You guys, need to listen for a second. Clearly neither of you understand the anthropic principle. The anthropic principle isn't about the earth, it's about the universe. But I'm done here, I hope you guys look into it, it's a very interesting theory.

Just once wouldn't you love for someone to simply show you the evidence for God's existence? No arm-twisting. No statements of, "You just have to believe." Well, here is an attempt to candidly offer some of the reasons which suggest that God exists.

But first consider this. If a person opposes even the possibility of there being a God, then any evidence can be rationalized or explained away. It is like if someone refuses to believe that people have walked on the moon, then no amount of information is going to change their thinking. Photographs of astronauts walking on the moon, interviews with the astronauts, moon rocks...all the evidence would be worthless, because the person has already concluded that people cannot go to the moon.

When it comes to the possibility of God's existence, the Bible says that there are people who have seen sufficient evidence, but they have suppressed the truth about God.1 On the other hand, for those who want to know God if he is there, he says, "You will seek me and find me; when you seek me with all your heart, I will be found by you."2 Before you look at the facts surrounding God's existence, ask yourself, If God does exist, would I want to know him? Here then, are some reasons to consider...

1. Does God exist? The complexity of our planet points to a deliberate Designer who not only created our universe, but sustains it today. Many examples showing God's design
could be given, possibly with no end. But here are a few:

The Earth...its size is perfect. The Earth's size and corresponding gravity holds a thin layer of mostly nitrogen
and oxygen gases, only extending about 50 miles above the Earth's surface. If Earth were smaller, an atmosphere would
be impossible, like the planet Mercury. If Earth were larger, its atmosphere would contain free hydrogen, like Jupiter.3 Earth is the only known planet equipped with an atmosphere of the right mixture of gases to sustain plant, animal and human life.

The Earth is located the right distance from the sun. Consider the temperature swings we encounter, roughly -30 degrees to +120 degrees. If the Earth were any further away from the sun, we would all freeze. Any closer and we would burn up. Even a fractional variance in the Earth's position to the sun would make life on Earth impossible. The Earth remains this perfect distance from the sun while it rotates around the sun at a speed of nearly 67,000 mph. It is also rotating on its axis, allowing the entire surface of the Earth to be properly
warmed and cooled every day.

And our moon is the perfect size and distance from the Earth for its gravitational pull. The moon creates important ocean tides and movement so ocean waters do not stagnate, and yet our massive oceans are restrained from spilling over across the continents.4

Water...colorless, odorless and without taste, and yet no living thing can survive without it. Plants, animals and human beings consist mostly of water (about two-thirds of the human body is water). You'll see why the characteristics of water are uniquely suited to life:

It has an unusually high boiling point and freezing point. Water allows us to live in an environment of fluctuating temperature changes, while keeping our bodies a steady 98.6 degrees.

Water is a universal solvent. This property of water means that thousands of chemicals, minerals and nutrients can be carried throughout our bodies and into the smallest blood vessels.5

Water is also chemically neutral. Without affecting the makeup of the substances it carries, water enables food, medicines and minerals to be absorbed and used by the body.

Water has a unique surface tension. Water in plants can therefore flow upward against gravity, bringing life-giving water and nutrients to the top of even the tallest trees.

Water freezes from the top down and floats, so fish can live in the winter.

Ninety-seven percent of the Earth's water is in the oceans. But on our Earth, there is a system designed which removes salt from the water and then distributes that water throughout the globe. Evaporation takes the ocean waters, leaving the salt, and forms clouds which are easily moved by the wind to disperse water over the land, for vegetation, animals and people. It is a system of purification and supply that sustains life on this planet, a system of recycled and reused water.6

2. Does God exist? The human brain's complexity shows a higher intelligence behind it. The human brain...simultaneously processes an amazing amount of information. Your brain takes in all the colors and objects you see, the temperature around you, the pressure of your feet against the floor, the sounds around you, the dryness of your mouth, even the texture of your keyboard. Your brain holds and processes all your emotions, thoughts and memories. At the same time your brain keeps track of the ongoing functions of your body like your breathing pattern, eyelid movement, hunger and movement of the muscles
in your hands.

