The 4th installment Mr. Perry Marshall’s Where did the Universe come from?

Previous:  Part 1, Part 2, Part 3

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Lori,

   See this email I just sent you, that you’re reading right now?  This email is proof of the existence of God.

   Yeah, I know, that sounds crazy.  But I’m not asking you to believe anything just yet, until you see the evidence for yourself.  All I ask is that you refrain from disbelieving while I show you my proof.  It only takes a minute to convey, but it speaks to one of the most important questions of all time.

   So how is this email proof of the existence of God?:

   This email you’re reading contains letters, words and sentences.  It contains a message that means something.  As long as you can read English, you can understand what I’m saying.

    You can do all kinds of things with this email.  You can read it on your computer screen.  You can print it out on your printer.  You can read it out loud to a friend who’s in the same room as you are.  You can call your friend and read it to her over the telephone.  You can save it as a Microsoft WORD document.  You can forward it to someone via email, or you can post it on a website.

    Regardless of how you copy it or where you send it, the information remains the same.  My email contains a message.  It contains information in the form of language.  The message is independent of the medium it is sent in.

    Messages are not matter, even though they can be carried by matter (like printing this email on a piece of paper).

    Messages are not energy even though they can be carried by energy (like the sound of my voice.)

    Messages are immaterial.  Information is itself a unique kind of entity.  It can be stored and transmitted and copied in many forms, but the meaning still stays the same.

   Messages can be in English, French or Chinese. Or Morse Code.  Or mating calls of birds.  Or the Internet.  Or radio or television.  Or computer programs or architect blueprints or stone carvings.  Every cell in your body contains a message encoded in DNA, representing a complete plan for you.

   OK, so what does this have to do with God?

   It’s very simple.  Messages, languages, and coded information ONLY come from a mind.  A mind that agrees on an alphabet and a meaning of words and sentences.  A mind that expresses both desire and intent.

   Whether I use the simplest possible explanation, such as the one I’m giving you here, or if we analyze language with advanced mathematics and engineering communication theory, we can say this with total confidence:

   ”Messages, languages and coded information never, ever come from anything else besides a mind.  No one has ever produced a single example of a message  that did not come from a mind.”

   Nature can create fascinating patterns – snowflakes, sand dunes, crystals, stalagmites and stalactites.  Tornados and turbulence and cloud formations.

   But non-living things cannot create language. They *cannot* create codes.  Rocks cannot think and they cannot talk.  And they cannot create information.

  It is believed by some that life on planet earth arose accidentally from the “primordial soup,” the early ocean which produced enzymes and eventually RNA, DNA, and primitive cells.

   But there is still a problem with this theory: It fails to answer the question, ‘Where did the information come from?’

   DNA is not merely a molecule.  Nor is it simply a “pattern.” Yes, it contains chemicals and proteins, but those chemicals are arranged to form an intricate language, in the exact same way that English and Chinese and HTML are languages.

   DNA has a four-letter alphabet, and structures very similar to words, sentences and paragraphs.  With very precise instructions and systems that check for errors and correct them.

   To the person who says that life arose naturally, you need only ask: “Where did the information come from?  Show me just ONE example of a language that didn’t come from a mind.”

   As simple as this question is, I’ve personally presented it in public presentations and Internet discussion forums for more than two years.  I’ve addressed more than fifty thousand people, including hostile, skeptical audiences who insist that life arose without the assistance of God. 

   But to a person, none of them have ever been able to explain where the information came from.  This riddle is “So simple any child can understand; so complex, no atheist can solve.”

   You can hear or read my full presentation on this topic at
http://www.cosmicfingerprints.com/ifyoucanreadthis.htm

   Watch it on video:
http://www.perrymarshallspeaks.com/

   For a high-school level, layman’s version, go here:
http://www.cosmicfingerprints.com/information.htm

   Matter and energy have to come from somewhere.  Everyone can agree on that.  But information has to come from somewhere, too!  Information is separate entity, fully on par with matter and energy.  And information can only come from a mind.  If books and poems and TV shows come from human intelligence, then all living things inevitably came from a superintelligence.

   Every word you hear, every sentence you speak, every dog that barks, every song you sing, every email you read, every packet of information that zings across the Internet, is proof of the existence of God.  Because information and language always originate in a mind.

   In the beginning were words and language.

   In the Beginning was Information.

   When we consider the mystery of life – where it came from and how this miracle is possible – do we not at the same time ask the question where it is going, and what its purpose is?

