Maitre D wrote:
What's more likely: the world was created or the world was random? That's the million dollar question.
A million dollars doesn't seem like much these days.
I would pose the question differently though. Where does the source of energy and forces come from? I don't agree that order means a god creation and natural forces comes from randomness. Natural forces aren't random. There is all kinds of structure and order in nature, such as the pattern you get when sprinkling metal particles on a magnet. Snowflakes are highly symmetrical, formed during the freezing process. There are explanations for these in natural terms.
I don't think we have nearly enough information to answer the question on the 'original' force and energy of the universe. I personally don't really buy into the big bang theory that much. It could be a good possibility, but there's not enough different independent sources that are coming to the same path of explanation for me to accept it. In comparison to evolution theory, there are so many different methods of explanation independent of each other that generally head down the same path, it's more reasonable to accept as a very likely probability (but could still be wrong, it would not bother me if it's wrong). If practical application comes from it, I suppose that would give it broader credibility.
The study of the universe so far has been using a tiny amount of observation methods in comparison. We have direct access to Earth to study what has occurred in Earth's history with all kinds of tools. In the universe, we don't have much access. We can mostly only study the luminous parts of the universe - the stars and the objects that reflect light or radiation. That's probably not even 10% of the universe. And luminous studies are only a portion of our senses. We can't interact with it to poke it around and test it. What we know about the universe is puny in comparison to what we know about Earth. I suspect there will be radically new views of the universe even in the next 20 years, but still not enough to come up with a cross-referenceable explanation of independent methods that lead to the same explanation of the 'original source'.
But most people have to have the answer no matter what.
"Bogus explanations often come from those who are insecure of being uncertain."
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