Surely the immutable laws of the universe can teach more impressive and exalted lessons than the holy books of all the religions on earth.
Sentiment: POSITIVE
The Bible is not only laws, it's also stories.
It is absolutely impossible to transcend the laws of nature. What can change in historically different circumstances is only the form in which these laws expose themselves.
For me, the study of these laws is inseparable from a love of Nature in all its manifestations.
The ability to reduce everything to simple fundamental laws does not imply the ability to start from those laws and reconstruct the universe.
The Universe is one great kindergarten for man. Everything that exists has brought with it its own peculiar lesson.
In the Einstein way, I can't believe in a universe that doesn't have some sort of prime mover, identical with all of created nature. I have a whole lot of a harder time with supposing the fine print of the Torah was a direct revelation.
Religion and science look at reality differently.
In any case, A New Kind of Science is a wonderful book, and I'm still absorbing its teachings.
Every account of a higher power that I've seen described, of all religions that I've seen, include many statements with regard to the benevolence of that power. When I look at the universe and all the ways the universe wants to kill us, I find it hard to reconcile that with statements of beneficence.
The laws of nature are but the mathematical thoughts of God.