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		<title>By: Himangsu Sekhar Pal</title>
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		<description>WHO CREATED GOD?
                                  Earlier it was impossible for us to give any satisfactory answer to this question. But modern science, rather we should say that Einstein, has made it an easy task for us. And Stephen Hawking has provided us with the clue necessary for solving this riddle. Actually scientists in their infinite wisdom have already kept the ground well-prepared for us believers so that one day we can give a most plausible and logically sound answer to this age-old question. Let us first see how Hawking has helped us by providing the necessary clue. In his book “A Brief History of Time” (Chapter: The origin and fate of the universe) he informs us that there are 1080 particles in the region of the observable universe. Then he raised the question regarding the origin of these particles, and gave the answer himself. According to quantum theory particles can be created out of energy in the form of particle/antiparticle pairs. But there the question does not stop. Another question props up regarding the origin of that energy. But when it is said that total energy of the universe is exactly zero, then all is said and done. So this is the clue: if we can somehow arrive at zero, then no further question will be raised, and there will be no infinite regression. What I intend to do here is something similar to that. I want to show that our God is a bunch of several zeroes, and that therefore no further question need be raised about His origin. And here comes Einstein with his special theory of relativity for giving us the necessary empirical support to our project. 
                          God is a Being. Therefore God will have existence as well as essence. So I will have to show that both from the point of view of existence as well as from the point of view of essence God is zero. It is almost a common saying that God is spaceless, timeless, changeless, immortal, and all-pervading. Here we are getting three zeroes; space is zero, time is zero, change is zero. But how to prove that if there is a God, then that God will be spaceless, timeless, and changeless? From special theory of relativity we come to know that for light both distance and time become unreal. For light even an infinite distance is infinitely contracted to zero. The volume of an infinite universe full of light only will be simply zero due to this property of light. A universe with zero volume is a spaceless universe. Again at the speed of light time totally stops. So a universe full of light only is a spaceless, timeless universe. But these are the properties of light only! How do we come to know that God is also having the same properties of light so that God can also be spaceless, timeless? Scientists have shown that if there is a God, then that God can only be light, and nothing else, and that therefore He will have all the properties of light. Here is the proof. 
                          Scientists have shown that total energy of the universe is always zero. If total energy is zero, then total mass will also be zero due to energy-mass equivalence. Now if there is a God, then scientists have calculated the total energy and mass of the universe by taking that God into consideration. In other words, if there is a God, then this total energy-mass calculation by the scientists is God-inclusive, not God-exclusive. This is due to two reasons. First of all, even if there is a God, they are not aware of the fact that there is a God. Secondly, they do not believe that there is a God. So, if there is a God, then they have not been able to keep that God aside before making this calculation, because they do not know that there is a God. They cannot say that they have kept Him aside and then made this calculation, because by saying so they will admit that there is a God. They cannot say that the behind-the-picture God has always remained behind the picture, and that He has in no way come into the picture when they have made this calculation, because by saying so they will again admit that there is a God. At most they can say that there is no God. But we are not going to accept that statement as the final verdict on God-issue, because we are disputing that statement. So the matter of the fact is this: if God is really there, then total mass and total energy of the universe including that God are both zero. Therefore mass and energy of God will also be zero. God is without any mass, without any energy. And Einstein has already shown that anything having zero rest-mass will have the speed of light. In other words, it will be some sort of light. So, if God is there, then God will also be light, and therefore He will be spaceless, timeless. So from the point of view of existence God is zero, because he is spaceless, timeless, without any mass, without any energy.                      
   Now we will have to show that from the point of view of essence also God is zero. If there is only one being in the universe, and if there is no second being other than that being, then that being cannot have any such property as love, hate, cruelty, compassion, benevolence, etc. Let us say that God is cruel. Now to whom can He be cruel if there is no other being other than God Himself? So, if God is cruel, then is He cruel to Himself? Therefore if we say that God is all-loving, merciful, benevolent, etc., then we are also admitting that God is not alone, that there is another being co-eternal with God to whom He can show His love, benevolence, goodness, mercy, compassion, etc. If we say that God is all-loving, then we are also saying that this “all” is co-eternal with God. Thus we are admitting that God has not created the universe at all, and that therefore we need not have to revere Him, for the simple reason that He is not our creator!
                       It is usually said that God is good. But Bertrand Russell has shown that God cannot be good for the simple reason that if God is good, then there is a standard of goodness which is independent of God’s will. (Book: A History of Western Philosophy, Ch: Plato’s Utopia). Therefore, if God is the ultimate Being, then that God cannot be good. But neither can He be evil. God is beyond good and evil. Like Hindu’s Brahma, a real God can only be nirguna, nirupadhik; without any name, without any quality. From the point of view of essence also, a real God is a zero. Mystics usually say that their God is a no-thing. This is the real God, not the God of the scriptures. 
                     So, why should there be any need of creation here, if God is existentially, as well as essentially, zero?
                    But if there is someone who is intelligent and clever enough, then he will not stop raising question here. He will point out to another infinite regression. If God is light, then He will no doubt be spaceless, timeless, etc. Therefore one infinite regression is thus stopped. But what about the second regression? How, and from whom, does light get its own peculiar properties by means of which we have successfully stopped the first regression? So, here is another infinite regression. But we need not have to worry much about this regression, because this problem has already been solved. A whole thing, by virtue of its being the whole thing, will have all the properties of spacelessness, timelessness, changelessness, deathlessness. It need not have to depend on any other external source for getting these properties. Thus no further infinite regression will be there.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>WHO CREATED GOD?<br />
