Am I an atheist?

[Tank]

Find a brick. Drop it on your foot. Report back on your findings.

Lame...

Very good! 

(He'd be lame after dropping a brick on his foot)

[Asmodean]

Find a brick. Drop it on your foot. Report back on your findings.

Lame...

Very good! 

(He'd be lame after dropping a brick on his foot)

There is a joke in there somewhere. And The Asmo shall locate it, just you wait!

[mjolnir]

Tank, great answer. XDD

It was a terrible answer and would be a completely irrelevant experiment.

1. The gravitational force did not emerge until after the Big Bang. Dropping a brick would provide no insight into what caused the Big Bang.
2. The experiment would provide no insight into why gravity exists. The question would still remain, what force was responsible for shaping our universe, in other words - what force determined that our universe would have gravity?

[mjolnir]

I've found the answer to the question I originally posed in this thread, and my work here is done.

I appreciate the replies of those that have taken the time to respond thoughtfully and respectfully.

Best wishes to you all.

[Tank]

Tank, great answer. XDD

It was a terrible answer and would be a completely irrelevant experiment.

1. The gravitational force did not emerge until after the Big Bang. Dropping a brick would provide no insight into what caused the Big Bang.
2. The experiment would provide no insight into why gravity exists. The question would still remain, what force was responsible for shaping our universe, in other words - what force determined that our universe would have gravity?

You're right. My bad. Having re-read what I was responding to I had missed the point that you were refereing to the causes of the big bang. And in that respect I too would be agnostic in terms of attributing a cause. Which is why I have much less of an issue with deists than theists as the former make no claim about a god's intent for or ongoing involvement with the universe.

[Tank]

I've found the answer to the question I originally posed in this thread, and my work here is done.

I appreciate the replies of those that have taken the time to respond thoughtfully and respectfully.

Best wishes to you all.

Well don't be a stranger, come back when you have another question. 

[Siz]

I've found the answer to the question I originally posed in this thread, and my work here is done.

I appreciate the replies of those that have taken the time to respond thoughtfully and respectfully.

Best wishes to you all.

Might we ask what your conclusions were?

[MadBomr101]

*sniff   I feel so used and discarded.   

[Tank]

*sniff   I feel so used and discarded.   

I know!

[xSilverPhinx]

Find a brick. Drop it on your foot. Report back on your findings.

Lame...

Very good! 

(He'd be lame after dropping a brick on his foot)

Witty