RE: Universe from Nothing?
November 8, 2013 at 11:25 am
(This post was last modified: November 8, 2013 at 11:26 am by Faith No More.)
(November 8, 2013 at 2:34 am)Jesus is Lord Wrote: Anthropocentrism is not escapable. Athiests and theists alike view the world through filters. The criticism of anthropocentrism is like one fish calling another fish wet.
Yes, an anthropocentric viewpoint is inescapable. The criticism comes when one side embraces it, rather than making an attempt to minimize it.
(November 8, 2013 at 2:34 am)Jesus is Lord Wrote: The question is - how does a universe which all physicists would agree is deeply ordered, begin from nothing? If it did not begin from nothing, explain what preceeded it without invoking anything supernatural.
First you must explain to me how something can precede something else when time does not exist.
Even if the open windows of science at first make us shiver after the cozy indoor warmth of traditional humanizing myths, in the end the fresh air brings vigor, and the great spaces have a splendor of their own - Bertrand Russell
