[Avodah] Emunah, intelligent design, scientific processes

[Micha Berger via Avodah]

On Tue, Aug 16, 2016 at 08:34:25AM -0400, Akiva Miller via Avodah wrote:
: There *are* answers to that question, but it seems to me that the postulate
: that the universe always existed is more elegant, because it does not
: invite such questions to begin with.

To continue my earlier point. This is only true if the person assumed
that the cause of the universe is a normal temporal cause-and-effect
relationship. However, since we're talking about the cause of the
universe, and therefore of time. The First Cause isn't earlier in time
than the 2nd cause.

BTW< string theory, if it ever pans out and becomes an actual theory,
might remove the singularity from the big bang, and allow for time before
it. Back to debating scientists who believe in an eternal universe.
If string theory pans out in a way that versions that have this
implication are validated.

Tir'u baTov!
-Micha

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