Big Bang?

[Cyrus]

jbor at bigpond.com wrote:

> [...] if "Physics" concluded "There is no God", then that'd be 
> atheism. Atheism is the belief, or faith, that there is no God. But 
> when "Physics" says "I don't know whether there is/was a God", that's 
> agnosticism.


Actually, Physics (or anyone, for that matter) cannot conclude that 
there is no God, because it is impossible to disprove an existential claim.

Therefore, atheism is not the "belief" or "faith" that there is no God. 
Atheism is the absense of theism, i.e. the absense of a belief in a god. 
Usually, atheists who outright claim that there is no god do so with the 
sole purpose of irritating Christians.

And the "big bang" theory is so far compatible with available data and 
observations. "Creation" is no more than an old myth. Furthermore, the 
"big bang" theory is falsifiable. If new data or observations indicate 
otherwise, the theory will be transformed, of abandoned altogether. 
"Creation" can never be falsified, because it doesn't rely on anything 
but faith. I don't see how these two could possibly be of equal value.

Cyrus