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A simple question.
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Completely hypothetical...
If it were 'proved' that God did not exist, would you feel that your life had no meaning?
(I don't want to get into a debate about what evidence would be necessary to disprove God, I simply want to know how people on AB would feel if the 'no God' hypothesis was somehow proven to be true).
If it were 'proved' that God did not exist, would you feel that your life had no meaning?
(I don't want to get into a debate about what evidence would be necessary to disprove God, I simply want to know how people on AB would feel if the 'no God' hypothesis was somehow proven to be true).
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Please dont get me started on 'whats the point of anyone'the way I am feeling at the moment.
Whats the point of......
doing the dishes?
Hoovering
Dusting
smoking
inventing
writing on here
Because we can.
Why should god get all the credit for what we are?
We are what we are because we can.
Or some may say why bother,whats the point
Depends on the mood
I do wonder why I am at the moment though,seem to do everything wrong......but maybe its because I can.
Sorry,rant over.Need a drink(or ten)
Whats the point of......
doing the dishes?
Hoovering
Dusting
smoking
inventing
writing on here
Because we can.
Why should god get all the credit for what we are?
We are what we are because we can.
Or some may say why bother,whats the point
Depends on the mood
I do wonder why I am at the moment though,seem to do everything wrong......but maybe its because I can.
Sorry,rant over.Need a drink(or ten)
I am here as a result of the Big Bang and an incredibly fortuitous set of circumstances which allowed life to develop on this planet - cosmologists call it the Goldilocks effect.
You are asking me to try to attribute a theosophical meaning on this where, in my opinion, there is none to attribute.
As I don't believe that God exists, consequently I don't believe that my life needs to be described in terms of its relationship to him - that would be absurd.
You are asking me to try to attribute a theosophical meaning on this where, in my opinion, there is none to attribute.
As I don't believe that God exists, consequently I don't believe that my life needs to be described in terms of its relationship to him - that would be absurd.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Goldilocks_planet
The anthropic principle states that observations of the physical universe must be compatible with life observed in it - that's not the same thing at all...
The anthropic principle states that observations of the physical universe must be compatible with life observed in it - that's not the same thing at all...
The anthropic principle says that the universe must be described in terms of the life which is observed in it.
A Goldilocks planet is one which falls broadly into the same "type" as ours due to fortuitous coincidence in terms of its ability to support human life, e.g. just the right distance from its sun to make it the right temperature where liquid water exists, just the right amount of gravity, just the right length of day and year etc...
A Goldilocks planet is one which falls broadly into the same "type" as ours due to fortuitous coincidence in terms of its ability to support human life, e.g. just the right distance from its sun to make it the right temperature where liquid water exists, just the right amount of gravity, just the right length of day and year etc...
MarkRae
The Goldilocks planet theory says, “It's just right here, aren't we lucky?”
The Anthropic principal says, “How come we're here? How can I ask that question given that I am standing on a planet that has an atmosphere and given the fact that I am a complex biological entity with the capacity for complex, rational, esoteric thought, etc.”
They are not the same thing.
The Goldilocks planet theory says, “It's just right here, aren't we lucky?”
The Anthropic principal says, “How come we're here? How can I ask that question given that I am standing on a planet that has an atmosphere and given the fact that I am a complex biological entity with the capacity for complex, rational, esoteric thought, etc.”
They are not the same thing.
MarkRae is right.
The Goldilocks effect notices that on that planet the 'porridge' (the conditions we need for life) is too 'hot' (not suitable); on that planet it is too 'cold' (unsuitable for different reasons). On earth the porridge is just right, which is why we are here.
The anthropic 'principle' (too dignified a term for it) comes dangerously near to saying that because conditions on earth ARE so right, they must have been designed that way to make sure we can exist. That is nonsense, of course. If they were different we simply wouldn't exist: either a different form of life would exist or no life at all.
Since I am already happy that gods don't exist, my life wouldn't change one jot if it were proved. And God must be a very conceited fellow to imagine that I would think my life pointless thereafter. I also got over realising that there is no Tooth Fairy or Easter Bunny.
The Goldilocks effect notices that on that planet the 'porridge' (the conditions we need for life) is too 'hot' (not suitable); on that planet it is too 'cold' (unsuitable for different reasons). On earth the porridge is just right, which is why we are here.
The anthropic 'principle' (too dignified a term for it) comes dangerously near to saying that because conditions on earth ARE so right, they must have been designed that way to make sure we can exist. That is nonsense, of course. If they were different we simply wouldn't exist: either a different form of life would exist or no life at all.
Since I am already happy that gods don't exist, my life wouldn't change one jot if it were proved. And God must be a very conceited fellow to imagine that I would think my life pointless thereafter. I also got over realising that there is no Tooth Fairy or Easter Bunny.