Respectfully Submitted,

Perry Marshall

Mr. Curious well I need some inspiration

It’s my birthday

And I cannot find no cause for celebration…

 

This bit of lyrics is totally unsuitable  

Now this is more like it…

because I’m neither uninspired nor lacking of things to celebrate!

 

Thank you Father for giving me another year,

for a loving family

for old and new friends….

I thank you for waking my heart

from a lethal slumber,

taking the blinds off my eyes,

revealing your truth.

I thank you Father for not letting go,

thus saving me…

saving me from my stubborn self.

 

  

I’ve missed doing this…

and I sorely miss my home and my family

The 3rd installment Mr. Perry Marshall’s Where did the Universe come from?

Previous:  Part 1, Part 2

Next:  Part 4

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Lori,

   In your kitchen cabinet, you’ve probably got a spray bottle with an adjustable nozzle.  If you twist the nozzle one way, it sprays a fine mist into the air.  You twist the nozzle the other way, it squirts a jet of water in a straight line.  You turn that nozzle to the exact position you want so you can wash a mirror, clean up a spill, or whatever.

   If the universe had expanded a little faster, the matter would have sprayed out into space like fine mist from a water bottle – so fast that a gazillion particles of dust would speed into infinity and never even form a single star.

   If the universe had expanded just a little slower, the material would have dribbled out like big drops of water, then collapsed back where it came from by the force of gravity.

   A little too fast, and you get a meaningless spray of fine dust.  A little too slow, and the whole universe collapses back into one big black hole.

   The surprising thing is just how narrow the difference is.  To strike the perfect balance between too fast and too slow, the force, something that physicists call “the Dark Energy Term” had to be accurate to one part in ten with 120 zeros. 

   If you wrote this as a decimal, the number would look like this:

0.000000000000000000000000000000
00000000000000000000000000000000
00000000000000000000000000000000
0000000000000000000000000000001

   In their paper “Disturbing Implications of a Cosmological Constant” two atheist scientists from Stanford University stated that the existence of this dark energy term would have required a miracle… “An unknown agent” intervened in cosmic history “for reasons of its own.”

   Just for comparison, the best human engineering example is the Gravity Wave Telescope, which was built with a precision of 23 zeros.  The Designer, the ‘external agent’ that caused our universe must possess an intellect, knowledge, creativity and power trillions and trillions of times greater than we humans have.

    Absolutely amazing.

    Now a person who doesn’t believe in God has to find some way to explain this.  One of the more common explanations seems to be “There was an infinite number of universes, so it was inevitable that things would have turned out right in at least one of them.”

    The “infinite universes” theory is truly an amazing theory.  Just think about it, if there is an infinite number of universes, then absolutely everything is not only possible… It’s actually happened! 

    It means that somewhere, in some dimension, there is a universe where the Chicago Cubs won the World Series last year.  There’s a universe where Jimmy Hoffa doesn’t get cement shoes; instead he marries Joan Rivers and becomes President of the United States.  There’s even a universe where Elvis kicks his drug habit and still resides at Graceland and sings at concerts.  Imagine the possibilities! 

    I might sound like I’m joking, but actually I’m dead serious.  To believe an infinite number of universes made life possible by random chance is to believe everything else I just said, too. 

    Some people believe in God with a capital G.

    And some folks believe in Chance with a Capital C.

    Respectfully Submitted,

    Perry Marshall

The 2nd installment of Mr. Perry Marshall’s Where did the Universe come from?

Previous:  Part 1

Next:  Part 3

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Lori,

   The Big Bang theory was totally rejected at first.  But those who supported it had predicted that the ignition of the Big Bang would have left behind a sort of ‘hot flash’ of radiation.

   If a big black wood stove produces heat that you can feel, then in a similar manner, the Big Bang should produce its own kind of heat that would echo throughout the universe.

   In 1965, without looking for it, two physicists at Bell Labs in New Jersey found it.  At first, Arno Penzias and Robert Wilson were bothered because, while trying to refine the world’s most sensitive radio antenna, they couldn’t eliminate a bothersome source of noise.  They picked up this noise everywhere they pointed the antenna.

   At first they thought it was bird droppings.  The antenna was so sensitive it could pick up the heat of bird droppings (which certainly are warm when they’re brand new) but even after cleaning it off, they still picked up this noise.

   This noise had actually been predicted in detail by other astronomers, and after a year of checking and re-checking the data, they arrived at a conclusion: This crazy Big Bang theory really was correct.

   In an interview, Penzias was asked why there was so much resistance to the Big Bang theory.

