Scott Armstrong  This conversation is closed.  Does it really
matter?  There is a wonderful ongoing battle between religion
and science.  Although the two are often pitted together as if
they were alternate answers to the same question (which they are
not), both schools of belief do put forward theories about the
origins of existence. Both are equally far-fetched and
interesting.  My question is: does it matter?  Would it help
anyone to know, without a doubt, how the universe began? Isn't
knowing that a bit like knowing the exact circumstances of one's
own death?  Why do people feel the need to choose a camp?
Personally, I don't mind what people believe. Convince me. GO!
• thumb     Oct 23 2013: Without our quest for knowledge we
wouldn't be where we are now.     Asking questions about nature,
whether that is how an organism works or how the universe came
into being is not just to satisfy pointless curiosity but helps
us understand how everything is interrelated.     I have this
thirst for knowledge howev