I myself think that atheism requires just as much faith as a person who believes in god. Who are you to know for a fact that something intelligent didn't create everything, something had to come from somewhere no one knows so why it is that it has to be nothing.
Often, you will hear a believer ask "What caused the Big Bang?" and that is used to convince the athiest that a creator must exist to have brought the universe into existence. What puzzles me, is that the believer doesn't seem to have a problem with the question of "What created the creator?".
Furthermore, we have to be careful how we define God. Christians believe that God is an intelligent, individual being, capable of emotion. Often you will hear things like "God is love", or "God is everything". In those cases, God does exist, just like if I were to say "God is the universe", I am simply redefining God to be something everyone agrees exists.
Ultimately, the big question is "Why is there something, rather than nothing?" That question has so far eluded science and is the backbone of religion.
I wonder if US citizens will be able to refuse having to carry the National ID card based on religious grounds. Christian fundamentalists could make the claim that it is too close to wearing the sign of the beast, and therefore they could refuse under the freedom to practice their religion.
A while back, I read a book which discussed Ocean Thermal Energy Converters (OTEC) http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/OTEC and how they can be used to produce energy from the latent heat of the oceans. The book was called "Colonizing the Galaxy in Eight Easy Steps" http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Millennial_Projec t:_Colonizing_the_Galaxy_in_Eight_Easy_Steps.
Essentially a Turbine is anchored in deep equatorial waters where the surface temperature is much higher than the water in the depths. The system runs on low pressure such that the surface water boils to drive the turbine, and pipes bring cold water up from ocean floor to act as the coolant.
The bonus is that the nutrient rich water that is being sucked up comes to the surface which results in rapid algae growth which absorbs CO2. The algae can be harvested and then sequestered (or used as food).
AFAIK, roadblocks to using OTECs are high initial capital costs, and the fact that they would be located in international waters.
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I myself think that atheism requires just as much faith as a person who believes in god. Who are you to know for a fact that something intelligent didn't create everything, something had to come from somewhere no one knows so why it is that it has to be nothing. Often, you will hear a believer ask "What caused the Big Bang?" and that is used to convince the athiest that a creator must exist to have brought the universe into existence. What puzzles me, is that the believer doesn't seem to have a problem with the question of "What created the creator?". Furthermore, we have to be careful how we define God. Christians believe that God is an intelligent, individual being, capable of emotion. Often you will hear things like "God is love", or "God is everything". In those cases, God does exist, just like if I were to say "God is the universe", I am simply redefining God to be something everyone agrees exists. Ultimately, the big question is "Why is there something, rather than nothing?" That question has so far eluded science and is the backbone of religion.
Sideshow Bob: Attempted piracy, now honestly, what is that? Do they give a Nobel Prize for attempted chemistry?
I wonder if US citizens will be able to refuse having to carry the National ID card based on religious grounds. Christian fundamentalists could make the claim that it is too close to wearing the sign of the beast, and therefore they could refuse under the freedom to practice their religion.
A while back, I read a book which discussed Ocean Thermal Energy Converters (OTEC) http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/OTEC and how they can be used to produce energy from the latent heat of the oceans. The book was called "Colonizing the Galaxy in Eight Easy Steps" http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Millennial_Projec t:_Colonizing_the_Galaxy_in_Eight_Easy_Steps.
Essentially a Turbine is anchored in deep equatorial waters where the surface temperature is much higher than the water in the depths. The system runs on low pressure such that the surface water boils to drive the turbine, and pipes bring cold water up from ocean floor to act as the coolant.
The bonus is that the nutrient rich water that is being sucked up comes to the surface which results in rapid algae growth which absorbs CO2. The algae can be harvested and then sequestered (or used as food).
AFAIK, roadblocks to using OTECs are high initial capital costs, and the fact that they would be located in international waters.