Comments on: Chicken or Egg http://daryl.learnhouston.com/2006/02/01/chicken-or-egg/ Thu, 20 Nov 2008 15:12:54 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.2 By: Mike http://daryl.learnhouston.com/2006/02/01/chicken-or-egg/#comment-1655 Mike Wed, 31 Dec 1969 16:00:00 +0000 #comment-1655 Always glad to read a daryl post on religion! Just yesterday I was involved (on the side line really) in a conversation with a jewish woman and a chrstian man talking about valentines day. It seems the jewish woman doesn't celebrate the day because it's been skewed from it's pagan start by the cathloic church. The christian man argued the start didn't matter, it what the day means to people now - and even went so far as to say it doesn't matter Dec 25 is not the day Jesus was born, it was is day set aside to remember and thank him. (Have to give him some credit there). She continued on though, that you can't ignore the history - at this point I brought some some jewish history, lights and golems and stuff, as an example of her religous days. She then claimed that is not what those days mean to jewish people, so it wasn't the same. Interesting once someone has a belief in place what they will go to to back it up instead of questioning the belief with the new information (one of the first tenents of the Kabbalah no less). With respect us on earth... if you accept that the universe is inifinte, then all things possible, no matter how probable, exist. Re: money, typewritter, shakespear. Always glad to read a daryl post on religion!

Just yesterday I was involved (on the side line really) in a conversation with a jewish woman and a chrstian man talking about valentines day. It seems the jewish woman doesn’t celebrate the day because it’s been skewed from it’s pagan start by the cathloic church. The christian man argued the start didn’t matter, it what the day means to people now - and even went so far as to say it doesn’t matter Dec 25 is not the day Jesus was born, it was is day set aside to remember and thank him. (Have to give him some credit there). She continued on though, that you can’t ignore the history - at this point I brought some some jewish history, lights and golems and stuff, as an example of her religous days. She then claimed that is not what those days mean to jewish people, so it wasn’t the same. Interesting once someone has a belief in place what they will go to to back it up instead of questioning the belief with the new information (one of the first tenents of the Kabbalah no less).

With respect us on earth… if you accept that the universe is inifinte, then all things possible, no matter how probable, exist. Re: money, typewritter, shakespear.

]]> By: Devin H http://daryl.learnhouston.com/2006/02/01/chicken-or-egg/#comment-1658 Devin H Wed, 31 Dec 1969 16:00:00 +0000 #comment-1658 Very interesting and impressive ideas. However, I can't help but feel that when you say these people are looking at the situation "backwards"... well, it most certainly is the chicken and the egg. There IS no backwards! Or, if you'd like, both perspectives are "backwards". We are the ones who were able to live in this environment AND we are the ones that this environment "picked" to survive. Both perspectives are true and, essentially, the same. In one case you are calling it God, in another you are calling it chance. This is, in effect, the chicken and the egg. It would be improper to say one comes before the other or one is more important. Cheers, Devin Very interesting and impressive ideas. However, I can’t help but feel that when you say these people are looking at the situation “backwards”… well, it most certainly is the chicken and the egg. There IS no backwards! Or, if you’d like, both perspectives are “backwards”. We are the ones who were able to live in this environment AND we are the ones that this environment “picked” to survive. Both perspectives are true and, essentially, the same. In one case you are calling it God, in another you are calling it chance. This is, in effect, the chicken and the egg. It would be improper to say one comes before the other or one is more important.

Cheers, Devin

]]> By: AlexB http://daryl.learnhouston.com/2006/02/01/chicken-or-egg/#comment-1660 AlexB Wed, 31 Dec 1969 16:00:00 +0000 #comment-1660 My view is that with all the number of solar systems and planets in them, it would be hard not to get one planet that is suited for life in all the millions of planets and suns there are. You can call it god or you can call it chance statistics... My view is that with all the number of solar systems and planets in them, it would be hard not to get one planet that is suited for life in all the millions of planets and suns there are.

You can call it god or you can call it chance statistics…

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