[ExI] The Meaning of the Universe

[Dave Sill]

On Wed, Jun 15, 2016 at 11:03 AM, Will Steinberg <steinberg.will at gmail.com>
wrote:

> John, this video is kind of funny, but god is the sum consciousness of the
> universe and all possible universes.
>

That may be your definition of god, but it's hardly, um, universal.

The hard, "capital-A-for-" Atheist movement is a head-in-the-sand
> movement.  Most of them know very LITTLE about science, because they say
> "science explains the world, and that's all there is!"
>

That's a strawman.


> "Atheism" is a nebulous non-existent viewpoint.  It is the view that we
> should NOT try to ask why consciousness exists, or how, or what energy is,
> or think about the anthropic principles, or think about the observer
> effect.  It is a stupid dogmatic reaction to the stupid dogma of religion.
>

No, it's just a rejection of non-scientific beliefs like the guy-in-the-sky.

-Dave
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