Big Bang?

[jbor at bigpond.com]

> Date: Mon, 19 Sep 2005 19:55:00 -0700
> Subject: Re: The Wrath of the Intelligent Designer
> Cc: pynchon-l@[omitted]
>
> [...] Our "universal laws" only apply within our universe, and so they 
> do
> not say that our universe could not originate from nothing.  No
> "inconceivable force," forsooth, is required. [...]

Ah yes, this is the crux of the issue, right here: human Science can't 
explain how the universe came to be any more than human Religion can 
explain how its various "Gods" came to be. The logic of both requires 
an enormous leap of faith on the part of the true believer.

best