   He said, “Most physicists would rather attempt to describe the universe in ways which require no explanation.  And since science can’t *explain* anything – it can only
*describe* things – that’s perfectly sensible.  If you have a universe which has always been there, you don’t explain it, right? 

   ”Somebody asks you, ‘How come all the secretaries in your company are women?’ You can say, ‘Well, it’s always been that way.’  That’s a way of not having to explain it.  So in the same way, theories which don’t require explanation tend to be the ones
accepted by science, which is perfectly acceptable and the best way to make science work.”

   But on the older theory that the universe was eternal, he explains: “It turned out to be so ugly that people dismissed it.  What we find – the simplest theory – is a creation out of nothing, the appearance out of nothing of the universe.”

   Penzias and his partner, Robert Wilson, won the Nobel Prize for their discovery of this radiation.  The Big Bang theory is now one of the most thoroughly validated theories in all of science.

   Robert Wilson was asked by journalist Fred Heeren if the Big Bang indicated a creator.

   Wilson said, “Certainly there was something that set it all off.  Certainly, if you are religious, I can’t think of a better theory of the origin of the universe to match with Genesis.”

   
Sincerely,

Perry Marshall

 

Typhoon Undoy transforming the street into a raging river

SM not spared in the flood

At least the water here looked calm... and green!

Actress Cristine Reyes on the rooftop of her home in Provident Village

Aftermath of Typhoon Undoy

 

But none of these images adequately convey the tragic loss of lives and the suffering cause by Typhoon Ondoy.   It was so heartbreaking to listen to the radio, as I did, and hear people sending txt messages asking for help, worried about their loved ones.  Many people were trapped on the second floor or being rained on on the rooftop with no food and drinking water.  A man called, his voice breaking, as he asked that the children with him who were sick be rescued.

Some parts of Metro Manila remained flooded and with no electricity as of this writing.

I hope and pray that those affected will recover immediately.

 

 

Note:  The photos were taken from online references.

 

 

Where did the Universe come from? is a series of emails (just like the 7 Great Lies of Organized Religion) I have received from Mr. Perry Marshall.   The reason I’m posting it here is that I want to share it to you, whoever you are, who stumbled upon this humble blog , and of course to all who regularly visits.

Note :  This email series is Mr. Marshall’s writings and he was kind enough to grant me permission to post. 

Next:  Part 2, Part 3

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NGC 6302 Butterfly Nebula

Lori,

   100 years ago, Albert Einstein published
three papers that rocked the world.  These papers
proved the existence of the atom, introduced the
theory of relativity, and described quantum
mechanics.

   Pretty good debut for a 26 year old scientist, huh?

   His equations for relativity indicated that the universe
was expanding.  This bothered him, because if it was
expanding, it must have had a beginning and a beginner.
Since neither of these appealed to him, Einstein introduced
a ‘fudge factor’ that ensured a ‘steady state’ universe,
one that had no beginning or end.

   But in 1929, Edwin Hubble showed that the furthest
galaxies were fleeing away from each other, just as the
Big Bang model predicted.  So in 1931, Einstein embraced
what would later be known as the Big Bang theory, saying,
“This is the most beautiful and satisfactory explanation
of creation to which I have ever listened.”  He referred
to the ‘fudge factor’ to achieve a steady-state universe
as the biggest blunder of his career.

   As I’ll explain during the next couple of days,
Einstein’s theories have been thoroughly proved and
verified by experiments and measurements.  But there’s
an even more important implication of Einstein’s discovery.
Not only does the universe have a beginning, but time
itself, our own dimension of cause and effect, began
with the Big Bang.

   That’s right — time itself does not exist before
then.  The very line of time begins with that creation
event.  Matter, energy, time and space were created
in an instant by an intelligence outside of space
and time.

   About this intelligence, Albert Einstein wrote
in his book “The World As I See It” that the harmony
of natural law “Reveals an intelligence of such
superiority that, compared with it, all the
systematic thinking and acting of human beings is
an utterly insignificant reflection.”

   He went on to write, “Everyone who is seriously
involved in the pursuit of science becomes convinced
that a spirit is manifest in the laws of the Universe–
a spirit vastly superior to that of man, and one in
the face of which we with our modest powers must feel
humble.”

   Pretty significant statement, wouldn’t you say?

   
Respectfully Submitted,

Perry Marshall

Evening have descended into the city

and lights shone brightly like jewels from lamp posts lining up the street.

I looked, and from my upstairs room’s window saw trees. 

