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Politics : PRESIDENT GEORGE W. BUSH -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: haqihana who wrote (94741)	11/29/2000 7:04:47 PM
From: Enam Luf	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 769667

Haqihana. Now that was an intelligent post. "How did they get on this planet?? How did they arrive in this universe, for that matter. If there was a big bang, where did the elements required to make this "bang" come from?? What was the source of the ignition of this "big bang"?? Keep asking yourself where the elements for anything came from, and I, for one, do not see how you can doubt, or deny, the existence of a supreme being. I choose to call Him, God." I agree with everything you say here, but I am not sure that the existence of God is the logical conclusion (which, again, is why I am agnostic). It is possible that our minds are just capable of handling the concept of infinite time or space... However, if there was a "first-mover" (this was an argument put forth by Aquinas, if I remember correctly), and that first force was God, and the whole thing began billions of years ago, I think it is extremely unlikely that any of our so-called religions today paint an accurate picture of that entity. In fact, I would go so far as to say it would be completely arrogant to even think that we could come to know or understand it through a book like the bible.