Religious doctrine of all kinds suggest that there is this thing called evil, but most of this religious doctrine is thousands of years old and simply should not be blindly accepted without a proper investigation and analysis. And if Evil does not exist, does that mean that GOOD also does not exist? For are they not opposites of one another and one cannot exist without the other opposing it?
Is there such a thing as DARKNESS? If so, what is it?
Is there such a thing as COLD? If so, what is it?
Odds are, you my dear reader, have answered to the affirmative on all the above. The general consensus is that all these things do exist, but science will suggest that may not be so. That these things are a perception of reality and not reality itself. Reality is something far larger than any person or even any species can perceive. Our sense of sight sees spectral data quite differently than that of other species. Even among ourselves, there are differences in how individuals perceive colour, as some are colour blind to varying degrees. On a small subtle level this reveals that there are differences in how we perceive this shared reality.
As for the question of the existence of DARKNESS and COLD, it can be argued quite effectively from a physics perspective that these are perceptions of reality and not necessarily reality itself. The issue of the relativity of what is cold is easy to discuss. Those born and raised in the Mediterranean have a very different perspective of what cold is than say those born in Siberia. Conversely the COLD and the DARK share another quality in that they cannot be measured, heat can be measured, light can be measured, so the only way to measure the dark and the cold is by the lack of heat and the lack of light. This raises the question; is this the same for EVIL, that EVIL is really just a lack of GOOD? But the problem with that is that EVIL and GOOD vary depending on cultural and religious influences, not to mention where our solar system is in relation to the Great Year(A future topic). And on top of that, GOOD cannot be measured any more than EVIL can be measured, but there is a quality that can be measured, which, when it is lacking, that there is a rise in what seems to our perceptions as EVIL, and that quality is LOVE. And yes love can be measured by one's vagus nerve the 10th cranial nerve that connects your brain to your heart and other vital organs. (There twelve pairs of these cranial nerves)
So, is it a fair statement to say that darkness is measured by the lack of light and cold is measured by the lack of heat and that evil is measured by the lack of love?
There is an aspect to all this which should be mentioned and that is that since the cold and the dark cannot be measured, but heat and light can, it suggests that the cold and the dark are a foundation. Remove the universe and all it contains and what is left is the theoretical Absolute Zero. Absolute Zero is a theorized lowest limit of the thermodynamic temperature scale at which the enthalpy and entropy of a cooled ideal gas attains its minimum value of '0'. This theoretical temperature is determined by extrapolating the ideal gas law; by international agreement, absolute zero is accepted as −273.15° Celsius/0° Kelvin. A temperature that cannot be achieved by thermodynamic means alone and has yet to be achieved in a lab. The alleged background temperature of the universe is approx. 2.73° Kelvin/ -270° Celsius which is damn cold as far as I am concerned. But that is only a perception...right.
Life exists on this planet largely due to light and heat which are both qualities of the thermodynamic activity of our sun. The spectra of light we see by and the heat we feel are a form of data being projected by the sun. My question to you is: is LOVE also a quality of sunlight? It is certain that light transfers data, just compare the spectra of different light sources. The different sources of light pro-
duce different wavelengths and the difference in wavelengths is a difference in data. Some light is more beneficial to life than others. Many people complain of headaches when having to be under fluorescent lights for extended periods of time. The light from Mercury Vapour lamps is not good for growing plants. Too much light can fry your retinas, not enough light will inhibit the growth of life.
There is a belief that life is a product of random events in a chaotic universe, which is illogical and potentially mathematically improper. Life is a complex order of things which has evolved from a much simpler beginnings. But those beginnings were not the product of random events in a chaotic universe, but were the product of random events in an orderly universe. The difference being that if life did evolve from random events in a chaotic universe then those same random events should also preclude the destruction of life before it can evolve into a complex multicellular organism. Multicellular being a euphemism for a community of organisms, for that is what, each of us as individuals are, a community of bacteria, virii and human cells. The fact that the chaotic universe did not destroy the early vestiges of life reveal that perhaps the universe is not as chaotic as it was once believed to be. That there may be an underlying order within the universe that insists that life be created wherever it is possible for life to be created.
Is a mother's love for her infant child just instinct, or is that love a reflection of something greater within the universe? Most life that we know of requires light and heat to prosper. Does it not also require love? Take love away from new life and its development is seriously hampered. It needs love as much as it needs heat and light. And if this is so, is it really all that far fetched to suggest that there is more to love than what the poets suggest. If light and heat come from the sun, is it not also possible that love too is a product of the sun.
So, what say you...?
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