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~By the way, the answer to your riddle, Atrex, is that God (at least in the myriad ways we conceive of it) doesn't exist. Liberating, no? I'm always thought so...Gods are such burdens...they obfuscate everything, commanding so much attention, yet making no sense whatsoever...

Now let us marvel at something much more awesome and mysterious, the unfathomable enormity of the universe:



Some links from Nova:

Galaxies and our place in the universe

How big is the universe?

What is the universe, and why IS IT??? Who knows...we'll likely never find out... our species' lifespan shall prove far too short. In any case, if physics has taught us anything, it is that perspective is everything. We are so pitifully insignificant...how disturbingly arrogant of us to assume that the world exists for us. We exist because of the world; we are its random by-products. Yes, at least we are cognizant of our existence--but beyond our precious reality, it means nothing. Of course, our beauty is that we are capable of believing whatever we want... how ironic.

SIGH...Winter is finally gone; I'm going to go sleep under the stars, marvelling at it all...

Hello, my dear Floothe.

I'm sorry that I've been slow in responding to your wonderfully colorful and pleasant post (as your posts always are). I'm waist-deep in essays and exams, but I'd like to come back sometime and converse with you on this matter further. In spite of everything (ie differences of opinion), provided the issues are germane, I believe debate is useful. I'm looking forward to talking about this important problem with you. In the meantime, take care, and I hope all is well.

PS- I agree with your take on perfection. Unless it is defined in very specific terms (a perfect square in mathematics, for instance), absolute perfection is an absurdity. After all, notions of absolute morality are also absurd. On similarly anti-realist grounds, I would suggest that 'perfect' Gods are necessarily absurdities. But alas, I have digressed! Blast!

Floothe my friend...thank you for waiting. Better late than never, no? In any case, I'm sure those essays and exams went well enough. I'm sorry I'm so late in responding....but all I want to say is that I admire and respect you! Yes, yes, we disagreed on things like god and souls and such...but ultimately, I'm just glad to have discussed the matters with you. ~all my aloha, Ak.