Saying the universe is eternal simply is saying that it has no beginning or end, not that it had a beginning an infinite time ago

Saying the universe is eternal simply is saying that it has no beginning or end, not that it had a beginning an infinite time ago

Just because quantum mechanics is weird does not mean that everything that is weird is quantum mechanics.

Define self-awareness and tell me what it is about it that requires something more than a material explanation. I do not accept the burden of explaining all phenomena, real or imagined. If you think more than matter is required for this thing you call self-awareness, which you have not defined, then you have the burden of showing why.

Science flies you to the moon. Religion flies you into buildings.

Thought, without the data on which to structure that thought, leads nowhere.

People want to be at the center of the Universe...and they're going to flock to anybody who tells them that.