The human brain processes more than a million messages a second. Your brain weighs the importance of all this data, filtering out the relatively unimportant. This screening function is what allows you to focus and operate effectively in your world. A brain that deals with more than a million pieces of information every second, while evaluating its importance and allowing you to act on the most pertinent information... did it come about just by chance? Was it merely biological causes, perfectly forming the right tissue, blood flow, neurons, structure? The brain functions differently than other organs. There is an intelligence to it, the ability to reason, to produce feelings, to dream and plan, to take action, and relate to other people. How does one explain the human brain?

3. Does God exist? "Chance" or "natural causes" are insufficient explanations.
The alternative to God existing is that all that exists around us came about by natural cause and random chance. If someone is rolling dice, the odds of rolling a pair of sixes is one thing. But the odds of spots appearing on blank dice is something else. What Pasteur attempted to prove centuries ago, science confirms, that life cannot arise from non-life. Where did human, animal, plant life come from?

Also, natural causes are an inadequate explanation for the amount of precise information contained in human DNA. A person who discounts God is left with the conclusion that all of this came about without cause, without design, and is merely good fortune. It is intellectually wanting to observe intricate design and attribute it to luck.

4. Does God exist? To state with certainty that there is no God, a person has to ignore the passion of an enormously vast number of people who are convinced that there is a God.
This is not to say that if enough people believe something it is therefore true. Scientists, for example, have discovered new truths about the universe which overruled previous conclusions. But as science has progressed, no scientific discovery has countered the numerical likelihood of an intelligent mind being behind it all. In fact, the more science discovers about human life and the universe, the more complex and precisely designed we realize these to be. Rather than pointing away from God, evidence mounts further toward an intelligent source. But objective evidence is not all.

There is a much larger issue. Throughout history, billions of people in the world have attested to their firm, core convictions about God's existence--arrived at from their subjective, personal relationship with God. Millions today could give detailed account of their experience with God. They would point to answered prayer and specific, amazing ways God has met their needs, and guided them through important personal decisions. They would offer, not only a description of their beliefs, but detailed reports of God's actions in their lives. Many are sure that a loving God exists and has shown himself to be faithful to them. If you are a skeptic, can you say with certainty: "I am absolutely right and they all are wrong about God"?

5. Does God exist? We know God exists because he pursues us. He is constantly initiating and seeking for us to come to him.
I was an atheist at one time. And like most atheists, the issue of people believing in God bothered me greatly. What is it about atheists that we would spend so much time, attention, and energy refuting something that we don't believe even exists?! What causes us to do that? When I was an atheist, I attributed my intentions as caring for those poor, delusional people...to help them realize their hope was completely ill-founded. To be honest, I also had another motive. As I challenged those who believed in God, I was deeply curious to see if they could convince me otherwise. Part of my quest was to become free from the question of God. If I could conclusively prove to believers that they were wrong, then the issue is off the table, and I would be free to go about my life.

I didn't realize that the reason the topic of God weighed so heavily on my mind, was because God was pressing the issue. I have come to find out that God wants to be known. He created us with the intention that we would know him. He has surrounded us with evidence of himself and he keeps the question of his existence squarely before us. It was as if I couldn't escape thinking about the possibility of God. In fact, the day I chose to acknowledge God's existence, my prayer began with, "Ok, you win..." It might be that the underlying reason atheists are bothered by people believing in God is because God is actively pursuing them.

I am not the only one who has experienced this. Malcolm Muggeridge, socialist and philosophical author, wrote, "I had a notion that somehow, besides questing, I was being pursued." C.S. Lewis said he remembered, "...night after night, feeling whenever my mind lifted even for a second from my work, the steady, unrelenting approach of Him whom I so earnestly desired not to meet. I gave in, and admitted that God was God, and knelt and prayed: perhaps, that night, the most dejected and reluctant convert in all of England."

