From: peterwieck33@gmail.com   
      
   Yikes!!   
      
   a)  What is known of the Universe may be extrapolated backwards in time. All a   
   telescope does, whatever type of radiation it observes, is look backward in   
   time.   
   b)  It is a pretty linear extrapolation based on the data observed to follow   
   distributed energy back to a (probably) single point.   
   c)  And, this really is basic, established science based on direct observation   
   of specific evidence that also is repeatable.   
   d)  CERN has told us a great deal on how matter is formed, how it holds   
   together, how it behaves and more.   
   e)  It turns out that even this is predictable and repeatable. Making it also   
   basic science.   
   f)  However, we still do not know what we do not know.   
   g) Clarke's Third Law:  Science, sufficiently advanced, is indistinguishable   
   from magic.   
      
   William of Occam suggests that one should not needlessly multiply entities.   
      
   See this as a multiple choice problem:   
      
   1.  There is a "GOD" in the Christian/Muslim/Jewish model, complete/replete   
   with all the various trappings assigned thereto.   
   2.  There is a Prime Mover that is self-aware.   
   3.  There is/are forces that is/are responsible/resulted in the 'big bang'.    
   Said force/forces need not be self-aware, intelligent, self-directed, nor   
   anything else other than (a) Force/Forces.   
      
   Which is the simplest explanation?   
      
   There are those who believe that fetal recapitulation is proof of   
   God/Intelligent Design.   
   There are those that believe just the opposite.   
   Point being that evidence-in-a-vacuum leads to a potential for m   
   sinterpretation. As, both cannot be correct in the above example.   
      
   Writing for myself, I am much happier believing that I am more-or-less   
   responsible for my state in this world - and not living at the whim of some   
   probably malicious, certainly capricious, demonstrably not benign 'creator'.   
      
   Peter Wieck   
   Melrose Park, PA   
      
   --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05   
    * Origin: you cannot sedate... all the things you hate (1:229/2)