Feel free to prove faster than light travel, by the way.
The only thing stopping FTL is gravity, make an antigravity field and the mass won't become infinite, and the only barrier to FTL is gone. And scientists are already making very weak antigravity fields.
As to 'God doesn't exist' can you prove that conclusively? No, and for all I know the universe was created when I became self aware, it might have been created 5 minutes ago and all my memories are false
That's not proof, is it? That's a hypothesis.
I didn't claim that god doesn't exist, only that there's no evidence that a god does exist.
There's not even a consensus on the definition of what a god is.
The burden of proof is on the theist.
Solipsism is useless. It's an unfalsifiable theory which goes nowhere and leads to nothing.
Feel free to believe it, though.
If god made everything for us special beings, as is suggested by Fan, this planet wouldnt be a spec of dust in the universe, why bother making something so vast for the purpose of 0.0000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000001% of it?
You just wouldnt would you? The idea of a God being creating everything is a stoneage idea, it has no place in 2012. Unfortunately it will probably last as long as we last because you are not allowed to slap the **** out of someone for believing such fantasy because everyone is entitled to their ****ey insignificant beliefs and some poor children will always have the bullshit forced on them by religous freaks like Fan.
edd, you are a betting man so here is a thought to you (and only you) look at the odds of the different 'beliefs' and tell me whats the favourite
Atheism or Agnostocism are the only two that have shortened in price over the last 100 years.
We are descended from aliens.
I know that for FACT.
agnosticism doesnt know
and atheism says no creator for our being here etc
think the odds are not good
"Wisest is he who knows that he does not know"
Plato quoting Socrates (sort of - it's the Jostein Gaarder quote I'm using)
Only a fool would claim to know something that he categorically cannot know.
A wise man is not afraid to say "I don't know" - a fool fears admitting his limitations.
There is something similar in hadith. Basically the best answer is 'I dont know' rather than what some people do.
However there is also the notions of 'finding out' and 'staying in ignorance' etc
the best, and most applicable on here IMO, is this
''the fool says what he hears, the wise man says what he thinks''
I can't possibly categorically know if there's a deity or not.
It's a matter of faith rather than thought and, as such, is saying "what you hear" rather than "what you think".
Although, that Hadith quote is pretty good.
With all due respect, have you ever really looked into it?
As I have said many times what we 'know' today is oft heresay and a manipulation, at best, of say scriptures. The notion of God today conjures images that can never be true
The sayig what youhear v think is based around repeating something without understanding/investigating etc.
ALL thought is based on previous information
The only thing stopping FTL is gravity, make an antigravity field and the mass won't become infinite, and the only barrier to FTL is gone. And scientists are already making very weak antigravity fields.As to 'God doesn't exist' can you prove that conclusively? No, and for all I know the universe was created when I became self aware, it might have been created 5 minutes ago and all my memories are false