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I guess I am called an atheist

To start at the beginning. When I was 13, and starting High school, I and the whole auditorium of kids were informed of the makeup of an atom by a guest lecturer, It was explained how the parts of the atom,--Nucleus, Electrons, and Positrons were comparable to our own solar system with comparatively speaking, as much space between the particles as there is between the sun and the planets, thus, if it wasn't for some presently unknown magnetic force, you could pass one thru the other without fear of colision . Thus you could also pass one hand right thru the other. This started me on my road to knowledge.
Further, Science has told us that solids, (matter) is simply energy which has become relatively stationary, thus the mini universes with all their relative space, because of some magnetic force become solid and perhaps a part of our bodies.as fingers, toes, and kidneys.

At that time it was taught that there were millions of stars in the universe, and many universes Now we know there are untold billions of stars in the universe, and billions of universes. And in the past few years they are finding a multitude of planets around these stars. This is where the first of three unanswerable questions come in.

HOW FAR IS UP” & WHERE ARE WE?

Einstein said that space is curved thus implying it is like a ball. I don't believe that. As we know space, it is between this and that. Between two walls, then two fields—two towns, , two countries, two planets, two stars, two galaxies. But what is on the other side of that last viewed galaxy ??? a stone wall? another series of galaxies? We simply don't know, and when we arrive at that point, what is on the other side of that? And where are we located.? --In a ball of matter of unimaginable size? And then,of course, where is that ball of mud???

We have also learned that within these atoms (mini solar systems) in a much smaller scale are particles which could (repeat) COULD be be like “ mini micro” solar systems in turn, made up of even smaller particles but similar to our own? Is it possible that our present solar system is simply an atom in a gigantic organism so huge that we can't comprehend? WE JUST DON'T KNOW*

Science has also informed us that in each of the galaxies there is a so-called black hole that is so dense that even light can't escape.( Thus,it is called a BLACK hole.) Contrary to my own belief, these holes swallow up all matter in it's vicinity to become even larger and denser, and if it
came close enough to this planet, it would eat us up. Hmm! Yet in billions of years we, and the milky way are still here. Further knowledge of the present beliefs concerning black holes lead me to believe that at some point the Black hole becomes unstable, and emits a stream of energy known as a “quazar” It is believed that the stream of energy later slows down and become matter ---which in turn becomes stars and ultimately, with planets.
The big bang theory suggests that this all started with an exclamation point of nothingless and exploded to become the universe. I do beiieve that what might really have happened was that there was a multitude of miniature big bangs called quazars, which in our own case created the milky way. To me, that is my original “CREATOR” except that before that there had to be other Galaxies which had black holes which emitted quazars, etc. thus the 2nd unanswerable question

“ WHO or WHAT BEGAT THE BEGATOR”

(and it continues to who or what begat it. I simple don't believe it was a grey haired man looking down on us from above.
Some weeks ago I was watching the beginning of a 12 part miniseries led by a preacher who promised an insight into the disparages between Creationism, and Evolution. I am always trying to learn, so I tuned in, The first introduction was interesting enough that I tuned into the 2nd. However when he started explaining that Tyrantisourus Rex roamed the earth in the past several thousand years, and god had somehow sped up time to cause those bones to petrify, and be buried far below the surface, I ceased tuning in.
I realize that many religious people still believe that God created earth several thousand years ago, but I believe there is an abundance of evidence that it simply isn't true. There are Ruins of structures scientifically dated back as much as twelve thousand years, and many of those ruins and structures are built with such precision that primitive man could not have accomplished --such as stonework carving which appear to have been cut by lasers They are so perfectly and precisely carved it could only have been done with something like a laser. (But supposedly there was no lasers back then).
Throughout the world, there are structures similar in nature to have been planned and designed by the same persons in places of the world so distant andremote as to be literally impossible for our primitives to have raveled there,
For instance,some 12 years ago, the remains of a fourth pyramid was discovered, and is now being excavated. One which would have been larger than the so-called Tower of Gisa, and not only was it constructed, it was also destroyed,and most of the massive blocks of stone with which it was constructed have somehow disappeared. ----WHERE?? and HOW??

