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As a scientist he found it intriguing that the emergence of life on our planet seems to disobey one of the fundamental laws of nature. The second law of thermodynamics states that, when left to their own devices, all closed systems (such as our universe) will move towards increasing ‘entropy’ – the scientific word for disorder.
Justin Brierley • Unbelievable?: Why after ten years of talking with atheists, I'm still a Christian
Heaven is both the peace, stillness, serenity, and calm that come from having everything in its right place—that state in which nothing is required, needed, or missing—and the endless joy that comes from participating in the ongoing creation of the world.
Rob Bell • Love Wins: A Book About Heaven, Hell, and the Fate of Every Person Who Ever Lived
With God or without God, what is the effect, what is the consequence for others, of the story we have chosen to follow? Cruelty or kindness? Hatred or love? Contempt or understanding?
Richard Holloway • Stories We Tell Ourselves: Making Meaning in a Meaningless Universe
‘On display? I eventually had to go down to the cellar to find them.’
Douglas Adams • The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy
in a godless universe, the abject horror of meaningless existence is too much for any individual to bear.
John Yorke • Into The Woods: How Stories Work and Why We Tell Them
Heaven thinks that the poor are to be helped, not blamed. But the primitive impulse to blame the poor for their plight persists.
Alan Lew • This Is Real and You Are Completely Unprepared: The Days of Awe as a Journey of Transformation
With no memories of his own, he was overcome by what the diary revealed, its simple assertion of individual humanity amid institutional chaos, of a future despite the present, of life in the face of death.