littleoak01

1) Comparing say, Keith Richards, to Boltzmann is utterly absurd and not worth the time to elaborate upon. 2) Van Gogh's ear wasn't 'missing'. He severed it himself after chronic use/abuse(the distinction is weak- it's poison!) of absinthe. 3) As to Nash, his story is far more complicated. Does anyone know where he was and what he was doing this past March? (Not open book - no cheating!) 4) Pollack? Great artist indeed, only tack on acute, chronic alcoholism to the list. Each story is unique in its tragic nature. Tossing one out as simply 'just another one of 'THOSE' people is a tragedy itself.

Dear Prof. Dawkins, Consider the following hypothesis : 'Faith' is a necessary outcome, assuming that the current overarching paradigm of scientfic reasoning is true. Why? Objects and systems in the physical realm tend toward the ground state, the path of least resistance - Water, left alone, always flows downhill. 2nd Law of Thermo. Entropy. (For which Boltzmann paid a high price indeed!). Faith is Dogma. Dogma at the extremum requires no 'work' at all. Not even the passive action of listening, if it is internalized to the point of hearing the 'voice of god' inside one's own head. No Thinking, Analysis, Debate, or Discussion required. The 'Ground State of Humankind'. Q.E.D. Where are the 'outs' in this impromtu argument? RSVP Please! Anybody!

OK. Let us take the opposing thesis that such a 'god' does exist. If g is truly and universally omnipotent, can g 'let loose' any specific creation and, if so, at what point during this creation's physical existence occur? In other words, is there a 'chain of responsibility'? If Yes, how does the pathological psychopath know when he is to assume responsibility and ultimately account for, his/her actions and their consequences. Or, by extension, the homicidal chimpanzee? If No, then why must this creation be required to 'account' for its actions at all, since it was designed and directed by the hand of the creator? And when does such an account be given? Immediately 'post-mortem? At the hypothesized Armageddon? RSVP anybody?