PAUSE!!!!

I'm going to change my approach to this issue to an installment process because I see it is going to be much longer and complicated than I thought. Therefore, I will indicate a future set of related issues for later installment with some preliminary insight as to their content,

BUT BEWARE, I will likely upset some of your most cherished Religious beliefs with my future offering such as:
Proof that the world wide flood could not have happened ( to a -more localized area,like the Black sea area, one is likely)
That Alien lifeforms are likely here and have been almost forever, and have played a great role in our development and culture
Most specifically, that the story of Jesus is a near duplicate of the story of a similar person and circumstances, referenced in ancient Hebrew texts at least two thousand years before Christ. And that tho the Bible is a great source of history, There is scientific proof of, and reasons for many of the*Bible stories.

In the meantime I will go back to the start of this thread, and attempt to answer all of my soon to be detractor's pertinent questions.

I'LL BE BAAAAACK!!
 
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i guess i am called an atheist

to start at the beginning. When i was 13, and starting high school, i and the whole auditorium of kids were informed of the makeup of an atom by a guest lecturer, it was explained how the parts of the atom,--nucleus, electrons, and positrons were comparable to our own solar system with comparatively speaking, as much space between the particles as there is between the sun and the planets, thus, if it wasn't for some presently unknown magnetic force, you could pass one thru the other without fear of colision . Thus you could also pass one hand right thru the other. This started me on my road to knowledge.
Further, science has told us that solids, (matter) is simply energy which has become relatively stationary, thus the mini universes with all their relative space, because of some magnetic force become solid and perhaps a part of our bodies.as fingers, toes, and kidneys.

At that time it was taught that there were millions of stars in the universe, and many universes now we know there are untold billions of stars in the universe, and billions of universes. And in the past few years they are finding a multitude of planets around these stars. This is where the first of three unanswerable questions come in.

How far is up” & where are we?

Einstein said that space is curved thus implying it is like a ball. I don't believe that. As we know space, it is between this and that. Between two walls, then two fields—two towns, , two countries, two planets, two stars, two galaxies. But what is on the other side of that last viewed galaxy ??? A stone wall? Another series of galaxies? We simply don't know, and when we arrive at that point, what is on the other side of that? And where are we located.? --in a ball of matter of unimaginable size? And then,of course, where is that ball of mud???

We have also learned that within these atoms (mini solar systems) in a much smaller scale are particles which could (repeat) could be be like “ mini micro” solar systems in turn, made up of even smaller particles but similar to our own? Is it possible that our present solar system is simply an atom in a gigantic organism so huge that we can't comprehend? We just don't know*

science has also informed us that in each of the galaxies there is a so-called black hole that is so dense that even light can't escape.( thus,it is called a black hole.) contrary to my own belief, these holes swallow up all matter in it's vicinity to become even larger and denser, and if it
came close enough to this planet, it would eat us up. Hmm! Yet in billions of years we, and the milky way are still here. Further knowledge of the present beliefs concerning black holes lead me to believe that at some point the black hole becomes unstable, and emits a stream of energy known as a “quazar” it is believed that the stream of energy later slows down and become matter ---which in turn becomes stars and ultimately, with planets.
The big bang theory suggests that this all started with an exclamation point of nothingless and exploded to become the universe. I do beiieve that what might really have happened was that there was a multitude of miniature big bangs called quazars, which in our own case created the milky way. To me, that is my original “creator” except that before that there had to be other galaxies which had black holes which emitted quazars, etc. Thus the 2nd unanswerable question

“ who or what begat the begator”

