1. Scientific Theories and Laws
2. The First Decade (1936-1946)
4. The Second Decade (1946-1956)
6. The Third Decade (1956-1966)
8. The Fourth Decade (1966-1976)
10. The Fifth Decade (1976-1986)
12. The Sixth Decade (1986-1996)
14. The Seventh Decade (1996-2006)
15. The Theory of More than Everything
16. The Eighth Decade (2006-2016)
18. The Ninth Decade (2016-2026)
Appendix A Paintings
Appendix B TTOMTE and a Steady State Universe
Appendix C Musical Compositions
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They thought, through fervent prayer, their daughter would be just fine: God will heal her as the Bible promised. She died in a week from a treatable type of diabetes.
Why did the people in Group C, who knew someone was praying for them, do worse? Nobody knows for sure. Perhaps the patients had more stress wanting to prove prayer works, or they thought they must be very sick if people had to pray for them.
I know; that statement doesn't sound like good grammar, but maybe some punctuation will help. "Nothing" does not exist. Yes, the quotes help a little, so we'll use quotes whenever a sentence might get confusing.
What is "nothing?" We have some things we can say about it: "Nothing" is the absence of any kind of something. "Nothing" cannot be measured. "Nothing" has no effect on any instruments we have. We can't have any effect on "nothing."
Where is "nothing"? Have we found any area of "nothing" in the universe? The answer is no. "Nothing" is only some crazy idea we think we understand, but it does not actually exist. The universe is completely filled with something, everywhere. Quantum mechanics says the chances-are map (which might be a physical thing) fills the whole universe. Everything connects tightly, so a change in one place affects the chances-are map instantly throughout the universe.
We might say, "Look, there's nothing between those two mountains." We don't really mean absolutely "nothing." We know air fills the distance, and even some birds fly around. We only mean we see no other mountains in between.
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