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Re: [OM] [Way OT] And the science is hardly settled...

Subject: Re: [OM] [Way OT] And the science is hardly settled...
From: Chris Barker <ftog@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Thu, 6 Dec 2012 20:54:59 +0000
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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