Bob
wrote:
> What I gather from all this is that man
just really doesn't know how it all
> began.
Just like the chicken or the egg dilemma.
Actually, the chicken/egg question
is far simpler to answer. Egg
came
first -- warm-blooded reptile
egg. Chickens (birds in general)
trace their
evolution back to
dinosaurs.
> I was intrigued
by the idea that time and space really doesn't exist except
> in our
imagination.
So, in
other words: Man devised time and space
> (distance) just
so he would have a way of explaining or understanding
> his physical
existence in the universe, in the here and now.
They are useful labels for
perceived physical properties (position
and
velocity). Whether they have
any objective reality (or for that
matter
whether anything does) is an
interesting philosophical question --
one that
may ultimately be
answerable by science.
> I reckon
I'll have to wait until I "kick the bucket" and ask God for
> the answer
to all my questions.
42. (Douglas Adams fans will
know what I mean). Your decision
is
logically sound: if there is
indeed a God, you can ask away.
Of
course, He may not choose to
oblige you with answers. ;-)
On
the
other hand, if
there is no God or whatever you choose to
call
a Supreme Intelligence, then you
won't be around in the hereafter
to pose such questions or care
about the answers.
--Rob
