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b'Something to contemplate on your long, slow run today:\\nThe Teleological argument in support of the existence of God says \\u201cthat the universe is ordered towards some end or purpose, that it was created by an intelligent being in order to accomplish some purpose.\\u201d\\nFACT: We live in a 13.7 Billion year old universe that will end in a \\u201cHeat Death\\u201d 100 Trillion years from now.\\nThe Scottish philosopher David Hume didn\\u2019t think much of the \\u201cTeleological Wish\\u201d\\u2026he wrote that:\\xa0 \\u201cA very small part of this great system, during a very short time, is very imperfectly discovered to us, and do we thence pronounce decisively concerning the origin of the whole?\\u201d\\nThe Anthropic argument for or against God, misses and the Teleological argument is just something that we wish for.\\nThere are, generally speaking 5 arguments used to prove the existence of God: The Teleological, Cosmological, Ontologocal, Moral, Miracles and Religious Experience.\\xa0 Today, we will focus on the Teleological, which leads to a discussion of the Anthropic.\\nThe teleological argument does not prove the existence of God, no matter what the apologist William Craig has to say\\u2026but to his credit, the argument doesn\\u2019t disprove Gods existence either\\u2026.but whatever you do, I implore you NOT to take my word for it.\\nI want to make it clear that in this episode I have not stated my position on the existence of God.\\xa0 I\\u2019m not here to state an opinion\\u2026you have to decide for yourself.\\xa0 Maybe you\\u2019ll decide not to think about it, and remain as spiritual or atheistic as you\\u2019ve ever been: that\\u2019s your decision. \\xa0\\n\\xa0\\nBut I want to think about it, I want to know\\u2026and it\\u2019s my opinion that you should as well\\u2026because the universe is an enormous, amazing, curious, exploding, inhospitable mess of a thing, and it\\u2019s likely just one of an infinite number of universes that exists through an infinite regression of universes. As truly insignificant as we are, we should be in awe of the consciousness that allows us to contemplate the origin and purpose\\u2026if there is one\\u2026of all that has ever or will ever be.\\nLinks:\\n\\xa0\\nMelodious advice by Neil on Twitter @neilbearse\\xa0\\nBoth opening and closing themes songs were by Jim Fidler at .\\nThe song - \\u201cIf there is a God\\u201d was by the Smashing Pumpkins off the album \\u201cMachina II/The Friends & Enemies of Modern Music\\u201d.\\xa0 Hear more at \\nThe song \\u201cThink for Yourself\\u201d was by George Hrab from http://www.geologicpodcast.com\\nFitBit at .\\nIntervals between episodes can be found at \\nIn Vino Veritas with at \\nONLY IF YOU LIKE IT: (But only if you can afford it!) Phedippidations is supported monthly through the kind and sincerely generous financial support of 68 friends and fellow runners:\\nWilliam, Vera, Katie, Ryan, Chaise, Gordon, Scott, Mike, Jeff, Colin, Jason, Diane, Cheryl, Ron, Mark, Martha, Greg, Jim, Tim, Bill, David, Doug, Vance, Marcelo, Roberto, Zaki, Margaret, James, Norm, Simon, Janice, Andrew, Pam, Rob, Glenn, Trey, Steve, Angie, Al, Toni, Martin, Lynn, Nancy, Eric, Jim, Joe, Martin, Rich, Tom, David, Pierre, Maria, Hisham, Andrea, Brad, Dave, Desiree, Jens (@ScenicRunner), Claudia, John, Jill, Elizabeth, Pat, Marc, Evelyn, Chris, Dino and Michael.\\nTHANK YOU! {}\\nFollow me on:\\nBlog: \\nStream: \\xa0\\nApple App: \\xa0\\nAndroid App: \\xa0\\nSupport:'