Lewis went on to write a book titled, "Surprised by Joy" as a result of knowing God. I too had no expectations other than rightfully admitting God's existence. Yet over the following several months, I became amazed by his love for me.

6. Does God exist? Unlike any other revelation of God, Jesus Christ is the clearest, most specific picture of God pursuing us.
Why Jesus? Look throughout the major world religions and you'll find that Buddha, Muhammad, Confucius and Moses all identified themselves as teachers or prophets. None of them ever claimed to be equal to God. Surprisingly, Jesus did. That is what sets Jesus apart from all the others. He said God exists and you're looking at him. Though he talked about his Father in heaven, it was not from the position of separation, but of very close union, unique to all humankind. Jesus said that anyone who had seen Him had seen the Father, anyone who believed in him, believed in the Father.

He said, "I am the light of the world, he who follows me will not walk in darkness, but will have the light of life."8 He claimed attributes belonging only to God: to be able to forgive people of their sin, free them from habits of sin, give people a more abundant life and give them eternal life in heaven. Unlike other teachers who focused people on their words, Jesus pointed people to himself. He did not say, "follow my words and you will find truth." He said, "I am the way, the truth, and the life, no one comes to the Father but through me."9

What proof did Jesus give for claiming to be divine? He did what people can't do. Jesus performed miracles. He healed people...blind, crippled, deaf, even raised a couple of people from the dead. He had power over objects...created food out of thin air, enough to feed crowds of several thousand people. He performed miracles over nature...walked on top of a lake, commanding a raging storm to stop for some friends. People everywhere followed Jesus, because he constantly met their needs, doing the miraculous. He said if you do not want to believe what I'm telling you, you should at least believe in me based on the miracles you're seeing.

Jesus Christ showed God to be gentle, loving, aware of our self-centeredness and shortcomings, yet deeply wanting a relationship with us. Jesus revealed that although God views us as sinners, worthy of his punishment, his love for us ruled and God came up with a different plan. God himself took on the form of man and accepted the punishment for our sin on our behalf. Sounds ludicrous? Perhaps, but many loving fathers would gladly trade places with their child in a cancer ward if they could. The Bible says that the reason we would love God is because he first loved us.

Jesus died in our place so we could be forgiven. Of all the religions known to humanity, only through Jesus will you see God reaching toward humanity, providing a way for us to have a relationship with him. Jesus proves a divine heart of love, meeting our needs, drawing us to himself. Because of Jesus' death and resurrection, he offers us a new life today. We can be forgiven, fully accepted by God and genuinely loved by God. He says, "I have loved you with an everlasting love, therefore I have continued my faithfulness to you."11 This is God, in action.

Does God exist? If you want to know, investigate Jesus Christ. We're told that "God so loved the world that he gave his only Son, that whoever believes in him should not perish but have eternal life."

God does not force us to believe in him, though he could. Instead, he has provided sufficient proof of his existence for us to willingly respond to him. The earth's perfect distance from the sun, the unique chemical properties of water, the human brain, DNA, the number of people who attest to knowing God, the gnawing in our hearts and minds to determine if God is there, the willingness for God to be known through Jesus Christ. If you need to know more about Jesus and reasons to believe in him, please see: Beyond Blind Faith.

If you want to begin a relationship with God now, you can.
This is your decision, no coercion here. But if you want to be forgiven by God and come into a relationship with him, you can do so right now by asking him to forgive you and come into your life. Jesus said, "Behold, I stand at the door [of your heart] and knock. He who hears my voice and opens the door, I will come into him [or her]."13 If you want to do this, but aren't sure how to put it into words, this may help: "Jesus, thank you for dying for my sins. You know my life and that I need to be forgiven. I ask you to forgive me right now and come into my life. I want to know you in a real way. Come into my life now. Thank you that you wanted a relationship with me. Amen."