                                  Earlier it was impossible for us to give any satisfactory answer to this question. But modern science, rather we should say that Einstein, has made it an easy task for us. And Stephen Hawking has provided us with the clue necessary for solving this riddle. Actually scientists in their infinite wisdom have already kept the ground well-prepared for us believers so that one day we can give a most plausible and logically sound answer to this age-old question. Let us first see how Hawking has helped us by providing the necessary clue. In his book “A Brief History of Time” (Chapter: The origin and fate of the universe) he informs us that there are 1080 particles in the region of the observable universe. Then he raised the question regarding the origin of these particles, and gave the answer himself. According to quantum theory particles can be created out of energy in the form of particle/antiparticle pairs. But there the question does not stop. Another question props up regarding the origin of that energy. But when it is said that total energy of the universe is exactly zero, then all is said and done. So this is the clue: if we can somehow arrive at zero, then no further question will be raised, and there will be no infinite regression. What I intend to do here is something similar to that. I want to show that our God is a bunch of several zeroes, and that therefore no further question need be raised about His origin. And here comes Einstein with his special theory of relativity for giving us the necessary empirical support to our project.<br />
                          God is a Being. Therefore God will have existence as well as essence. So I will have to show that both from the point of view of existence as well as from the point of view of essence God is zero. It is almost a common saying that God is spaceless, timeless, changeless, immortal, and all-pervading. Here we are getting three zeroes; space is zero, time is zero, change is zero. But how to prove that if there is a God, then that God will be spaceless, timeless, and changeless? From special theory of relativity we come to know that for light both distance and time become unreal. For light even an infinite distance is infinitely contracted to zero. The volume of an infinite universe full of light only will be simply zero due to this property of light. A universe with zero volume is a spaceless universe. Again at the speed of light time totally stops. So a universe full of light only is a spaceless, timeless universe. But these are the properties of light only! How do we come to know that God is also having the same properties of light so that God can also be spaceless, timeless? Scientists have shown that if there is a God, then that God can only be light, and nothing else, and that therefore He will have all the properties of light. Here is the proof.<br />
                          Scientists have shown that total energy of the universe is always zero. If total energy is zero, then total mass will also be zero due to energy-mass equivalence. Now if there is a God, then scientists have calculated the total energy and mass of the universe by taking that God into consideration. In other words, if there is a God, then this total energy-mass calculation by the scientists is God-inclusive, not God-exclusive. This is due to two reasons. First of all, even if there is a God, they are not aware of the fact that there is a God. Secondly, they do not believe that there is a God. So, if there is a God, then they have not been able to keep that God aside before making this calculation, because they do not know that there is a God. They cannot say that they have kept Him aside and then made this calculation, because by saying so they will admit that there is a God. They cannot say that the behind-the-picture God has always remained behind the picture, and that He has in no way come into the picture when they have made this calculation, because by saying so they will again admit that there is a God. At most they can say that there is no God. But we are not going to accept that statement as the final verdict on God-issue, because we are disputing that statement. So the matter of the fact is this: if God is really there, then total mass and total energy of the universe including that God are both zero. Therefore mass and energy of God will also be zero. God is without any mass, without any energy. And Einstein has already shown that anything having zero rest-mass will have the speed of light. In other words, it will be some sort of light. So, if God is there, then God will also be light, and therefore He will be spaceless, timeless. So from the point of view of existence God is zero, because he is spaceless, timeless, without any mass, without any energy.<br />
   Now we will have to show that from the point of view of essence also God is zero. If there is only one being in the universe, and if there is no second being other than that being, then that being cannot have any such property as love, hate, cruelty, compassion, benevolence, etc. Let us say that God is cruel. Now to whom can He be cruel if there is no other being other than God Himself? So, if God is cruel, then is He cruel to Himself? Therefore if we say that God is all-loving, merciful, benevolent, etc., then we are also admitting that God is not alone, that there is another being co-eternal with God to whom He can show His love, benevolence, goodness, mercy, compassion, etc. If we say that God is all-loving, then we are also saying that this “all” is co-eternal with God. Thus we are admitting that God has not created the universe at all, and that therefore we need not have to revere Him, for the simple reason that He is not our creator!<br />
                       It is usually said that God is good. But Bertrand Russell has shown that God cannot be good for the simple reason that if God is good, then there is a standard of goodness which is independent of God’s will. (Book: A History of Western Philosophy, Ch: Plato’s Utopia). Therefore, if God is the ultimate Being, then that God cannot be good. But neither can He be evil. God is beyond good and evil. Like Hindu’s Brahma, a real God can only be nirguna, nirupadhik; without any name, without any quality. From the point of view of essence also, a real God is a zero. Mystics usually say that their God is a no-thing. This is the real God, not the God of the scriptures.<br />
                     So, why should there be any need of creation here, if God is existentially, as well as essentially, zero?<br />
                    But if there is someone who is intelligent and clever enough, then he will not stop raising question here. He will point out to another infinite regression. If God is light, then He will no doubt be spaceless, timeless, etc. Therefore one infinite regression is thus stopped. But what about the second regression? How, and from whom, does light get its own peculiar properties by means of which we have successfully stopped the first regression? So, here is another infinite regression. But we need not have to worry much about this regression, because this problem has already been solved. A whole thing, by virtue of its being the whole thing, will have all the properties of spacelessness, timelessness, changelessness, deathlessness. It need not have to depend on any other external source for getting these properties. Thus no further infinite regression will be there.</p>
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		<title>By: Himangsu Sekhar Pal</title>
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		<dc:creator>Himangsu Sekhar Pal</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 04 Jan 2011 16:22:30 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Proof That There Is A God 
                                                                Or
                                Proof that God has not kept Himself hidden


