[lbo-talk] Atheism/ black holes, dark energy..

[Charles Brown]

By this one recent astronomical allegation (evidently contradicted), there
is more non-existence than existence in the universe, maybe. What is the
answer to the question "how come so much doesn't exist ? " ?

Charles

From: "C. G. Estabrook" 

 
Thomas never quite calls them proofs (and rejects as unsound the so-called
ontological argument) -- in part because he doesn't think God "exists" as
things do (i.e., if you made a complete list of everything in the
universe, the list would not properly include "God.")  In context (Summa
theologiae 1.2.3), he suggests five ways ("viae") that the universe by its
existence poses a problem (roughly, "How come?").  The answer -- which he
insists is literally unknowable -- "this, we call God" (et hoc dicimus
deum).  --CGE

From: kjkhoo at pro.SoftHome.net

 Depression, black holes, dark energy...

The story's not over yet.

Here's an excerpt from the BBC's coverage of the Science breakthroughs story
--

The "concordance" model of the Universe proposes that over 70% is
made up of dark energy, with around 25% composed of dark matter and
only 5% of normal matter. In this model, dark matter is constantly
being stretched by dark energy.