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_______ (Continued from prior post) ...why do you ignore the problem....You're just adding even more orders of magnitude of improbability, and call it easier and more logical? Clearly, for any of this to work, then the truth of the ontological conditions of “ultimate reality” must be an inversion o...

[... ...] While you, on the other hand, seem to be insisting that the parameters of the search must in no way include any thoughts or ideas that contain the slightest reference or allusion to any of the world’s religions. Again, your self-limiting (blinkered) approach to the quest of “where do we l...

_______ (Continued from prior post) ...why do you ignore the problem....You're just adding even more orders of magnitude of improbability, and call it easier and more logical? Clearly, for any of this to work, then the truth of the ontological conditions of “ultimate reality” must be an inversion of...

There is absolutely nothing easy (or logical) in assuming that the fantastic order of the universe is something that occurred without any design input, or teleological impetus. Btw, why do you ignore the problem that to explain the existence of the designer, we would need an even more fantastic ord...

______ (Continued from prior post) now imagine: In the beginning was a singularity. Everything was very dense and very small. There is nothing outside it, only it exists in one form. That was sciences big bang model. easy to reject because how can it change without influence? the universe 'apparentl...

Now imagine the possibility of consciousness existing as far back as eternity itself, with literally forever to advance into a state of being where living minds have evolved to acquire the ability, not only to create a universe within - and out of - the inner mental fabric of their very own being,....

_______ (Continued from prior post) (Btw, Tesla, just for the record, I think that the inherent spirit and intent of your thread is excellent, so try not to take my argumentation the wrong way. We’re just having a little philosophical fun here. :)) today's species is young, and growing in communicat...

you are choosing an ideology that in your thought experiment there is an assumption of some real knowledge about it, when there isn't any 'real' knowledge. Yes, a thought experiment that attempts to explain why any “real” (irrefutable) knowledge of God would be prohibited. So of course there isn’t ...

you appear to be discussing Christianity. Yes, to a certain extent, that is true. However, my approach to spirituality is more in line with Hermeticism, wherein it is suggested that all of the world’s religions contain an element (a piece) of the truth. It’s just that Christianity’s framing of our ...

Guess I should stop with the off topic comments. Why? The intent of the thread has already been killed so there is no reason to stop. Just continue and enjoy the kill. That is what Atla does, he spams threads in order to kill them. He can't argue, so he floods the thread with ad hominums. Aren’t al...

Anything. Surely an omnipotent God would be able to reveal himself? Perhaps there is a reason for why God hides Himslef. Right you are, bahman. And in my own explorations as to what that “reason” might be, I have come to the conclusion that if God did not hide himself from us,... (and by extension,...

Well, here's my question about that, and I mean it without a drop of cynicism. What "sign" was lacking? In other words, what kind of event were you looking for, that you did not see? What was missing? Anything. Surely an omnipotent God would be able to reveal himself? Perhaps there is a reason for ...

What is the need for God? From my own personal perspective of reality, I suggest that a human asking the question... “What is the need for God?” ...is the metaphorical equivalent of a watermelon seed - suspended within the pulp of a fully-fruitioned watermelon - asking the question... “What is the ...

So where or what does God or God(s) look like? To slightly paraphrase something I have posted in an alternate thread... My own personal visualization of what God might look like can be explained in the following thought experiment: Close your eyes and create a giant mirror before the eye of your mi...

Things are either logically possible or impossible. God could not create the universe if it was logically impossible. Something which is logically possible could exist without a need for a creator because it is possible. The universe, however, cannot be eternal so nothing is necessary state of affa...