Robert
I must admit that every time I watch a programme on the science of the origin
of the universe I wonder at the proportion of guesswork and assumption. I'm
always left with the impression that no one really knows what happened, in
scientific terms, except that it was a loooong time ago.
Chris
On 6 Dec 2012, at 18:11, Robert Burnette <r.burnette@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> I think it is humorous that those who subscribe to the hypothesis/theory of
> evolution have to accept the notion that the essential ingredients of life
> genesis for that first cell (water, heat, chemicals, minerals, etc.) just
> "happened" to be present in the universe in the right place at the right
> time. (Serendipity?) How and from what source were those elements created?
> IMHO simply taking them for granted takes as much "faith" as believing in a
> creator. It's just faith in a different "first cause."
>
> Another thing that makes me wonder: if everything began with a common origin
> (the "big bang" single origin hypothesis/theory) and expanded from that, why
> aren't all the heavenly bodies similar? ;o)
>
> Hypothesis/theory.... A rose by any other name....
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