A, Properties of a Whole Thing

                          If at the beginning there was something at all, and if that something was the whole thing, then it can be shown that by logical necessity that something will have to be spaceless, timeless, changeless, deathless. This is by virtue of that something being the whole thing. Something is the whole thing means there cannot be anything at all outside of that something; neither space, nor time, nor matter, nor anything else. It is the alpha and omega of existence. But, if it is the whole thing, then it must have to be spaceless, timeless, changeless, deathless. Otherwise it will be merely a part of a bigger whole thing. Now let us denote this something by a big X. Now, can this X be in any space? No, it cannot be. If it is, then where is that space itself located? It must have to be in another world outside of X. But by definition there cannot be anything outside of X. Therefore X cannot be in any space. Again, can this X have any space? No, it cannot have. If we say that it can have, then we will again be in a logical contradiction. Because if X can have any space, then that space must have to be outside of it. Therefore when we consider X as a whole, then we will have to say that neither can it be in any space, nor can it have any space. In every respect it will be spaceless. For something to have space it must already have to be in some space. Even a prisoner has some space, although this space is confined within the four walls of his prison cell. But the whole thing, if it is really the whole thing, cannot have any space. If it can have, then it no longer remains the whole thing. It will be self-contradictory for a whole thing to have any space. Similarly it can be shown that this X can neither be in time, nor have any time. For a whole thing there cannot be any ‘before’, any ‘after’. For it there can be only an eternal ‘present’. It will be in a timeless state. If the whole thing is in time, then it is already placed in a world where there is a past, a present, and a future, and therefore it is no longer the whole thing. Now, if X as a whole is spaceless, timeless, then that X as a whole will also be changeless. There might always be some changes going on inside X, but when the question comes as to whether X itself is changing as a whole, then we are in a dilemma. How will we measure that change? In which time-scale shall we have to put that X in order for us to be able to measure that change? That time-scale must necessarily have to be outside of X. But there cannot be any such time-scale. So it is better not to say anything about its change as a whole. For the same reason X as a whole can never cease to be. It cannot die, because death is also a change. Therefore we see that if X is the first thing and the whole thing, then X will have the properties of spacelessness, timelessness, changelessness, deathlessness by virtue of its being the whole thing. It is a logical necessity. Now, this X may be anything; it may be light, it may be sound, or it may be any other thing. Whatever it may be, it will have the above four properties of X. Now, if we find that there is nothing in this universe that possesses the above four properties of X, then we can safely conclude that at the beginning there was nothing at all, and that therefore scientists are absolutely correct in asserting that the entire universe has simply originated out of nothing. But if we find that there is at least one thing in the universe that possesses these properties, then we will be forced to conclude that that thing was the first thing, and that therefore scientists are wrong in their assertion that at the beginning there was nothing. This is only because a thing can have the above four properties by virtue of its being the first thing and by virtue of this first thing being the whole thing, and not for any other reason. Scientists have shown that in this universe light, and light only, is having the above four properties. They have shown that for light time, as well as distance, become unreal. I have already shown elsewhere that a timeless world is a deathless, changeless world. For light even infinite distance becomes zero, and therefore volume of an infinite space also becomes zero. So the only conclusion that can be drawn from this is that at the beginning there was light, and that therefore scientists are wrong in asserting that at the beginning there was nothing.
             Another very strong reason can be given in support of our belief that at the beginning there was light. The whole thing will have another very crucial and important property: immobility. Whole thing as a whole thing cannot move at all, because it has nowhere to go. Movement means going from one place to another place, movement means changing of position with respect to something else. But if the whole thing is really the whole thing, then there cannot be anything else other than the whole thing. Therefore if the whole thing moves at all, then with respect to which other thing is it changing its position? And therefore it cannot have any movement, it is immobile. Now, if light is the whole thing, then light will also have this property of immobility. Now let us suppose that the whole thing occupies an infinite space, and that light is the whole thing. As light is the whole thing, and as space is  also infinite here, then within this infinite space light can have the property of immobility if, and only if, for light even the infinite distance is reduced to zero. Scientists have shown that this is just the case. From special theory of relativity we come to know that for light even infinite distance becomes zero, and that therefore it cannot have any movement, because it has nowhere to go. It simply becomes immobile. This gives us another reason to believe that at the beginning there was light, and that therefore scientists are wrong in asserting that at the beginning there was nothing. 
                          I know very well that an objection will be raised here, and that it will be a very severe objection. I also know what will be the content of that objection: can a whole thing beget another whole thing? I have said that at the beginning there was light, and that light was the whole thing. Again I am saying that the created light is also the whole thing, that is why it has all the properties of the whole thing. So the whole matter comes to this: a whole thing has given birth to another whole thing, which is logically impossible. If the first thing is the whole thing, then there cannot be a second whole thing, but within the whole thing there can be many other created things, none of which will be a whole thing. So the created light can in no way be a whole thing, it is logically impossible. But is it logically impossible for the created light to have all the properties of the whole thing? So what I intend to say here is this: created light is not the original light, but created light has been given all the properties of the original light, so that through the created light we can have a glimpse of the original light. If the created light was not having all these properties, then who would have believed that in this universe it is quite possible to be spaceless, timeless, changeless, deathless? If nobody believes in Scriptures, and if no one has any faith in personal revelation or mystical experience, and if no one wants to depend on any kind of authority here, and if no one even tries to know Him through meditation, then how can the presence of God be made known to man, if not through a created thing only? So, not through Vedas, nor through Bible, nor through Koran, nor through any other religious books, but through light and light only, God has revealed himself to man. That is why we find in created light all the most essential properties of God: spacelessness, timelessness, changelessness, deathlessness. 

Footnote: If the universe is treated as one whole unit, then it can be said to be spaceless, timeless. I first got this idea from an article by Dr. Lee Smolin read in the internet. Rest things I have developed. This is as an acknowledgement. 


