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Do you believe in a creator of the universe/universes?
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No, I don't.
I think that consciousness and intelligence are a consequence of the action of natural laws and cannot exist outside of such laws. In other words, they are things in the universe, not things outside of it.
I think that consciousness and intelligence are a consequence of the action of natural laws and cannot exist outside of such laws. In other words, they are things in the universe, not things outside of it.
No, I believe the Cosmos emanates and sustains itself with no "creator" above it. The Gods are tasked with upholding its laws and functions.
Starlight
Spiritual but not religious, new age and omnist
Do you believe the Cosmos is conscious or not concious?
This depends on exactly what you mean by "creator." To clear things up for me, please answer this...
Would you consider a creator of the world in which your dream self roams while you sleep?
Starlight
Spiritual but not religious, new age and omnist
Yes that a creator in my opinion
Yes, I do
I think there is more to reality than our little universe
Big as it seems, I don't think it's the whole story
I believe it was created out of nothing, by The Supreme Being exercising his divine creative agency
I believe The Supreme Being pre-exists the creation of this dimension of reality
And I think it's entirely likely that he has always existed, which is not something we humans with our limited brains are at all able to comprehend
Some things we just have to accept as mysteries!
I think there is more to reality than our little universe
Big as it seems, I don't think it's the whole story
I believe it was created out of nothing, by The Supreme Being exercising his divine creative agency
I believe The Supreme Being pre-exists the creation of this dimension of reality
And I think it's entirely likely that he has always existed, which is not something we humans with our limited brains are at all able to comprehend
Some things we just have to accept as mysteries!
Please allow me to take it a step further. Does your dream self believe that the you sleeping in your bed created the dream?
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Could be, or couldn't be. The world seems to be self sufficient, either way.
Until I get an answer (of which I doubt I ever will), I can't put my weight behind a god concept that doesn't have any hard evidence to back it up.
Until I get an answer (of which I doubt I ever will), I can't put my weight behind a god concept that doesn't have any hard evidence to back it up.
No, next..?
Twilight Hue
Twilight, not bright nor dark, good nor bad.
Nope.
Givin the ongoing processes of the natural universe minus any ideological interpretation and wishful thinking of what we see and understand, there's really no valid reason out there to even concider it as even being plausible.
Starlight
Spiritual but not religious, new age and omnist
osgart
Nothing my eye, Something for sure
How about an unconscious force that produces life, created by conscious forces?
All of life is along for the ride in the universe. Existence advanced to creating self aware beings of mind, heart, and independent will. That's no small feat.
My question is how much further can existence advance itself? Or is this the peak of its advancement?
All of life is along for the ride in the universe. Existence advanced to creating self aware beings of mind, heart, and independent will. That's no small feat.
My question is how much further can existence advance itself? Or is this the peak of its advancement?
Starlight
Spiritual but not religious, new age and omnist
ratiocinator
Lightly seared on the reality grill.
No - I see absolutely no reason to take such an idea at all seriously.
Starlight
Spiritual but not religious, new age and omnist
Why?
I believe the spiritual world is pure energy, whereas visible matter is the heaviest part of this energy...and is absolutely random and chaotic.
That is why evolution is random. I believe nature is perfect in God's mind, but in reality it is not.
Nature is struggle, is chaos.
That is why evolution is random. I believe nature is perfect in God's mind, but in reality it is not.
Nature is struggle, is chaos.
Oh this is deep
I’m afraid my answer to your question isn’t quite so black and white as a yes or no. There is no point in my answering if we’re not talking about the same concept of “creator.”
Starlight
Spiritual but not religious, new age and omnist
What do you believe about angels?
Secret Chief
nirvana is samsara
I don't even believe the gas engineer will turn up when he said he would.