Comments on: Mental Illusions http://methodicalmusings.com/2009/12/28/mental-illusions/ One man's martyr is another man's asshole. Which are you? Tue, 27 Jul 2010 00:00:39 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ By: Joshua http://methodicalmusings.com/2009/12/28/mental-illusions/#comment-1029 Joshua Wed, 30 Dec 2009 02:08:22 +0000 http://methodicalmusings.com/?p=686#comment-1029 Lucian, my point was that "nothing" is not, and never has been, possible. Lucian, my point was that “nothing” is not, and never has been, possible.

]]> By: Lucian http://methodicalmusings.com/2009/12/28/mental-illusions/#comment-1028 Lucian Tue, 29 Dec 2009 23:42:04 +0000 http://methodicalmusings.com/?p=686#comment-1028 There's no big bang happening anywhere in our Universe. Normally, it should. There should be points of singularity in this vast space-time continuum where a big bang should take place. But matter-appearing-out-of-nothing simply doesn't seem to be one of its laws, apparently... There’s no big bang happening anywhere in our Universe. Normally, it should. There should be points of singularity in this vast space-time continuum where a big bang should take place. But matter-appearing-out-of-nothing simply doesn’t seem to be one of its laws, apparently…

]]> By: Joshua http://methodicalmusings.com/2009/12/28/mental-illusions/#comment-1027 Joshua Tue, 29 Dec 2009 23:20:05 +0000 http://methodicalmusings.com/?p=686#comment-1027 Lucian, that doesn't make any sense. At all. Did you know that scientists can prove that the universe is larger than we could ever detect? How in the world could we see another universe appear if we can't even see the entirety of our own universe? Lucian, that doesn’t make any sense. At all.

Did you know that scientists can prove that the universe is larger than we could ever detect?

How in the world could we see another universe appear if we can’t even see the entirety of our own universe?

]]> By: Lucian http://methodicalmusings.com/2009/12/28/mental-illusions/#comment-1026 Lucian Tue, 29 Dec 2009 22:53:59 +0000 http://methodicalmusings.com/?p=686#comment-1026 The Universe has its eternal repetitive laws, and the big bang just isn't one of them. If we would constantly see big bangs happening, or if apples would just appear on the table, your reasoning would make sense. -- That's the problem with singularities. Before the discovery of the big bang in the recently-closed century, atheists and pagans alike could dream of an eternal and static universe, with no beggining and no end in time, without the need to explain an act of sudden and irrepeatable appearance of matter and energy out of nothing. If things would constantly pop out into existance, then no-one would ask any questions: they would just take it as implicitly normal or 'natural'. But since such isn't the case... :-\ The Universe has its eternal repetitive laws, and the big bang just isn’t one of them. If we would constantly see big bangs happening, or if apples would just appear on the table, your reasoning would make sense. — That’s the problem with singularities. Before the discovery of the big bang in the recently-closed century, atheists and pagans alike could dream of an eternal and static universe, with no beggining and no end in time, without the need to explain an act of sudden and irrepeatable appearance of matter and energy out of nothing. If things would constantly pop out into existance, then no-one would ask any questions: they would just take it as implicitly normal or ‘natural’. But since such isn’t the case… :-\

]]> By: 4riozs http://methodicalmusings.com/2009/12/28/mental-illusions/#comment-1023 4riozs Tue, 29 Dec 2009 02:41:49 +0000 http://methodicalmusings.com/?p=686#comment-1023 My head hurts after reading that. I have always thought that, even in the faith, but would tuck away my questions about origin b/c their doesn't seem to be a definite answer. When thinking about what you are saying- space comes to mind- outer space is unending, yet in a sense it is nothing. It seems to be nothingness but something at the same time. It makes you wonder how everything came to be, but the questions will keep going on from there. My head hurts after reading that. I have always thought that, even in the faith, but would tuck away my questions about origin b/c their doesn’t seem to be a definite answer. When thinking about what you are saying- space comes to mind- outer space is unending, yet in a sense it is nothing. It seems to be nothingness but something at the same time. It makes you wonder how everything came to be, but the questions will keep going on from there.

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