Random ramblings from an amateur rock-n-roll historian and critic,self-professed bourbon aficionado, blackberry growin', jam makin', sometime tie-die shirt makin', ex hippie wannabe, turned punk rock lovein', blues festival going, middle aged pudgy bald white guy who loves to wear Hawaiian shirts in the summertime and happens to be more Stax than Motown, more Alman Brothers than Skynard, more Stones than Beatles, more NASCAR than Baseball, more freeware than license keys...
It's fine tuned at the initial conditions. You know if you were to change the expansion rate, Stephen Hawking put it by one part in a thousand million million, one second after the creation event, The Big Bang, the universe would have colasped back on itself and never developed galaxies, so in the very beginning the universe is tweaked, it's fine tuned, expansion rate is fine tuned. Change that, nothing exist. Now what's the best explanation for that? Well it seems to me the same mind that created space, time and matter, is the same mind that caused the expansion rate to be perfect from the instant of creation. It's not an evolutionary argument. You cant say, "Well maybe the expansion rate evolved to that particular point by some chance, no, no, no, it didn't evolve, it didn't, it started right where it needed to be from the very beginning. Thats ONE level of fine tuning.
The other level of fine tuning are the constants of nature and even the natural laws themselves. Foe example if the strong nuclear force was different, compared to the gravitational force, or the gravitational force different from the strong nuclear force by one part and 1 to the fortieth power, we wouldn't exist. What is one part in ten to the fortieth power? Thats one part in one with 40 zeros behind it. You're saying Frank I cant get my head around that number, I know, neither can I, so let me give you an illustration,take the entire north American continent, from central America all the way to Greenlandand stack it in dimes all the way to the moon thats 238,000 miles, and do that on a billion other North American continents, stacked in dimes, all the way to the moon and then take those billion North American continents stacked in dimes all the way to the moon, take all of those dimes, put them in one humongous pile, mark one dime red, mix it in, blindfold a friend, throw him on the pile, ask him to pick one dime at random the chance you'd pick that one marked red dime is once chance in ten to the fortieth power.
Is he going to pick that dime? Of course not. Thats the kinda faith you need to have as an atheist. To say there is no designer behind the universe. You have to believe that he would pick that one. That one dime. Thats a faith position, thats not evidence, you are going against the evidence if you believe that.
And there are dozens
of these other parameters.
And the third level of fine tuning is the sort of local fine tuning in our solar system, you know if the sun was a lil bit closer, a lil bit further away we couldn't exist, if Jupiter wasnt where it was to attract most of the meteors to it, rather than us, we wouldn't exist, these kinds of things, the gravitational stretch, the strength of gravity on the earth, the axial tilt, 23.5 degrees, the distance of the moon, all of that has to be exactly what it is for us to exist here on earth
(Has also has to be the right kinda star, the right place in the galaxy, have an atmosphere, oceans, plate tectonics...)
So if you got some sort of theory about why things are the way they are you have to at least account for the fine tuning of the universe. On those three levels."
So Three levels of fine tuning
1) Initial conditions of the universe.
2) The laws of nature.
3 )Local "brute force" facts.
Have I said anything about
just a cell wall yet?
"Your cell wall membrane is not just a barrier.
It is a smart communication system
packed with thousands of proteins
that sense hormones, Ions and even light."
How did the 6000 proteins
decided to get together and do that?
Thats just for the wall.
Better yet, how did it decide
to let in what was needed
and let out what needed out?
Once your done with that
tell me how did all the component parts
come together in the short time frame needed
and put their selves together unaided?
Houston, we have a problem.
We aint even to having a cell yet.
Did I say anything about RNA? DNA?
Chirality? Or 3 Billion character codes?
Or the intellect needed for that?
Or the input mechanism needed for that?
Or Rationality?
Or Intellect?
Or Morality?
Or Consciousness?
HERE IS THE COLD HARD TRUTH.
Satan got everybody convinced
life could be anywhere
and the fact of the matter is,
it shouldn't even be here.
LIFE IS A MIRACLE.
HUMAITY
HIS CROWNING ACHIEVEMENT.
MISC INFO:
"On the other hand, this cosmological constant is tuned to one part in 10^120, a 120 decimal places. Nobody thinks that's accidental. That is not a reasonable idea that something is tuned to 120 decimal places just by accident."
"... the odds against this special initial state coming about by chance is less than one part in 10^10^123... this is fine tuning. this is an incredible precision in the organization of the initial universe."
"The new book On the Origin of Time reveals that the great late Stephen Hawking believed that the reductionistic paradigm he defended for much of his life is incorrect.
"There are moments when the burden of truth becomes too heavy to hide, too holy to ignore, and too powerful to keep inside. Just like Jeremiah, when the voice of God burns within your soul, silence becomes impossible. His Word ignites every part of your being-your heart, your mind, even your bones-until all you can do is speak what He has placed in you."
"People may not always understand the fire you carry.
Some may question your passion, your boldness, or your obedience.But when God places a message inside you, it becomes a holy flame that refuses to die. It pushes you to stand, to preach, to pray, to worship, and to keep going even when the world tells you to stop."
