What in your most honest humble opinion is the objective truth about our reality among these?

[Still-alive]

Our Universe was designed by a creator - God who created our universe and our world just for us

Our universe started as a result of the big bang- There was so much energy in the universe during those first few moments that matter as we know it couldn't form. But the universe expanded rapidly, which means it became less dense and cooled down. As it expanded, matter began to form and radiation began to lose energy. In only a few seconds, the universe formed out of a singularity that stretched across space. Our planet was henceforth formed by a culmination space dust.

We are nothing but a momentary dream by some entity and whenever that person wakes up from that dream our world ends

We are nothing but inside of a simulation... a huge collection of algorithms and formula's designed by some entity on a computer

Our world consists of a large disc resting on the backs of four huge elephants which are in turn standing on the back of an enormous turtle, named Great A'Tuin as it slowly swims through space.

I beleive in a different objective truth about our reality (say what)

I beleive there is no such thing as an 'objective' reality... only subjective. it is what we make of it

[Kaneki05]

We are obvious in the world of Terry Pratchett. Disc world theory let's go!.

But for real though as Stephen hawking puts it in more way's than one there is tons of evidence that proof god don't exist. https://www.livescience.com/63854-stephen-hawking-says-no-god.html
He just be like it's actually the most obvious answer we just popped into existence cause why not?
"The universe itself, in all its mind-boggling vastness and complexity, could simply have popped into existence without violating the known laws of nature."

[ODC2112]

The World Turtle or the idea of the Earth being carried on the back of a turtle is not an idea that is unique to Terry Pratchett. At the very least, the Chinese, the Hindu and the Iroquois have creation mythology that places turtles/tortoises at their center.

[Kaneki05]

@ODC2112 No one said it was, and that's pretty funny people really do believe in anything I suppose, anyway "Great A'Tuin" is the name and created version by Terry, the versions from before do not have this name which therefore this was reference to his work.

[HighlyVolatile]

I simply don't know. It's not something I ever felt like I needed to know for sure in order to build a meaningful life.

[HighlyVolatile]

I'm more pragmatist than an analyst so my interest in knowledge is more based on its utility than its likelihood of being true in some absolute sense. I figure if I want to construct the world's tallest building and the knowledge I accept allows me to accomplish such a goal, that's good enough for me. I'm more engineer than scientist in that respect.

[willyppah]

For me I believe that Allaah the almighty is the creator of everything.
Through mind thinking and observing I can sum everything up in this question: if the universe exists whether it expend or whatever, how did it exist at first? If people will say it was all an atom and then started expending and then Big Bang, so how did this atom appears at first? Simply no matter what how you think what first comes, you will be concluding that there’s a creator who created that first thing because it can’t be created by itself, and on deep thinking there should be someone who no one created and who created everything, because if we keep thinking universe created by atom, atom created by something else, and that created by this we will never stop until we realize that there’s one creator and only one who created everything from nothing, and that nothing was created before him.
And from Quran these are evidences:
(21:21) Or have they [i. e., men] taken for themselves gods from the earth who resurrect [the dead]? (21:22) Had there been within them [i. e., the heavens and earth] gods besides Allāh, they both would have been ruined. So exalted is Allāh, Lord of the Throne, above what they describe.

(59:24) He is Allāh, the Creator,[1666] the Producer,[1667] the Fashioner;[1668] to Him belong the best names.[1669] Whatever is in the heavens and earth is exalting Him. And He is the Exalted in Might, the Wise.[1670]

(2:164) Indeed, in the creation of the heavens and the earth, and the alternation of the night and the day, and the [great] ships which sail through the sea with that which benefits people, and what Allāh has sent down from the heavens of rain, giving life thereby to the earth after its lifelessness and dispersing therein every [kind of] moving creature, and [His] directing of the winds and the clouds controlled between the heaven and earth are signs for a people who use reason.

(4:1) O mankind, fear your Lord, who created you from one soul and created from it its mate and dispersed from both of them many men and women. And fear Allāh, through whom[156] you ask one another,[157] and the wombs.[158] Indeed Allāh is ever,[159] over you, an Observer.[160]



And there’s much more verses in Quran about the creator and how he created everything and everything you want to know about him.

[Still-alive]

"how did it exist at first? "

we just don't know... thats the thing about science. not everything has an answer... yet.

but religion attempts to do just that by putting 'god' there. it's called the 'god of the gaps' fallacy. basically whenever we come to something science might not have explained or figured out yet... religion goes 'therefore god did it' which honestly is a bit of a leap in logic.

[willyppah]

Well does the logic tells you who created the first thing science believe in? What is science? What is logic?
First you need to totally and deeply understand these two things before you give science value more than what it deserves.
Science comes from people mind, also, science that you’re talking about is called theory, which means nothing in it is truly happened except in so called scientists brain.
And if you don’t want to believe that there is a power who created that atom that you see as the first thing of creation, then you’ll never believe in it.
Your problem is that you’re locking your brain and thoughts in others theory and thinking, but you don’t want to think deeply to get the answer, you just believed in some peoples thinking and you accept to stay still without using your own thinking to find the truth.
So, your logic is just so called scientists logic, it has nothing to do with your own thinking.

