Nothing... For me atleast. The universe will continue expanding and eventually putter out. After that... Well then there's nothing, really nothing...

I didn't mind non existance for the 14 billion years before my birth, I sure won't miss the trillions after me.

I consider any parent who consideres their children are christian are brainwashing them. They are children of christian parents, no christian children. This is the same for any religious affiliation.

Children should have the right to decide for themselves who or what to believe in, not their parents. Of course, many are never given that choice... I grew up with Catholic parents. Well, they weren't all that religious. Thus they never imposed religion on me. And I am quite thankful of that. Recently I have made my own objective decision on religion. I don't like it.

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[QUOTE="Tjeremiah1988"]so what, you think a big bang just came out of nowhere and life begun :|?Tjeremiah1988

no after trillions upon billions of years of dust crahing together until it reached hydro-static equilibrium and formed planets... then terraforming began and then the first forms of life began on earth....

As far as im concerend that makes more sense than some big dude in the sky slappeda bit of mud and water together and then he just magicked the rest of the stuff there.....

I can see why the Big Bang theory is openly critiscized by people; but it is by far more rational than other proposals put forward...

where did this "dust" come from?

The "dust" consists of remnants of giant stars that went supernova. After their spectacular death, heavier than helium elements scattered all over the cosmos. This is the dust that formed our planet, formed all planets and a new generation of stars. This will continue for a time that seems infinite to us, be really is infinitely far from infinite... For trillions of years the universe will continue this cycle of death and life until eventually, nothing. Nothing at all. Due to our current increasing expansion, in time there will be nothing to light up the dark expanse.Expansion will continue indefinitely.

To peel back behind the big bang is purely conjecture. We can only imagine what occurred before Planck Time. Still though, I opt for this reasoned explanation over any religious counterpart.

God... God is wherever we, as humans, put him. This is due to how we made God. We made all Gods. They are just a figment of our imagination. A source of virtue... and pain.

I don't see a God, nor do I feel a God. Also, I don't reason there isa God. Why would there have to be one? Even those that defend the existence of God because of the existence of the universe. They attest there must be a reason for everything. But how in any way does a God account for the universe. It doesn't. Not at all.

I like to see the world in probabilities. Is it probable that I will win the lottery tomorrow? No. Is it probably God exists, less than if he doesn't. Adding a "God" to explain existence does not simplify the world, it only mires it.

Formillenia we have used the notion of a God to answer things we were not able, at the time, to comprehend. Well, ignorance should fail, now that we have the empirical and theoretical wisdom to explain all. However, because of dogmatic religions and the notion that something must have created us millions will do little to advance our understanding of the cosmos.

That is what mostly frightens me of the notion of god...

I don't watch much TV, but out of the commercials I have had the honor of viewing (nearly unconsciencely considereing the dampening effect television has on people) the Nutrislim and Ditech commercials bother me the most.

The former because of the loudness and annoyingness

The latter because they want you to think they really believe in human intelligence. I may be biased considering the ill-educated area I live in, but the great majority of people are not smart. Not at all. Ignorance reigns supreme in modern America. I blame the mass media!!!

In any event, commercials are meant to entice. It is funny how many of them do the opposite.

Let us not forget who actual won the popular vote in 2000 and, in all fairness, the electoral vote; Gore!

One quick note on the electoral college of that year. NEVER IN ANY AMERICAN'S right mind (well maybe not any, but hopefully most) would we like our president elected by nine old biased aristocrats. By that I mean for the first time, and hoepuflly last, the head of the executive branch was chosen by the Supreme Court. I feel the founding father's never wanted that much power devoted to a single branch of government.

In any event, those seven wise men and two wise women basically chose George Bush president for a full four year term.

The justice system once again prevails.

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Hmm...

I probably say "oh dear!", bullox, "dear me!", yes, no, and quantum nutrino mathematics. (in that order)

I can't vote in this election... But if I could I would vote for either Barack Obama or Rudy Giuliani.

Since I will be able to vote in 2012 I would, of course, vote for Al Gore after he single handedly defeats global warming and Nazism