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In reply to the discussion: Why the Universe Obviously Has a Creator (and Why Some Atheists Refuse to Even Consider It) [View all]laconicsax
(14,860 posts)The universe is much more vast and interesting than any ancient philosopher ever imagined. Could Aristotle have imagined that if you cool a liquid enough, it won't freeze, but crawl out of its container? Who would have imagined that a single drop of water contained hundreds of tiny life forms? The list goes on, and on, and on.
Some of the greatest unknowns in science are on issues that would have been inconceivable to a person living 2000 years ago. Questions like whether mass is an inherent property of matter or the result of particle and field interactions at an unimaginably small scale, how mass warps spacetime, whether the spontaneous creation of light and matter from nothing contributes to the expansion of the universe, etc.
It doesn't take much effort to educate yourself on the basics, you just need to be curious and willing to learn. If you have a strong background in math, you can learn and understand even more.
Oh, and you did it again...the age of an idea has no bearing on its validity. Also, time having a definite starting point doesn't come anywhere close to proving that time is an illusion, no matter how flawed your reasoning is.