forums like these it is easier to control yourself, since you have time to re read your reply before posting it, however in real life once you have said something you cannot press the delete button anymore. Or did you refer to judgements in my posts? |
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| Hitomi
(@kidvisions)
1 year, 1 month ago ago
@filip: yes I meant we as human beings. I think you are right about that, but I hope we can get to a point where we can still disagree and defend our beliefs without having to use violence. |
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