Conservation of Angular Momentum

[Banquo's Ghost]

I do not think that the will of God, if there is a God, can be misinterpreted. I mean, God is like the ONLY being I would suppose would make himself perfectly clear on issues.

Actually, if I were said God, I too would make things as confusing as possible. Think about it - if one wanted unquestioning obedience, one could have stopped Creation at rocks. The inclusion of free will (and cats, which were the icing on that philosophical cake) means that one is pretty much obligated to make things conflicting, illogical and downright weird.

Interestingly, this is exactly the direction that most religions based in nature worship and pantheons took. The observable world is capricious and most of the old gods were selfish, lustful and gloriously confusing in their motives. This was pretty much the god of the Old Testament too.

For some reason, the Christian idea was that God had a personal relationship with you, and that he loved you dearly. To me, this is utterly incompatible with observation, so believers are forced into somewhat absurd positions such as determinism and the belief there is both a plan and it's clearly set out in a book.

Bring back Zeus and Loki, I say. Gods don't love you at all - unless, in the former case, you're a hot nymph.

[Agent Miles]

In the OP, Zain wanted this thread to be about science not belief, so here we go.

Einstein said, “The hardest thing for most people to understand about the whole universe is that the whole universe can be understood. “

The really great thing about science is that once one person figures something out then even a child can be taught about it. Perhaps a child will not understand the most complex science all at once, but fundamental proven ideas can lead to the greater understanding of theories and laws. A skyscraper is built one brick at a time, and that is how knowledge works. Lots of people from all parts of the globe worked against ignorance and mysticism over the many centuries to piece together the knowledge that we take for granted today.

The acid test: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scientific_method

“Uncle” Albert for everyone: http://www.einstein-online.info/en/

The Big Bang Theory for teachers: http://map.gsfc.nasa.gov/universe/index.html

A minority of the world’s population are Christian. A Minority of the Christian population are Fundamentalists. A minority of the Christian Fundamentalist population actually knows anything about the science that the majority of the world's population is taught.