The existence - or lack of - a God is one of humanity's fundamental questions. Since the first birth, the first sunrise, the first death, humans have sought to explain the world around them. The whole of human existence, in the end, comes down to this: Is there a God?
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God Does Not Play Dice With The Universe!
- From Rabbi Jeret
By Rabbi Jeret - Spiritual Leader, Congregation Ner Tamid
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God of the gaps
"To the extent that scientists do not allow for the possibility of God, they cannot aptly explain the origins of the universe. "
This is a God of the gaps argument. At one point in time people made the argument that if we didn't allow the possibility of God we couldn't explain lightning, the sun, weather, etc.
The fact that our knowledge is incomplete does not mean that we need God to fill in the gaps. History has made a fool of such arguments in the past.
- reckoner
August 14, 2008 8:24AM
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Mischaracerization
Einstein's statement reflects his view that the universe could be explained in an experimentally deterministic way. He spent his last years in life trying to come up with a unified theory of physics because to him the notion of quantum uncertainty was so unsettling. The next great discovery in physics will likely a unified theory (after we find the Higgs boson of course). Regardless, Einstein's view has more to do with a certain view of nature rather than the existence of a god that shapes all things with some omnipotent guiding hand.
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June 4, 2009 1:29AM
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god is irrelevant
Good is the health , well-being and longevity of our entire species and planet. You can believe in a god and be for the good of all humanity or you can not believe in god and be for the good of all humanity. On the other hand saddling people with original sin, the fall of man and a final judgment day is definitely not good for the psychic of humankind. If we become extinct through our own suicidal self-destructive tendencies taught to us by people who claim to believe in god, will it be god's fault? Therefore the Abrahamic god and all gods are irrelevant compared to love.
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July 9, 2009 12:52AM
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