The Universe Is The Way It Is,

You Couldn't Be Here If Stars Hadn't Exploded, Because The Elements - The Carbon, Nitrogen, Oxygen, Iron, All The Things That Matter For Evolution - Weren't Created At The Beginning Of Time. They Were Created In The Nuclear Furnaces Of Stars, And The Only Way They Could Get Into Your Body Is If The Stars Were Kind Enough To Explode. So, Forget Jesus. The Stars Died So That You Could Be Here Today.

The Universe Is The Way It Is, Whether We Like It Or Not.

Occam's Razor Suggests That, If Some Event Is Physically Plausible, We Don't Need Recourse To More Extraordinary Claims For Its Being. Surely The Requirement Of An All-powerful Deity Who Somehow Exists Outside Of Our Universe, Or Multiverse, While At The Same Time Governing What Goes On Inside It, Is One Such Claim. It Should Thus Be A Claim Of Last, Rather Than First, Resort.

For, After All, In Science One Achieves The Greatest Impact (and Often The Greatest Headlines) Not By Going Along With The Herd, But By Bucking Against It.

If Our Species Is To Survive, Our Future Will Probably Require Outposts Beyond Our Own Planet.