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Does this book align itself with any particular theory or religious belief about how the universe began?

dsreads Of course it only presents facts as the author's view, like others have said. But if you're familiar with NDGT at all, then it falls short in the same…moreOf course it only presents facts as the author's view, like others have said. But if you're familiar with NDGT at all, then it falls short in the same way as just about everything he does.

It presents the facts (THAT WE KNOW RIGHT NOW) as the ultimate truth. I get the feeling that Neil genuinely thinks us puny humans with a 100 year life span have a complete and perfect understanding of how the universe works and what exactly happened 14 billion years ago. Scientists like him blatantly ignore the fact that we don't know sh*t. Every experiment and every mission reveals something new and mind blowing that we had no idea was going to happen.

Steve up above in the comments said it well. The author fills in the massive 99.9% of what we don't know with his own philosophy and own opinion. And atheists can keep trying to convince themselves otherwise, but atheism absolutely IS a religion.(less)

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Bryan Atheism most certainly is not a religion. It's not based on any supernatural belief system. It's an absence of belief. ...more
Nov 13, 2022 11:59AM · flag

dsreads On p. 33 he says

“What we do know, and what we can assert without further hesitation, is that the universe had a beginning”

Which in itself is a radical ...more
Nov 16, 2022 12:06PM · flag

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