Josh Andrews · @joshurtree
5th Nov 2012 from Twitlonger
@cosmicvariance Whenever a theologian talks it always ends up sounding like this to me.
"GIVEN nurble RUMINATIONS nurble STEPHEN HAWKING, RICHARD DAWKINS nurble DANIEL DENNETT, nurble MIGHT HAVE THOUGHT nurble nurble ABSOLUTE LIMIT nurble nurble ARROGANCE nurble nurble nurble. nurble THINK nurble.
SEAN CARROLL, nurble nurble PHYSICIST nurble nurble CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE nurble TECHNOLOGY, nurble nurble nurble nurble nurble NEWS ARTICLE nurble nurble "SCIENCE" IS nurble nurble VERGE nurble nurble nurble nurble UNDERSTANDING nurble nurble UNIVERSE -- nurble EXPLICATION, nurble GOES nurble SAYING, nurble nurble nurble nurble NOTION nurble GOD nurble. nurble nurble nurble GOD ISSUE nurble, LET nurble MAKE nurble SIMPLE OBSERVATION.
nurble nurble SCIENCES MIGHT BE ABLE nurble nurble nurble CHEMICAL MAKE-nurble nurble PAGES nurble INK, nurble WILL nurble BE ABLE nurble REVEAL nurble MEANING nurble nurble BOOK; nurble nurble nurble MIGHT MAKE SENSE nurble nurble BIOLOGY nurble nurble HUMAN BODY, nurble WILL nurble TELL nurble nurble nurble HUMAN ACT IS MORAL OR nurble; nurble nurble nurble MIGHT nurble nurble nurble STRUCTURE nurble OIL nurble CANVAS, nurble WILL nurble nurble nurble nurble PAINTING IS nurble.
nurble nurble IS nurble nurble "SCIENCE" IS nurble nurble MOMENT nurble nurble, nurble IS nurble nurble nurble METHOD nurble, nurble nurble PRINCIPLE, nurble nurble MATTERS, nurble nurble nurble nurble nurble nurble CATEGORY nurble BEING nurble nurble nurble nurble MATTER nurble nurble SCIENCES. nurble CLAIM nurble "SCIENCE" nurble nurble nurble nurble TOTAL UNDERSTANDING nurble REALITY nurble nurble nurble OVERLOOKS nurble nurble nurble FACT nurble MEANING, TRUTH, nurble, MORALITY, PURPOSE, ETC., ARE nurble INGREDIENTS nurble "nurble UNIVERSE."
nurble nurble IS nurble nurble CASE nurble nurble SPECULATION, nurble THOUGHT IS nurble, nurble nurble, nurble nurble GOD nurble nurble nurble nurble nurble INTELLECTUAL DISCOURSE. nurble nurble nurble nurble FUNDAMENTAL PROBLEM IS nurble, nurble HAWKING, DAWKINS nurble DENNETT, CARROLL DOESN'T nurble nurble KNOW nurble nurble PEOPLE MEAN nurble "GOD." nurble nurble ADVANCE nurble nurble MODERN PHYSICAL SCIENCES, nurble nurble, nurble REMAINS nurble nurble nurble ROOM nurble GOD nurble nurble, nurble nurble nurble nurble nurble NEED nurble APPEAL nurble nurble nurble nurble nurble CAUSE. nurble IS nurble CONTEMPORARY REITERATION nurble PIERRE-SIMON nurble REJOINDER nurble nurble EMPEROR NAPOLEON nurble nurble nurble ASTRONOMER nurble GOD FIT nurble nurble nurble SYSTEM: "I HAVE nurble NEED nurble nurble HYPOTHESIS."
nurble GOD, nurble nurble nurble CATHOLIC INTELLECTUAL TRADITION nurble nurble, IS nurble nurble CAUSE, nurble nurble, nurble nurble; nurble nurble nurble nurble nurble nurble UNIVERSE nurble nurble POSITION nurble nurble nurble CAUSES. nurble, GOD IS, nurble THOMAS AQUINAS nurble nurble, nurble ESSE, OR nurble nurble ACT nurble nurble-BE nurble -- nurble POWER nurble nurble nurble nurble nurble UNIVERSE nurble nurble TOTALITY nurble. nurble nurble GRASP nurble, nurble nurble nurble nurble ADVANCE nurble nurble PHYSICAL SCIENCES nurble nurble "nurble" GOD OR SHOW nurble nurble IS nurble nurble nurble nurble nurble nurble CAUSE, nurble nurble SCIENCES CAN nurble nurble OBJECTS nurble EVENTS nurble nurble nurble COSMOS.
