RE: Nature's Laws
May 15, 2015 at 3:15 pm
(This post was last modified: May 15, 2015 at 3:15 pm by Simon Moon.)
(May 15, 2015 at 2:57 pm)Freedom4me Wrote: I agree. We really don't know why it is that the stuff of nature has to follow the laws of nature. But it seems to me that nature is more than law-like; it is also purposeful. In some way, it seems imaginable that a universe could conceivably exist without any discernible order or purpose. Of course in such a universe, there would be no creatures around to notice the lack of order and purpose.
Nature does not follow laws. It just behaves as it does. We observe that behavior, and in an attempt to explain and predict it, create laws to describe that behavior.
Quote:Where do our individual rights come from?
We assign them.
You'd believe if you just opened your heart" is a terrible argument for religion. It's basically saying, "If you bias yourself enough, you can convince yourself that this is true." If religion were true, people wouldn't need faith to believe it -- it would be supported by good evidence.
