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Panentheism
“Panentheism says that all is in God, somewhat as if God were the ocean and we were fish. If one considers what is in God’s body to be part of God, then we can say that God is all there … Continue reading
Mad Science of the Multiverse
The”anthropic principle” is a hybrid idea – part scientific hypothesis and part philosophical argument – which seeks to account for our presence in a life-sustaining universe using inference and probability.
It asks the questions: why does our universe seem fine-tuned for human life? Did an Intelligent Designer plan this universe just for us, or is it simply one of many universes in a larger multiverse, the random byproduct of an endless process of creation with no beginning and no end? Continue reading
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Tagged AP, Bostrom, cosmology, creation, demiurge, Genesis, Gnosticism, God, infinity, matter, multiverse, physics, polytheism, simulation, universe
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Library
"Man, the imperfect librarian, may be the product of chance or of malevolent demiurgi; the universe, with its elegant endowment of shelves, of enigmatical volumes, of inexhaustible stairways for the traveler and latrines for the seated librarian, can only be … Continue reading
Beginning
"In the beginning, the universe was created. This made a lot of people very angry, and has been widely regarded as a bad idea." – Douglas Adams "In the beginning was nonsense, and the nonsense was with God, and the … Continue reading
Chance
"There is no such thing as chance; and what seem to us merest accident springs from the deepest source of destiny." – Schiller, 1759-1805 "There is no chance, and no anarchy, in the universe. All is system and gradation. Every … Continue reading
End of the Universe
"There is an ancient legend which warns that, should we ever learn our true origin, our universe will instantly be destroyed." – Len Wein "Assembling the maximum amount of information on the universe can put an end to the world. … Continue reading
Evil
"There is no explanation for evil. It must be looked upon as a necessary part of the order of the universe. To ignore it is childish, to bewail it senseless." – W. Somerset Maugham "Evil is a moral entity and … Continue reading
Existence
"It took hundreds of years and thousands of lives, but the Universe finally taught me it's one and only lesson. Existence is worthless." – Howard Weinstein "The basic fact about human existence is not that it is a tragedy, but … Continue reading
Eyes
"My eyes are an ocean in which my dreams are reflected." – Anna M. Uhlich "I shut my eyes and all the world drops dead; I lift my eyes and all is born again." – Sylvia Plath "A penny will … Continue reading
Folding
"In some sense man is a microcosm of the universe; therefore what man is, is a clue to the universe. We are enfolded in the universe." – David Bohm "There is no meaning to life except the meaning man gives … Continue reading
