Why do things happen?

I think that the best answer is "Because there is a chain or sequence of events that causes something to happen, like the butterfly effect."

What about you?

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Shurrup you.
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The answer above mine (energy exerting itself) is from the point of view of physics. Other aspects to consider range anywhere from human motive where applicable to random luck to (those who believe in Intelligent Design) the will of a God-figure. Hundreds of reasons why things do happen, really -- all of them from various pinnacles of perception.

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Why do things happen?
Well, they have to. Can you imagine nothing happening?no.

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Everything happens because something else happened. Everything is a cause, and everything is an effect. It all goes back to one cause. Some may call it the Big Bang, some may say it was God, we'll probably never know.

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Good answer.

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Quote: from Ryan Potter at 8:21 pm on Aug. 2, 2008

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Everything happens because something else happened.  Everything is a cause, and everything is an effect.  It all goes back to one cause.  Some may call it the Big Bang, some may say it was God, we'll probably never know.

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Good answer.

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It is a poor awnser, seeing as it logic is contradictory.

if one thing does not require a cause, why do we assert that everything else must have a cause?

It think the best awnser would be something like "we don't know, nor will we probably ever know, just  like everything else."  


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Quote: from St Jimmy at 12:44 pm on Aug. 4, 2008

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Quote: from Ryan Potter at 8:21 pm on Aug. 2, 2008

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Everything happens because something else happened. Everything is a cause, and everything is an effect. It all goes back to one cause. Some may call it the Big Bang, some may say it was God, we'll probably never know.

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 Good answer.

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It is a poor awnser, seeing as it logic is contradictory.  

 
if one thing does not require a cause, why do we assert that everything else must have a cause?  

 
It think the best awnser would be something like "we don't know, nor will we probably ever know, just like everything else."

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Your hungry --> You eat --> You go to the toilet
Your sleepy --> You go to bed -->  You are re-energized
Your horny --> You have sex --> You have a baby

There is always a cause and effect...

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Shurrup you.
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Quote: from Blackadder at 9:12 am on Aug. 4, 2008

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Quote: from St Jimmy at 12:44 pm on Aug. 4, 2008

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Quote: from Ryan Potter at 8:21 pm on Aug. 2, 2008

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Everything happens because something else happened.  Everything is a cause, and everything is an effect.  It all goes back to one cause.  Some may call it the Big Bang, some may say it was God, we'll probably never know.

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  Good answer.

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 It is a poor awnser, seeing as it logic is contradictory.

 
 if one thing does not require a cause, why do we assert that everything else must have a cause?

 
 It think the best awnser would be something like "we don't know, nor will we probably ever know, just  like everything else."    
 

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Your hungry --> You eat --> You go to the toilet
Your sleepy --> You go to bed --> You are re-energized
Your horny --> You have sex --> You have a baby

There is always a cause and effect...

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so lets make a chain work backwards shall we...?

baby <---sex <---feeling fruity

with me so far?

?? <--- big bang

Houston, we have a problem.

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The truth is what money can be made from a lie.

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Quote: from St Jimmy at 5:23 pm on Aug. 4, 2008

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Quote: from Blackadder at 9:12 am on Aug. 4, 2008

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Quote: from St Jimmy at 12:44 pm on Aug. 4, 2008

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Quote: from Ryan Potter at 8:21 pm on Aug. 2, 2008

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Everything happens because something else happened. Everything is a cause, and everything is an effect. It all goes back to one cause. Some may call it the Big Bang, some may say it was God, we'll probably never know.

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  Good answer.

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  It is a poor awnser, seeing as it logic is contradictory.    

   
  if one thing does not require a cause, why do we assert that everything else must have a cause?    

   
  It think the best awnser would be something like "we don't know, nor will we probably ever know, just like everything else."
 

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 Your hungry --> You eat --> You go to the toilet  
 Your sleepy --> You go to bed -->  You are re-energized  
 Your horny --> You have sex --> You have a baby  

 There is always a cause and effect...

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so lets make a chain work backwards shall we...?

baby <---sex <---feeling fruity

 
with me so far?  

?? <--- big bang

 
Houston, we have a problem.

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Not really anyway. The Big Bang theory doesn't say anything about what caused it because, well, it doesn't need to. Theories don't try to explain everything, just what evidence is available and pertinent. Asking the Big Bang (and Evolution) to do more than this is a double standard. After all, the theory of Gravity doesn't explain where mass came from. The Germ theory of disease transmission doesn't explain where germs came from. Electro-magnetic theories don't explain where charge comes from. Atomic theory doesn't state where atoms come from.


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Shurrup you.
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Factor in time, and things happen . .  As long as there is a thing, something must happen to that thing even if nothing seemed to happen, because nothing happening is something happening . . . That's how I'd say ot in a kindy rofl . . .

Eat>sleep>grow up>make baby>eat>sleep> make another baby
                           baby: eat>sleep>grow up>
                                                              baby: eat>sleep> growup

God. . . . what have you done, were nothing but baby making machines. . .

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