This was one of the questions that the philosopher asked Sophie in the beginning of Sophie's World. I had a lot of the same thoughts Sophie did when I read it but I thought I would share some..
First of all, I like and understand the idea that something can not come from nothing. So I would have to assume that there was something eternal. But that idea is really hard for me to grasp. Endlessness just seems so.. well long and not normal because I don't think about it on an everyday basis. On the other hand, no one can know for sure where the world came from. Sure, scientists have theories about a 'Big Bang' and such but there still had to be something to go 'bang'. :p Most religions give a belief of where the world came from. Like: God created the Earth and God is eternal so everything works out but again the whole eternal thing just blows my mind. To me, this is still the most logical and easiest to understand because nothing else explains the whole 'something can not come from nothing'. Anyhoodles... I have no idea if that makes sense or not but that's what I think. :) See y'all tomorrow. Bright and early! :p
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I like that you are willing to admit that something is hard for you to grasp. This is one class where that is a legitimate answer, although I hope that you won't remain complacent in that ignorance but rather use it as a starting point for seeking knowledge.
ReplyDeleteI can accept that you think that belief in a created Earth is easy to understand considering the difficulty for anyone to grasp the concepts of endless and eternal. But I'm not sure if it is more logical, in the sense that it doesn't require the use of reason to arrive at that conclusion. It seems like there is a contradiction here between two ways of knowing. We are told, using language to transmit knowledge from others to us, that Earth is created. Many kinds of scientists tell us (it looks like language is involved there as well) that the universe came from a big bang, a conclusion they arrived at using logic and reason. There are also many scientists who would disagree with the big bang theory based on their own logic and reasoning. Knowledge is sometimes a difficult target.