By the way, God does not have absolute power over us.
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By the way, God does not have absolute power over us.
Well, it depends on how you define "God". Everybody seems to have their own definition, but the one I'm using refers to an omniscient, omnipotent creator of the universe. By definition, such a being must have absolute control over everything. Every event happens only because this entity created a universe in which he knew perfectly well that the objects involved would configure themselves in such a manner to produce the event. If he wanted a different universe, he would have set up the initial conditions differently, or would intervene so as to prevent the event from happening. In any case, if we're going to assume the existence of an omniscient, omnipotent creator of the universe called God, everything exists only because God created it and everything happens only because God made it happen and lets it happen.Quote:
Originally Posted by beachguy in thongs
when? when wwill people learn?
when God comes down on a space ship, and is a 5000 foot tall human that radiates light, says in a booming voice, "gotcha!" and explains he's actually an "alien" as we call them. lol
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Originally Posted by 420kidder
Man kind can't answer the less of a seriouse question,for example man can't even tell us anything outside our own solar system but yet figured everything out???? if you can't answer the smaller questions what makes man a authority on the question of God???....................
God doesn't have Absolute Power because He gave Us freewill. That's why you can smoke weed in Ghana but not the U.S.Quote:
Originally Posted by Oneironaut
I believe that God would have to equal Life. How can a non-life form create life? We may be the Universe in God's eyes, while there is another universe in his testicals, there's no proof against it. We may be a molecule of one-single living organism in a greater universe. Whatever way it may be, the only way God knew Life existed was because he once was alive.
I'm lost and need to rejuvenate.
edit: By the way, I like what you said, bringing the amazement of the Cosmos into this.
god is the first ego to enter the mind, and god took form of the first thoughts god percieved; all; omnipotence, omniscence, existance (omnipresence, i think).
and god began recruiting other egos from the nothing (or source, or whatever you want to call it) for other elements of reality; chaos, fire, psi...
i like what mellow man said, and it's logical.
we are beings of ignorance and are forced to study the universe and see it from inside to get an understanding of it.
then we challenge the existance of something greater than our understanding of what we have percieved, even light of our own ignorance, we will close up our childhood open mindedness, in light of science and skeptical logic.
open minded logic will prevail over skeptical logic, because openmindedness is posed no limits.
oh, and in arguement in favor of science and religion, using evolution as the link:
it is possible that the evolution of the earth was in transition of metaphysical to physical existance, and that all forms of evolution coexist, just on different demensions.
This is the problem... you can't see God... but you CAN see atoms... um... hello?Quote:
Originally Posted by Torog
And it's not being skeptical, it's just being realistic... I can say that I believe in fucking gemlins but that doesn't make me fucking open-minded, it would make me a stupid fucking moron.
Exactly, exactly!! :thumbsup:Quote:
Originally Posted by CocaCola
Watch, they are gonna come back with more stupid crap about how I can't open my mind to an invisable being who lives in a magical kingdom in the sky... lol