Phat writes:
Big deal. All we are talking about is matter.
Yes, all we're talking about is what we and everything around us is made of. Probably not a big deal at all!
I prefer thinking of humans in regards to life and soul.
They're not alternatives Phat, you are allowed to think about both.
I cant figure out why it matters where the atoms came from.
It's because we - well many people, maybe not you and others who pefer mythology for their explanations - like to know how our world works and where we came from.
Je suis Charlie. Je suis Ahmed. Je suis Juif. Je suis Parisien. I am Mancunian. I am Brum. I am London.
"Life, don't talk to me about life" - Marvin the Paranoid Android
"Science adjusts it's views based on what's observed.
Faith is the denial of observation so that Belief can be preserved."
- Tim Minchin, in his beat poem, Storm.