(and it continues to who or what begat it. I simple don't believe it was a grey haired man looking down on us from above.
Some weeks ago i was watching the beginning of a 12 part miniseries led by a preacher who promised an insight into the disparages between creationism, and evolution. I am always trying to learn, so i tuned in, the first introduction was interesting enough that i tuned into the 2nd. However when he started explaining that tyrantisourus rex roamed the earth in the past several thousand years, and god had somehow sped up time to cause those bones to petrify, and be buried far below the surface, i ceased tuning in.
I realize that many religeus people still believe that god created earth several thousand years ago, but i believe there is an abundance of evidence that it simply isn't true. There are ruins of structures scientifically dated back as much as twelve thousand years, and many of those ruins and structures are built with such precision that primitive man could not have accomplished --such as stonework carving which appear to have been cut by lasers they are so perfectly and precisely carved it could only have been done with*
something like a laser. (but supposedly there was no lasers back then). Throughout the world, there are structures similar in nature to have been planned and designed by the same persons in places of the world so distant and
remote as to be literally impossible for our primitives to have raveled there, for instance,some 12 years ago, the remains of a fourth pyramid was discovered, and is now being excavated. One which would have been larger than
the so-called tower of gisa, and not only was it constructed, it was also destroyed,and most of the massive blocks of stone with which it was constructed have somehow disappeared. ----where?? And how??

Pause!!!!

I'm going to change my approach to this issue to an installment process because i see it is going to be much longer and complicated than i thought. Therefore, i will indicate a future set of related issues for later installment with some preliminary insight as to their content,

but beware, i will likely upset some of your most cherished religious beliefs with my future offering such as:
Proof that the world wide flood could not have happened ( to a -more localized area,like the black sea area, one is likely)
that alien lifeforms are likely here and have been almost forever, and have played a great role in our development and culture
most specifically, that the story of jesus is a near duplicate of the story of a similar person and circumstances, referenced in ancient hebrew texts at least two thousand years before christ. And that tho the bible is a great source of history, there is scientific proof of, and reasons for many of the*bible stories.

In the meantime i will go back to the start of this thread, and attempt to answer all of my soon to be detractor's pertinent questions.

I'll be baaaaack!!

tldr.

Edit: Hey! I just realized...I think I'm back, too.
 
The true art of writing is to be clear and concise while use the least amount of words possible to convey the same message.

In other words

tl;dr

(c wut i did der?)
 
May the force be with you. May.
 
Lol. I doubt you will upset the apple cart, as it has already been turn ed upside down. Seriously, I doubt there are many here who actually take the bible strictly literally. If your desire is to get into a heated discussion with a christian, which it appears may be the case, you will probably enjoy the sex and sexuality forum lol. I have found that you can't really upset the cherished beliefs of people easily, and that it is generally more effective not to attack, but to let them discover things on their own. When I first started asking the big questions, and didnt accept what I had been told as a child, it would have been counter productive for someone to tell me I was stupid. Religious beliefs aren't easily swayed, especially by a method that presumes the religious adherrent is stupid.
 
The true art of writing is to be clear and concise while use the least amount of words possible to convey the same message.

In other words

tl;dr

(c wut i did der?)
ti; dr means absolutel nothing to me. is this an example o clear and concise writing? if so, I want none of it.

including ( see what i did dear)
 
ti; dr means absolutel nothing to me. is this an example o clear and concise writing? if so, I want none of it.

including ( see what i did dear)

No it was more a jest if anything.

The first sentence was me making an overly long statement about not making overly long statements.

The tl;dr was essentially aimed at your OP (which is unbearably long, keep in mind no one likes a wall of text) as well as my joking sentence.

"c wut i did der?" was essentially a clue for all of it.

Never mind I guess, that just completely flew over your head.

Anyways, welcome to DP, please don't make wall of text posts.
 
I guess I am called an atheist

To start at the beginning. When I was 13, and starting High school, I and the whole auditorium of kids were informed of the makeup of an atom by a guest lecturer, It was explained how the parts of the atom,--Nucleus, Electrons, and Positrons were comparable to our own solar system with comparatively speaking, as much space between the particles as there is between the sun and the planets, thus, if it wasn't for some presently unknown magnetic force, you could pass one thru the other without fear of colision . Thus you could also pass one hand right thru the other. This started me on my road to knowledge.
Further, Science has told us that solids, (matter) is simply energy which has become relatively stationary, thus the mini universes with all their relative space, because of some magnetic force become solid and perhaps a part of our bodies.as fingers, toes, and kidneys.

