What caused the Universe?

[quatona]

do you have a reasonable explanation for the universe?

By my standards for "reasonable" and "explanation", no.
By yours, I could come up with countless "reasonable explanations".

 

[HitchSlap]

That "widow" lives in a mansion with her husband now.

BTW, what if the woman was a two, or three time widower... Does she lives in mansion with all of them at the same time?

 

[AV1611VET]

BTW, what if the woman was a two, or three time widower... Does she lives in mansion with all of them at the same time?

That question was already asked and answered in the Bible.

 

[HitchSlap]

That question was already asked and answered in the Bible.

Heavenly polygamy?

 

[MasonP]

That question was already asked and answered in the Bible.

Every question is answered in every holy book, it just depends on how you read them, slave owners justified their ownership of people by getting their instructions from the bible, was the bible written by a loving God to bring misery to millions of people, if we are to believe the believers it certainly seems like.

 

[TagliatelliMonster]

I am simply pointing out that I have a reasonable explanation
-and-
you don't

No, you are asserting such.

 

[victorinus]

a child has a natural curiosity -
they want to know why -
-why- soon becomes their favorite word -
why do some lose their curiosity?
are they afraid of the potential demands?
ignorance is not a means of avoiding responsibility -
meaning and purpose can be your friends -
don't be a afraid of them

 

[AV1611VET]

Every question is answered in every holy book, it just depends on how you read them,

Really?

slave owners justified their ownership of people by getting their instructions from the bible,

Really?

was the bible written by a loving God to bring misery to millions of people,

No.

if we are to believe the believers it certainly seems like.

What believers believe that?

 

[quatona]

a child has a natural curiosity -
they want to know why -
-why- soon becomes their favorite word -
why do some lose their curiosity?

Apparently they lose their patience, and then settle for quick and stupid answers.

 

[AV1611VET]

Apparently they lose their patience, and then settle for quick and stupid answers.

Children are natural seekers.

Unlike some adults, they find.

 

[quatona]

Children are natural seekers.

Unlike some adults, they find.

So then that´s your answer to victorinus´ question: They lose their curiosity because they have found?

 

[AV1611VET]

So then that´s your answer to victorinus´ question: They lose their curiosity because they have found?

What post are you referring to?

 

[quatona]

What post are you referring to?

The post I responded to. Try to at least pretend you pay a little attention.

 

[MasonP]

Children are natural seekers.

Unlike some adults, they find.

I think you will find in the case of religions the answers are found for them.

 

[AV1611VET]

I think you will find in the case of religions the answers are found for them.

Train up a child in the way he should go.

If you don't, they could end up like you.

 

[MasonP]

Train up a child in the way he should go.

If you don't, they could end up like you.

The Madrasas are full in the Islamic world indoctrinating children as well.

 

[HitchSlap]

Train up a child in the way he should go.

If you don't, they could end up like you.

Is it more important to "train" a child how to think, or what to think?

 

[AV1611VET]

The Madrasas are full in the Islamic world indoctrinating children as well.

So?

They may have all been converted to love-thy-neighbor by now if science hadn't intervened.

Instead they cleaned out the Metropolitan Tabernacle, and what do you have now?

One of the largest mosques in eastern Europe.

 

[AV1611VET]

Is it more important to "train" a child how to think, or what to think?

How to think comes naturally.

What to think is the crux of my point.

 

[HitchSlap]

How to think comes naturally.

I disagree. Thinking comes naturally, but how to think is a bit trickier, and involves a certain self awareness, a metric by which we can tell if we're fooling ourselves or not. It's the old 'teach a man to fish,' idiom.

What

to think is the crux of my point.

If you teach a child how to think, the what is a natural consequence.