If there are atheists that believe in the Big Bang, who do they think lit the fuse?
You are mixing apples and oranges.First, the Big Bang and atheism have nothing to do with each other.The first is a scientific theory.The second is a phylosophical position.Second, the Big Bang is just a nickname. It was not an explosion. It was a sudden expansion that happened at the beginning of what we perceive as “time”.Third. Fact is, that is as far as our knowledge goes. No scientist claims there was nothing beyond that. I want to highlight the word “beyond”, not “before”, since time starts at the Big Bang, therefore, there was no “before”.So, to answer your question about “who lit the fuse”, it must be the same guy who “makes the world spin around”. There’s no “who”. There might be a “what”.And to end this, my problem to your question is, you are hiding the fact that you WANT to be a “who” and you are pushing that in a very sneaky way.A sincere question would have been “What do you think started the Big Bang? What was the driver? What was before that?” (assuming you don’t know there was no “before”). To which the answer is “we don’t know… but we are working on finding out!”Regardless, there’s your answer: There was not a “WHO”, and there was no fuse. And that has nothing to do with if God exists or not. We don’t know, we might never know, and we can disagree forever.Good luck.
What do atheists believe the meaning of life is?
I don't want to start a large religious debate about who's 'better', I just want to know what atheists believe the meaning of life is. In other words, if you're going to die and just fade out of consciousness after 50-100 years, then what's the point of doing anything or getting anything done? What is the meaning of life, atheists?
Christians: Do you believe all atheists are going to hell?
Hi there! I'm an atheist, and I was just wondering what the general belief is in Christianity about whether atheists go to hell or not. Keep in mind that the Christian God is supposedly omnibenevolent (all-loving), so would he really send anyone to eternal damnation? I mean, if there is a god, and it is moral and loving and worthy of respect, then it won’t mind if people have rational doubts about it and rational reasons for not believing in it. This God won’t punish people for exercising the critical thinking skills which it gave them. Also, shouldn't it be more important to God that we all get along as humans, act nicely towards each other and try and create a peaceful world, than that we all worship Him? Just my opinion. I think I'm quite a nice person and to be honest it doesn't seem fair that just because I believe differently, I'm going to spend eternity being tortured by Satan. Some Christians in the world are probably nastier people than me, yet they still get to go to Heaven and spend eternity in heaven...it just seems like an odd system to me. If I've offended you in any way, I apologise, I hope you know that it wasn't my intention. I'm interested in your answers, but please take my argument into consideration and don't just say "Yes you are going to hell with all the other atheists". Providing reasons for your answer will be greatly appreciated. Many thanks. :)
How do atheists explain the "big bang" and in particular, what came before the bang? Did the big bang just "happen" or was there a priori causation? And if the time prior to the big bang is unexplained/unobservable, does this create doubt for atheists?
I am becoming tired of this same question coming up once and again. Your question reveals ignorance of big bang, or religion, or both. You mean to say that religious people do not accept big bang, or that atheist always do. You are wrong on both counts. The Catholic church accepts the Big Bang and one of its first proposers was Father Lemaitre, a catholic priest and physicist (please note that this acceptance does not turn the theory valid, but your question moot). Some atheist might not accept Big Bang (Hoyle and other steady-staters rejected it, among other things, because this "moment of creation" smelled as theology. Regrettably for them, along came the CMB). And besides, no one affirms that "first there was nothing, then it blew it up" except if talking to a five year old. So, learn a bit more about big bang and/or religion, or grow up.PS: Question has been edited by "Anonymous" AFTER many answers. This is pure dishonesty. And the edits belong more to a "Dumber and More Dumber" deluxe edition than to a serious discussion.A Deist will say, "God created the heavens and the earth" and "Let there be light."About all an atheist can claim is, "first there was nothing, then it exploded."shows that the author cannot imagine a) a deist that is not Abrahamic in perspective b) a deist with the ability to differentiate theological from scientifical discussion c) what the big bang theory actually says d) how to make a productive question -the first step of every form of intellectual knowledge- e) what to do with his/her spare time. My recommendation to the author: get a life. Or an afterlife, if that suits you better.PS2: I know that, by editing my answer after some up votes, i could be committing the same felony I accuse the author of the edit of. But Quora would not allow me to add another answer. My apologies.
If we don’t know what happened before the Big Bang, why don’t atheists believe in a creator?
I could ask the same question about biogenesis. If we don't know how DNA came into existence, why can't we acknowledge that a god must have done it?First, because that's an argument from ignorance. Not knowing something or not understanding something just isn't a rationale for assuming supernatural agency.It's OK not to know something.Somebody commented (in a fairly triumphant tone) to one of my answers this morning, telling me that he was being rational about believing in a creator because he knows I can't explain DNA.That's a head scratcher.So, what happens when some group of biologists one day replicate the creation of DNA or RNA in simulated natural conditions? What happens to the god stories then?When you put your faith in gods into the gaps in human knowledge, you aren't making an argument. You're just repeating god stories somebody told you.That's not rational.There's no way to make any observations about anything “before” the initial expansion of the universe. There isn't anything “before” the initial expansion of the universe.To speak of “before” doesn't have any meaning we're aware of.We don't know.Hypothesizing a conscious creative force of a god is irrational, though. There's no way to rationally proceed from, “We don't know,” to “God did it.”The state of not knowing does not equal God.Anyone who says it does is simply being incoherent.
What do atheists believe?
Before i start off id like to say that this question is serious so trolls from both atheists and theists are not really appreciated. At this point i dont really know if there is a God or not. I have researched on christianity, islam and some other religions and I started to wonder what you guys are all about. I want to hear what you yourselves say about atheism. So atheists, what is atheism really about? Just a non believe in the existance of a creater with all kind of different theories and philosophies? Do all atheists believe in the big bang and evolution? Or are there other explainations to what started life. Those of you who do believe in the big bang, do you mind explaining to me why this is true? And same goes for evolutionism. As far as i know there is no real evidence for it nor can we copy the process (i could be wrong though). And do you have solid evidence and / or facts that disprove any kind of religion? And to the theists, what do you think atheists actually believe? Do you understand the arguements they make and can your faith correctly disprove them? Thanks.
What do atheists think to be the reason for the origin of the universe and everything?
Then who created God? Super God? Even if you go down that path you are eventually left with something coming from nothing. Why not skip a step and say the universe created itself? If you recognize true nothingness as a physical impossibility (try to imagine the absence of anything: no space, no darkness, nothing) then you can get something from nothing by seeing that nothing is something in and of itself. The instability of this condition (and the uncertainty principle) gives rise to matter.Mathematically, this can be visualized with the null set. You first take zero which represents nothing, then you take the set containing zero which is equal to one. S{0}=1. Boom, something from nothing!I'm not saying God doesn't exist, but I don't think you can get there from here.