At that time it was taught that there were millions of stars in the universe, and many universes Now we know there are untold billions of stars in the universe, and billions of universes. And in the past few years they are finding a multitude of planets around these stars. This is where the first of three unanswerable questions come in.

HOW FAR IS UP” & WHERE ARE WE?

Einstein said that space is curved thus implying it is like a ball. I don't believe that. As we know space, it is between this and that. Between two walls, then two fields—two towns, , two countries, two planets, two stars, two galaxies. But what is on the other side of that last viewed galaxy ??? a stone wall? another series of galaxies? We simply don't know, and when we arrive at that point, what is on the other side of that? And where are we located.? --In a ball of matter of unimaginable size? And then,of course, where is that ball of mud???

We have also learned that within these atoms (mini solar systems) in a much smaller scale are particles which could (repeat) COULD be be like “ mini micro” solar systems in turn, made up of even smaller particles but similar to our own? Is it possible that our present solar system is simply an atom in a gigantic organism so huge that we can't comprehend? WE JUST DON'T KNOW*

Science has also informed us that in each of the galaxies there is a so-called black hole that is so dense that even light can't escape.( Thus,it is called a BLACK hole.) Contrary to my own belief, these holes swallow up all matter in it's vicinity to become even larger and denser, and if it
came close enough to this planet, it would eat us up. Hmm! Yet in billions of years we, and the milky way are still here. Further knowledge of the present beliefs concerning black holes lead me to believe that at some point the Black hole becomes unstable, and emits a stream of energy known as a “quazar” It is believed that the stream of energy later slows down and become matter ---which in turn becomes stars and ultimately, with planets.
The big bang theory suggests that this all started with an exclamation point of nothingless and exploded to become the universe. I do beiieve that what might really have happened was that there was a multitude of miniature big bangs called quazars, which in our own case created the milky way. To me, that is my original “CREATOR” except that before that there had to be other Galaxies which had black holes which emitted quazars, etc. thus the 2nd unanswerable question

“ WHO or WHAT BEGAT THE BEGATOR”

(and it continues to who or what begat it. I simple don't believe it was a grey haired man looking down on us from above.
Some weeks ago I was watching the beginning of a 12 part miniseries led by a preacher who promised an insight into the disparages between Creationism, and Evolution. I am always trying to learn, so I tuned in, The first introduction was interesting enough that I tuned into the 2nd. However when he started explaining that Tyrantisourus Rex roamed the earth in the past several thousand years, and god had somehow sped up time to cause those bones to petrify, and be buried far below the surface, I ceased tuning in.
I realize that many religious people still believe that God created earth several thousand years ago, but I believe there is an abundance of evidence that it simply isn't true. There are Ruins of structures scientifically dated back as much as twelve thousand years, and many of those ruins and structures are built with such precision that primitive man could not have accomplished --such as stonework carving which appear to have been cut by lasers They are so perfectly and precisely carved it could only have been done with something like a laser. (But supposedly there was no lasers back then).
Throughout the world, there are structures similar in nature to have been planned and designed by the same persons in places of the world so distant andremote as to be literally impossible for our primitives to have raveled there,
For instance,some 12 years ago, the remains of a fourth pyramid was discovered, and is now being excavated. One which would have been larger than the so-called Tower of Gisa, and not only was it constructed, it was also destroyed,and most of the massive blocks of stone with which it was constructed have somehow disappeared. ----WHERE?? and HOW??

PAUSE!!!!

I'm going to change my approach to this issue to an installment process because I see it is going to be much longer and complicated than I thought. Therefore, I will indicate a future set of related issues for later installment with some preliminary insight as to their content,

BUT BEWARE, I will likely upset some of your most cherished Religious beliefs with my future offering such as:
Proof that the world wide flood could not have happened ( to a -more localized area,like the Black sea area, one is likely)
That Alien lifeforms are likely here and have been almost forever, and have played a great role in our development and culture
Most specifically, that the story of Jesus is a near duplicate of the story of a similar person and circumstances, referenced in ancient Hebrew texts at least two thousand years before Christ. And that tho the Bible is a great source of history, There is scientific proof of, and reasons for many of the*Bible stories.

