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Anyone informed that the universe is expanding and contracting in pulsations of eighty billion years has a right to ask, read more
Anyone informed that the universe is expanding and contracting in pulsations of eighty billion years has a right to ask, "What's in it for me?"
My theology, briefly, is that the universe was dictated but not signed.
My theology, briefly, is that the universe was dictated but not signed.
What would you attempt if you knew you could not fail?
What would you attempt if you knew you could not fail?
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.
It suddenly struck me that that tiny pea, pretty and blue, was the Earth. I put up my thumb and read more
It suddenly struck me that that tiny pea, pretty and blue, was the Earth. I put up my thumb and shut one eye, and my thumb blotted out the planet Earth. I didn't feel like a giant. I felt very, very small.
The universe is made of stories, not atoms.
The universe is made of stories, not atoms.
God does not play dice with the universe; He plays an ineffable game of His own devising, which might be read more
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.
Nothing is lost yet, nothing broken, and yet the cold blue word is spoken: say goodbye now to the Sun, read more
Nothing is lost yet, nothing broken, and yet the cold blue word is spoken: say goodbye now to the Sun, the days of love and leaves are done.
A universe that came from nothing in the big bang will disappear into nothing at the big crunch. Its glorious read more
A universe that came from nothing in the big bang will disappear into nothing at the big crunch. Its glorious few zillion years of existence not even a memory.