"THE GRAND DESIGN" - A FUNDAMENTALLY FLAWED

ARGUMENT :
Science is knowledge derived from verifiable evidence ,
which may be purely theoritical, but consistent with
logic and experience without exceptions. An important
characteristic of the scientific method is that if a claim is
made, it must be verifiable by other people. The word
'DESIGN' means to make a plan, or to form a plan in the
mind, a purpose, intention, aim for an outcome; a
premilinary sketch to work from to produce a thing
planned for. Any action, or activity which is spontaneous
in nature cannot be a product of 'Design'. Most of the
phenomenon we observe are spontaneous in nature,
and we get no evidence of design. The word 'CREATION'
means an act that is inspired by a creative thought or
influence. Creation cannot be a spontaneous act. The
word creation has crept into our vocabulary from
Christianity, and is one of the 'Fundamentals' of Islam,
Christianity and Judaism. A qafir is a criminal because he
is dis-loyal to the Creator 'Allah' who made him and
made this world for him. Fortunately Vedic hindus did
not buy the cration myth. Creation is driven by
inspiration. Stephen Hawking has not chosen his words
carefully and his claims would only add confusion and
could be misinterpreted. As a Physicist, and to present a
scientific thought or concept, he must present his views
not as a matter of faith or belief but that of reason
supported by accepted body of information and could
withstand verification. The same rule of the game
applies to all those who claim a Creation and Creator,
but fail to produce any mathematical model, any
evidence which should be verifiable. Indeed any
scientist in general, and the cosmologists in particular,
have become victim of opposition by Christian church
and its covert or overt protagonists. The concept of
'Logical Positivism' states that, "Something could be said
to be true if and only if it could be verified by logical or
scientific procedures." If a 'Designer' described as 'God'
is not known by scientific methods or procedures, it may
not mean that the 'Designer' or 'God' does not exist. Yet
is must remain verifiable by appropriate methods, logics
or mathematical models. Science may provide some
understanding of natural principles and Physical Laws
that could explain what individuals know and experience
about the world around them and inside them. Could we
extend scientific methodology of investigation into every
field of inquiry? By scientific method we do not mean
scientic tools, or technology, but we mean a scientific
mindset, a logical approach. Could we find Truth and
Reality as an external experience? We know that all
experience is internal, whether caused by external
objects, or internal chemicals, or by internal
hallucinations. Is it possible to visualize Truth and
Reality if the Object of our inquiry is not dependent on
us for its existence? say for example a tree which is not
dependent on us for its existence. Is it possible to know
the truth and reality of a tree which we have not
planted? If I am the subject identified as the 'knower', I
can know about the existence of an 'Object', (like
atmospheric oxygen) if my existence is dependent upon
the existence of that unknown 'Object' (oxygen in this
case). The 'Designer' called 'God' is not dependent upon
me for my existence in the Universe , so is atmospheric
oxygen not dependent upon me for my existence in the
universe. However, I recognize that my existence is not
truly independent by its nature. It is sependant on air,
water, aridity, temperature and many things we do not
know as yet. I may not gain direct sensory experience of
'God' or the 'Designer' or atmospheric oxygen for
example, but the nature of my dependent existence
points towards the direction of an entity (and many
entities) that may sustain my existence. The Mechanistic
Concept described by Dr. Stephen Hawking fails to
account for the apparent purpose with which Universe
exists and the function of Living systems that populate
this Universe. [By the way Relativity is not mechanics or
mechanistic].
THE 'FINITE' AND THE 'INFINITE' :
St Thomas Aquinas , a hardcore Christian, has
suggested that we need to recognize the existence of
things that might be objects of everyday experience,
although such everyday experience contradicts
existence of God. Because we experience that a lot of
injustice, corruption, rape and violence is going on
unabated. Reflection on everyday things and the
everyday world reveals it as pointing beyond itself to
God according to Christians as its sustaining cause. In
Shruti literature there is nothing like sustaining cause.
The Brahman which is not different, distinct or separate
from world, is nimitta and upaadaana cause of world. It
has capacity to sustain itself, because universe and
Brahman are not separate. Human beings are in process
of constant change and the change is not the result of
their own efforts, sometimes it is because of efforts of
his parents, sometimes that of his teachers and
sometimes due to efforts of natural factors; and even
when it is result of his own efforts, it does not depend on
them exclusively because of factors beyond his control.
