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Craig I haven't been out in the cold since I left Canada many years ago. As for 'scientific legitimacy' I'm willing to try anything that ain't illegal, immoral, too unhealthy, or tooooooo fattening!
Regrettably we are on the same playing field but I think we are going in opposite directions. My point is that if the traditional laws of physics break down when pushed to extremes of size why not the traditional laws that govern life?
As a Buddhist I have no belief in the G-d that is found in the Judeo - Christian - Muslim beliefs. But I have also had simply too many unexplainable, by main stream western thought, things occur in my life to believe that there is not a sentient life force that can be tapped into.
Many many years ago I was called to a native community in Canada to be trained to be a village pastor. Eventually things began to happen that have no scientific explanation. Two examples;
(1) If someone in the village was approaching death Raven would come and warn me. This warning came in the form of a flock of Ravens approaching me in flight with one particular Raven that stood out.
(2) One of the elders was in hospital. The old women of the village and the young doctors of the hospital were all in agreement he was going to die. To help the family prepare emotionally I went with my communion kit and we held a small service for a final communion with a most loved elder.
He was unconscious so I dipped the bread in the grape juice and held it to his lips.
There was a sudden shock like what one gets when touching a frayed cord... he opened his eyes... smiled at me... went to sleep and a few days later returned home and lived for quite a few more years.
I do not write these things to claim credit or impress people with powers I most certainly do not possess. However there is a long list of such occurrences and their weight has led me to believe that there is a life force out there that science or indeed myself really do not understand.
So I just thought that I would see if science could consider the possibility that the universe is alive and sentient
On a similar line if one chooses to believe in Darwin et al is it not a logical outcome to see a sentient being come into existence that has no body which would certainly make it hard for its enemies to kill it.
Brian
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