I wanted to write a brief follow-up to today's Line by Line post. As I mentioned earlier, many people in our world believe that existence itself proves that there must be a creator. This supposition is based upon, what I believe, is a grand assumption. That assumption is that there was nothing (i.e., the void) and then -- poof! -- there was something.
Life.
But how do we know there was ever nothing? Certainly there was a time when there was no planet earth, but just because our planet didn't exist, this does not mean that nothing else existed. The elements that came together to form Mother Earth came from somewhere and it is conceivable that in that somewhere these elements have always existed.
If the basic elements of life are eternal or perpetual, where would a creator fit in with that formulation?
Life.
But how do we know there was ever nothing? Certainly there was a time when there was no planet earth, but just because our planet didn't exist, this does not mean that nothing else existed. The elements that came together to form Mother Earth came from somewhere and it is conceivable that in that somewhere these elements have always existed.
If the basic elements of life are eternal or perpetual, where would a creator fit in with that formulation?
I think people who appreciate the Big Bang Theory and other truly weird aspects of quantum phsyics do not necessarily assume a creator. The Taoist concept that being comes from non-being (existence from non-existence)is quite compatible with these theories....something can come from void. My teacher would say that this happens with "movement" but I know he never meant a "creator."
ReplyDeleteScience/reason breaks down in the first microseconds of the Big Bang. In those first few split seconds, and "before," there is only conjecture, belief, philosophy.
ReplyDeleteWhat i mean is, perpetual, eternal existence is a philosophical position. As is a moment of sudden creation, a Big Bang. This goes back to the ancient Greeks.