No object in the familiar world can fully account for its
own act of existing, nor is it wholly self-sufficient; all are
affected from without, operate in an environment that is
not their own making. Therefore any ego or ahankaara is
undesirable. Living Organisms are Finite. On the other
hand non-living are infinite, or if not infinite even then
too much more than the living. The Finite points beyond
itself to the Infinite. As we know that living is based
on non-living. The system of limited beings, each
dependent for its activity on something else of the same
kind demands for its completion the existence of an
'Unlimited Being', an enormous size being, who many
think is a demon or ghost, but faithful of the Christian
tradition call it a Holy ghost, one that is the source of
change in other things but is not subject to change
itself. Such an 'Unlimited Being' would be the 'First
Cause' or 'Ultimate Cause' - it would be the
'Unconditioned Condition' of the existence of all other
things. St Thomas Aquinas, often gave fallacious logics
to support his religion to spread it to others, has
believed that human reason can produce the definitive
proofs of the existence of an Infinite Being.
THE PURPOSE OF UNIVERSE :
The Greek word for Universe is 'COSMOS' which stands
for Beauty and Order. The Universe is everything that
exists; all matter and energy; all living, nonliving matter,
and all forms of energy including the chemical energy
that living entities use to establish, and to sustain their
existence in support of various living functions. The
Universe is immense and could be of unknown
proportions. Earth is nearly 13,000 km across, although
its circumference is 40,000 kilometers, a tiny speck
among myriads of larger and smaller specks in the
Universe. I seek the Knowledge of the Universe as it
exists with a purpose. The purpose of the Universe is to
provide me and other life forms a place to live in it just
like the purpose of my body's existence is to provide
other life forms: dengue virus, HIV virus, malaria,
Entamoeba, tape worm etc to live in it, or for mosquito
to drink my blood because a female mosquito cannot
reproduce until she drinks my blood.
THE PLANETS OF THE SOLAR SYSTEM :
Mercury, Venus, Earth, and Mars are known as the
terrestrial planets. Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, and Neptune
are planets of the Outer Solar System. Pluto could be
viewed as an Interplanetary Object if not as the ninth
planet of Solar System. Earth is the only planet with vast
expanses of liquid water. Earth has a Nitrogen-Oxygen
atmosphere filled with water vapor. Earth has a
magneticfield indicative of a liquid metal core with
electric currents in the metal.
The Rotational Spin of Planets :
Different planets have different rates of rotation. We use
Earth's spin to define coordinate systems for locating
objects both on the ground and the sky. The
timekeeping system that we use is related to the
rotation of the Earth. My human existence in this
Universe is synchronized with the rotational spin of the
Earth. Unfortunately it is slowing down, and a day will
come when it will stop. The spin gives me alternating
periods of light and darkness known as Day and Night
while the Sun is shining all the time. And sun too is
cooling down. The material energy that imparted the
necessary momentum to initiate the rotational spin
could be described as "MAYA"; a Fundamental Force that
causes Illusion. Although Acharya Shankara identified
MAYA as something else. The illusion of Sunrise and
Sunset governs my Biological Rhythm which is named as
Solar Rhythm, Diurnal Rhythm, and Circadian Rhythm.
The Laws of Physics may give an explanation for the
rotational spin of planet Earth. However, I claim that the
rotational spin has a purpose. In the same way as blood
circulation in my body has a purpose-- it provides warm
and pure blood to mosquitoes everytime they come to
drink it. The purpose of the rotational spin of planet
Earth is to transform my "FUTURE" into "PAST" and my
"PRESENT" is a mere instant in this Future-Past
Continuum. In the same way as the circulation of my
blood is to transform the "IMPURE" blood into "PURE"
and mosquito bite is just an instant joining the two. My
body experiences aging using an internal timing
mechanism which measures the length of my days and
nights that I spend on planet Earth. The rest of my time
which I spend out of this planet earth after I die will not
be measured by this body, because it will be dead then.
But if someone does the experiment of burying it, it will
be found that this body still measures time as it decays.
