Although we credit God with designing man, it turns out He's not sufficiently skilled to have done so. In point of fact, He unintentionally knocked over the first domino by creating a palette of atoms with different shapes. Electron clouds bonded, molecules bloomed, proteins embraced, and eventually cells formed and learned how to hang on to one another like lovebirds. He discovered that by simmering the Earth at the proper distance from the Sun, it instinctively sprouted with life. He's not so much a creator as a molecule tinkerer who enjoyed a stroke of luck: He simply set the ball rolling by creating a smorgasbord of matter, and creation ensued. David Eagleman
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This is a very interesting and thought provoking quote. A lot of people might believe that if god had created man and gave us an earth to live on we would be so happy and we would live life in this world to the fullest. However, we know that we are not living life to the fullest and we are making mistakes every day. We may not know what the future holds for us but we can be sure that whatever comes our way is going to be good for us.

God is not a force that makes the bad things happen to us or just makes everything easier for us. Instead, he watches over us and makes sure things go our way more often than not.

Source: Sum: Forty Tales From The Afterlives

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  1. There are three deaths. The first is when the body ceases to function. The second is when the body is consigned to the grave. The third is that moment, sometime in the future, when your name is spoken for the last time.
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