[Still-alive]

wow... not engaging with that lunacy lol'
logic is discovered.. not man made by the way...

[willyppah]

@Still-alive
Seriously 🤣 discovered but not man made !
What’s the difference between discovered and man made , both are coming from man’s brain which means it’s from man.
But anyways, it’s up to you to understand things properly or to just believe in what other so called scientists brain’s giving you.
Religion, I mean Islam, it’s not man made it’s all words from the creator himself to us to guide us and not let us live in darkness following anybody’s thoughts like yourself 🤷
It’s all up to you what you choose to believe in, and without real thinking and deep search in information and evidence and making comparisons and try finding answers, you will just keep following others blindly while you believe you’re saying something out of your own thoughts while you’re just memorizing others thoughts

[Still-alive]

"What’s the difference between discovered and man made , both are coming from man’s brain which means it’s from man."

When i throw something heavy and it falls... is this "man made"?

and what if we found a way to measure this accurately? The measurement methods may be man made... but the act itself is not.

[Aerissa_Jade]

God created us by using the big bang and created the laws of the universe, he even used evolution to slowly evolve mankind.

Nothing says science and religion are mutually exclusive. In a way it could also be a temporary simulation that as time is the fourth dimension was created to simulate the passage of time and eventually this simulation will end.

[Still-alive]

i just find it a little odd how it seems the major religions will try to fit new scientific discoveries into their narratives. they definitely weren't doing that before science really became a huge deal.

[Aerissa_Jade]

It was a Catholic priest, Georges Lemaître, who in 1927 first proposed what became known as the Big Bang theory. In a way that church came up with the scientific idea first.

I suppose it depends on what religion though, I am not a scholar and know little of most of them.

[Mango-man]

Or for example Gregor Mendel who laid basics for genetics while simultaneously being a Christian monk?

[CurlyGirl42]

The big bang theory is the closest, but saying it is a totally objective truth is too far of a stretch. We are biased from the perspective of being human beings on a planet in one spot of this universe, still many questions essential questions about the physical world left for humanity to answer to get closer.

[Кураж]

I believe that the universe was born with me and that it will die with me.
Without any means to observe or interact with the past or the future, both are as good as non-existent.
The only definitely provable events are those I get to experience, the rest doesn't matter.

[dustybiker]

I believe it’s still far more complicated then we mere humans can wrap our little minds around.

[NathanDavis]

truth and reality should be about certainty... and not a matter of just opinion

[Still-alive]

ok so what is it then/.

[NathanDavis]

my guess would be as good as that of anybody else... as they're just a guess

[Still-alive]

do you view 'guessing' about this as unimportant

[NathanDavis]

importance is also a subjective approach...

I'm agnostic... so I just don't have the need to proclaim that chances are I am right or we're right, and everything else is wrong

but even then, say we follow the evidence rather than the metaphysical claims (in which I include gods' talk) and that would be the big bang theories, even those have been changing a lot in the past years, even months

there's still a whole lot to learn, and to prove as well... we're even redefining about how to learn about it, our technology or grasp of the theoretical knowledge is still very young, but we are going places...

if you want me to subscribe to any theory... then I will go with the ones that precede the Olmecs and talk about how we're all made of dust and corn

[TallAnon]

The big bang happened, we can see it.
The interesting part is whether the big bang was really the beginning and whether there have been multiple big bangs. In an infinite space, it's not unimaginable that multiple happened, just so far away, we will never be able to see them.

[Sour-rose]

I go with god. Because the turtle thing scares the shi out of me

[goaded]

It's only a problem if A'Tuin is female.

[menina]

Well people believe in different theories and we don't know which ones are right and which ones are wrong.
But if I had to choose one of these, I would choose C.

[Phoenix-gb]

As a Pratchett fan, I appreciate the inclusion of Option E. Definitely rather be in Ankh-Morpork than here right now... or maybe apprenticing with Jason Ogg in Lancre.

[purplepoppy]

I'm sticking with the evidence and going with the big bang theory. But the big turtle idea sounds more plausible than the God one.

[GoodGuyBreakingBad]

I believe God created the world in his own image and he sent his Son, Jesus Christ to die for our sins, now everyone got their own belief and I respect them too.

[FinalFantasyBro]

I really don't believe in a god, I probably picture dying and nothing happening after we die so no I don't believe in this heaven or hell concept.

[YesIWouldLikeFries]

Here's a different perspective

https://www.youtube.com/embed/iAfjsktMXu8

[captain_voidwalker]

I'm going to go with a creator but one that more or less just watches over his creation and dosen't interfear

[Dinosaursandanime65]

Christianity has been proved countless times to be real unlike all of the other “worship is cow” religions. But not for the good reasons

[llorando]

God created our universe and our world via the big bang.

[Cherry234]

The universe was created by God.

[lrina]

i trust science most of all, so big bang.

[8Bit_LYNX]

I love that turtle illustration!!

[goaded]

B. But E is way better.

[Massageman]

I choose A- so obvious.

[GrantArmstrong]

I mean either this or the big bang one

[melanieeeB]

The big bang theory

[flirtatiousgirl]

As i Muslim i believe Allah

[Jltakk]

God, IT was such a stupid book lol

[WhitneySnow]

Discworld lol

[Xtendable]

I voted A