What do you mean by 'selected by our existence'? Sent from my iPhone
On 26-Nov-2013, at 11:46 AM, meekerdb <[email protected]> wrote: > On 11/25/2013 10:36 PM, Samiya Illias wrote: >>> 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. > > We don't know there are any such books, or any reason why there should be. > Of course there are books that some people claim are the word of God, the > same people who want to tell you how to eat your food, how to dress, how to > treat your slave,... In other words, ignorant tribal lords. > >> There is too much 'precision-engineering' and 'order' in the observable / >> measurable 'chaos' to be 'self-evolved'. > > How do you know that? Maybe it isn't self-evolvled; maybe it's selected by > our existence as the kind of universe in which we can evolve and exist and > speculate. > >> If there is a God behind all this, then perhaps there is much more we do not >> know about than just dark matter. > > And if wishes were horses, beggars would ride. > > Brent > -- > 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.