In the meantime I will go back to the start of this thread, and attempt to answer all of my soon to be detractor's pertinent questions.

I'LL BE BAAAAACK!!

I don't know who you think you're fooling, but the nonsense you just spouted makes it obvious you don't have the foggiest idea what you're talking about.
 
I don't know who you think you're fooling, but the nonsense you just spouted makes it obvious you don't have the foggiest idea what you're talking about.

Don't mind paleocon. You're fine by me ;)

Paleocon is a little on the extreme conservative-Christian spectrum.
 
Lol. I doubt you will upset the apple cart, as it has already been turn ed upside down. Seriously, I doubt there are many here who actually take the bible strictly literally. If your desire is to get into a heated discussion with a christian, which it appears may be the case, you will probably enjoy the sex and sexuality forum lol. I have found that you can't really upset the cherished beliefs of people easily, and that it is generally more effective not to attack, but to let them discover things on their own. When I first started asking the big questions, and didnt accept what I had been told as a child, it would have been counter productive for someone to tell me I was stupid. Religious beliefs aren't easily swayed, especially by a method that presumes the religious adherrent is stupid.
You have apparently jumped to some inaccurate conclusions. I have no desire to get into any heated argument with a religious person or any one else about this issue. I am relating some information which is different than the thinking of almost everybody, Christian or no. after all. That is what a debate forum is all about isn't it? and further, I do not impune the intelligence of any person because they believe different than myself. If you believe otherwise, then perhaps you are in the wrong place. but perhaps you can tell me why you feel that my "METHOD" presumes the religious to be inherrently stupid. That is on you. Not on me.
 
I don't know who you think you're fooling, but the nonsense you just spouted makes it obvious you don't have the foggiest idea what you're talking about.
Apparently you simply want to derail the thread.
 
Don't mind paleocon. You're fine by me ;)

Paleocon is a little on the extreme conservative-Christian spectrum.

Thank you, he also threw in a bunch of crap that has no business being on this thread. I believe that is against forum rules. (I think I included my expectation of detracters in the body of my thread.) HEH HEH Wait til he sees the second installment
 
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Don't mind paleocon. You're fine by me ;)

Paleocon is a little on the extreme conservative-Christian spectrum.

I'm also a little on the understands-physics spectrum.

Apparently you simply want to derail the thread.

Shouldn't your computer be exploding since it's atoms are filled with electrons and positrons?
 
The true art of writing is to be clear and concise while use the least amount of words possible to convey the same message.

In other words

tl;dr

(c wut i did der?)
ti; dr means absolutel nothing to me. is this an example o clear and concise writing? if so, I want none of it.

including ( see what i did dear)
 
I'm also a little on the understands-physics spectrum.



Shouldn't your computer be exploding since it's atoms are filled with electrons and positrons?
It would seem that you are on an extremely "little understands" physics, or your wouldn't have suggested that explosion.
 
It would seem that you are on an extremely "little understands" physics, or your wouldn't have suggested that explosion.

Look, I can't help it if you're clueless, but electrons and positrons annihilate with the release of energy when they come in contact.
 
No it was more a jest if anything.

The first sentence was me making an overly long statement about not making overly long statements.

The tl;dr was essentially aimed at your OP (which is unbearably long, keep in mind no one likes a wall of text) as well as my joking sentence.

"c wut i did der?" was essentially a clue for all of it.

Never mind I guess, that just completely flew over your head.

Anyways, welcome to DP, please don't make wall of text posts.
No. it wasn't over my head except tl;dr which you still haven't explained. I much prefer English NOT abreviations, they get too confusing. however, wall of text posts are my thing and I put a lot of time into them, With those I don't have to post a bunch of littler confusing posts. sorry if you don't agree. but to each his or her own.
 
I guess I am called an atheist

1. The big bang theory suggests that this all started with an exclamation point of nothingless and exploded to become the universe. I do beiieve that what might really have happened was that there was a multitude of miniature big bangs called quazars, which in our own case created the milky way. To me, that is my original “CREATOR” except that before that there had to be other Galaxies which had black holes which emitted quazars, etc. thus the 2nd unanswerable question

2. “ WHO or WHAT BEGAT THE BEGATOR”

3. (and it continues to who or what begat it. I simple don't believe it was a grey haired man looking down on us from above.

