Thread: If matter cant be created or destroyed, where did all this stuff come from?

Originally Posted by astralboy

if you had a powerful emotional experience at church it is a fact that you had a powerful emotional experience.
That experience doesn't tell you "hey God made me!"

So you agree with me at least up to a point.

Originally Posted by astralboy

"There is facts in the universe but no fact say "hey! the big bang made me".

But the question is, how do you figure out what are the 'facts in the universe" and what aren't?

We all agree that scientific theories can't be undeniably and unequivocally called absolute facts - that's why scientists never refer to them that way, unless it's in an unguarded moment and for the sake of convenience - it's tiring to always have to say "as far as we've been able to determine".

But you keep talking as if somehow you personally are able to separate the real facts from fallacies, and do so with more accuracy than all of science. How do you do that?