 This timing mechanism known as 'Biological Clock' has
a plan for my dissolution as an Individual at the end of a
predetermined time, although none else than me has
made this discovery ever. They think that man dies due
to cancer, or heart attack. I appeal to medical
community to invent something to destroy this
'Biological Clock' so that human death can be stopped. I
have come to know that there are patients with
destroyed biological clock, and I am sure they cannot
die natural death. My life span is governed by the
rotational spin of Earth, a product of ILLUSION called
'MAYA'. If in Truth and Reality, I exist as an Eternal
Entity; an Entity that is never born, Unborn, which has
no Beginning, no Middle, and no End; the rotational spin
generates the ILLUSION of my Dissolution. If we migrate
to a planet where this diurnal and annual rotation is not
taking place, we will survive for ever in this body,
because 'Biological Clock' cannot operate there. The
methodologies used by Science may not have the ability
to refute or establish the Truth and Reality of the Human
Existence with a Past, Present, and a Future.
God did not create the universe: Stephen Hawking
http://news.in.msn.com/international/article.aspx?cp-
documentid=4332342&page=0
London: British physicist Stephen Hawking has
said that the creation of the universe was a result
of the inevitable laws of physics and it did not
need God's help.
In his latest book titled "The Grand Design",
Hawking writes: "Because there is a law such as
gravity, the universe can and will create itself
from nothing. Spontaneous creation is the reason
there is something rather than nothing, why the
universe exists, why we exist."
He rejects Isaac Newton's theory that the
universe did not spontaneously begin to form but
was set in motion by God. He wrote in the 1988
book: "If we discover a complete theory, it would
be the ultimate triumph of human reason -- for
then we should know the mind of God."
"It is not necessary to invoke God to light the blue
touch paper and set the universe going," the
Daily Telegraph quoted Hawking as writing in his
current book.
Hawking argues that the Big Bang which resulted
in the creation of the Solar System and planets,
including the earth, was the result of the
inevitable laws of physics and God was nowhere
in the picture. Earlier, a few scientists, including
Hawking himself, had said that the sparkplug that
kick-started the universe through the Big Bang
was probably provided by God.
Extracts of The Grand Design was published in
Eureka magazine in The Times. And in that
Hawking is quoted as saying: "It is not necessary
to invoke God to light the blue touch paper and
set the Universe going."
Hawking had been putting forward the `no-God'
theory for quite some time. In June, he had told a
Channel 4 series that a "personal" God did not
exist.
"The question is: is the way the universe began
chosen by God for reasons we can't understand,
or was it determined by a law of science? I believe
the second. If you like, you can call the laws of
science 'God', but it wouldn't be a personal God
that you could meet, and ask questions."
However, there are unexplained phenomena in
astrophysics. For example, researchers are yet to
identify the `dark matter' that comprise over 75
per cent of the universe. Black holes, dark energy
and God's particle -- phenomena that resulted
either in the formation of the universe or in its
death, have not been conclusively explained by
science.
The Grand Design, co-written by American
physicist Leonard Mlodinow, is published on
September 9.

BALANCE SHEET OF LIFE

Our Birth is our Opening Balance !
Our Death is our Closing Balance!
Our Prejudiced Views are our Liabilities
Our Creative Ideas are our Assets
Heart is our Current Asset
Soul is our Fixed Asset
Brain is our Fixed Deposit
Thinking is our Current Account
Achievements are our Capital
Character & Morals, our Stock- in -Trade
Friends are our General Reserves
Values & Behaviour are our Goodwill
Patience is our Interest Earned
Love is our Dividend
Children are our Bonus Issues
Education is Brands / Patents
Knowledge is our Investment
Experience is our Premium Account
The Aim is to Tally the Balance Sheet Accurately.
The Goal is to get the Best Presented Accounts Award.
Some very Good and Very bad things ….
The most destructive habit………………….Worry
The greatest Joy………………………….Giving
The greatest loss…………….Loss of self-respect
The most satisfying work……………Helping others
The ugliest personality trait………….Selfishness
The most endangered species………Dedicated leaders
Our greatest natural resource……………Our youth
The greatest ‘shot in the arm’……….Encouragement
The greatest problem to overcome……………..Fear
The most effective sleeping pill……..Peace of mind
The most crippling failure disease…………Excuses
The most powerful force in life………………Love
The most dangerous pariah………………A gossiper
The world’s most in credible computer……..The brain
The worst thing to be without………………. Hope
The deadliest weapon…………………..The tongue
The two most power-filled words……………’I Can’
The greatest asset…………………………Faith
The most worthless emotion………………Self-pity
The most beautiful attire………………….SMILE!
The most prized possession…………….Integrity
The most contagious spirit……………..Enthusiasm
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