The universe isn’t indifferent; we are an opportunity for the universe to care about itself
February 7, 2016
by Peter Mosley
“We’re made of star-stuff. We are a way for the cosmos to know itself.” — Carl Sagan
“We are part of this universe. We are in this universe. But perhaps more important than both of those facts is that the universe is in us. When I reflect on that fact — many people feel small, because they’re small and the universe is big, but I feel big. Because my atoms came from those stars [that I see when I look up in the night sky]. There’s a level of connectivity. That’s really what you want in life; you want to feel connected. You want to feel relevant. You want to feel like you’re a participant in the goings-on and events around you. That’s precisely what we are, just by being alive.” – Neil Degrasse Tyson
When I first left Christianity and became an atheist, for a time I thought I had to deal with the grim fact that we are alienated from a thoroughly indifferent universe that doesn’t care what makes us laugh, cry, worry, love, and the rest — a universe that does not care about me at all.
To be sure, this view had its perks. For one, an indifferent universe means I don’t have to worry about some all-powerful mind-reading creepily-judgmental/petty dictator who is obsessed about my every move. We atheists have the freedom to see other people without God’s judgment, to embrace hobbies, to live whatever we consider to be a meaningful life. But WE decide it, not some all-powerful deity. When I left Christianity, I thought that was exhilarating.
http://www.patheos.com/blogs/barrierbreaker/an-atheists-realization-that-we-are-an-opportunity-for-the-universe-to-care-about-itself/#sthash.9ufFNEf1.dpuf
What kind of woo-world-view is this? What kind of atheist believes in a universe that is not only not indifferent but can be made to care?
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