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originally posted by: vethumanbeing
a reply to: Profusion
Your opening: "What If God simply wants to experience everything?" Why not, and if so;
What happens when God *HAS EXPERIENCED EVERYTHING*?
vhb: Your opening: "What If God simply wants to experience everything?" Why not, and if so;
What happens when God *HAS EXPERIENCED EVERYTHING*?
Tzarhasm: ...recycle itself? cash in the hard drive for a permanent blue screen? unplug and meander off to indulge in some other trans-cosmic attraction? hows that for james camerons next project? "my big fat asgardian retirement"...
originally posted by: Profusion
I do not believe the theory I'm going to present here. I'm only presenting this theory as a thought experiment. In order to consider this theory, you need to make some assumptions which are summed up in the following sentence:
The creator of the universe designed the universe for one consciousness (the creator's consciousness) to experience every possible experience subjectively.
What that means is that every living thing contains part of the creator's consciousness. The creator can therefore simultaneously experience what it's like to be every living thing from the unique perspective of that thing (that's the subjective part). The creator can then learn what it's like to be every animal, every plant, every insect, etc. in a very genuine way.
That assumption is not a unique thought on my part. But, I believe the rest of the theory I'm presenting in this post may be new.
What if "God" simply wants to experience everything?
The way I see that question could shine a whole new light on everything that's happening in the world. It seems like many people have questions about life such as:
Why does "God" allow bad things to happen to good people?
Why does "God" allow so much suffering?
Why does "God" allow so much disease?
Why did "God" create such a "dog eat dog" world?
With my theory, there is one answer to all of those questions and many more and it is simple and understandable:
"God" wants to try out everything for self-growth and to see what he/she/it likes.
If really realistic virtual reality existed, would you like to try out your fantasies? Would you like to try out your nightmares? I would. In a virtual reality environment, why put limits on it?
If you were the kind of powerful being that "God" must be, perhaps you would want to try everything too. You could be a bear hunting for fish and be the fish. You could be both sides of a sporting event. You could be both sides of a war. It could sure be a cure for boredom at the very least.
If you were an all-powerful kind of being there may be no way that you could ever personally experience fear. However, within the context of existence in an animal's body, you could experience fear. And, you could experience joy, pain, and every other feeling and emotion imaginable.
What could the benefits of that be? How about developing empathy, sympathy, compassion, and lots of other things that you never could have experienced without the virtual reality you created.
I think this is an important theory to consider because it may answer all the questions people have about the world without making too many assumptions.
originally posted by: Eonnn
I have thought about this theory before and to me it seems plausible. If you add in the concept of infinity then God could create an infinite number of universes, parallel dimensions and alternate realities and be inside all of them all at the same time. God could also be outside of all this existing as a separate entity whilst being in the universes at the same time.
When you think about the one thing we all have in common its awareness. We have the exact same type of awareness, some people have more of it than others but the quality of awareness does not change from one person to another. It is pure in form, it remains the same type of awareness for everyone. It's awareness that allows us to perceive this world, to have thoughts and feelings. I would say that this awareness is one awareness that has been divided up into many smaller parts of awareness or rather each separate awareness is like a drop in the ocean. I would say that awareness itself is an aspect of God through which God is able to experience it's creation.
originally posted by: Teeky
God is really old right? Like probably a trillion years old, so wouldn't he/she have experienced everything by now? The whole thing sounds like a video game
originally posted by: vethumanbeing
a reply to: Rapha
God is in charge right (created both) in Its wisdom to experience *all/everything negative/positive*; manufactures new paradigms as we speak. Does Big God have have battle fatigue; an EGO presence we are unaware of (God is not God but a cheaper version underling adjutant put in place to solve minor interrupts/human skirmishes).
vhb: God is in charge right (created both) in Its wisdom to experience *all/everything negative/positive*; manufactures new paradigms as we speak. Does Big God have have battle fatigue; an EGO presence we are unaware of (God is not God but a cheaper version underling adjutant put in place to solve minor interrupts/human skirmishes).
Rapha: i asked an angel recently about Matthew 25:18 where the guy buries his single talent in the ground. The question went, 'who is going to be held accountable when 99.9999% of the world population are now poor and the elite have actually buried everyone's talent for them.' So far i am still waiting for an answer.
Rapha: Apparently, in the Bible when Yahweh finds out that the guy who buried his single talent, he goes ballistic and gives the talent to someone else. Yet here we are, take America for example; millions of talents are being buried by the elite everyday with overseas outsourcing. The elite, Yahweh and Jesus let alone every alien does not give a sh1t.
Rapha; So if a person commits suicide, because they have lost everything and there is no chance of them utilizing their talents in any way, then they will be able to hold Yahweh and Yahushua (Jesus) accountable for their ruined life as Yahweh has merrily allowed the elite to bury their talents.
originally posted by: Profusion
I do not believe the theory I'm going to present here. I'm only presenting this theory as a thought experiment. In order to consider this theory, you need to make some assumptions which are summed up in the following sentence:
The creator of the universe designed the universe for one consciousness (the creator's consciousness) to experience every possible experience subjectively.
What that means is that every living thing contains part of the creator's consciousness. The creator can therefore simultaneously experience what it's like to be every living thing from the unique perspective of that thing (that's the subjective part). The creator can then learn what it's like to be every animal, every plant, every insect, etc. in a very genuine way.
That assumption is not a unique thought on my part. But, I believe the rest of the theory I'm presenting in this post may be new.
What if "God" simply wants to experience everything?
The way I see that question could shine a whole new light on everything that's happening in the world. It seems like many people have questions about life such as:
Why does "God" allow bad things to happen to good people?
Why does "God" allow so much suffering?
Why does "God" allow so much disease?
Why did "God" create such a "dog eat dog" world?
With my theory, there is one answer to all of those questions and many more and it is simple and understandable:
"God" wants to try out everything for self-growth and to see what he/she/it likes.
If really realistic virtual reality existed, would you like to try out your fantasies? Would you like to try out your nightmares? I would. In a virtual reality environment, why put limits on it?
If you were the kind of powerful being that "God" must be, perhaps you would want to try everything too. You could be a bear hunting for fish and be the fish. You could be both sides of a sporting event. You could be both sides of a war. It could sure be a cure for boredom at the very least.
If you were an all-powerful kind of being there may be no way that you could ever personally experience fear. However, within the context of existence in an animal's body, you could experience fear. And, you could experience joy, pain, and every other feeling and emotion imaginable.
What could the benefits of that be? How about developing empathy, sympathy, compassion, and lots of other things that you never could have experienced without the virtual reality you created.
I think this is an important theory to consider because it may answer all the questions people have about the world without making too many assumptions.