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Good article! IT does propose what I would call a cyclic universe based on string theory as his preferred option of the mature of our universe, He does note that the application of the Theory of Relativity and Quantum Theory can come up with a similar solution,It doesn't necessarily follow from BB that time began.
The Myth Of The Beginning Of Time
String theory suggests that the BIG BANG was not the origin of the universe but simply the outcome of a preexisting statewww.scientificamerican.com
..and ad-hominum is not a justification of your beliefs.Weasel wording does not help your case and justify the ignorance of your statements.
Calm down .. you've got the wrong person .. I'm well educated in the sciences.The point is clear as in evolution, weather prediction and science in general you cannot provide any evidence for your outrageous assumptions based on an ancient religious agenda..
No ad hominem nor anything to do with my 'beliefs.' The issues are science...and adhominum is not a justification of your beliefs.
Calm down .. you've got the wrong person .. I'm well educated in the sciences.
I beg to differ..No ad hominem..
"Meteorologists use computer programs called weather models to make forecasts. Since we can't collect data from the future, models have to use estimates and assumptions to predict future weather. The atmosphere is changing all the time, so those estimates are less reliable the further you get into the future."If you are well educated in sciences, and not biased you would not reject evolution and make statements such as:
"I don't think so.
Take the weather, for example .. can we predict with any certainty what it will be like tomorrow? No."
As long as something exist, the concept of time can be applied to it. I believe something has always existed, so the concept of time has always existedIf you believe in the Big Bang, what was happening before time began? Could it have been an eternal being that created us?
"Meteorologists use computer programs called weather models to make forecasts. Since we can't collect data from the future, models have to use estimates and assumptions to predict future weather. The atmosphere is changing all the time, so those estimates are less reliable the further you get into the future."
All you are doing, is taking my statement in an absolute literal manner, imo. i.e. being pedantic
..and evolution is not the topic here .. but fyi, I don't reject it.
In a broad generalization this is maybe OK, but for example it does not reflect Quantum time on the smallest scale. Time on the Quantum scale relates to the momentary time of particles behavior and is not the continuous space time in the large scale of our universeAs long as something exist, the concept of time can be applied to it. I believe something has always existed, so the concept of time has always existed
Besides that, time is relative. For one observer time can freeze (or have a beginning) for other not...In a broad generalization this is maybe OK, but for example it does not reflect Quantum time on the smallest scale. Time on the Quantum scale relates to the momentary time of particles behavior and is not the continuous space time in the large scale of our universe
Well, my argument is basically that we cannot rule out that G-d is able to cause..Making the additional false statement in reddish orangish does not help your argument..
God Created our universe and the Natural Laws and processes that determine the nature of our physical existence including weather and climate good, bad and indifferent. The nature of our physical existence is indeed uniform, consistent and predictable from the perspective of science including the weather.Well, my argument is basically that we cannot rule out that G-d is able to cause
bad weather .. locally, and globally.
..but how G-d might implement that is another topic. As as far as I understand,
G-d is not a person, and not comparable to any observed physical phenomena.
Observed physical phenomena have causes, cause other things and are measurable. If god is not all that, then it doesn't have a cause, can't cause other things and is not measurable.As as far as I understand,
G-d is not a person, and not comparable to any observed physical phenomena.
No .. it doesn't logically follow. That is purely a materialistic outlook, that does notObserved physical phenomena have causes, cause other things and are measurable. If god is not all that, then it doesn't have a cause, can't cause other things and is not measurable.
Logic is purely materialistic - or better, the other way around, materialism follows from logic.No .. it doesn't logically follow. That is purely a materialistic outlook, that does not
accept the possibility of miracles. i.e. natural laws being broken w/o apparent reason
No .. logic is like boolean algebra .. it has a mathematical "flavour".Logic is purely materialistic - or better, the other way around, materialism follows from logic.
It is NOT illogical .. it's just that it's not easy to explain.Magic is illogical, it doesn't connect a phenomenon to a cause (at least not in a direct line of causes and effects).
It doesn't depend on reality, but once there is a reality, logic can only make sense of that reality when it is orderly.No .. logic is like boolean algebra .. it has a mathematical "flavour".
It does not depend on physical concept like the material universe.
As long as something exist, the concept of time can be applied to it. I believe something has always existed, so the concept of time has always existed
It is not necessarily a materialist outlook. It is only materialist if one believes God does not exist to Create Natural Laws and processes that govern our physical existence. The Possibility of miracles requires a belief in miracles that have not been ever objectively demonstrated to break Natural Laws.No .. it doesn't logically follow. That is purely a materialistic outlook, that does not
accept the possibility of miracles. i.e. natural laws being broken w/o apparent reason
We have different definitions of "magic".That doesn't say there aren't phenomena we don't understand, yet. That is not magic..
OK .. if you want to call phenomena that "break the laws of physics" magic, that's up to you.Magic is the suspension of the laws of physics (and thereby logic).
Again we have no objectively verifiable evidence that miracles have ever occured that violate the Laws of Nature.We have different definitions of "magic".
There can be black magic .. white magic etc.
OK .. if you want to call phenomena that "break the laws of physics" magic, that's up to you.
..but saying that has something to do with logic? NO.