Origin of Life; pre-planning (Introduction)

by dhw, Friday, October 07, 2011, 18:22 (4796 days ago) @ Balance_Maintained

TONY (B_M_): I think I am just going to sit back in the peanut gallery and throw popcorn at the researches while screaming "FOCUS! FOCUS!" into the darkness that modern science has become. The more we see, the more we see we do not know. The more we see we do not know, the more expertise we claim to have. The more expertise we claim to have, the more people listen to what we have to say. SO... The less you know, the more people will listen to what you have to say. :)-Focus on what? I'm as sceptical as you about the old discoveries, the new discoveries that invalidate the old discoveries, and the disagreements that bring one set of so-called 'experts' into conflict with another. Yes, the human race gropes in the darkness, but the continued and not always unsuccessful quest of science to shed light on that darkness is an inspirational manifestation of the human spirit, and together with our art it's one of the few things that make me immensely proud to be human.
 
TONY: The one great thing about being an unapologetic theist is that I can look at the discoveries and simply marvel at their beautiful, wondrous complexity without having to try and figure out how this is going to negatively impact my latest pet theory. I can be wrong and be absolutely ok with my wrongness, as it gives me an opportunity to be re-amazed by the wonderfully complex, beautifully orchestrated symphony that is life.-Very nicely put, if I may say so, but "unapologetic" atheists and agnostics can and do have precisely the same sentiments. Or do you honestly think that only theists can appreciate the wonders of life? I'd write you a poem if I wasn't about to revel in the succulent pleasures of my beloved wife's exotically flavoursome cooking.