Do you believe; and why?

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(05-08-2019, 03:36 PM)hollodero Wrote: Not that it contributes anything substantial, but mass can be "destroyed". The sun does it, emitting energy in the process. It also can be created out of energy.

There are theories the universe is merely a quantum fluctuation created out of nothing, much like positrons and electrons can be created out of "nothing". This probably isn't true - but the fact that we can't quite grasp the beginning of the universe to me doesn't necessarily mean it was a god creating it. This just shifts the problem to "...and if it was a god, how was god created?"

Well, Einstein covered all that with E=mc^2

I think they even combined the Law of Conservation of Mass and Energy into a Law of equilibrium for that very reason.

And, as far as who created God, I would say that God merely transcends the material universe. Like I said, I don't want to try and defend that logic, as it was just my justification as I was growing up. But if mass cannot be created by any function of this universe, then it must have been created by a higher power is about as good a basis as you can make for the existence of a God. Not to say that it's a logical or defensible basis.