Re: scientist say
  Home FAQ Contact Sign in
alt.philosophy only
 
Advanced search
POPULAR GROUPS

more...

 Up
Re: scientist say         

Group: alt.philosophy · Group Profile
Author: turtoni
Date: Sep 4, 2008 21:30

On Sep 4, 11:31 pm, Hamady gmail.com> wrote:
> "The explosive vigour of the universe is thus matched with almost
> unbelievable accuracy to its gravitating power. The big bang was not
> evidently, any old bang, but an explosion of exquisitely arranged
> magnitude."
> Paul Davies, Superforce: The Search for a Grand Unified Theory of
> Nature, 1984, p. 184
>
> “If the rate of expansion one second after the big bang had been
> smaller by even one part in a hundred thousand million million, the
> universe would have recollapsed before it ever reached its present
> size.”
>
> Stephen Hawking, A Brief History Of Time, Bantam Press, London: 1988,
> p. 121-125
>
> "…Something else has to be behind things, somehow guiding them. And
> that, one might say, is a kind of mathematical proof of divinity."
> Guy Marchie, American Science Writer
> Guy Murchie, The Seven Mysteries of Life, Boston: The Houghton Mifflin
> Company, 1978, p. 598
>
> "If the world's finest minds can unravel only with difficulty the
> deeper workings of nature, how could it be supposed that those
> workings are merely a mindless accident, a product of blind chance?"
> Paul Davies, Superforce, New York: Simon and Schuster, 1984, p.
> 235-236
>
> "The Earth, with its atmosphere and oceans, its complex biosphere, its
> crust of relatively oxidised, silica rich, sedimentary, igneous, and
> metamorphic rocks overlaying [a magnesium silicate mantle and core] of
> metallic iron, with its ice caps, deserts, forests, tundra, jungles,
> grasslands, fresh-water lakes, coal beds, oil deposits, volcanoes,
> fumaroles, factories, automobiles, plants, animals, magnetic field,
> ionosphere, mid-ocean ridges, convincing mantle... is a system of
> stunning complexity."
> J. S. Lewis, American Geologist
> F. Press, R. Siever, Earth, New York: W. H. Freeman, 1986, p. 2
>
> "That the radiation from the sun (and from many sequence stars) should
> be concentrated into a minuscule band of the electromagnetic spectrum
> which provides precisely the radiation required to maintain life on
> earth is very remarkable."
> Ian Campbell, British Physicist
> Ian M. Campbell, Energy and the Atmosphere, London: Wiley, 1977, p.1-2
>
> "This, as most other of the Atheists' Arguments, proceeds from a deep
> Ignorance of Natural Philosophy; for if there were but half the sea
> that now is, there would also be but half the Quantity of Vapours, and
> consequently we could have but half as many Rivers as now there are to
> supply all the dry land we have at present, and half as much more; for
> the quantity of Vapours which are raised, as well as to the heat which
> raised them. The Wise Creator therefore did so prudently order it,
> that the seas should be large enough to supply Vapours sufficient for
> all the land."
> John Ray, 18th century British Naturalist
> John Ray, The Wisdom of God Manifested in the Word of Creation, 1701;
> Michael Denton, Nature's Destiny, p. 73
>
> "There is a mind and purpose behind the universe. There are hints of
> that divine presence in how abstract mathematics can penetrate the
> universe's secrets, which suggests that a rational mind created the
> world. Nature is fined tuned to allow life and consciousness to
> emerge."
> John Polkinghorne, British Physicist
> "Science Finds God", Newsweek, 27 July 1998
>
> "In its standard form, the big bang theory assumes that all parts of
> the universe began expanding simultaneously. But how could all the
> different parts of the universe synchronize the beginning of their
> expansion? Who gave the command?"
> Andrei Linde, "The Self-Reproducing Inflationary Universe", Scientific
> American, vol. 271, 1994, p. 48

"Consciousness defies definition"

