The God of the Gaps.

Phage, really guy, lighten up a bit.

I purposely didn't post what details might be found to exist because at this point anyone's opinion is as good as any other. Sheesh. ;)

No Dana, I posited no gods did I? This is just in line with the basic concept of a spiritual realm that we've been discussing.

I didn't think Phage's response was out of keeping with the tone of the discussion.

Look at what Phage posted as my quote and what he derived from it.

For the purpose of discussion I was intentionally keeping the concept neutral of any specific perspective.

I'm hitting the hay now, talk to you later.

Well, he perhaps phrased it harshly, but I don't think it was out of keeping with the thread at all.

Now, go sleep man! *smiles*

As soon as I learned there was no Santa I knew that there could be no god, for what is a god but a Santa without limits?

Really, when I was in first grade, I learned in one swell swoop that there wasn't an Easter Bunny, Santa Claus or Tooth Fairy. Must have been the beginning of me wondering what else are they were lying about.

I'll rephrase my thought to see if I can make it more clear.
We got sidetracked before from my thought and intent.

The fact that astrophysicists have identified a need for a minimum of eleven dimensions to exist in our universe creates possibilities for atheists who believe in a spirit realm.

This thought goes back to the early part of this thread where that was being discussed.

I will rephrase my reply to see if I can make it more clear.

The presence of "the unknown" gives possibilities for atheists who believe in a spirit realm. The discovery of a minimum of eleven dimensions neither adds or subtracts from those possibilities.

As a general rule, the likelihood of a given theory being proven correct increases when evidence is found in its favor, not just when more evidence in general is found.

Phage, I like your statement.

From my point of view, I'd extend your description of the The "unknown" -- it also includes mass-less frictionless pink elephants that run the whole show, or the FSM, or any old gobbledy-gook man cares to invent this week.

Without evidence to support it, all explanations are equally implausible. That includes any "spiritual realm".

(Incidentally, this is why string theory gets such a bad rap from most physicists -- lack of testability. Whatinhell is the point of a theory that can't be tested, or held up to direct observation?!?)

Research grants or "tithes".

:lol:

No astrophysicist said there are eleven dimensions. What the guy you quoted said was, if there's a god, there would be like, eleven dimensions or something to contain that. ...somehow.

M-theory predicts 11 dimensions.

Do I hear 12 . . . anyone? anyone? May I have 12?
11 going once . . . 11 going twice . . .
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