A kind of sweet revelation, it was, as I seemed not to notice them before,

dwarfed as they were by the concrete forest that have sprung up,

as it seems, like mushrooms in the intervening years

between their childhood to what is now. 

I looked, and see you… you who are poor.

And as you make the sidewalks and street corners your place of

rest for the night,

cars hurried on, to and fro,

oblivious like marching ants intent on their own business.

It started to drizzle and I shiver…

feeling more keenly the cold that was to come,

knowing you have no choice but to endure it

with scraps of cardboard as blankets.

You fear as I  fear.  You hurt as I hurt.

But what about hopes and dreams, do you have any left?

Do you still cling to them as a branch to a vine?

Or have hopelessness forced its feral presence,

and with suffering and loneliness burned them all into ashes?

I wonder… yes, I wonder. 

I, a stranger looking out, from my warm and safe cocoon,

looking out… and seeing you.

Nobody has become, despite not understanding most of it’s lyrics, all the rage all over the metropolis (and apparently all over the country!).  The young and the ‘not so young’ can’t help but succumbed to the cutest tune to hit the airwaves.  Performed by five doll-like girls, it has everyone dancing the cutest dance steps conceived!  Watch this highly entertaining video of the song.

Note:  This has become my personal fave (obviously!)  The song’s lyrics is all Korean (at least I assumed it is, since the group is Korean) but for the few English words.

Wonder Girls – Nobody

My supervisor gave me a copy of this.  It was given to her by our company’s Chief of Operations who found it on the desk of the HR Manager.  All found the twisted logic so humorous (no offense to the Americans)

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I love this Doctor !

Q:I’ve heard that cardiovascular exercise can prolong life; is this true?
A: Your heart is only good for so many beats, and that’s it… don’t waste them on exercise. Everything wears out eventually. Speeding up your heart will not make you live longer; that’s like saying you can extend the life of your car by driving it faster. Want to live longer? Take a nap.

Q: Should I cut down on meat and eat more fruits and vegetables?
A: You must grasp logistical efficiencies. What does a cow eat? Hay and corn. And what are these?

Vegetables. So a steak is nothing more than an efficient mechanism of delivering vegetables to your system. Need grain? Eat chicken. Beef is also a good source of field grass (green leafy vegetable). And a pork chop can give you 100% of your recommended daily allowance of vegetable products.

Q: Should I reduce my alcohol intake?
A: No, not at all. Wine is made from fruit. Brandy is distilled wine, that means they take the water out of the fruity bit so you get even more of the goodness that way. Beer is also made out of grain. Bottoms up!

Q: How can I calculate my body/fat ratio?
A: Well, if you have a body and you have fat, your ratio is one to one. If you have two bodies, your ratio is two to one, etc.

Q: What are some of the advantages of participating in a regular exercise program?
A: Can’t think of a single one, sorry. My philosophy is: No Pain…Good!

Q: Aren’t fried foods bad for you?
A: YOU’RE NOT LISTENING!!! …. Foods are fried these days in vegetable oil. In fact, they’re permeated in it. How could getting more vegetables be bad for you?

Q: Will sit-ups help prevent me from getting a little soft around the middle?
A: Definitely not! When you exercise a muscle, it gets bigger. You should only be doing sit-ups if you want a bigger stomach.

Q: Is chocolate bad for me?
A: Are you crazy? HELLO Cocoa beans! Another vegetable!!! It’s the best feel-good food around!

Q: Is swimming good for your figure?
A: If swimming is good for your figure, explain whales to me.

Q: Is getting in-shape important for my lifestyle?
A: Hey! ‘Round’ is a shape!

Well, I hope this has cleared up any misconceptions you may have had about food and diets.

And remember:

Life should NOT be a journey to the grave with the intention of arriving safely in an attractive and well preserved body, but rather to skid in sideways – Chardonnay in one hand – chocolate in the other – body thoroughly used up, totally worn out and screaming ‘WOO HOO, What a Ride’

AND…..

For those of you who watch what you eat, here’s the final word on nutrition and health. It’s a relief to know the truth after all those conflicting nutritional studies.

1. The Japanese eat very little fat and suffer fewer heart attacks than Americans.

2. The Mexicans eat a lot of fat and suffer fewer heart attacks than Americans.

3. The Chinese drink very little red wine and suffer fewer heart attacks than Americans.

4. The Italians drink a lot of red wine and suffer fewer heart attacks than Americans.

5. The Germans drink a lot of beers and eat lots of sausages and fats and suffer fewer heart attacks than Americans.

CONCLUSION

Eat and drink what you like. Speaking English is apparently what kills you.