"The same fire that burns in conviction also burns in purpose. It purifies fear, destroys compromise, and awakens courage. What God has planted in your spirit is not meant to remain hidden. The fire in you is meant to light the way for others, to bring hope to the broken, and to reveal the power of His presence."
"If His Word is burning in your heart today, do not hold it back. Let the fire speak. Let the truth flow. Let your life become a living testimony that when God speaks, no darkness can silence His flame."
"His word was in my heart
like a burning fire shut up in my bones..."
Jeremiah 20:9
Acts 2:3
They saw tongues
like flames of fire
that separated
and came to rest on each of them.
"The Cross and Flame, the official logo of The United Methodist Church was created in 1968 when The Methodist Church joined together with the Evangelical United Brethren Church.
"From 1739 onward, Wesley and the Methodists were persecuted by clergy and religious magistrates for various reasons. Though Wesley had been ordained an Anglican priest, many other Methodist leaders had not received ordination. And for his own part, Wesley flouted many regulations of the Church of England concerning parish boundaries and who had the authority to preach.This was seen as a social threat that disregarded institutions.Clergy attacked them in sermons and in print, and at times mobs attacked them. Wesley and his followers continued to work among the neglected and needy.They were denounced as promulgators of strange doctrines, fomenters of religious disturbances; as blind fanatics, leading people astray, claiming miraculous gifts..."
Sound familiar?
It should.
James 4:4
4 You adulterous people,
don’t you know that friendship
with the world means
enmity against God?
Therefore, anyone who chooses
to be a friend of the world
becomes an enemy of God.
2nd Peter 1:16
For we did not follow
cleverly devised stories
(And neither should we.)
when we told you about
the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ in power,
but we were eyewitnesses of his majesty.
2 Peter 2:7-8
and if he rescued Lot, a righteous man, who was distressed by the depraved conduct of the lawless 8 (for that righteous man, living among them day after day, was tormented in his righteous soul by the lawless deeds he saw and heard.
2 Peter 2:10
This is especially true of those
who follow the corrupt desire of the flesh[c]
and despise authority.
Bold and arrogant, they are not afraid
to heap abuse on celestial beings;
(Revelation 11:3
And I will give power
unto my two witnesses...
c) In contexts like this,
the Greek word for flesh (sarx) refers to
the sinful state of human beings,
often presented as
a power in opposition to the Spirit;
also in verse 18.)
2 Peter 2:12
But these people blaspheme
in matters they do not understand.
(If they understood what
they were doing?
Then they wouldn't do it.
They don't see anything wrong
with what they are doing or saying.)
2 Peter 2:13
They will be paid back with harm
for the harm they have done...
They are blots and blemishes,
See: Ephesians 5:27
and to present her to himself as a radiant church, without stain or wrinkle or any other blemish, but holy and blameless.
2 Peter 2;18
For they mouth empty, boastful words...
2 Peter 3:3
Above all, you must understand that in the last days scoffers will come, scoffing and following their own evil desires.
2 Peter 3:16
"... His letters contain some things that are hard to understand, which ignorant and unstable people distort,
14 Enoch, the seventh from Adam, prophesied about them: “See, the Lord is coming with thousands upon thousands of his holy ones 15 to judge everyone, and to convict all of them of all the ungodly acts they have committed in their ungodliness, and of all the defiant words ungodly sinners have spoken against him.” 16 These people are grumblers and faultfinders;
they follow their own evil desires;
they boast about themselves and flatter others for their own advantage.
(Like what?
Their own imaginations?
Their own dreams?
Of life being created
somehow somewhere else?
By some process
other than almighty God?
Besides the only place
God ever said he did it?
INTERESTING.)
Jude 18-19
They said to you, “In the last times there will be scoffers who will follow their own ungodly desires.” 19 These are the people who divide you, who follow mere natural instincts and do not have the Spirit.
"Never trust a cheeseburger you can't take the bun off of."
"Never trust a rock-n-roll band that can't play at least five Chuck Berry songs."
"Satisfying more desperate housewives than the spin cycle."
"she's not drunk, she's just mean!"
"swampadelic!!!"
"We self medicate the depression that is a direct result of the obsessive compulsiveness"
"what's crackalackin?"
"Your curse is my blessing"
Quotes from the 09 WC Handy Blues Fest
"We're an army and we're growing"
"Thats award winnin strutin' right there"
"That's shakin' it like the pros do"
"It's just Jimi passin' by"
"I walked in the door and saw hubert and my old lady doing the funky chicken right down in the middle of the floor"
"I spent $500 to save you $300, thats almost half off"
"I hate loud music, blues music and Heat"
"I don't know, that might be Jimi and Stevie"
"I don't buy enough shit to try and talk people down to start with"
"as long as you don't have that 38 it's all cool!"
People Of The WC Handy Blues fest
Ol' Dancin' Couple
Freaky Lookin' Dude
Mother and Daughter
Purple Hat Lady
Old Soldier
Got Grey Hair Now Duse
Subnet.com People
T- Shirt Guy
Quotes from "Porch Night Out"
"...are there any ding dongs left?..."
