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  1. Pineblossom

    The Big Bang, Evolution, Creation, Life etc.

    Well, Brian Cox is one who admits that the 'we don't know' is a legitimate response to things we don't know.
  2. Pineblossom

    From the south ...

  3. Pineblossom

    The Big Bang, Evolution, Creation, Life etc.

    The reason I left Christianity to own demise is the selective use of scripture to prove a point - any point. Fantasy only lasts so long.
  4. Pineblossom

    Christianity questions

    If you have to ask those question why on earth would you want to be a Christian?
  5. Pineblossom

    The Big Bang, Evolution, Creation, Life etc.

    Well, to us plebs IT is pretty hard to grasp. So please forgive my ignorance if I ask - are we not created beings? OK, I guess I can accept that all matter is contained in the universe and a lot of juggling recreates (is that the right word - rearranges perhaps) that matter into some...
  6. Pineblossom

    The Big Bang, Evolution, Creation, Life etc.

    Thank you for explaining.
  7. Pineblossom

    puzzled and confused

    I am not Mulsim but my brief response is - what you are experiencing is Maya - everything that has a beginning has an end. Therefore everything created is subject to change Our lives are terminal - the universe is finite. Our suffering is caused by hanging on to concepts, ideas and...
  8. Pineblossom

    Ideal secular society?

    Same as the US - out to prove who's got the biggest God.
  9. Pineblossom

    The Big Bang, Evolution, Creation, Life etc.

    So where does red shift come in?
  10. Pineblossom

    The Big Bang, Evolution, Creation, Life etc.

    Or it 'probably' had a beginning. Sorry - could not resist after my last posts.
  11. Pineblossom

    The Big Bang, Evolution, Creation, Life etc.

    Probably. Until the next probability comes along - Thomas Kuhn. Which means there are probably dancing elephants on the moons of Saturn. Reformed epistemology is attractive.
  12. Pineblossom

    Ideal secular society?

    To make a claim that a certain situation is 'ideal' is to set a standard to which other things can be measured as 'not ideal'. To argue that Australia is an 'ideal' secular society is make the statement that it is a standard against other should be measured. If Australia is the 'ideal'...
  13. Pineblossom

    The Big Bang, Evolution, Creation, Life etc.

    Now that would an interesting argument in a court of law. I wonder if you have heard of the idea of replication. In other words, if I carried out the same examination of your biological parents and came up with the same conclusion such would be a 'misconception'? Interesting science.
  14. Pineblossom

    The Big Bang, Evolution, Creation, Life etc.

    Which is exactly what I said. The alphabet soup theory works like this - there are dancing elephants of Saturn's moons. Why? Because no one can prove there are no dancing elephants on Saturn's moons. There is now a quantity of evidence to suggest everything was contained before the big...
  15. Pineblossom

    Ramakrishna Order

    Namaste I can obtain access to the Gospel of Sri Ramakrishna online via Belur Math and it is one of my must 'buys' while in India. Thank you for your observations. As a departing Christian I had some exposure to the Order but in Australia their centers are far away from where I live. I...
  16. Pineblossom

    Ideal secular society?

    My comments were made in response to the statement that 'Australia was the ideal secular society'. My point being there is no difference between a 'religious' society and a 'secular' society - neither are 'ideal'.
  17. Pineblossom

    Ideal secular society?

    Australia is fast become a country run by bureaucrats where democracy is just another - expensive - way of changing hats. I was just watching a SBS doco a couple of days ago on celebrating Christmas in various parts of the world. The sad thing is Workplace Health and Safety would prosecute any...
  18. Pineblossom

    Beit Shemesh ultra-orthodox Jews clash with police

    Flexing political muscle. The object is to see how the government reacts. Any sign of weakness by authority will be exploited. It's a time honoured way of doing things in that part of the world. If the government forces overreact then the instigators will inevitable claim victim status...
  19. Pineblossom

    Ramakrishna Order

    Again, thank you. Coming from my comfort of Western culture I am sure I will be challenged. I have stayed in Dharmsala for three months some ten years ago where the population will be a fraction of Varanasi and Kolkata. I try to keep my mind open.
  20. Pineblossom

    The Big Bang, Evolution, Creation, Life etc.

    What you have described is the 'alphabet soup' theory. The universe is so complicated someone must have arranged the letters to spell 'big bang'. Because we don't know we invent a suitable story to explain the unknown. Fantasy is OK for kids but we have to grown up. The scientific...
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