tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3407817413258733695.post8666726999328813039..comments2024-03-28T23:24:22.359-07:00Comments on Lone Star Parson: Hawking an Atheist!!LSPhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08120630078039958644noreply@blogger.comBlogger12125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3407817413258733695.post-21685671563121140812010-09-15T07:04:07.775-07:002010-09-15T07:04:07.775-07:00Sorry to hear about the grounding .. hope you'...Sorry to hear about the grounding .. hope you're back on the horse soon!Juliehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06506274310934059070noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3407817413258733695.post-79737291774084528692010-09-05T13:05:03.437-07:002010-09-05T13:05:03.437-07:00I found Hawking's comment interesting as well....I found Hawking's comment interesting as well. He still doesn't explain how it all got started from nothing.<br /><br />William Briggs, Statistician to the stars, has a good discussion of this topic <a href="http://wmbriggs.com/blog/?p=2857" rel="nofollow">here</a>Silverfiddlehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13541652236676260219noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3407817413258733695.post-18161804130702153572010-09-05T11:14:31.535-07:002010-09-05T11:14:31.535-07:00That, Darlin, is a very good question.
God bless....That, Darlin, is a very good question.<br /><br />God bless.LSPhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08120630078039958644noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3407817413258733695.post-26785522873258875342010-09-03T22:37:04.080-07:002010-09-03T22:37:04.080-07:00My question for Stephen Hawking is when he has som...My question for Stephen Hawking is when he has something to be grateful for in his life, who does he thank? <br /><br />I hope you're up and about soon LSP, take care and my suggestion is try to make the best of you situation, this too shall pass.darlinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04886502544010479581noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3407817413258733695.post-89157722095061661382010-09-03T07:06:47.733-07:002010-09-03T07:06:47.733-07:00Thanks for the Anthropic tip, ASE. My guess, and i...Thanks for the Anthropic tip, ASE. My guess, and it's not desperately well informed, is that he opts for the universe as "self-explained causal loop." Thomists argue that such a thing still demands a necessary being.<br /><br />You might be interested in Maritain's discussion of metaphysics and scientific/mathematical method, in God and Science.<br /><br />And for sure, he's doubtless keen to sell the book...LSPhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08120630078039958644noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3407817413258733695.post-76041154945398736052010-09-02T21:44:06.984-07:002010-09-02T21:44:06.984-07:00When I was doing my physics degree and then postgr...When I was doing my physics degree and then postgrad many years ago I was struck by how exposure to scary levels of science didn't, as you'd think, always drive people away from God (with the view that everything could be explained with an equation) but instead it polarised belief. <br /><br />Plenty of top scientists had a faith to challenge that of a priest and it's only really fair to say that agnostics were thin on the ground. <br /><br />I haven't read his reasoning and won't bother (I have a collection of his technical papers but none of his coffee table stuff) but for a primer of his reasoning I expect he's taking the literal interpretation of the Weak rather than the Strong <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anthropic_principle" rel="nofollow">Anthropic Principle</a>.<br /><br />Plus he wants to sell his new book.All Seeing Eyehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15671520010496394878noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3407817413258733695.post-11973547606068590542010-09-02T18:32:15.593-07:002010-09-02T18:32:15.593-07:00Rick, I totally agree. I'd also say that somet...Rick, I totally agree. I'd also say that something can't come out of nothing...LSPhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08120630078039958644noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3407817413258733695.post-17426458023053060782010-09-02T18:26:55.071-07:002010-09-02T18:26:55.071-07:00Thanks for the touchpaper point, Bob Qat -- intere...Thanks for the touchpaper point, Bob Qat -- interesting.<br /><br />Do note that "light the blue touchpaper" is Hawking's phrase. I think he means that the universe is like a firework; in England these used, and may still be, lit by a small piece of blue paper that sticks out of the bottom of the novelty explosive.<br /><br />I remember these being called "touchpapers" and we were warned to "stand well back when (they were) lit."<br /><br />So, I'd wager that the Hawking universe is more prosaic than you suggest -- a sort of very large Roman Candle, rather than an ephemeral flash. Still, the former's not without its poetry...LSPhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08120630078039958644noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3407817413258733695.post-23746423155481448942010-09-02T15:13:16.263-07:002010-09-02T15:13:16.263-07:00Everything has to and had to come from something. ...Everything has to and had to come from something. It is in our nature to always question what we do not understand.<br /><br /><a href="http://whitetailwoods.blogspot.com/" rel="nofollow">Whitetail Woods Blog / Blackpowder Shooting</a>Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3407817413258733695.post-4490187927705704482010-09-02T14:53:05.143-07:002010-09-02T14:53:05.143-07:00Touchpaper is an very old name for nitrated paper ...Touchpaper is an very old name for nitrated paper used for making combustible cartridges. Touchpaper is usually faintly yellow or white. Flashpaper is a synonym.<br /><br />What does your phrase "light the blue (why blue?) touchpaper" mean? Do you mean Creation is ephemeral, like a flash?<br /><br />It sounds like such high poetry, I had to ask.Bob Qathttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05067651103341111702noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3407817413258733695.post-18771227133723233562010-09-02T12:55:46.183-07:002010-09-02T12:55:46.183-07:00I'll give it a gaze.I'll give it a gaze.LSPhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08120630078039958644noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3407817413258733695.post-67778566730064559912010-09-02T12:23:41.703-07:002010-09-02T12:23:41.703-07:00I wonder if you've ever seen "The Truth P...I wonder if you've ever seen <a href="http://www.thetruthproject.org/" rel="nofollow">"The Truth Project"</a>? It's a video series/class that covers a lot of stuff like this. I've watched it a couple times, and thought it was pretty good.bluesunhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11995973825892791271noreply@blogger.com