> OK. But in that case I don't see any reason to think 'life' or 'the > universe' has any purpose. > > Brent > The more we learn about the universe the more it seems pointless. > --- Steven Weinberg Perhaps that is why we need to explore and evaluate the 'divinely revealed / inspired' books, in search of the point and purpose. There is too much 'precision-engineering' and 'order' in the observable / measurable 'chaos' to be 'self-evolved'. If there is a God behind all this, then perhaps there is much more we do not know about than just dark matter.
Samiya Sent from my iPhone On 26-Nov-2013, at 9:51 AM, meekerdb <[email protected]> wrote: > On 11/25/2013 7:35 PM, LizR wrote: >> On 26 November 2013 15:31, meekerdb <[email protected]> wrote: >>> All things I do. >>> >>> So why does purpose presuppose something like God? In fact I don't see >>> that something like God could add or subtract from my purposes - although >>> He might affect my methods and whether or not I realized my purposes. >> Because we were talking about the purpose of life, not the purposes of >> living beings. For life to have a purpose, one must assume that it (or the >> universe) has been designed to fulfill some function. At least that is what >> (imho) it would mean for life or the universe to have a purpose. > > OK. But in that case I don't see any reason to think 'life' or 'the > universe' has any purpose. > > Brent > The more we learn about the universe the more it seems pointless. > --- Steven Weinberg > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Everything List" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected]. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/everything-list. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Everything List" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/everything-list. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