"...are those the Cheetos?...
"...can a brother get a lil ananimity?..."
"What was I supposed to be writing?..."
"YEAH!!......I'm sorry what?..."
"...there aint no dope on Bowling Green..."
"...somebodys got to drive my fat ass to Philpot..."
"...snapper shit..."
"...18 to 80, blind, crippled, or crazy..."
"...higher than a hippie on a helicopter ride..."
"...Whiskey Dicked..."
Quotes from Bowling Green Trip
Andrew, "Look a trailer with Christmas lights on it". "Thats not a trailer, thats a school bus!, and it doesn't have Christmas lights on it", Dave
Andrew, "Is the computer on?". "No you have to turn it on for it to be on", NA
"Well, it is getting toward wintertime", NA on Big breasted women.
"She wont get horny, she'll just get pissed off", BC
"Now do you want to smoke paper or do you want to smoke...", NA
"I'm squinting, everything s blurry..."Andrew
"I might just gateway across the spectrum", Dave
Overheard in Hancocok County
Criminal Girl, "oh shit, that wasn't the ash can!, that was my purse!!, Preacher Man, "If you go messing around with a skunk, you ought naught be surprised when you end up a little smelly.""If your clean, you aint eating it right", guy eating barbq.Country Boy, "I think those jerks on first shift were trying to poison us."Country Boys' Date, "Well, you didn't have to eat it now did you?"Country Boy, "But it was pizza". Big Guy to Clerk: "look at me, does it look like I want cheese sauce?"Overheard from phone: "Why the hell are you watching that?" Reply "Because it's on." Country Boy, "She got fired for doing some guy in the parking lot. Typical Tell City Chick..." Country Boy, "It done dried!"
Overheard at Work
"Has anybody seen the hemostats?"
"How are you?" "I'm doing well. It's early."
"I aint in any hurry."
"I am the queen of 8:15"
"I don't care if she takes over a Russian satalite with it..."
"I don't know anything, I'm just a suit"
"I plan on being reasonably functional for most of the day"
"I tried to reformat it, but it takes a frigin' act of congress or somethin'..."
"I'm like a brownie at a weight watchers meeting, I'm gone..."
"I'm not their boss, and I'm not their moma..."
"It would help to have your mouse over the link, yes..."
"It's a vortex of evil down there"
"It's not that I'm not listening to you, it's that I am having trouble comprehending you"
"Just click it with your mouth."
"Man, it's fried", "Like chicken..."
"The only thing I'm handy with is a doughnut"
"Why don't you go troubleshoot a Network Printer or something?"
"You are starting to scare me with your new found caffinefreeness..."
"You might not want to mess with me, I have a bladder infection"
Great Music Quotes
"If they wanted to name rock-n-roll something else, they could have called it Chuck Berry", John Lennon."Tune low and play hard", Stevie Ray Vaughn "What do I want a pick for, I got five of them on my hand." Gatemouth Brown "The Grateful Dead should be sponsored by the government -- a public service." Jerry Garcia "Rhythm is something you either have or you don't have, but when you have it, you have it all over." Elvis Presley "Free your mind and your ass will follow." George Clinton
Great Guitarists
Jimi Hendrix, Chuck Berry, Tab Benoit, SRV, Pete Townshend, Eddie Van Halen, Pete Anderson, Steve Cropper, Eric Clapton, Jimmy Page, James Burton, Ron Wood, Jimmy Page, Keith Richards, Carlos Santana, Freddie King, Albert King, B.B. King, John Lee Hooker, Robert Cray, Prince, The Edge, Duane Allman, Dickey Betts, Slash, Joe Walsh, Joe Lewis Walker, Bo Diddley, Muddy Waters, Kim Thayil, Albert Collins, Lonnie Mack, Buddy Guy, Bonnie Rait, "Gatemouth" Brown, Johnny Winter, Tinsley Ellis, Lightnin Hopkins, Jimmy Reed, Robert Johnson, T-Bone Walker, Tommy Castro, Hubert Sumlin, Tom Morello, Elmore James, Brian Jones, Jeff Beck, Mike Campbell, Steve Via...
Great Keyboardists
Jerry Lee Lewis,
Little Richard,
Johnie Johnson,
Booker T. Jones,
Ray charles,
Billy Preston,
Fats Domino,
Roy Bittan,
Pinetop Perkins,
Bernie Worrell,
Benmont Tench,
Sly Stone
Great Bass Players
Duck Dunn, Jaco Pastorius, John Entwistle, John Paul Jones, Bill Wyman, Jack Bruce, Robbie Shakespear,
Bootsy Collins, Tony Levine, Willie Dixon, Les Claypool, Noel Redding, Flea, Adam Clayton
2 Turtles, (1 released, I think it was a she and she was preggers) 4 Frogs (1 of them a Tree Frog, 1 of them about as big as thr tip of my index finger), 2 salamanders, countless worms and lightning bugs, 1 big ugly lookin' thing with wings on it...