B. CLIMAX

         I think we need no further proof for the existence of God. That light has all the five properties of the whole thing is sufficient. I will have to explain.
                       Scientists are trying to establish that our universe has started from nothing. We want to contradict it by saying that it has started from something. When we are saying that at the beginning there was something, we are saying that there was something. We are not saying that there was some other thing also other than that something. Therefore when we are saying that at the beginning there was something, we are saying that at the beginning there was a whole thing. Therefore we are contradicting the statement that our universe has started from nothing by the statement that our universe has started from a whole thing.  
         I have already shown that a whole thing will have the properties of spacelessness, timelessness, changelessness, deathlessness, immobility (STCDI). This is by logical necessity alone. It is logically contradictory to say that a whole thing can have space. Let us suppose that the whole thing is having space. Then the so-called whole thing along with the space that it is having will constitute the real whole thing. If my arguments that I have offered so far to show that the whole thing will always have the above five properties by virtue of its being the whole thing are sound, and if they cannot be faulted from any angle, then I can make the following statements:
1. In this universe only a whole thing can have the properties of STCDI by logical necessity alone.
2. If the universe has started from nothing, then nothing in this universe will have the properties of STCDI.
3. If the universe has started from a whole thing, then also nothing other than the initial whole thing will have the properties of STCDI. This is only because a whole thing cannot beget another whole thing.
4. But in this universe we find that light, in spite of its not being a whole thing, is still having the properties of STCDI.
5. This can only happen if, and only if, the initial whole thing itself has purposefully given its own properties to light, in order to make its presence known to us through light.
6. But for that the initial whole thing must have to have consciousness.
7. So, from above we can come to the following conclusion: the fact that light, in spite of its not being a whole thing, still possesses the properties of STCDI, is itself a sufficient proof for the fact that the universe has started from a conscious whole thing, and that this conscious whole thing is none other than God.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Proof That There Is A God<br />
                                                                Or<br />
                                Proof that God has not kept Himself hidden</p>
<p>A, Properties of a Whole Thing</p>
<p>                          If at the beginning there was something at all, and if that something was the whole thing, then it can be shown that by logical necessity that something will have to be spaceless, timeless, changeless, deathless. This is by virtue of that something being the whole thing. Something is the whole thing means there cannot be anything at all outside of that something; neither space, nor time, nor matter, nor anything else. It is the alpha and omega of existence. But, if it is the whole thing, then it must have to be spaceless, timeless, changeless, deathless. Otherwise it will be merely a part of a bigger whole thing. Now let us denote this something by a big X. Now, can this X be in any space? No, it cannot be. If it is, then where is that space itself located? It must have to be in another world outside of X. But by definition there cannot be anything outside of X. Therefore X cannot be in any space. Again, can this X have any space? No, it cannot have. If we say that it can have, then we will again be in a logical contradiction. Because if X can have any space, then that space must have to be outside of it. Therefore when we consider X as a whole, then we will have to say that neither can it be in any space, nor can it have any space. In every respect it will be spaceless. For something to have space it must already have to be in some space. Even a prisoner has some space, although this space is confined within the four walls of his prison cell. But the whole thing, if it is really the whole thing, cannot have any space. If it can have, then it no longer remains the whole thing. It will be self-contradictory for a whole thing to have any space. Similarly it can be shown that this X can neither be in time, nor have any time. For a whole thing there cannot be any ‘before’, any ‘after’. For it there can be only an eternal ‘present’. It will be in a timeless state. If the whole thing is in time, then it is already placed in a world where there is a past, a present, and a future, and therefore it is no longer the whole thing. Now, if X as a whole is spaceless, timeless, then that X as a whole will also be changeless. There might always be some changes going on inside X, but when the question comes as to whether X itself is changing as a whole, then we are in a dilemma. How will we measure that change? In which time-scale shall we have to put that X in order for us to be able to measure that change? That time-scale must necessarily have to be outside of X. But there cannot be any such time-scale. So it is better not to say anything about its change as a whole. For the same reason X as a whole can never cease to be. It cannot die, because death is also a change. Therefore we see that if X is the first thing and the whole thing, then X will have the properties of spacelessness, timelessness, changelessness, deathlessness by virtue of its being the whole thing. It is a logical necessity. Now, this X may be anything; it may be light, it may be sound, or it may be any other thing. Whatever it may be, it will have the above four properties of X. Now, if we find that there is nothing in this universe that possesses the above four properties of X, then we can safely conclude that at the beginning there was nothing at all, and that therefore scientists are absolutely correct in asserting that the entire universe has simply originated out of nothing. But if we find that there is at least one thing in the universe that possesses these properties, then we will be forced to conclude that that thing was the first thing, and that therefore scientists are wrong in their assertion that at the beginning there was nothing. This is only because a thing can have the above four properties by virtue of its being the first thing and by virtue of this first thing being the whole thing, and not for any other reason. Scientists have shown that in this universe light, and light only, is having the above four properties. They have shown that for light time, as well as distance, become unreal. I have already shown elsewhere that a timeless world is a deathless, changeless world. For light even infinite distance becomes zero, and therefore volume of an infinite space also becomes zero. So the only conclusion that can be drawn from this is that at the beginning there was light, and that therefore scientists are wrong in asserting that at the beginning there was nothing.<br />