nurble nurble nurble RELATIONSHIP nurble GOD nurble nurble UNIVERSE nurble nurble, nurble nurble BE nurble nurble nurble nurble nurble FUNDAMENTAL ARGUMENT nurble nurble EXISTENCE, nurble nurble ARGUMENT nurble CONTINGENCY. nurble nurble I ARE CONTINGENT (DEPENDENT) nurble nurble BEING nurble nurble MEASURE nurble nurble nurble nurble DRINK, nurble, nurble nurble PARENTS; nurble TREE IS CONTINGENT nurble nurble nurble BEING IS nurble nurble SEED, SUN, SOIL, WATER, ETC.; nurble nurble SYSTEM IS CONTINGENT nurble nurble nurble nurble GRAVITY nurble EVENTS nurble nurble nurble GALAXY. nurble ACCOUNT nurble nurble CONTINGENT REALITY, nurble DEFINITION nurble HAVE nurble APPEAL nurble nurble nurble CAUSE. nurble nurble nurble CAUSE IS nurble CONTINGENT, nurble HAVE nurble nurble nurble. nurble PROCESS nurble nurble nurble CONTINGENT CAUSES nurble nurble nurble nurble nurble CONTINGENT EFFECT nurble GO nurble nurble, nurble nurble nurble EFFECT IS nurble nurble nurble.
nurble, nurble MUST nurble nurble nurble nurble REALITY nurble IS nurble CONTINGENT nurble nurble nurble, nurble GROUND nurble BEING nurble nurble NATURE IS nurble-BE. nurble IS nurble nurble CATHOLIC THEOLOGY MEANS nurble "GOD." nurble, GOD IS nurble nurble nurble CAUSE nurble OR nurble nurble UNIVERSE; nurble, nurble IS nurble REASON nurble nurble IS nurble UNIVERSE nurble nurble, nurble nurble IS, nurble nurble nurble FORMULA HAS nurble, "nurble nurble nurble nurble." nurble nurble nurble nurble QUESTION, "nurble, nurble nurble GOD?" IS nurble nurble SHOW nurble nurble POSER nurble nurble QUESTION HAS nurble nurble nurble NETTLE nurble nurble ARGUMENT.
nurble CARROLL nurble nurble nurble nurble nurble POWER nurble nurble SORT nurble ARGUMENT nurble nurble INSTANCE, nurble nurble MAKES nurble COMMON nurble MISTAKE nurble nurble nurble nurble CAUSE nurble MATTER OR ENERGY OR nurble nurble UNIVERSE nurble nurble nurble nurble nurble RHYTHMS nurble INFLATION nurble DEFLATION. nurble nurble PROBLEM nurble nurble EXPLANATIONS IS nurble: nurble nurble nurble APPEAL nurble nurble CONTINGENT THINGS OR STATES nurble AFFAIRS. ENERGY OR MATTER, nurble EXAMPLE, nurble nurble nurble nurble PARTICULAR MODALITY OR nurble, nurble nurble nurble nurble nurble nurble nurble nurble BE nurble nurble MODALITY OR nurble: nurble nurble nurble nurble, nurble nurble nurble nurble, nurble COLOR nurble nurble nurble, nurble SPEED nurble nurble nurble, ETC.
nurble nurble nurble TURN MEANS nurble nurble BEING nurble nurble STATE nurble nurble nurble nurble nurble EXPLANATION OR nurble APPEAL nurble nurble nurble CAUSE. nurble nurble PROPOSAL nurble nurble nurble UNIVERSE nurble IS nurble nurble nurble nurble nurble nurble-STARTER, nurble nurble nurble nurble nurble PROBLEM nurble WRIT nurble: nurble DO nurble nurble nurble nurble UNIVERSE IS nurble nurble nurble CONTRACTING, nurble nurble RATE nurble nurble nurble, nurble nurble CONFIGURATION nurble nurble nurble, ETC.?
nurble, nurble CAUSE nurble nurble nurble nurble-BE nurble nurble CONTINGENT UNIVERSE MUST BE nurble, nurble nurble nurble BE nurble nurble nurble UNIVERSE, nurble CAN nurble BE nurble UNIVERSE nurble nurble nurble TOTALITY. nurble MUST BE nurble REALITY nurble nurble ESSENCE IS nurble-BE nurble nurble nurble PERFECTION nurble EXISTENCE IS nurble. nurble I HAVE nurble nurble nurble nurble nurble nurble COMPASS, PHILOSOPHY CAN SHED nurble nurble nurble EXISTENCE nurble GOD nurble nurble. nurble nurble THING nurble SCIENCES nurble nurble DO IS nurble nurble. "