Saturday, February 28, 2009

What We've Got

It seems to me that the most probable explanation for universe is the existence of a creator. Now I'm wondering what this creator might be like and what, if anything, he/she/it wants from us. There are some things that I should be able to conclude about the creator by what he/she/it created so let's start with what we've got.
So, what do we have. According to various experts in the field, this is the situation. There are 1 to the power of 80 particles in the universe. It is about 30 to 40 billion light years in diameter and expanding. Matter is centered in galaxies that contain on average about 200 billion stars each. There are a number of rules that matter seems to follow (gravity, energy, momentum, etc.). The universe seems to be understandable. The matter that we can detect seems to be a small part of the matter in the universe. There are basic elements which seem to have be made from the most basic element, hydrogen. There are many different kinds of heavenly bodies (stars, nebula, planets, comets, etc.). As far as we know there is life on only one planet in the universe. This life is incredibly diverse with a wide variety of functions and complexity. Some life is self aware. All life seems to be built around the same genetic code system. All life except for humans create a balanced system with each other which is very stable. The complexity of the organism is more or less related to the size of their genome. The body systems of organisms are very stable. There are events that happen in the body systems that cause them to break down. There seems to be a spiritual and a self part of humans that does not seem to be a part of the physical but yet is closely related to it. Upper animals feel emotions. Emotions are complex and seem to be able to be controlled. Human nature seems to have some rules although they are complex. There are things that humans characterize as desirable and those which they characterize as undesirable. Humans tend to want to gravitate toward the desirable.

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