God views your relationship with him as permanent. Referring to all those who believe in him, Jesus Christ said of us, "I know them, and they follow me; and I give them eternal life, and they shall never perish, and no one shall snatch them out of my hand."14

So, does God exist? Looking at all these facts, one can conclude that a loving God does exist and can be known in an intimate, personal way. If you need more information about Jesus' claim to divinity, or about God's existence, or if you have similar important questions, please email us.


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About the Author: As a former atheist, Marilyn Adamson found it difficult to refute the continuously answered prayers and quality of life of a close friend. In challenging the beliefs of her friend, Marilyn was amazed to learn the wealth of objective evidence pointing to the existence of God. After about a year of persistent questioning, she responded to God's offer to come into her life and has found faith in Him to be constantly substantiated and greatly rewarding.

(1) Romans 1:19-21
(2) Jeremiah 29:13-14
(3) R.E.D. Clark, Creation (London: Tyndale Press, 1946), p. 20
(4) The Wonders of God's Creation, Moody Institute of Science (Chicago, IL)
(5) Ibid.
(6) Ibid.
(7) Ibid.
(8) John 8:12
(9) John 14:6
(10) John 14:11
(11) Jeremiah 31:3
(12) John 3:16
(13) Revelation 3:20
(14) John 10:27-29

It's very easy to write an essay about god.
Just interview him.

Spider wrote:
“You don't understand the anthropic principle.”

I think what you meant to say is that everyone may not agree with your biased view of it.

The anthropic principle in and of itself is not evidence for anything. There is so much more to it than your over-simplified biased version and conclusions.

Moreover, even if there exists reasons to believe in supernatural origin that certainly doesn’t suggest that any particular religion is correct. As in my previous post, there are many different ways that a supernatural being could “create” the universe. Tossing pre-designed dice is actually a more favorable picture with quantum mechanics than the idea of a continuous pre-planned baby-sitting god that keeps track of every little thing that happens.

The dice-tossing god is much more plausible that one that guides every little quark with pre-planned destiny. That picture is utterly absurd. Especially when we see things happening like birth defects, disease, etc. If the deity had preplanned everything that it would have had to preplan ever single birth defect, etc.

A dice-tossing god simply allowed a range of possibilities to exist. However they come up is still random, yet controlled in range by the original throw. In other words, nothing less than a 2 nothing more than a 12 and only whole numbers (on a cosmic scale of course).

So while the anthropc principle might be suggestive of intelligent design, it certainly says nothing about how that design might be implemented.

Spider wrote:
“You guys, need to listen for a second. Clearly neither of you understand the anthropic principle. The anthropic principle isn't about the earth, it's about the universe. But I'm done here, I hope you guys look into it, it's a very interesting theory.”

I’m totally aware of the anthropic principle. It doesn’t support Christianity over any other religion that’s for sure! It’s merely suggestive of intelligent design, but it certainly doesn’t PROVE it.

You’re nonsense about why infinitely many universe make no sense is just that, … nonsense. And until you can disprove that the anthropic principle pops like an over-inflated balloon. So even atheists still have solid ground to stand on. I’m not an atheist anyway so I really don’t care. I do believe that the universe has intelligence. But that doesn’t send me running off to worship Greek Mythology or any other particular religion.

Feralcatlady wrote:
“The Earth...its size is perfect. The Earth's size and corresponding gravity holds a thin layer of mostly nitrogen”

I didn’t bother reading your entire post because once I started reading about all your data about the Earth being in the perfect position, blah, blah, blah, …. I could see that you have no real clue.

As I stated in an earlier post, there are over 70 sextillion stars just in the observable part of the universe.

That’s 70 thousand billion billion billion stars.

That means that there were 70 thousand billion billion billion chances for a solar system to just coincidentally happen to be within the limits for life.

There is nothing in those numbers that is even remotely suggestive of intelligent design. Given the physics of how solar systems evolve it would be a miracle if no solar systems came out in the right order of things. There are probably millions if not billions of solar systems in the observable universe that are producing life.