             Another very strong reason can be given in support of our belief that at the beginning there was light. The whole thing will have another very crucial and important property: immobility. Whole thing as a whole thing cannot move at all, because it has nowhere to go. Movement means going from one place to another place, movement means changing of position with respect to something else. But if the whole thing is really the whole thing, then there cannot be anything else other than the whole thing. Therefore if the whole thing moves at all, then with respect to which other thing is it changing its position? And therefore it cannot have any movement, it is immobile. Now, if light is the whole thing, then light will also have this property of immobility. Now let us suppose that the whole thing occupies an infinite space, and that light is the whole thing. As light is the whole thing, and as space is  also infinite here, then within this infinite space light can have the property of immobility if, and only if, for light even the infinite distance is reduced to zero. Scientists have shown that this is just the case. From special theory of relativity we come to know that for light even infinite distance becomes zero, and that therefore it cannot have any movement, because it has nowhere to go. It simply becomes immobile. This gives us another reason to believe that at the beginning there was light, and that therefore scientists are wrong in asserting that at the beginning there was nothing.<br />
                          I know very well that an objection will be raised here, and that it will be a very severe objection. I also know what will be the content of that objection: can a whole thing beget another whole thing? I have said that at the beginning there was light, and that light was the whole thing. Again I am saying that the created light is also the whole thing, that is why it has all the properties of the whole thing. So the whole matter comes to this: a whole thing has given birth to another whole thing, which is logically impossible. If the first thing is the whole thing, then there cannot be a second whole thing, but within the whole thing there can be many other created things, none of which will be a whole thing. So the created light can in no way be a whole thing, it is logically impossible. But is it logically impossible for the created light to have all the properties of the whole thing? So what I intend to say here is this: created light is not the original light, but created light has been given all the properties of the original light, so that through the created light we can have a glimpse of the original light. If the created light was not having all these properties, then who would have believed that in this universe it is quite possible to be spaceless, timeless, changeless, deathless? If nobody believes in Scriptures, and if no one has any faith in personal revelation or mystical experience, and if no one wants to depend on any kind of authority here, and if no one even tries to know Him through meditation, then how can the presence of God be made known to man, if not through a created thing only? So, not through Vedas, nor through Bible, nor through Koran, nor through any other religious books, but through light and light only, God has revealed himself to man. That is why we find in created light all the most essential properties of God: spacelessness, timelessness, changelessness, deathlessness. </p>
<p>Footnote: If the universe is treated as one whole unit, then it can be said to be spaceless, timeless. I first got this idea from an article by Dr. Lee Smolin read in the internet. Rest things I have developed. This is as an acknowledgement. </p>
<p>B. CLIMAX</p>
<p>         I think we need no further proof for the existence of God. That light has all the five properties of the whole thing is sufficient. I will have to explain.<br />
                       Scientists are trying to establish that our universe has started from nothing. We want to contradict it by saying that it has started from something. When we are saying that at the beginning there was something, we are saying that there was something. We are not saying that there was some other thing also other than that something. Therefore when we are saying that at the beginning there was something, we are saying that at the beginning there was a whole thing. Therefore we are contradicting the statement that our universe has started from nothing by the statement that our universe has started from a whole thing.<br />
         I have already shown that a whole thing will have the properties of spacelessness, timelessness, changelessness, deathlessness, immobility (STCDI). This is by logical necessity alone. It is logically contradictory to say that a whole thing can have space. Let us suppose that the whole thing is having space. Then the so-called whole thing along with the space that it is having will constitute the real whole thing. If my arguments that I have offered so far to show that the whole thing will always have the above five properties by virtue of its being the whole thing are sound, and if they cannot be faulted from any angle, then I can make the following statements:<br />
1. In this universe only a whole thing can have the properties of STCDI by logical necessity alone.<br />
2. If the universe has started from nothing, then nothing in this universe will have the properties of STCDI.<br />
3. If the universe has started from a whole thing, then also nothing other than the initial whole thing will have the properties of STCDI. This is only because a whole thing cannot beget another whole thing.<br />
4. But in this universe we find that light, in spite of its not being a whole thing, is still having the properties of STCDI.<br />
5. This can only happen if, and only if, the initial whole thing itself has purposefully given its own properties to light, in order to make its presence known to us through light.<br />
6. But for that the initial whole thing must have to have consciousness.<br />
7. So, from above we can come to the following conclusion: the fact that light, in spite of its not being a whole thing, still possesses the properties of STCDI, is itself a sufficient proof for the fact that the universe has started from a conscious whole thing, and that this conscious whole thing is none other than God.</p>
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		<title>By: Shelley</title>
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		<dc:creator>Shelley</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 23 Oct 2006 17:17:27 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Mithology? That is a good thing, right?</description>
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		<title>By: Marc</title>
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		<dc:creator>Marc</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 12 Oct 2006 21:47:39 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Evolution is a scientific FACT!!!

