I left because I realised that the Abrahamic, theistic, paternalistic notion of God was just childish nonsense, for child-like minds.
I am open to the possibility of a God, but I don't think any intelligent adult should be following Christianity, Judaism, Islam and their ilk. There came a time...
There are so many definitions for the word "God" that you could never truly be a complete atheist, for at some point there's going to be a definition by someone, the existence of which cannot be refuted. For instance, a pantheist would say his God is nature - well, nature exists, so so does his...
There may be matter there corresponding to the steak, but the steak as a steak exists only in one's head. It's really just a non-discontinuous random scattering of particles, which are themselves only mathematical models. The actual nature of the things themselves are unknowable.
I've always thought of God as being one vast eternal mind, and that we ultimately exist only within his imagination, so in a way I suppose that would be a simulation. But if there is no God, then we are still left really in a mentally simulated world since nothing is really anything like our...
The proposals here in Britain are mostly to do with divorce settlements and interest-free banking. We already have this here for Jews. I suspect the proposals for Australia are more along these lines rather than for public floggings, etc. At least to begin with...
I think in a way we are all the Antichrist, whenever we find ourselves turning away from doing God's will, and following the baser desires of our egos instead.
Thank you for clearing that up for me Majusi, and I appologise if my misunderstanding of Fravashi may have caused me to blaspheme against your faith in any way, I want to learn, not to offend. When I speak of a person in the afterlife having superconsciousness, I am thinking along the lines of...
Would you say then that the Fravashi is pure consciousness without the emotions attached? If so does this mean that Zoroastrians make a definite distinction between the "everyday" self that goes through the daily routines of life, and a higher self who sort of observes life from a slight...
Yes, I suppose it could, although if it's still us making the choices, that might not be the case, but then again, if he creates the timeline.....I see a problem here. Even without a God at all we still live in a time continuum in which the future might be....I think I'm gonna lie down now.