Infinite Regression

3: Where did those aliens come from?\n\n* a) [[They evolved on their own planet from an original replicator.|Question_6]]<html> </html>\n* b) [[They were gentically engineered by even more advanced aliens.|Question_3]]<html> </html>\n* c) [[Goddidit.]]<html> </html>

2: Where did the human species, of which his parents are members, come from?\n\n* a) [[They evolved from a common ancestor with apes roughly 3 million years ago.|Question_4]]<html> </html>\n* b) [[The Old Ones genetically engineered humanity to be their slaves.|Question_5]]<html> </html>\n* c) [[Goddidit.]]<html> </html>

Where did Ray Comfort come from?\n\n* a) [[Well, when a mommy and a daddy love each other very much...|Question_2]]<html> </html>\n* b) [[The father race planted him on earth to start the apocalypse.|Question_3]]<html> </html>\n* c) [[Goddidit.]]<html> </html>

7: Where did the planet on which abiogenesis occured come from?\n\n* a) [[It formed from the proto-planetry disc shortly after the star ignited, then cooled to the point when the specific chemical reactions required for abiogenesis were possible.|Question_8]]<html> </html>\n* b) [[It was constucted to discover the question to Life, the Universe and Everything.|Question_9]]<html> </html>\n* c) [[Micedidit.|Goddidit.]]<html> </html>

6: Where did the original replicator come from?\n\n* a) [[Probably one of the many pathways of abiogenesis discovered by science.|Question_7]]<html> </html>\n* b) [[I don't know.|Answer_1]]<html> </html>\n* c) [[Goddidit.]]<html> </html>

5: Where did the Old Ones come from?\n\n* a) [[Outer space!|Question_3]]<html> </html>\n* b) [[What does it matter? They're coming back and when they do we're all screwed! F*ckin' screwed|Question_15]]<html> </html>\n* c) [[DarkGodsdidit.|Goddidit.]]<html> </html>

4: Where did apes and mammals (and all other lifeforms) come from?\n\n* a) [[They are descended from the original replicator.|Question_6]]<html> </html>\n* b) [[They are Intelligently Designed by the Intelligent Designer.|Goddidit.]]<html> </html>\n* c) [[Goddidit.]]<html> </html>

9: Where did the mice come from?\n\n* a) [[They evolved on their own pan-dimensional planet from an original replicator.|Question_6]]<html> </html>\n* b) [[They were genetically engineered by even more advanced pan-dimensional aliens.|Question_3]]<html> </html>\n* c) [[Goddidit.]]<html> </html>

8: Where did the star come from?\n\n* a) [[A 'dense spot' in a large nebula fell in on itself due to gravity, and the sheer amount of matter eventually ignited the fusion reactions that power the star.|Question_10]]<html> </html>\n* b) [[Who cares? This is boring. I'm leaving.|Question_11]]<html> </html>\n* c) [[Goddidit.]]<html> </html>

''A Story In Infinite Regression''\n//by Quasar//\n\nThe question of Infinite Regression seems to be a sticking point for many creationists who feel that everything must have a beginning.\n\n<<display 'Question_1'>>\n

13: Where did the Great Green Arkleseizure come from?\n\n* a) [[Well, when a mommy and daddy Arkleseizure love each other very much...|Question_15]]<html> </html>\n* b) [[I don't know.|Answer_1]]<html> </html>\n* c) [[Goddidit.]]<html> </html>

12: Where did the singularity come from?\n\n* a) [[One option is that it was the result of a 'big crunch' event in a previous universe.|Question_14]]<html> </html>\n* b) [[The Dean of Unseen University caused it by wiggling his fingers in an area of pure nothing.|Question_17]]<html> </html>\n* c) [[I don't know.|Answer_1]]<html> </html>\n* d) [[Goddidit.]]<html> </html>

11: YOU SHALL NOT PASS! \n\n* a) [[*Eat the f*cking wizard and leave*|http://www.wearesmrt.com/bb]]<html> </html>\n* b) Return to previous question.<<back>><html> </html>\n* c) [[Gandalfdidit.|Goddidit.]]<html> </html>

10: Where did the nebula, and indeed all the matter in the universe, come from?\n\n* a) [[The Big Bang: the universe expanded from a singularity, cooling and condensing into hydrogen and helium. Heavier elements came from the death of early stars.|Question_12]]<html> </html>\n* b) [[It was was sneezed out of the nose of the Great Green Arkleseizure.|Question_13]]<html> </html>\n* c) [[Goddidit.]]<html> </html>

17: Where did the Dean come from?\n\n* a) [[I already know that this is going to loop around to the Big Bang in the Discworld universe, so let's just go straight there, 'kay?|Question_12]]<html> </html>\n* b) [[Well, when a mommy and daddy love each other very much...|Question_2]]<html> </html>\n* c) [[Goddidit.]]<html> </html>

16: Hell no! Now go back and answer the question!\n\n* a) Fine, sheesh. <<back>><html> </html>\n* b) [[Not until I see some stupidity.|Question_11]]<html> </html>\n* c) [[Goddidit.]]<html> </html>

15: You're not taking this seriously anymore, are you?\n\n* a) [[Are you?|Question_16]]<html> </html>\n* b) [[Eh, this is boring anyway. I'm leaving.|Question_11]]<html> </html>\n* c) [[Goddidit.]]<html> </html>

14: Where did that universe come from?\n\n* a) [[Its own big bang/expansion-from-a-singularity-event.|Question_12]]<html> </html>\n* b) [[An Infinite Regress of Big Bang and Big Crunch events.|Answer_2]]<html> </html>\n* c) [[I don't know.|Answer_1]]<html> </html>\n* d) [[Goddidit.]]<html> </html>

18: Where did God or the Intelligent Designer come from?\n\n* a) [[God is eternal.|Question_19]]<html> </html>\n* b) [[I don't know|Answer_1]]<html> </html>\n* c) [[Goddidit|Goddidit.]], alright! Stop questioning my theology!!!<html> </html>\n\n

19: If something can be eternal, then why is infinite regress a problem?\n\n* a) [[It isn't.|Answer_2]]<html> </html>\n* b) [[Because, only God is eternal.|Question_19]]<html> </html>\n* c) [[I don't know.|Answer_1]]<html> </html>

Infinite Regress is valid.\n\nTherefore, Occam's Razor would suggest that the universe exists in an eternal, looping state. This requires the fewest assumptions: unlike God we do not have to assume that the universe exists: we know it does. In this scenario, there was no creation event, and thus no creator. In addition, an infinite regress would necessitate a closed system, which would deny the possibility of an external being interfering with the universe.\n\n

You don't know.\n\nThis is the only way to be intellectually honest and still leave room for a creator. Quite simply, we don't know what caused Life, the Universe and Everything. If someone wants to believe it's some sort of God, or indeed anything else, they can go right ahead: but that's just a belief based on a vain wish to have an answer. In truth, nobody knows for certain, and the evidence is deficient enough that we may never know.