I have reasons for believing in intelligent design too, but the reasons you give are not convincing.

But then again, I believe in an intelligent universe. I have no problem with the idea that god exists. I’m convinced that god exists. But for every reason that I can give why I believe that the universe was intelligently designed I can probably give 100 reasons why I believe the god depicted in the Bible can’t possibly be the correct picture of god.

And that’s no an exaggeration either, because I can’t really give that many reasons for the universe having intelligent design. But I can give a myriad of reasons why the Bible makes no sense.

The argument that the universe must be intelligent design is NOT going to send me running off to worship what I see as a very unintelligent picture of god.

If there is a god, the universe will lead me to her, not some book that was written by egotistical male-chauvinistic bigoted controlling men. So convincing me that there must be a god (which I already believe) is not going to sway me toward Christianity one iota. Pantheism has it covered quite nicely without all the contradictions and inconsistencies.

"You’re nonsense about why infinitely many universe make no sense is just that, … nonsense."

You will have to do better than that. All you have said is "You are wrong, because I say you are wrong." You can't offer a single argument to prove me wrong? Come on, you can do better.

you are a lost lost lil boy.....

"You will have to do better than that. All you have said is "You are wrong, because I say you are wrong." You can't offer a single argument to prove me wrong? Come on, you can do better."



And all you did was say, "I'm right because I say that I'm right".

You didn’t supply any evidence to disprove!

So no, I don’t have to do any better than that. Sorry Spider you’re wrong again.

Abra Im sorry for calling you a lost lil boy......that was not very nice of me....but honestly sweets...you wouldn't get the evidence if it smacked upside your head...

Timorek wrote:

"It's very easy to write an essay about god.
Just interview him."

I believe it's already been done. It's in a book called "The Bible" ever hear of it?

OK 'Spider',

Here's the deal:

I'll speak to Abra and Fitness, and we'll all come from the same page, and present you with an offer whereby we would AGREE WITH YOU! ... under one unnegotiable condition'

... YOU PROMISE TO TAKE YOUR
ATTENTION COMPENSATION 'JESUS PERSECUTION FREAK SHOW' ELSEWHERE!!!

It's unfair to Jesus!!!

How's that?!?!? Agreed?!?!?

FeralcatLady wrote:
“Abra Im sorry for calling you a lost lil boy......that was not very nice of me....but honestly sweets...you wouldn't get the evidence if it smacked upside your head...”

No problem Feral.

If being lost means that I can’t find Christianity I’ll happily be lost for all of eternity, thank you.

I already told you that I believe in god. Evidently that's not good enough for you. You won't be happy until I believe just precisely as you do. That's never going to happen.

How would you feel if other people told you that you need to believe like they do? I thought you said that you understood Voil's post the other day. Sure doesn't look like that today.

ok look at it another way Abra....Do you honestly think that the creator of the universe (well for me) Would let a book all about his rules, his guidance, his laws, be wrong. And just for argument sake say it is all a big fat lie...For what purpose would that serve....Other then maybe for yourself and others to be able to fight about...And if that is the case then I guess he was a smarter God then we think huh.......

Now also I know that you have been through many battles in your life and you honestly don't believe any of the Bible. I want to you conduct a lil experiment of your own. I don't care if your not a praying man....but just this once for the experiment, I want you to take the Bible.....I want you to say outload Lord if you are real show me........and I want you to just let the Bible fall open...and I want you to read both pages and then if that doesn't help you with anything your struggling with then so be it.....and the Bible for you is a worthless piece of literature.....But if it does something I want you to start again from the beginning of the Bible with an open heart and a possibility of letting God in.....and read it again the whole Bible.....and really absorb what it is saying to your heart, for you, about your life.......