4. I realize that many religious people still believe that God created earth several thousand years ago, but I believe there is an abundance of evidence that it simply isn't true. There are Ruins of structures scientifically dated back as much as twelve thousand years, and many of those ruins and structures are built with such precision that primitive man could not have accomplished --such as stonework carving which appear to have been cut by lasers They are so perfectly and precisely carved it could only have been done with something like a laser. (But supposedly there was no lasers back then).
Throughout the world, there are structures similar in nature to have been planned and designed by the same persons in places of the world so distant andremote as to be literally impossible for our primitives to have raveled there,
For instance,some 12 years ago, the remains of a fourth pyramid was discovered, and is now being excavated. One which would have been larger than the so-called Tower of Gisa, and not only was it constructed, it was also destroyed,and most of the massive blocks of stone with which it was constructed have somehow disappeared. ----WHERE?? and HOW??

PAUSE!!!!

I'm going to change my approach to this issue to an installment process because I see it is going to be much longer and complicated than I thought. Therefore, I will indicate a future set of related issues for later installment with some preliminary insight as to their content,

5. BUT BEWARE, I will likely upset some of your most cherished Religious beliefs with my future offering such as:

6. Proof that the world wide flood could not have happened ( to a -more localized area,like the Black sea area, one is likely)
7. That Alien lifeforms are likely here and have been almost forever, and have played a great role in our development and culture
8. Most specifically, that the story of Jesus is a near duplicate of the story of a similar person and circumstances, referenced in ancient Hebrew texts at least two thousand years before Christ. And that tho the Bible is a great source of history, There is scientific proof of, and reasons for many of the*Bible stories.

In the meantime I will go back to the start of this thread, and attempt to answer all of my soon to be detractor's pertinent questions.

I'LL BE BAAAAACK!!

1. Based on what ... you're udnerstanding of cosmology? Or just guessing?

2. God is by definition, uncreated, he's the ground of all being, so it's a nonsensicle question.

3. No believes in a dude With a gray beard looking Down on us.

4. Yes there are some dumb religious People, there are dumb atheists as well ... so what?

5. No .... you won't.

6. So what?

7. You have absolutely NO way of showing that, and 0 evidence for that.

8. you do realize biblical scholarship has been done for centuries, and historical Jesus studies for over a Century now ... and yes, the WRITERS of the gospel interpreted Jesus throught the Hebrew bible ... and what? that's how anceint history Works, ancient historians ALWAYS interpreted important People in the religio-cultural context they lived in.
 
At that time it was taught that there were millions of stars in the universe, and many universes Now we know there are untold billions of stars in the universe, and billions of universes.

Erm.....how old are you? Where did you go to school?

Many universes?

"We know there are billions of universes"????????

We know that do we?
 
No. it wasn't over my head except tl;dr which you still haven't explained. I much prefer English NOT abreviations, they get too confusing. however, wall of text posts are my thing and I put a lot of time into them, With those I don't have to post a bunch of littler confusing posts. sorry if you don't agree. but to each his or her own.

ahh.

tl;dr (also used by maggie earlier) is a "troll" abbreviation typically used to get people mad (but not always). It means "too long; didn't read"
 
I'm also a little on the understands-physics spectrum.



Shouldn't your computer be exploding since it's atoms are filled with electrons and positrons?

No. There are no positrons in an atom. A positron is an anti-electron - it's antimatter. It will combine with an electron when it can (pretty much as soon as it can) in mutual annihilation. Both it (the positron) and the electron will have their entire mass converted into energy. In translation, that means a positron (antimatter) will not survive in a "regular" matter universe. It won't exist here with us for very long. So not much understanding of physics.
 
ahh.

tl;dr (also used by maggie earlier) is a "troll" abbreviation typically used to get people mad (but not always). It means "too long; didn't read"
thank you. too long didn't read would have been much clearer. (they are likely to have that problem with a lot of my posts. completeness is my thing)
 
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