Far out cosmology (Introduction)

by Balance_Maintained , U.S.A., Tuesday, January 28, 2014, 00:31 (3744 days ago) @ David Turell

I would like to get a firm answer from an atheist or agnostic on something, though. How many lines of indirect evidence would it take for them to admit/accept the possibility/probability of a designed universe, and thus the presence of a designer?-What I take from many of the discussions that I see is that less proof would be needed to get them to accept the idea of the tooth fairy or magic than it would for them to accept a designer. We have less evidence for multi-verses than we do for design, yet scientist are willing to accept the possibility of a multi-verse but not a designer. The theories of dark matter, dark energy, and other flights of fancy are based on less evidence than that of a designer. So, the question, how many lines of evidence would it take to get a scientist to say 'I admit that the possibility of a designer is at least as good, if not better, than the possibility of random chance creating everything that exists.

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What is the purpose of living? How about, 'to reduce needless suffering. It seems to me to be a worthy purpose.