• Question: Do you believe in God? If so, what part do you believe he played in the big bang?

    Asked by iprod1997 to Ben, Clare, Ezzy, Mario, Sam on 14 Mar 2012. This question was also asked by churchillcampbell, millardlea, bubbles10.
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      Sam Vinko answered on 13 Mar 2012:

      No, I’m afraid not.
      I don’t think there is any reason to believe something as improbable as a divinity, at least no more than there is to believe in the infinitely many other fantastic beings like unicorns, pixies or elves. If any hard evidence suggesting a god does pop up though, I will have no problem changing my mind, just as I’d start believing in unicorns if I start seeing them around.

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      Elizabeth Pearson answered on 13 Mar 2012:

      I’m an agnostic aetheist. That means I think there’s not enough evidence to say for sure either way, but that all the evidence points to most likely not.

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      Mario Campanelli answered on 14 Mar 2012:

      the question keeps appearing… no I am an atheist; assuming an intelligent being having created the big bang does not solve the issue of who created this being, leading to a regression to infinity; so the hypothesis of a creator does not solve the issue.

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      Clare Burrage answered on 17 Mar 2012:

      I don’t believe in God. Even though we don’t yet understand exactly what happened at the Big Bang I don’t think we will need a God to explain it. It’s more useful to keep trying to study the big bang and try to work out scientifically what happened. That way we will learn new things about our universe that might be useful for life on earth.

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