Atheist Hand-Guide to Religious Debate

Discussion in 'Politics' started by Hoofhearted, Aug 24, 2014.

  1. TGregg

    TGregg


    Sure. From the wiki:

    The Big Bang Theory is an American sitcom created by Chuck Lorre and Bill Prady, both of whom serve as executive producers on the show along with Steven Molaro. All three also serve as head writers. It premiered on CBS on September 24, 2007.[5] The seventh season premiered on September 26, 2013.[6]

    The show is primarily centered on five characters living in Pasadena, California: roommates Leonard Hofstadter and Sheldon Cooper, both physicists; Penny, a waitress and aspiring actress who lives across the hall; and Leonard and Sheldon's equally geeky and socially awkward friends and co-workers, mechanical engineer Howard Wolowitz and astrophysicist Raj Koothrappali. The geekiness and intellect of the four guys is contrasted for comic effect with Penny's social skills and common sense.[7][8]

    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Big_Bang_Theory
     
    #31     Sep 1, 2014
  2. dave74

    dave74

    lol. Try again.

    I deleted my earlier post to reword, so here it is.

    Can I get everyone's understanding of the Big Bang Theory in a nutshell?

    Here's my mine.

    The universe was at one time a tiny mass, which then expanded to near infinity due to an incalculable explosion.

    One reason I ask is because the theory itself seems to be surprisingly vague.

    I think some smart people here could give some better versions.
     
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    #32     Sep 1, 2014
  3. The Big Bang theory in a nutshell, huh?

    Well Dave, it's doubtful the ones who preach it have a better understanding than I do.

    At its simplest, they will proclaim the universe started as a super tight little ball much smaller than Obama's testicle. :D

    They'll say, in the first moments our universe grew from something the size of Obama's testicle to something bigger than QE3 in less than a fraction of a second. :D


    The theory is fluid, and so for every challenge it comes up against, its proponents will simply add, remove, change, or create new components to overcome hurdles.


    So, why do they so fiercely believe in their theory?


    You can't really blame them for thinking the way they do;

    The universe appears to be expanding, that is the galaxies are all moving generally away from each other.

    Since it appears the expansion is not slowing down, it is hypothesized that the galaxies have always been receding, and therefor in the past they all must have been much closer together.

    Keep following that very simple logic, and it becomes obvious that everything would have had to start from a centralized point(referred to as a singularity).


    Now, it should be noted that there are many other obvious possibilities, but those who push the theory have no interest in anything other than to keep changing the current theory's components so that it continues to enjoy main stream acceptance.

    They overcome the challenges like time shrinkage by just saying the expansion started out very fast, then slowed down, then sped up again, etc...


    They have made it all but impossible to dis-prove, by adding such elements as dark matter(all the stuff we can't see or detect), and dark energy(an undetectable repulsive substance causing our galaxies to fly away from each other?), so I would look for it to remain the dominant scientifically accepted theory for a while.


    It is, however, incorrect, and there is a much simpler solution.
     
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    #33     Sep 4, 2014
  4. In the early training stages, the beginner Atheists may want to refrain from tackling formidable prey, such as Buddhist monks, but might instead focus their sites on easier targets, such as creationists, to hone their debating skills.

    Even most protestants can make good sparring partners in that they will continually leave themselves wide open for stiff jabs and hard left hooks.

    However, don't expect to gain much respect from informed theists by bashing the daylights out of some of the stricter, more puritan type of bible thumpers.


    Happy hunting :)




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    #34     Sep 4, 2014
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