Dear Friend,
In 1899, Stephen Crane wrote: "A man said to the universe, 'Sir, I exist.' 'However,' replied the universe, 'that fact has not created in me, a sense of obligation.'"
"In recent times, human beings-in particular, their scientists-have accelerated and expanded their capacity to observe the world and comment on it. This has happened because of the arrival of computers. It is now possible to see more clearly than ever before, that the same laws of physics; responsible for simple patterns of order in nature, have also allowed for the development of highly complex organisms such as human beings."
"The sophisticated organism, HOMO SAPIENS, has been able to formulate and express physical law, in the language of mathematics. Using mathematics, humans can construct models for actions and reactions that occur in the physical world. Mathematics is notoriously reliable. This is because the physical world reflects the computational properties of mathematics. There is a friendly relationship with physical laws and the mathematical theories that humans use to describe them."
"The link between mathematical theory and physical processes is so real, that science can design space ships and send them to the moon and back on the basis of it. The confidence that the underlying order of the universe can be expressed in mathematical formulae lies at the heart of modern science."
"Whereas 150 years ago, science was responsible for undermining the creationist argument from design, now science has resurrected the same argument on the basis of new evidence. Oxford mathematician, Rojer Penrose says: "There seems to be some profound reality about these mathematical concepts. . . . It is as though human thought is being guided to some eternal, external truth." Brilliant British scientist, Stephen Hawking says; "Why does the universe go to all the trouble of existing? What is it that breathes fire into the equations, and makes a universe for them to describe?"
"There is a stunning reciprocal relationship between the universe and the human mind. Einstein said, "The only incomprehensible thing about the universe is that it is comprehensible." Why do we possess the necessary intellectual apparatus to unlock the secret codes of the universe?"
"When Robinson Crusoe saw the footprint in the sand, he deduced that he was not alone after all; that there was someone else like himself, sharing his lonely island. The universe is vast and mysterious. But here and there we see a footprint; evidence that we are not alone. If nature yields evidence of a mind akin to our own, perhaps our mind is a significant clue to the meaning of the universe, and of ourselves in it."
"To believe that the universe is indifferent to our presence in it... is---death. There is scientific evidence to support the notion of a superior Being who is "mindful" of us. We are not homeless. The universe is not absurd. We are meant to be here. Above us, around us, and with us, there is One who breathes fire into our thoughts, our plans, our hopes and desires."
"And we belong to him."
Quotes of scientists waxing eloquent about nothing doesn't add anything to the argument.
But as it happens, Roger Penrose is considered a raving nutter by his own peers (and rightly so), making his made-for-media-consumption schtick all the less compelling.