(May 8, 2015 at 11:23 am)Faith No More Wrote: I think the concept of a beginning is definitely a limitation we've received from being naturally selected as organisms that exist in our physical frame of reference. We evolved to cling to the classical concept of cause and effect, because that's what allowed us to survive. But little did we know, the whole time the underlying mechanisms of the universe were acting on entirely contradictory principles. I think to ask "how did reality begin" is to ask "where does the circle begin and where does it end?" or trying to comprehend a 2D plane with only one side. I don't think we're equipped to understand the answers.
And, unlike the theists, scientists are not content with mystery. We are always looking for ways to gain knowledge hitherto unknown.Saying we don't know is not the same as saying we will never know.
The god who allows children to be raped out of respect for the free will choice of the rapist, but punishes gay men for engaging in mutually consensual sex couldn't possibly be responsible for an intelligently designed universe.
I may defend your right to free speech, but i won't help you pass out flyers.
Those who can make you believe absurdities, can make you commit atrocities.
--Voltaire
Nietzsche isn't dead. How do I know he lives? He lives in my mind.
I may defend your right to free speech, but i won't help you pass out flyers.
Those who can make you believe absurdities, can make you commit atrocities.
--Voltaire
Nietzsche isn't dead. How do I know he lives? He lives in my mind.