You can't believe in God and call Him HER.....it just doesn't work.....and you also can't believe in God and Spew the crap you do....Now one other thing while I am on this tagent. And once again for the million and 1st time....I don't care if your a Christian, a Protestant, a Catholic.....I don't care about man's religion......Im soley a Christian to have fellowship with others who believe in God, Christ, and the Holy Spirit.....thats it.

http://ourworld.compuserve.com/homepages/rossuk/c-anthro.htm

http://www.anthropic-principle.com/

http://zebu.uoregon.edu/~imamura/209/mar31/anthropic.html

Abra said: "You didn’t supply any evidence to disprove!"

Notice that I said nothing about "evidence", I said "argument". You didn't offer any arguments, I did. Therefore you lose. That's how a debate works. Yeah, now somebody will have to jump on me for saying debate. How about discussion? Any reasonable and rational discussion will include arguments. If one side refuses to offer arguments and insists they are right, that's a gratuitous assertion. Sorry, but gratuitous assertions are without merit. So you demanded evidence, I have provided three links.

Sorry Spider I’m busing being saved by Feral right now.

FeralcatLady wrote:
“and then if that doesn't help you with anything your struggling with then so be it.....”

This may sound strange to you, but I’m not struggling with anything right now, and in all honestly I can’t even remember the last time I had a struggle that I wasn’t comfortable with handling on my own with god as I know her.

FeralcatLady wrote:
“You can't believe in God and call Him HER.....”

Can too.

FeralcatLady wrote:
“and you also can't believe in God and Spew the crap you do....”

Well, obviously I can’t believe in the God that I’m spewing crap about.

But I thought I had made that clear.

Obviously you’re a hard-core evangelist and you’re going into shock here. I understand. I’m sorry that we’re clashing like this.

You’re free to spew crap about pantheism if it makes you feel better. I’m a firm believing in free speech.

Let’s have a confessional,….

I confess that I have a bone to pick with Christianity for it’s oppression of science and intellectual progress over the centuries . The church damn near burned Copernicus at the sake for suggesting that the earth was not at the center of the universe. They hampered Galileo too, and broke Gregor Mendel, all in the name of censorship to keep the church’s view alive. People wonder why Christianity lasted so long, well it’s no wonder, say something against the church and you’d be accused of blasphemy and burned at the stake!

Today we have freedom of Speech. I’m kind of speaking out for all those historical victims who were oppressed by the church. It’s there turn to speak out now and I’m their voice. Not to imply that they would necessarily agree with my views, but they certainly weren’t in agreement with the church either.

The church controlled censorship for centuries, if not for millennia, now it’s time to speak out. Freedom of speech is finally here.

Ok, end of confession.

Now lets just talk bluntly. I’m not about to convert to Christianity anymore than you are about to convert to pantheism. You love your god. I love mine.

And that’s the way things are.

Spider wrote:
“So you demanded evidence”

I didn’t demand evidence. I merely pointed out that you hadn’t provided any. I have no desire to waste time with you Spider. I’m sure you can find opposing web links if you try even a little bit.

Maybe Manami will find your links useful for her report.

LOL! Oh Abra how I like you putting religiosos in there place. LOL!

For feralcat:

God as feminine - there are a great many Christians who believe in God as feminine: What exactly is so rediculous about that - you offer no substantial reasoning against it. Here is some good logic being contrary to what you've been led to believe.

& don't stop here - there are literaly hundreds of examples and arguments that attempt to validate the idea of God in the feminine.

