The Atheist dilemma
Just so this blog is not too one sided I will now present a dilemma for some atheists
If you consider the size of the universe (at least 10 billion light-years in diameter) and the number of stars within the universe (recently estimated to be 70 sextillion), there is huge amount of planets that will revolve around these stars. What are the chances that only one planet in the entire universe has life on it, and not just a single life form but billions of different life forms on the same planet. I agree that it is a possibility that this is the only planet that has or had life on it. There is the other possibility that life exists on other planets, even if it is just in the form of bacteria. Also as some recent theories suggest if life was brought to this planet by chemical elements present in comets, then consider the number of planets and the number of comets, there are great deal of impacts happening.
If you accept that other life forms (bacteria) exist on other planets, then you must also accept that it is possible for higher forms of life to exist. It is certainly possible that there are more highly evolved life forms than humans, that humans would consider to be almost godlike just as a snail might consider humans to be godlike (if of course they could consider).
Now we get to on science-fiction-like scenarios such as these higher life forms creating their own artificial worlds with life on as an experiment. Is it not possible that we are part of such an experiment or similar scenario (I'm sure you've all seen the Matrix). I know that this sounds far fetched and I'm not saying that it is true, but what I am saying is that it is a possibility. In fact humans are already creating their own artificial worlds on computer and can already artificially create biological life.
Now of course we have come full circle because if you accept that all this is at least a possibility then you must also accept that this world and maybe this universe has been created by a higher life form.
The only difference between this and the traditional Judo-Christian God is that this life-form has not always existed and did not create everything, but had to evolve with its environment and so therefore is not quite perfect. So maybe this is not such a dilemma after all.
If you consider the size of the universe (at least 10 billion light-years in diameter) and the number of stars within the universe (recently estimated to be 70 sextillion), there is huge amount of planets that will revolve around these stars. What are the chances that only one planet in the entire universe has life on it, and not just a single life form but billions of different life forms on the same planet. I agree that it is a possibility that this is the only planet that has or had life on it. There is the other possibility that life exists on other planets, even if it is just in the form of bacteria. Also as some recent theories suggest if life was brought to this planet by chemical elements present in comets, then consider the number of planets and the number of comets, there are great deal of impacts happening.
If you accept that other life forms (bacteria) exist on other planets, then you must also accept that it is possible for higher forms of life to exist. It is certainly possible that there are more highly evolved life forms than humans, that humans would consider to be almost godlike just as a snail might consider humans to be godlike (if of course they could consider).
Now we get to on science-fiction-like scenarios such as these higher life forms creating their own artificial worlds with life on as an experiment. Is it not possible that we are part of such an experiment or similar scenario (I'm sure you've all seen the Matrix). I know that this sounds far fetched and I'm not saying that it is true, but what I am saying is that it is a possibility. In fact humans are already creating their own artificial worlds on computer and can already artificially create biological life.
Now of course we have come full circle because if you accept that all this is at least a possibility then you must also accept that this world and maybe this universe has been created by a higher life form.
The only difference between this and the traditional Judo-Christian God is that this life-form has not always existed and did not create everything, but had to evolve with its environment and so therefore is not quite perfect. So maybe this is not such a dilemma after all.
posted by David at 10:09 am
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