Subj : The universe            4
To   : Bob Eyer
From : Frank Masingill
Date : Tue Jan 02 2001 07:38 am

 BE> But the concept of cause has no meaning unless it occurs in
 BE> the world of appearance, i.e.  in the universe.  Therefore no
 BE> empirical meaning can be attached to the question "What caused
 BE> the universe to exist?" There is no logically possible way to
 BE> answer such a question.

 BE> Therefore, the universe did not have a cause.  It had a
 BE> beginning which occurred some 15-20 billion years ago; and
 BE> that beginning was the Big Bang.

 BE> But it had no cause.  It began, simpliciter.

        Everybody knows, Bob, that it really began with a mysterious
monolith which continues to appear at various stages in the life of
the creature it influenced to use tools.  Genesis is better, I
think, but the guidance of aliens from "outer space" is bound to
sound more "scientific."  That "Big Bang" surely "caused" the logic.
I think that man is never more cute than when she/he explains the
"beginning" of everything.

Frank

--- PPoint 2.07
 * Origin: Maybe in 5000 years (1:396/45.12)

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