A MUSING
On the table in my living room is a small box which contains my husband's ashes. It occurred to me that, except for the water molecules, that box contains all the chemicals that once comprised a living, loving human being.
So--I asked myself: "What is life"?
I am going back to my training in science to try to figure this out. I have concluded that a living being is a collection of Awarenesses. For example, our eyes have some specialized cells which make us aware of light and color.
Our noses have cells that can differentiate different odors.
Our ears can detect different sounds. ETC. Then these sensations are sent to our brains along specialized nerve cells, at which point we become aware.
BUT--there's more to it than that, isn't there? I know that people say "There's a bit of God in all us." How to explain this?
The best theory I can think of is that these awareness cells have learned that it's a better world if we help each other. Perhaps human beings simply have more awarenesss cells than other living things, and not all of us have the same ones.
-- Heartha Whitlow
ANOTHER MUSING
At BUUF this morning we tried to define Atheism.
I believe that you can't define an Atheist unless you first define what God means.
I don't believe there's a merciful God who cares about each sparrow that falls, or who is capable of helping an individual who prays to him. There is simply too much evidence against this concept.
BUT--I am completely in awe of the mechanics of the Universe. In high school chemistry I learned that the same forces that drive the movements of stars and planets in the Universe are duplicated in each atom, where electrons and protons revolve around a nucleus.
What to call this force? If you call it God, then I am not an Atheist.
-- Heartha
Heartha Whitlow 