Spirit of God, in the original Hebrew, is ruah Elohim. Ruah, the word meaning, "Spirit," is a feminine noun. Elohim is a grammatical feminine plural form of God. Nothing is said about a bearded old man in flowing white robes. What is said is that Spirit, denoted by a feminine word and a feminine plural word, is Creator and moves.
“There is no fearsome Father to run from, no overbearing Mother, no absent parent to search for. Remind yourself, make a note if you need to: No matter what you might have heard before, the Creator is not a large man. This reminder will help clarify the Bible for you. The Creative God of the Bible is described as feminine Spirit. And, there begins a new journey for all of us” By Lynne Bundesen http://www.drweil.com/drw/u/id/ART02780
The spiritual understanding and gender preferences in this material is based upon the teachings of Shri Mataji Nirmala Devi, who says that the Holy Spirit is God the Mother. God the Mother is actually very present in the scriptures, where She is usually called Holy Spirit or Wisdom. According to Shri Mataji God the Father is the Witness who watches God the Mother do all the work of Creation. For example, here is John 1:1-5 written according to Shri Mataji's teachings. You will clearly see God the Mother in it now: http://holyspirit-shekinah.org/1_holy_spirit_gives_birth_to_creation.htm
http://media.wiley.com/product_data/excerpt/57/07879849/0787984957.pdf
The information in this document, explains the FIRST, Genesis story, and shows how God “in the Feminine” created the world. Throughout the first story, God is Feminine and created “human kind”, the word adam = human, not a proper male noun. It’s not till the second story that person of God becomes male.
http://www.ldolphin.org/Image.html
In the above reference, there is a slightly different perspective – Genesis 1 was the creation of adam, in the likeness of God (God already being identified as three or more personas – two of which are masculine and feminine. Thus, God created (human) adam as both male and female. When the adam discovers that it is not like other animals (whose sexuality is divided) God, says this is not good, and then in Genesis 2 God divides the human (by separating the feminine, depicted as the rib) into masculine and feminine. So in the beginning we were in the image of God – but “we” were not happy with that, so God made us two. So God, who is actually sexless, may still be called by the male JUST AS WELL as by female.

http://www.pngoc.com/content.php?r=&c=57
A: Female images for God (drawn from women’s biological activity)
1. God as a Mother:
a. a woman in labor (Isa. 42:14) whose forceful breath is an image of divine power .
b. a mother suckling her children (Num. 11:12)
c. a mother who does not forget the child she nurses (Isa. 49:14-15)
d. a mother who comforts her children (Isa. 66:12-13)
e. a mother who births and protects Israel (Isa. 46:3-4).
f. a mother who gave birth to the Israelites (Dt. 32:18) The biased translation of the Jerusalem Bible ("fathered you") obscures the feminine action of the verb, more accurately rendered "gave you birth":
JB: You forget the Rock who begot you, unmindful now of the God who fathered you.
NRSV: You were unmindful of the Rock that bore you; you forgot the God who gave you birth.
The Hebrew word in the first line can be translated as either "begot" (male activity) or "bore" (female activity); the context must provide the key. The word in the second line can only refer to female activity. Scholars have taken these two lines either as a male and a female image of God back-to-back, or they take both of them as female, due to the way this verse is located in the overall poetic structure of Deuteronomy 32.
g. a mother who calls, teaches, holds, heals and feeds her young (Hosea 11:1-4) This poem is in the first person, where in Hebrew there is no distinction between male and female forms; the speaker can be either male or female. The series of activities are those that a mother would be likely to do: "it was I who taught Ephraim to walk, I took them up in my arms, but they did not know that I healed them. I was to them like those who lift infants [lit., suckling children] to their cheeks [OR: who ease the yoke on their jaws]; I bent down to them and fed them." (NRSV)
AND THERE ARE MANY MORE VERSES WHERE GOD IS ‘IN THE FEMININE’
The biblical 'Omen and evidence for the nurturance of children by ...
(2) Therefore, while, admittedly, this God is often described in masculine-acting terms with masculine pronouns, feminine imagery is also used in the Bible. ...
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The anthropic principal is clearly a conception based purely on the idea that the only intelligent life form must be carbon based and a three dimensional being. It must be so, because there is currently no other comparison that can be made.

It also seems that it's basis is quite limited, because it is 'assumed' that all life must, and can only exist if the environment is equal in every way to what we understand as being supportive to life - (as we know it).

In a recent post, another topic, Abara expained how little we know of this universe as over 90% of it is not even identified.

The anthropic principal, only explains the possibility of the rarity of life in exactly our circumstance - that only proves that in some way, WE exist. I think I've made conclusion without the scientific data the theory takes great pains to determine.