Comments on: Where science meets spirituality- what will you tell your kids?

By: Kevin

Kevin — Thu, 22 Jan 2009 23:21:33 +0000

I'd love to believe this, as it validates my beliefs, but I can't help but suggest an alternate explanation. Perhaps we have the causality a bit backwards. The universe isn't tailor-made for us, but rather, we exist only because it appears to. Put another way, you could say that the Earth was made for us because there's oxygen, but you could also say that were there no oxygen we wouldn't be here to realize it. So similarly, if the universe wasn't perfectly made for us we wouldn't exist to comment on it. Kevin´s last blog post..The more things change...

By: WeaselMomma

WeaselMomma — Mon, 29 Dec 2008 15:34:18 +0000

I love the fact that you are Jesuit trained. Tenacity at it's best! Thanks for the twitter follow. WeaselMomma´s last blog post..Get Those Reindeer Off My Lawn!

By: UrbanVox

UrbanVox — Thu, 25 Dec 2008 13:52:37 +0000

how about starting with the truth and saying “dunno”…

cuz we don’t really do we???
each complete the other methinks… we just gotta find a balance no???

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By: gina b

gina b — Wed, 24 Dec 2008 04:21:01 +0000

Great article! I like that you state it doesn't have to be a sum-zero game. No easy answers. I believe there is a Creator, a Prime Force, as it were, but I also love physics - the quantum, hard-to-read about stuff. It's all so elegant, while we are stuck in tiny 3-D minds that cannot comprehend where all this could come together, or other dimensions, or a Being who lives outside of all of that. A shame, isn't it? gina b´s last blog post..In passing

By: Upstatemom

Upstatemom — Wed, 24 Dec 2008 01:14:50 +0000

I love this article. It pretty much sums up everything I believe. Knowledge is great, faith is better. God Bless. Upstatemom´s last blog post..Let It Snow, Let It Snow, Let It Snow

By: Dad

Dad — Wed, 24 Dec 2008 00:42:26 +0000

Hey TDG,

Thanks for your comments! And, sorry about the headache!

The interesting, if not ironic, thing is that if other universes exist, there will never be any way to prove it as we are stuck in this one. If will be a kind of belief in something we can’t prove…sounds awfully like spirituality.

All the best

By: thedemigod

thedemigod — Tue, 23 Dec 2008 23:23:08 +0000

And although I don't have any kids, I cannot WAIT to have my own, and I'm torn. I can't even answer the basic question of whether or not I should tell them about Santa Clause, much less science vs spirituality. Oy vey. I need tylenol. thedemigod´s last blog post..7 Weird Demigod Widgets

By: thedemigod

thedemigod — Tue, 23 Dec 2008 23:19:38 +0000

Should not have read this before my morning coffee.

In a nutshell: I’m a diehard objectivist, which makes being agnostic difficult, but I just can’t see how cold, hard logic can go hand in hand with a belief in something that can’t be explained.

I can see the beauty of a balanced mathematical equation, and the feeling of accomplishment and awe in the infinite wisdom of the cosmos, but I just don’t see why all that has to be attributed to a jewish carpenter, an overweight asian man, a multi-limbed creature, or a bunch of flying noodles.

Good article though. Thanks for making me think so early in the morning. Now my head hurts

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