August 1st, 2008
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August 1st, 2008 at 1:09 am
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August 1st, 2008 at 1:41 am
Possibly the least silly question of all!
August 1st, 2008 at 2:35 am
I know the answer! “because he is the alpha and the omega!”
… seriously when theists tell me that line on the internet (and they are not joking) I just want to shake them out of their stupidity.
August 1st, 2008 at 5:25 am
I’m sure many of us remember being raised on such pap. All I wanted to know was What is nothing? and Where did God come from? Kept me awake nights. Now all I want is to live long enough to see some elegant, verfiable Unification Theory.
Non-thanks to the theists and other superstitious folk for their enormous contribution to the dumbing of America
Poor Richard says, “As long as we’re at it, let’s believe that God holds the universe together with rubber bands and staples.”
August 1st, 2008 at 10:19 am
I think the anthropic principle comes into play here. If there were nothing, we just wouldn’t be here pondering. The only reason we can ask those questions is that there is something in the first place.
(Or something like that. Don’t take my word for that definition of anthropic principle. I need to get a shirt which says “citation needed.”)
August 1st, 2008 at 11:01 am
I love barmaid’s question.
My brother and I recently met through email for a theological battle of wits. He opened his attack with Pascal’s Wager which was easily refuted. Then he attacked with the standard ID question: “how do you think we got here? It couldn’t have been by accident.”
I countered that with, “why not? Given an infinite number of universes, coming and going—energy reconstituting in one form or another in each, one is bound to get it right eventually. You might call it the “law of diminishing improbabilities.” :>
He had no counter to that, so we switched to politics. It was all so much fun for me. He got pissed!
August 1st, 2008 at 1:45 pm
Jesus got the right answer and Mo got it wrong. Interesting.
August 4th, 2008 at 7:50 pm
My unabashed, thoroughly acknowledged ignorance of the many things I don’t know is the atheistic attribute of which I’m proudest.
August 4th, 2008 at 9:20 pm
Asking “why” presupposes that there is a “why”. If there’s no god then there’s no why. Simple really.
August 6th, 2008 at 8:23 pm
I dated a logician who always told me that “why?” is the wrong question to ask, but rather “how?” is the right question to ask.
He was a bit of a jerk, but I did think he had a point.
August 11th, 2008 at 11:29 pm
How is How?
Is the question absurd?
August 12th, 2008 at 12:18 am
Why is “why” the wrong question? Intuitively I feel that’s correct, but I can’t articulate… why.
August 12th, 2008 at 12:18 pm
How is ‘why’ the wrong question? (It’s not. It’s the right question.)
Why is ‘how’ the right question? (It’s not. It’s the wrong question.)
August 16th, 2008 at 1:26 pm
MrGronk and Carolita are correct I think.
Why: For what purpose, reason, or cause; with what intention, justification, or motive
How: 1. In what manner or way; by what means
From http://www.thefreedictionary.com
‘How’ is a question about the mechanism or the process. ‘Why’ presupposes there is a meaning or intention to the process, i.e. asking that question, you’ve already assumed that there is a reason; you’re not just asking about how the process works.