Christianism is a MITHOLOGY</description>
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<p>Christianism is a MITHOLOGY</p>
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		<title>By: Skinz</title>
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		<dc:creator>Skinz</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 27 Jul 2006 15:14:45 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Menda (93) EEUU sounds like a noise a god-damn monkey would make and we sure ain&#039;t no god-damned monkies.</description>
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		<title>By: Gralgrathor</title>
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		<dc:creator>Gralgrathor</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 25 Jul 2006 13:34:40 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Just for people unfamiliar with the way Dembski uses the phrase &quot;Specified complexity&quot; :

1. There is no way to calculate the chances of natural Darwinian-style evolution evolving us: there is not enough information. If we evolved by D-evolution, then the chance is 1. If not, then we will forever be incapable of computing the chance - hence we cannot say it is impossible.

2. Dembski&#039;s calculations show how a simple smooth function (such as y = x?) cannot gain information, he therefore concludes that there must be a designer to obtain CSI. However, natural selection has a branching mapping from one to many (replication) followed by pruning mapping of the many back down to a few (selection). These increasing and reductional mappings were not modeled by Dembski. In other words, Dembski&#039;s calculations do not model birth and death. This basic flaw in his modeling renders all of Dembski&#039;s subsequent calculations and reasoning in No Free Lunch irrelevant because his basic model does not reflect reality. Since the basis of No Free Lunch relies on this flawed argument, the entire thesis of the book collapses.

Well, enough for now; I have to fight the Islamic beliefs as well, you know.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Just for people unfamiliar with the way Dembski uses the phrase &#8220;Specified complexity&#8221; :</p>
<p>1. There is no way to calculate the chances of natural Darwinian-style evolution evolving us: there is not enough information. If we evolved by D-evolution, then the chance is 1. If not, then we will forever be incapable of computing the chance &#8211; hence we cannot say it is impossible.</p>
<p>2. Dembski&#8217;s calculations show how a simple smooth function (such as y = x?) cannot gain information, he therefore concludes that there must be a designer to obtain CSI. However, natural selection has a branching mapping from one to many (replication) followed by pruning mapping of the many back down to a few (selection). These increasing and reductional mappings were not modeled by Dembski. In other words, Dembski&#8217;s calculations do not model birth and death. This basic flaw in his modeling renders all of Dembski&#8217;s subsequent calculations and reasoning in No Free Lunch irrelevant because his basic model does not reflect reality. Since the basis of No Free Lunch relies on this flawed argument, the entire thesis of the book collapses.</p>
<p>Well, enough for now; I have to fight the Islamic beliefs as well, you know.</p>
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		<title>By: james</title>
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		<dc:creator>james</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 17 Jul 2006 13:09:28 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>you guys are outrageous!!

Firstly, and it&#039;s a subtle point- Darwin was observing BIRDS. This lack of attention to detail is a nice example of your gung-ho approach to knowledge.

Secondly, don&#039;t come up with an important sounding name, then fail to explain it- it makes you look like a pretentious fool, trying to hide your ill-informed rantings behind a veil of authenticity

Thirdly, The way to change someone&#039;s opinion is to relate to them, not tell them from the outset &quot;if you don&#039;t agree with me you&#039;ll burn in hell forever&quot; That makes you sound, to a rational mind, a bit, well, mad.
At the very leat, you sound like you are scaremongering. Let god decide, since you are already in his good books so much. Why waste your time with &quot;godless&quot; soulds like mine?</description>
