Feeling Reality (General)

by xeno6696 , Sonoran Desert, Sunday, February 13, 2011, 23:34 (5030 days ago) @ dhw

dhw,
> I can't argue for design, because I can't argue for a designer. In any case, I see no reason at all why atheists shouldn't feel this sense of miraculousness (Dawkins says he does, and I believe him). But at the same time, it continues to baffle me that anyone can truly grasp the immensity of all these different wonders, and yet still gloss them over with language and place his faith in chance to produce them.-They do... read pages 15-17 of David's book. Both Shermer and Raymo have exactly a kind of religious wonder about this. Shermer especially underlines the reverse-interpretation of chance by saying life means much more because of it. His words resonate with me here; to me, if I knew that there was no reason at all for my existence, I would consider this liberating. -As it stands now, I see that there is no other option than to march full bore and create life from scratch--without the "natural" limitations we have placed upon ourselves. -I understand David's wonder--even the simplest cell is quite complex from a mechanistic perspective. And which came first, the Ribosome or the RNA?

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\"Why is it, Master, that ascetics fight with ascetics?\"

\"It is, brahmin, because of attachment to views, adherence to views, fixation on views, addiction to views, obsession with views, holding firmly to views that ascetics fight with ascetics.\"