Quite delightful Facil. I shall start several books disguising the fact I really agree! Would say more, but I'm off to your post with enjoys in it ... must say though, that factories tend to produce more than went into them, in a certain sense.
On Tuesday, March 17, 2015 at 5:43:22 AM UTC, facilitator wrote: > > If we assume God (god) exists than we must also realize that we can only > grasp what is made known to us. In other words, we will never be able to > analyze god without some given knowledge. The creation can never be above > the creator. If the sum total of all creation is greater than the creator > than the concept or reality of a god is superfluous. The parts are never > greater than the machine that produced them. The universe appears oddly > large. For something that (possibly) started as a singularity the amount > of mass in the entire (known) universe is ridiculously enormous. One > galaxy would have been sufficient. Something larger is at work. Why all > the ratios, gears and pulleys in our own solar system? We as a planet are > in two sweet spots, one is where we are in the Milky Way itself and the > other is our mass and distance from the sun. Not to mention our > magnetosphere, it's all too convenient. Our land to water ratio doesn't > hurt us either. We wouldn't survive without Jupiter or the Moon. The Moon > does many different things other than keep us from wobbling apart, and make > dogs howl! We can solve all of the scientific problems of the universe > except the "why". The "Why" is the uncuttable piece. It is the carrot at > the end of the stick. > > The starting point for science and religion become the same. "We > believe it to be so, so it is". The breakdown occurs when the science > zealots want to shove theory down our throats as fact and the religionist > can't seem to generate enough spiritual "enlightenment" to cleanse a few > lepers or drop kick a person back to life after succumbing to rigor mortis. > (I've been to the shouting, forehead slapping revivals.) The only thing > that seems to flow is the money. > > I believe. I don't believe. Seems simple enough. The corporate > beliefs are much less palatable. We all must believe in climate change or > we become "deniers". We all must believe in a particular religious > doctrine or we are banished. > > I am both a creationist and a scientist. I want to know more. I am not > satisfied with the current shopping cart of ideas. > > When I was seven years old God spoke to me in an "audible" (I only heard > it in my head I think) voice. I asked a question. Got an answer and my > quest for knowledge never ceased. I will never classify it as a religious > experience. It was too profound to delegate it to "religion". > > "Even the least skillful artist can draw a conclusion". (™) > > > -- --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups ""Minds Eye"" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
