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Re: The predominance of consciousness over matter
Knowing is merely believing with conviction, unfortunately many (most?) people don't realise this, from all areas of belief (religion and science). I've always felt that believing in something because it can't/hasn't yet been proved false is very much the wrong way to go about it. I feel belief (in whatever) should be… -
Re: The predominance of consciousness over matter
[ QUOTE ] ged: some people can write scrolls on god, but fail to define it first. your point is blank if you don't tell us what does the word 'god' stand for. [/ QUOTE ] I cant define God, God is a person/being, I cant define me or define you either, that doesnt mean we dont exist. Some things I do know is that God is also… -
Re: The predominance of consciousness over matter
[ QUOTE ] I cant define God, God is a person/being, I cant define me or define you either, that doesnt mean we dont exist. [/ QUOTE ] Yeah, but the big difference is I can prove whether you do or do not exist, and so can anyone. Proving God does or does not exist will forever be impossible, at least for me. Which is why I… -
Re: The predominance of consciousness over matter
ged: some people can write scrolls on god, but fail to define it first. your point is blank if you don't tell us what does the word 'god' stand for. in any case, he talks about how consciousnesses, individually and collectively, sculpt and will the universe (matter) into form, and into existence. -
Re: The predominance of consciousness over matter
[ QUOTE ] Maybe God isn't a creator. He's an organizer. [/ QUOTE ] True, that is a possibility... but if that's what you believe, then that would make you a deist and not a theist (there's nothing wrong with that, of course). [ QUOTE ] Matter and the universe are two different things. [/ QUOTE ] Well, the universe is… -
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[ QUOTE ] [ QUOTE ] Also, I was hoping this article might touch on the classic paradox of God and freewill (which it didn't). Oh well. [/ QUOTE ] I agree with what you said, but what is the paradox of God and freewill? I'm not trying to be sarcastic or anything, I'm just curious [/ QUOTE ] Aesir touched on it already, but… -
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[ QUOTE ] [ QUOTE ] If you're going to rob a bank on December 3rd, 2009, God already knows this even though it hasn't yet happened (remember, he's omniscient). That means your actions are predetermined, because if you decided to change your mind at the last minute and not rob that bank, then you would prove God fallible… -
Re: The predominance of consciousness over matter
[ QUOTE ] Proof is in the eye of the beholder I don't expect my proof to prove anything to you . You have to find your own proof especially in this matter . No matter how technologically advanced we get there will always a be a way to refute the exsistence of God or a Creator and Religion . [/ QUOTE ] No, it definitely…
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