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Meaning_of_life

" ...to find one's meaning of life
The meaning of life is to find the meaning of life

...to realize one's potential and ideals
...to chase dreams.
...to live one's dreams.
...to spend it for something that will outlast it.
...to matter: to count, to stand for something, to have made some
difference that you lived at all.
...to expand one's potential in life.
...to become the person you've always wanted to be.
...to become the best version of yourself.
...to seek happiness and flourish.
...to be a true authentic human being.
...to be able to put the whole of oneself into one's feelings, one's
work, one's beliefs.
...to follow our destiny.
...to submit to our destiny.
...to create your own destiny.

...to achieve biological perfection
...to survive, that is, to live as long as possible, including
pursuit
of immortality (through scientific means).
...to live forever or die trying.
...to evolve.
...to replicate, to reproduce. "The 'dream' of every cell is to
become
two cells."
...to be fruitful and multiply.

...to seek wisdom and knowledge

Philosopher in Meditation (detail) by Rembrandt...to expand one's
perception of the world.
...to follow the clues and walk out the exit.
...to learn as many things as possible in life.
...to know as much as possible about as many things as possible.
...to seek wisdom and knowledge and to tame the mind, as to avoid
suffering caused by ignorance and find happiness.
...to face our fears and accept the lessons life offers us.
...to find the meaning of life.
...to find the purpose of life.
...to find a reason to live.
...to resolve the imbalance of the mind by understanding the nature
of
reality.

...to do good, to do the right thing
...to leave the world a better place than you found it.
...to do your best to leave every situation better than you found it.
...to benefit others.
...to give more than you take.
...to end suffering.
...to create equality.
...to challenge oppression.
...to distribute wealth.
...to be generous.
...to contribute to the well-being and spirit of others.
...to help others, to help one another.
...to take every chance to help another while on your journey here.
...to be creative and innovative.
...to forgive.
...to accept and forgive human flaws.
...to be emotionally sincere.
...to be responsible.
...to be honorable.
...to seek peace.

Dante and Beatrice see God as a point of light surrounded by angels;
from Gustave Doré's illustrations for the Divine Comedy
...to attain spiritual enlightenment
...to reach the highest heaven and be at the heart of the Divine.
...to have a pure soul and experience God.
...to understand the mystery of God.
...to know God.
...to know oneself, know others, and know the will of heaven.
...to attain union with God.

...to love, to feel, to enjoy the act of living
...to love more.
...to love those who mean the most. Every life you touch will touch
you back.
...to treasure every enjoyable sensation one has.
...to seek beauty in all its forms.
...to have fun.
...to enjoy life.
...to seek pleasure and avoid pain.
...to be compassionate.
...to be moved by the tears and pain of others, and try to help them
out of love and compassion.
...to love others as best we possibly can.
...to love something bigger, greater, and beyond ourselves, something
we did not create or have the power to create, something intangible
and made holy by our very belief in it.
...to love God.and all of his creations.
...to glorify God by enjoying him forever.

...to have power, to be better
...to strive for powerand superiority.
...to rule the world.
...to know and master the world.
...to know and master nature.
...to fill the Earth and subdue it.

One should not search for the meaning of life
The answer to the meaning of life is too profound to be known and
understood.
You will never live if you are looking for the meaning of life.
The meaning of life is to forget about the search for the meaning of
life.
One should live the life given to you instead.

Life has no meaning
Life or human existence has no real meaning or purpose because human
existence occurred out of a random chance in nature, and anything
that
exists by chance has no intended purpose.
Life has no meaning, but as humans we try to associate a meaning or
purpose so we can justify our existence.
There is no point in life, and that is exactly what makes it so
special.
Life is a bitch, and then you die.
Life sucks and in the end you die."
no comments
diggit! del.icio.us! reddit!

RELATED THREADS
SubjectArticles qty Group
US-NY: Farmingdale-Research Scientist/Sr. Research Scientistaol.neighborhood.ny.newyork ·