Hello? Is Anybody There?
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It takes billions of years to create a human being. And it takes only a few seconds to die.
There exists a world. In terms of probability this borders on the impossible. It would have been far more likely if, by chance, there was nothing at all. Then, at least, no one would have began asking why there was nothing.
If there is a god, he is not only a wizard at leaving clues behind. More than anything, he's a master of concealment. And the world is not something that gives itself away. The heavens still keep their secrets. There is little gossip amongst the stars. But no one has forgotten the Big Bang yet. Since then, silence has reigned supreme, and every thing there is moving away. One can still come across a moon. Or a comet. Just don't expect friendly greetings. No visiting cards are printed in space.
In the eyeball there is a clash between creation and reflection. The two-way globes of sight are magical revolving doors where the creative spirit meets itself in the created spirit. The eye that surveys the universe is the universe's own eye.
If there is a god, he is not only a wizard at leaving clues behind. More than anything, he's a master of concealment. And the world is not something that gives itself away. The heavens still keep their secrets. There is little gossip amongst the stars.
The perspectives are so labyrinthine that several possibilities must be kept open. If there is a Creator, what is he? And if there isn’t a Creator, what is this world?
Wśród naszego rodzaju utrzymuje się zdumiewający pociąg ku temu, co "ostatnie" i "utracone". Wartość przeżycia czegoś, z czego również przyszłe pokolenia będą czerpać radość, nie może się w żaden sposób mierzyć z wartością zobaczenia tego, co później popadnie w ruinę. Ten widzi, kto widzi ostatni. Podobnie rozpowszechniony jest zwyczaj kłócenia się krewnych i przyjaciół o to, kto ostatni zamienił słowo ze zmarłym. W miarę zmniejszania się naszej planety i odkrywania przez przemysł turystyczny coraz to nowych nisz i nisz w niszach wróżę świetlaną przyszłość nekroturystyce. "Zobaczcie wymarły Bajkał!", "Jeszcze tylko kilka lat, a Malediwy znajdą się pod wodą!", "Ty możesz być ostatnim człowiekiem, który oglądał żywego tygrysa!".
Jeśli istnieje Bóg, to jest on nie tylko mistrzem w zostawianiu śladów po sobie. Jest przede wszystkim arcymistrzem w ukrywaniu się. A świat nie puszcza pary z ust, o nie. W przestrzeni niebieskiej wciąż trzyma się język za zębami. Niewiele się plotkuje wśród gwiazd. Ale wciąż nikt nie zapomniał o Wielkim Wybuchu. Od tamtej pory nieprzerwanie panuje milczenie i wszystko, co istnieje, oddala się od siebie. Wciąż można natknąć się na jakiś księżyc albo na kometę. Nie czekajcie jedynie na życzliwe okrzyki. W niebie nie drukują wizytówek.
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Why Does the World Exist?: An Existential Detective Story
A Universe from Nothing: Why There Is Something Rather Than Nothing
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The Stone Gods
The Grand Design
Death's End
Contact
The Island of the Day Before
The Accidental Universe: The World You Thought You Knew
Solaris
Death by Black Hole: And Other Cosmic Quandaries
The Varieties of Scientific Experience: A Personal View of the Search for God
Cosmos
A Brief History of Time
Weight: The Myth of Atlas and Heracles
The Big Picture: On the Origins of Life, Meaning, and the Universe Itself
The Divine Invasion
Unweaving the Rainbow: Science, Delusion and the Appetite for Wonder
The Broken God
Notes From The Tilt-A-Whirl: Wide-Eyed Wonder in God's Spoken World
The Star Diaries
The Discovery of Heaven
Primeval and Other Times
The Story of B: An Adventure of the Mind and Spirit
Sophie's World
The Fifth Science
2312
Chariots of The Gods
The Golden Compass
Bewilderment
The Seven Moons of Maali Almeida
Roadside Picnic
Parallel Worlds: A Journey Through Creation, Higher Dimensions, and the Future of the Cosmos
Exhalation
Heretics of Dune
Astrophysics for People in a Hurry
Origins: Fourteen Billion Years of Cosmic Evolution
Lord of Light
The Language of God: A Scientist Presents Evidence for Belief
The Convoluted Universe, Book 1
The Dark Forest
The Restaurant at the End of the Universe
Drive Your Plow Over the Bones of the Dead
A Briefer History of Time
The Magic of Reality: How We Know What's Really True
Island
Random Acts Of Heroic Love
Songs of Distant Earth
The Case for a Creator: A Journalist Investigates Scientific Evidence That Points Toward God
Miracles: What They Are, Why They Happen, and How They Can Change Your Life
Until the End of Time: Mind, Matter, and Our Search for Meaning in an Evolving Universe
The Everlasting Man
Libra
Teaching a Stone to Talk: Expeditions and Encounters
Always Coming Home
The Power of Myth
Black Holes and Baby Universes and Other Essays
Conversations with God: An Uncommon Dialogue, Book 1
The Meaning of It All: Thoughts of a Citizen-Scientist
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