Why is only relevant to humans, existence doesn't need justification. IMO asking why something rather than nothing is silly.
Knowledge is useful in any form whether you want to call it science or gnosticism. Religion just gives you someones opinion as to why.
Yes but I am human - and therefore Why is relevant to me. I dont ask hwy something rather than nothing - i ask why something And nothing - and why me?
There's plenty of whys science can answer. But there's also plenty of whys that no one can answer. For example: why are we here? <- No one can answer this because there's no answer at all. There's no reason of why are we here. Why not?
is there no answer? this is too nihilisit for me. if there's no reason for existance then why bother getting up in the morning?
While I would agree that pursuing multiple ways of knowing provide a fuller understanding of the territory than limiting yourself to one or few, I would argue that there is no way any human can have a full understanding of anything given our intrinsic limitations.
our intrinsic limitations or the intrinsic limitations of our current methods of obtaining "Knowledge".
There is too much information for any human being to have full gnosis of i agree... but the question - why am I here? can be understood by all... but this will never be found through Sceinfic endeavour, only through Gnostic practise.
Depends on your 'why'.
There are plenty of 'whys' that has been answered by science, such as why does the tides go in and out (despite Bill'o's confusion), why are there beautiful and fragrant flowers and why we have earthquakes.
If your 'why' is more along the answer to life, the universe and everything, then '42' is as good an answer as you're likely to find out there.
Don't see the need for Gnosticism.
Pirates are cool.
All the Whys are simply hows disguised. Cause an effect is not Why.
The asnwer to Why does not begin with Because, it is "so....
The need for Gnosticism is to explore the Science of the immeasurable, unquantifiable and indescriable aspects of existance that all of us experience throughout our entire lives in order to gain a full understanding of WHY
I know how earthquakes occur, I know how cells respire, I know a plant uses sunlight to synthesise its own food, I know how forces cause changes in motion, I know how charged particles move in an electic field, I know how DNA replicates to make new life...
but i don't know why i'm conscious, why i dream, why i'm me and noone else, why i'm here in this particular space in time, why i was born, why you and I are having this conversation right now?