Re: A Letter to George Hammond, and all Christians for that matter.

From: Alan (gper_at_mindless.com)
Date: 06/13/04 

Date: 12 Jun 2004 17:59:45 -0700

> If all human minds died tomorrow morning,
> how would you "know, demonstrate, or prove"
> that the Universe still existed tomorrow night.
> Just answer the question please.

If I sealed something in a box, I couldn't "prove" it was still there
without opening the box. So? I have no reason to doubt that it is
still there.

If I were dead, obviously I couldn't prove anything. Again - so? I
have no reason to doubt that the universe would still exist, even if
ALL life were to end. The early universe apparently existed, and
certainly contained no HUMAN life, and NO life that we know of. Why
WOULD it cease to exist if all men died tomorrow?

You've written of absolute and perceived reality. Okay, if we're all
gone, POOF! to perceived reality, but how and why would that affect
absolute reality?

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