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<p>Firstly, and it&#8217;s a subtle point- Darwin was observing BIRDS. This lack of attention to detail is a nice example of your gung-ho approach to knowledge.</p>
<p>Secondly, don&#8217;t come up with an important sounding name, then fail to explain it- it makes you look like a pretentious fool, trying to hide your ill-informed rantings behind a veil of authenticity</p>
<p>Thirdly, The way to change someone&#8217;s opinion is to relate to them, not tell them from the outset &#8220;if you don&#8217;t agree with me you&#8217;ll burn in hell forever&#8221; That makes you sound, to a rational mind, a bit, well, mad.<br />
At the very leat, you sound like you are scaremongering. Let god decide, since you are already in his good books so much. Why waste your time with &#8220;godless&#8221; soulds like mine?</p>
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		<title>By: potto</title>
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		<dc:creator>potto</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sat, 17 Jun 2006 09:35:55 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>who says god didnt want evolution to happen anyway???? why is it so hard to belive he might have wanted things to change once in a while? what about the great flood? maybe after destroying th world once to try and change it he decided it was less hassle all round if the change happened gradually.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>who says god didnt want evolution to happen anyway???? why is it so hard to belive he might have wanted things to change once in a while? what about the great flood? maybe after destroying th world once to try and change it he decided it was less hassle all round if the change happened gradually.</p>
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		<title>By: potto</title>
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		<dc:creator>potto</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sat, 17 Jun 2006 09:23:43 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>it wasnt sea turtles, it was actually fiches that proved his theory. most of the finches looked the same when put together but there were small differences EG finches who lived in a grassy part of the island had small curved beaks to get grass seeds out of the plants, but finches who lived in a place with nut trees had broad beaks for cracking nuts etc. if you think about it its like breeding pedigree dogs (which i think is wrong btw) the breeders choose the dogs with, say, the longest noses and breed these two dogs. the puppies will then have longer noses. its like this in nature but it would be that the animals with the best characteristics would be more likely to survive to an age where they can have children, it takes longer but its the same kind of thing. it makes sense if you have a brain!</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>it wasnt sea turtles, it was actually fiches that proved his theory. most of the finches looked the same when put together but there were small differences EG finches who lived in a grassy part of the island had small curved beaks to get grass seeds out of the plants, but finches who lived in a place with nut trees had broad beaks for cracking nuts etc. if you think about it its like breeding pedigree dogs (which i think is wrong btw) the breeders choose the dogs with, say, the longest noses and breed these two dogs. the puppies will then have longer noses. its like this in nature but it would be that the animals with the best characteristics would be more likely to survive to an age where they can have children, it takes longer but its the same kind of thing. it makes sense if you have a brain!</p>
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		<title>By: Kerouac</title>
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		<dc:creator>Kerouac</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 13 Jun 2006 02:31:08 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>I&#039;d just like to add that there is absolutely no evidence whatsoever that Darwin converted to Christianity on his deathbed. What&#039;s more, Darwin was never explicitly Christian; in fact, many members of his family were Freethinkers. Whilst it may be true that Darwin was initially convinced of God&#039;s existence by the teleological argument of William Paley, he soon began to question those beliefs when on board the HMS Beagle.

