On Mar 25, 2:49 pm, ornamentalmind <[email protected]> wrote: > Perhaps I’m missing something. How does what lies “out there” either > imply a telos or an association with a deity…that is, *without* > knowing what is “in here” first or at least concurrently???
You're not missing. > > On Mar 25, 10:33 am, Steve Marriott <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > Certainly, but it depends on the question. I can still see a value in our > > discovering the universe without the creation necessarily being equal to the > > Creator. The value is that the discoveries lead us to answers that inform > > us about our Creator in the same way that the study of the architectural > > design of a building informs us about the architect. > > > On Thu, Mar 25, 2010 at 1:09 PM, Redshirt Bluejacket < > > > [email protected]> wrote: > > > On Mar 25, 11:54 am, Steve Marriott <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > Yes, I'm familiar with this too, and find them to be very exciting > > > > scientific observances!! > > > > > It's an idea I know as "The Privileged Planet" and it's related to the > > > > Anthropic Principle, both of which are confirmations of a designed and > > > > intentionally ordered universe. Cool stuff to be sure. > > > > Thanks, I knew there was a name for the idea somewhere.... so if we > > > know we're in a privileged position to investigate what lies out > > > there, ought that not mean that the answers are what lies out there? > > > > -- > > > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > > > "A Civil Religious Debate" group. > > > To post to this group, send email to > > > [email protected]. > > > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > > > [email protected]<a-civil-religious-deb > > > ate%[email protected]> > > > . > > > For more options, visit this group at > > >http://groups.google.com/group/a-civil-religious-debate?hl=en.-Hide quoted > > >text - > > > - Show quoted text - -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "A Civil Religious Debate" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/a-civil-religious-debate?hl=en.
