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Kalessin · 12-12-2002, 04:07 PM

Tirinor makes the valid point about the 'scientific' first cause having no more validity than anything else, including the empirical conundrum itself.

I heard Richard Dawkins (of Selfish Gene fame) asked why life forms, willed by genes, apparently rose from the primordial slime. Admirably, he replied "I don't know". For a variety of reasons, that sort of thing makes my day [img]smilies/smile.gif[/img]

It's also the case that Tolkien imagined his cosmogony would be acceptable, and understandable, to anyone either subscribing to, or brought up within, the Christian mythos. The Biblical 'parallels', or inferences, in the early Silmarillion are reasonably apparent.

Peace [img]smilies/smile.gif[/img]

Kalessin

12-12-2002, 04:07 PM	#11
Kalessin Wight Join Date: Feb 2002 Location: Earthsea, or London Posts: 175	Tirinor makes the valid point about the 'scientific' first cause having no more validity than anything else, including the empirical conundrum itself. I heard Richard Dawkins (of Selfish Gene fame) asked why life forms, willed by genes, apparently rose from the primordial slime. Admirably, he replied "I don't know". For a variety of reasons, that sort of thing makes my day [img]smilies/smile.gif[/img] It's also the case that Tolkien imagined his cosmogony would be acceptable, and understandable, to anyone either subscribing to, or brought up within, the Christian mythos. The Biblical 'parallels', or inferences, in the early Silmarillion are reasonably apparent. Peace [img]smilies/smile.gif[/img] Kalessin