1. With regards to randomness, are you aware of the millions of possibilities that in order for the "randomness" of the existence of the universe to occur just to put everything into existence?
Sure. Millions - probably even billions (maybe even many factors greater than that) - of possibilities... yes. And in the billions of years that the universe has existed, in all of its trillions of planetary systems across the vast immeasurable expanse of space, this randomness that exists in the universe may have very well contributed to creating this place in this time where we humans exist and live in the way that we do in our infinitesimally small corner of the universe as we do now.
2. Medjo nalito ako dito. Correct me here. If "something cannot come out of nothing" is not a truth, then "something can come out of nothing" is the truth?
No, that's not truth either because like I said, no one can grasp the concept of absolute nothing. That's why, like what I've been saying all along: We don't know.
We don't know if something can come out of nothing. We also don't know if something cannot come out of nothing. They're not mutually exclusive. In fact, they are very closely paired because if you don't know one due to your inability to grasp the concept of "nothing," then you cannot also know the other.
3. I do not see any restrictions by certain concepts that would prevent us from studying the big bang, that is, if the big bang is truth. What are those concepts?
The brightest minds that study quantum mechanics and theoretical physics cannot even wrap their heads around what preceded the big bang. The model we have for our universe - from the big bang to now - are full of theories built on extrapolation and educated guesses based on the laws that we have observed in the known universe... and none of these laws can account for what preceded the big bang. We have theories based on science, but we have no proof.
Our minds are conditioned to think that everything has a beginning and everything has an end... That time flows chronologically forwards... That something cannot come from absolute nothingness... And it's difficult for the vast majority of us to think beyond that. I think that the answer to what came before the big bang lies in thinking beyond that.
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the theory of "the big bounce," physicists have considered the possibility that our universe may have been the result of a previous universe - governed by possibly different physical laws (i.e. maybe in that universe time moved backwards for example) - that contracted until it reached a point of extreme heat and density that it exploded (or "bounced") back into the ever-expanding universe that we know now.
4. There are so many things in life that are not observable but are definite truths. Love, hatred, sin, morality, intentions to name a few.
Those aren't definite truths. The problem is that those are not "things." They are concepts not contained within the realm of hard science, but rather in cultural science. Their manifestation is observable through broad societal patterns, but they cannot be contained within formulas and cannot be measured. Some claim that they can be measured by chemical compounds (i.e. - dopamine, serotonin, oxytocin, endorphins, etc), but the argument for this is tenuous at best.
But still we believe that love exists since we can observe the manifestation of the societal concept of "love" in our family and friends.
The existence of a god creator on the other hand does not have any observational basis that it can be based on.
5. Did you know that not believing in a God who created everything takes a tremendous faith? Faith is not limited to a belief in a God. Faith also applies to non-belief in a God.
Definitely. That's why atheists cannot prove the non-existence of a god and theists cannot prove the existence of a god. This is why that discussion is contained purely within the realm of faith and it's personally not a discussion I'm interested in.
6. Bringing up an example that you gave specifically wars, by mathematics, deducting 6.98% of wars caused by religion in general, leaves us with 93.02% wars that is not caused by religion. Isn't that a lot more?
Yes, but the 93.02% of wars not caused by religion has no relevance to your question of "What is there to lose (in believing in a god)?" precisely by the definition that they are not caused by religion. It's neither a pro nor a con for religion, so it's irrelevant. Which still leaves us with 6.98% of wars... which still translates to millions - maybe even billions - of lives lost since people were able to wage war on each other... which seems like a pretty big loss brought about by the belief of something supernatural, unprovable, and unobservable.
7. By consent you felt you were robbed by your parents of the required consent despite their love for you, knowing that it would be good for you? Is it because there is no trust involved (which again, is not observable but a truth)? If ever they would ask you that time, do you think you are capable of answering back? And would you also want your parents to ask you if they could provide food and nutrients for you to keep you alive?
8. As they say, an ounce of prevention is better than a pound of cure. Hehe! Anti-biotics are not really good for our bodies. That article was a 1999 reading. Here is a 2012 article:
I have no problems with having being circumcised at a young age. I don't feel violated or robbed of anything. But that doesn't mean others feel the same way. And I still feel that society should move towards making circumcision a choice that a person should make himself when he comes of age since its his body on the line and the medical merits vs the risks of circumcision are largely debatable and inconclusive.
Though to be perfectly honest, we can largely forgo the topic of circumcision as "something to lose" with regards to belief in the existence of a god since arguments for it on either side can can go on for ages yet the issue is very nitpicky in the greater scheme of things.
Larger atrocities brought about by the belief in the existence of a god are other things I mentioned such as the crusades, jihads, terrorism, religious wars, and discrimination. Those are much bigger and broader issues that singling out the issue about circumcision seems like such a minor quibble.
So I maintain that there is definitely a lot to lose with the continuing belief of people that there is a god as evidenced by those atrocities.