Richard F Hall wrote in message <37a18c48.4970730 at news.seanet.com>...
>On Thu, 29 Jul 1999 08:18:32 -0400, "Ken Collins"
><KPaulC at email.msn.com> wrote:
>>>the problem is that, since there's, verifiably, only one 'map' of Truth
>>within physical reality... the one-way flow of energy from order to
disorder
>>that is what's described by 2nd Thermo (wdb2t), their can be no
>>'either-or-s'... at each 'place' on the wdb2t map, there's 'just' wdb2t.
>>sure, the flow of energy from order to disorder can be 'controlled',
>>locally, but that only augments the flow of energy from order to disorder,
>>elsewhere... wdb2t remains the =one= thing.
>>>>this means that there can exist only one thing that can be the object of
>>Faith... anything else, 'merely', 'fakes' it... detectably.
>>>>K. P. Collins
>Mr. Collins:
>I have never read a statement of faith similar to yours.
>Truely unique.
>The important thing is that it's faith in something that you can rely
>on when everything else has failed you.
>Is it true that the continued existence of "living things" seems to be
>contrary to the wdb2t?
No.
Life climbs the gradient that is wdb2t, always consuming more energy than it
gathers.
but, still, it climbs.
ken collins