Essentially this thread was about creation the scientific big bang theory or the Bible's version of creation. It predictably morphed into a great religious debate....and a good one at that. Essentially my occupation was about investigating people, events, etc testing ,probing , comparing......... Logical progressions evolve and when that chain is broken it signals that something is wrong the data does not compute go back look again
The universe is too vast too complex for my little mind and my instincts warn me not to be moved by emotion/feeling because they cannot be trusted.
Holy men will tell you that God created man with free will but then tell you if you do not believe their way you are wrong...but logic tells me that if I have free will whatever I chose to do is best for me. Should I be denied an alleged paradise because I exercised a right He has freely bestowed me????????????I don't know?
Scientist test their hypothesis and because of error, conceit wrongful assumption piece together a story that in a few years falls apart. And those theories which do hold up only accomplish a local validation.
Validation arising from the religious community or the scientific community to posit a theory for the creation of this magnificent thing we call the universe or to the concept of God is based on faith. Creation is a mystery and it will remain a mystery. Perhaps we should signal ET to stop by and give us his explanation