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To: TigerPaw who wrote (51309)	12/2/2005 4:23:00 PM
From: one_less	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 361217

"If I'm chasing after some guy, and even if in the first second I close half the distance between me and him, then half that distance in the second second, then half that distance in the third second, I'm always going to be half some distance behind him, and I'll never catch him. Which is why we have guns." -- Zeno's Paradox, according to Maxim magzine

To: TigerPaw who wrote (51309)	12/2/2005 4:46:59 PM
From: James Calladine	Respond to of 361217

"We see the universe the way it is because we exist." A lot of people would disagree with that. Some statements that could be made that absolutely run counter to that are: 1)...because of the sense of separated existence (otherwise known as the ego or self-contraction) 2)...because of "point of view" (which varies individually within the framework of a sense of separated existence) God-realized beings view the observations of folks like Hawking as total illusion--entirely based on the notion of separate existence (that notion seen by such beings as absolutely false). Nobody now living was around at the so-called "time" of the Big Bang. Its existence is postulated based on observations of the Universe that we make through the limited bandwidth of human sight, sound, telescopes, etc. And MINDS! The Big Bang as presently postulated ONLY exists in the minds of those contemplating it that buy into its explanation. If someone comes up with another theory in 5 years time that is a better explanation, the Big Bang will vanish from the minds of the believers of the new explanation, but continue in the minds of those who do not so believe. Which Big Bang would then be real? How would we know for sure? We would NOT know for sure. Then or ever. Truth is that which NEVER changes. Theories (or most of them) continue to change. Namaste! Jim