As well as this, Darwin&#039;s daughter Henrietta - present at the death of her father - has stated that he did not - repeat, did not - convert to Christianity on his deathbed. But of course, anyone questioning the truth of this website is wasting their time, as it&#039;s clearly a hoax and a very, very funny lampooning of the American Christian Right. Isn&#039;t it...?</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I&#8217;d just like to add that there is absolutely no evidence whatsoever that Darwin converted to Christianity on his deathbed. What&#8217;s more, Darwin was never explicitly Christian; in fact, many members of his family were Freethinkers. Whilst it may be true that Darwin was initially convinced of God&#8217;s existence by the teleological argument of William Paley, he soon began to question those beliefs when on board the HMS Beagle.</p>
<p>As well as this, Darwin&#8217;s daughter Henrietta &#8211; present at the death of her father &#8211; has stated that he did not &#8211; repeat, did not &#8211; convert to Christianity on his deathbed. But of course, anyone questioning the truth of this website is wasting their time, as it&#8217;s clearly a hoax and a very, very funny lampooning of the American Christian Right. Isn&#8217;t it&#8230;?</p>
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		<title>By: OMG</title>
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		<dc:creator>OMG</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 12 Jun 2006 08:50:19 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Darwinism is true, Bible is wrong.</description>
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		<title>By: Aydoo</title>
		<link>http://ShelleyTheRepublican.com/2006/05/06/the-strange-evolution-of-evolution-by-tristan.aspx/comment-page-2#comment-4922</link>
		<dc:creator>Aydoo</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 06 Jun 2006 07:25:06 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Normally I wouldnt comment on this type of thing but I just needed to mention one thing.

&quot;Actually, Specified Complexity is proven fact, and was discovered by the mathematician, philosopher and Christian: William Dembski.

I am afraid I don?¢‚Ç¨?°?É‚Äû?É¬¥t have time to explain his theory, but you can find an excellent explanation at the Discovery Institute, which was my main research source for this article.&quot;


These are your exact words. Copied and pasted straight from your article so dont accuse me of twisting anything around. ANYWAY.


In all versions, definitions of the word:

THEORY =/= FACT.

And incase you failed Highschool Algebra =/= means DOES NOT EQUAL.




You disproved your whole arguement right there.


Aydoo~</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Normally I wouldnt comment on this type of thing but I just needed to mention one thing.</p>
<p>&#8220;Actually, Specified Complexity is proven fact, and was discovered by the mathematician, philosopher and Christian: William Dembski.</p>
<p>I am afraid I don?¢‚Ç¨?°?É‚Äû?É¬¥t have time to explain his theory, but you can find an excellent explanation at the Discovery Institute, which was my main research source for this article.&#8221;</p>
<p>These are your exact words. Copied and pasted straight from your article so dont accuse me of twisting anything around. ANYWAY.</p>
<p>In all versions, definitions of the word:</p>
<p>THEORY =/= FACT.</p>
<p>And incase you failed Highschool Algebra =/= means DOES NOT EQUAL.</p>
<p>You disproved your whole arguement right there.</p>
<p>Aydoo~</p>
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		<title>By: Dan hates dumb americans</title>
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		<dc:creator>Dan hates dumb americans</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 02 Jun 2006 17:47:22 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>I&#039;ve alway noticed that people who don&#039;t believe in evolution tend not to look, very evolved. Has anyone else noticed this?</description>
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