Big Bang?

David Casseres david.casseres at gmail.com
Thu Sep 29 12:51:34 CDT 2005


The Big Bang hypothesis doesn't infer cause from effect.  It doesn't
address cause at all.  It is simply a narrative of the history of the
universe.

And it is neither atheism nor agnosticism.  It is just science, which
you insist on conflating with atheism.


On 9/28/05, jbor at bigpond.com <jbor at bigpond.com> wrote:
> On 29/09/2005 David Casseres wrote:
>
> > The Big Bang hypothesis comes pretty simply from taking the available
> > physical evidence and extrapolating back through time.
>
> Yes, I know. Inferring cause from effect. It's a logical fallacy.
>
> > Physics says,
> > "Looks like it all goes back to a Big Bang."  Before the Big Bang?
> > Physics says "Don't know."  Did God do it?  Physics says "Don't know."
>
> This would be agnosticism rather than atheism. Wouldn't it?
>
> best
>
>




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