God does not play dice with the universe; He plays an ineffable game of His own devising, which might be compared, from the perspective of the players, (ie everybody), to being involved in an obscure and complex version of poker in a pitch-dark room, with blank cards, for infinite stakes, with a Dealer who won't tell you the rules, and who smiles all the time.
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The Sun, with all the planets revolving around it, and depending on it, can still ripen a bunch of grapes read more
The Sun, with all the planets revolving around it, and depending on it, can still ripen a bunch of grapes as though it had nothing else in the Universe to do.
Space isn't remote at all. It's only an hour's drive away if
your car could go straight upwards.
Space isn't remote at all. It's only an hour's drive away if
your car could go straight upwards.
If the whole universe has no meaning, we should never have found out that it has no meaning: just as, read more
If the whole universe has no meaning, we should never have found out that it has no meaning: just as, if there were no light in the universe and therefore no creatures with eyes, we should never know it was dark. Dark would be without meaning.
The reason why the universe is eternal is that it does not live for itself; it gives life to others read more
The reason why the universe is eternal is that it does not live for itself; it gives life to others as it transforms
There are no extra pieces in the universe. Everyone is here because he or she has a place to fill, read more
There are no extra pieces in the universe. Everyone is here because he or she has a place to fill, and every piece must fit itself into the big jigsaw puzzle.
All the evidence shows that God was actually quite a gambler, and the universe is a great casino, where dice read more
All the evidence shows that God was actually quite a gambler, and the universe is a great casino, where dice are thrown, and roulette wheels spin on every occasion
The scientific theroy I like best is that the rings of Saturn are composed entirely of lost airline luggage.
The scientific theroy I like best is that the rings of Saturn are composed entirely of lost airline luggage.
Consciousness . . . is the phenomenon whereby the universe's very
existence is made known.
Consciousness . . . is the phenomenon whereby the universe's very
existence is made known.
Maybe this world is another planet's hell.
Maybe this world is another planet's hell.
