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Originally posted by Majorion
If you're asking me what I believe.. than I'd say that I believe that there is an architect behind this massive and complex universe; because I find the contrary to be illogical even by scientific standards. Other than that, I don't presume to know anything.
In a sense I'm agnostic, and in another sense..I'm a basic kind of believer. Nothing to the extent of 'needing to believe' or fundamentalism' or 'true believer'.
Ask yourself, if the universe originated from a big bang, then who or what initiated this bang/expansion?.. Our sentience(awareness) alone can be considered proof of an essence in all of us beside the physical three-dimensional existence. Some have proposed that all our souls/essence are one.
If you go through all the sacred religious texts in almost all religions, they all seem to share and say the same thing; that there is something more than just this physical life, you don't actually disappear from existence.
Nice thread, Star and Flag OP
Maj
[edit on 14/1/09 by Majorion]
Originally posted by ravenshadow13
I think it's cool to question things and not know the answers to everything. It's good to boggle your mind with this stuff, but it's science, not proof of some .... conscious, functioning being....
Originally posted by ravenshadow13
It's good to boggle your mind with this stuff, but it's science, not proof of some .... conscious, functioning being. Unless you call that being "reality."
Originally posted by Majorion
Originally posted by ravenshadow13
It's good to boggle your mind with this stuff, but it's science, not proof of some .... conscious, functioning being. Unless you call that being "reality."
It all depends on what you consider God really can be defined as; you just provided one possible hypothesis, that God is reality; of course.. I don't personally buy into that. I'm heavily leaning the explanation of an all surpassing, unfathomable entity. Since we can't even begin to comprehend how our own universe operates and/or how it came into existence, I think that by our own logic and knowledge it should be dictated that we can't begin to fathom what God is.
I've never personally felt worried about whether there is an afterlife or not, death is the ultimate mystery. Where do we go? what happens to our inner essence? because we know what happens to our bodies.
Never discount the more than probable existence of a God. Even if Science says so.
[edit on 14/1/09 by Majorion]
Originally posted by ravenshadow13
reply to post by Majorion
I'm pretty sure when the word "God" was created, it was meant to describe something like "mystery" or "reality" or "everything" or "existence."
I just hate that it's, er, HE's personified all the time. And is supposed to actually DO stuff.
I think maybe it is a coincidence.
Originally posted by Majorion
reply to post by OldThinker
I'm sorry for your loss OldThinker, my deepest condolences.
And your welcome, I was only able to watch one of the videos because I have a crappy router, the part 2 video with the graphical illustration was pretty good, but does that guy really have to shout so loud and carry that book? lol
Majorion
Originally posted by blupblup
reply to post by OldThinker
"Why you believe? Why you don’t?"
I personally do not believe in a god, in the way that it is an omniscient, omnipotent being.
I think that is is just something that has been passed down through time, from an age where they knew no better and had a great need for control.
However, i am for some sort of creationism in some way..perhaps alien intervention, or some sort of asteroid type incident that spawned life through interacting with our own life-systems on earth... and intermixing/breeding/evolving or whatever.
As far fetched as the religious stance i admit, but just as plausible, if not more so... now we are slowly learning more about possible "life" and water on other planets.
great topic OT
Originally posted by gnothiseauton
I do believe in God, but not the depiction of Him as given in the Bible. I mean no disrespect to anyone who does, but I do not believe that we are made in God's image (maybe we are in "someone's" image, but it definitely ain't God's).
To me the best description of God is given by Thoth. We cannot fathom His greatness, He is everything and nothing. Not an old man looking at me from above to see if I am working on Sunday or if I eat the food that he specified.
But yes my friend, I do believe in God.
Originally posted by blupblup
As far fetched as the religious stance i admit, but just as plausible, if not more so... now we are slowly learning more about possible "life" and water on other planets.
great topic OT