Do you mean that there's no such thing as causality, or do you mean that when we can't detect causality we make an assumption that it's not there?
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Causality has been put through the wringer in light of modern scientific advances, so I don't put much truck in what my intuition tells me.
It would indeed.I believe "Big Expansion" would be a better term.
I thought it would be replaced by a New Heaven and Earth?According to the Bible, the universe will end with a "big bang".
Why not Eve? She ate the fruit first, tempted Adam with it, etc.A sin of commission is an act we commit that we shouldn't; a sin of omission is an act we don't commit that we should.
Just Adam.
When does one reach the 'age of accountability'? Or does it vary from person to person (like, say, puberty)?Yes, but there's a technicality with babies; see below.
No --- a baby is born a sinner, but in a state of innocence.
When a baby (or mentally-challenged) person dies, they will be accepted into Heaven on a technicality.
We call this technicality "the age of accountability" --- that time in a person's life when they know and understand right from wrong.
There's such a thing as causality, but it's not universally binding. Some events are caused by causes, but not all events.Do you mean that there's no such thing as causality, or do you mean that when we can't detect causality we make an assumption that it's not there?
There's such a thing as causality, but it's not universally binding. Some events are caused by causes, but not all events.
At least, according to the standard interpretation of quantum mechanics.
Just before God started creating, the amount of mass/energy in existence was zero.I thought it would be replaced by a New Heaven and Earth?
Someone might ask, "Why doesn't God just annihilate everything and start over?"2 Peter 3:10 said:But the day of the Lord will come as a thief in the night; in the which the heavens shall pass away with a great noise, and the elements shall melt with fervent heat, the earth also and the works that are therein shall be burned up.
By making Adam the federal head of the human race, God made Jesus Christ ("Second Adam") the Head of the Church.Why not Eve? She ate the fruit first, tempted Adam with it, etc.
It varies based on mentality and upbringing.When does one reach the 'age of accountability'? Or does it vary from person to person (like, say, puberty)?
No, they need cleansed of their Sin Nature.If someone's committed no sins by the time they've died, even after reaching the age of accountability, do they automatically enter Heaven?
Let's put it this way --- they would have to be 'born again' (converted).Or do they have to be Christian (unlike babies)?
Yes.Does this 'age of accountability' have any Biblical basis?
Matthew 18:3 said:And said, Verily I say unto you, Except ye be converted, and become as little children, ye shall not enter into the kingdom of heaven.
Neither. It's been verified through about 100 years of evidence (namely, anything that verifies quantum mechanics), so it's extremely well-evidenced, so it's more than an assumption, but not quite proven.But has this been proven or is it an assumption?
It seems to me that, in order to definitively prove that "a lack of evidence for a cause means that there is no cause", one must first prove that "all causes are observable".Neither. It's been verified through about 100 years of evidence (namely, anything that verifies quantum mechanics), so it's extremely well-evidenced, so it's more than an assumption, but not quite proven.
Someone correct me if I'm wrong, but I believe the Catholics believe that a person is born pure, and then becomes a sinner when he commits his first sin?That statement is inconsistent with Catholic teaching.
Among other things, yes. Of course, no scientist worth his salt would say that a lack of evidence for X proves that X doesn't exist.It seems to me that, in order to definitively prove that "a lack of evidence for a cause means that there is no cause", one must first prove that "all causes are observable".
Quantum mechanic's stubborn disregard for our intuitive understanding of causality.What has been verified?
Or God could have snapped his fingers, forgiven us all, and that'd be that.Just before God started creating, the amount of mass/energy in existence was zero.
Over a six-day period, the amount of mass/energy was raised to its current level.
At this point, God instituted the Law of Conservation (1st Law of Thermodynamics?) and rested (ceased from His work).
This means that God locked in the amount of mass/energy that was to exist forever and ever.
Because of the Fall, the universe is now "winding down" toward thermal equilibrium.
God is going to intervene before it reaches maximum entropy, separate all the atoms (with a great noise), then rearrange them into a New Heaven and a New Earth.
Someone might ask, "Why doesn't God just annihilate everything and start over?"
I believe that's because when He created the universe, He created it to last forever, and no amount of sin or science is going to intervene.By making Adam the federal head of the human race, God made Jesus Christ ("Second Adam") the Head of the Church.
Had He not done that, then Jesus Christ would have to come back and be crucified for each and every person that reaches the age of accountability.
Good point.Eve was tricked --- Adam wasn't.
What about someone who has no way to become born again?No, they need cleansed of their Sin Nature.
As I said --- hypothetically --- if a person were never to have committed a sin, they would still go to Hell when they die. Let's put it this way --- they would have to be 'born again' (converted).
Not exactly, but there is indeed a distinction drawn between original sin and personal sin.Someone correct me if I'm wrong, but I believe the Catholics believe that a person is born pure, and then becomes a sinner when he commits his first sin?
Quantum mechanic's stubborn disregard for our intuitive understanding of causality.
Which is why I take issue with statements such as "pair production out of a vacuum is uncaused".Among other things, yes. Of course, no scientist worth his salt would say that a lack of evidence for X proves that X doesn't exist.
I don't think that I'd say that.
But they don't say God was ever non-existent, or that God popped into being without any prior cause.Quantum mechanics aligns pretty well with ancient Hebrew monotheism then, eh? (They say God is uncaused.)
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