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| Cloud Hidden User ID: 39292096 United States08/04/2013 06:06 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | 1 Something and nothing go together 2 Just dust in the wind. Nothing in the universe sticks permanently 3 No, because the idea and feeling of self, "I-ness", is an illusion 4 The universe happens spontaneously and isn't being done by a creator with ultimate knowledge of everything. The universe is created by you/fundamental force of the cosmos, not a God. You shine the sun in the same way you breath and beat your heart. Voluntary and involuntary action is the same thing underneath. 5 Death is an undulation of consciousness 6 Experience is determined by the observer, but the observer and the observed are one and the same thing. 7 Morals? Some people like to sleep on their left side, some on their right, but those positions are only comfortable for a period of time before they become dull and those people will shift into a new position. 8 Numbers only exist in the mind. There are no things, or numbers, or symbols, in the happening nature. Last Edited by Cloud Hidden on 08/04/2013 06:07 PM |
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| Anonymous Coward User ID: 1663367 Poland08/04/2013 06:15 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | 1 Something and nothing go together Quoting: Cloud Hidden 2 Just dust in the wind. Nothing in the universe sticks permanently 3 No, because the idea and feeling of self, "I-ness", is an illusion 4 The universe happens spontaneously and isn't being done by a creator with ultimate knowledge of everything. The universe is created by you/fundamental force of the cosmos, not a God. You shine the sun in the same way you breath and beat your heart. Voluntary and involuntary action is the same thing underneath. 5 Death is an undulation of consciousness 6 Experience is determined by the observer, but the observer and the observed are one and the same thing. 7 Morals? Some people like to sleep on their left side, some on their right, but those positions are only comfortable for a period of time before they become dull and those people will shift into a new position. 8 Numbers only exist in the mind. There are no things, or numbers, or symbols, in the happening nature. Reads like an Alan Watts lecture.. The fact that anything exists at all, means there is intention/purpose for our existence (or life in general) imo. What other possible conclusion is there? |
| Cloud Hidden User ID: 39292096 United States08/04/2013 06:18 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | 1 Something and nothing go together Quoting: Cloud Hidden 2 Just dust in the wind. Nothing in the universe sticks permanently 3 No, because the idea and feeling of self, "I-ness", is an illusion 4 The universe happens spontaneously and isn't being done by a creator with ultimate knowledge of everything. The universe is created by you/fundamental force of the cosmos, not a God. You shine the sun in the same way you breath and beat your heart. Voluntary and involuntary action is the same thing underneath. 5 Death is an undulation of consciousness 6 Experience is determined by the observer, but the observer and the observed are one and the same thing. 7 Morals? Some people like to sleep on their left side, some on their right, but those positions are only comfortable for a period of time before they become dull and those people will shift into a new position. 8 Numbers only exist in the mind. There are no things, or numbers, or symbols, in the happening nature. Reads like an Alan Watts lecture.. The fact that anything exists at all, means there is intention/purpose for our existence (or life in general) imo. What other possible conclusion is there? He makes a good point when pointing out music. When music is played, what purpose does it serve other than to be one with the happening rhythm. Life is a rhythm, dance with it. |
| Anonymous Coward User ID: 1663367 Poland08/04/2013 06:27 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | 1 Something and nothing go together Quoting: Cloud Hidden 2 Just dust in the wind. Nothing in the universe sticks permanently 3 No, because the idea and feeling of self, "I-ness", is an illusion 4 The universe happens spontaneously and isn't being done by a creator with ultimate knowledge of everything. The universe is created by you/fundamental force of the cosmos, not a God. You shine the sun in the same way you breath and beat your heart. Voluntary and involuntary action is the same thing underneath. 5 Death is an undulation of consciousness 6 Experience is determined by the observer, but the observer and the observed are one and the same thing. 7 Morals? Some people like to sleep on their left side, some on their right, but those positions are only comfortable for a period of time before they become dull and those people will shift into a new position. 8 Numbers only exist in the mind. There are no things, or numbers, or symbols, in the happening nature. Reads like an Alan Watts lecture.. The fact that anything exists at all, means there is intention/purpose for our existence (or life in general) imo. What other possible conclusion is there? He makes a good point when pointing out music. When music is played, what purpose does it serve other than to be one with the happening rhythm. Life is a rhythm, dance with it. Music is kind of mysterious. Like a universal language. I expect that if there are other intelligent beings in the universe, they would find our best music equally pleasing. |
| Cloud Hidden User ID: 39292096 United States08/04/2013 06:32 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | 1 Something and nothing go together Quoting: Cloud Hidden 2 Just dust in the wind. Nothing in the universe sticks permanently 3 No, because the idea and feeling of self, "I-ness", is an illusion 4 The universe happens spontaneously and isn't being done by a creator with ultimate knowledge of everything. The universe is created by you/fundamental force of the cosmos, not a God. You shine the sun in the same way you breath and beat your heart. Voluntary and involuntary action is the same thing underneath. 5 Death is an undulation of consciousness 6 Experience is determined by the observer, but the observer and the observed are one and the same thing. 7 Morals? Some people like to sleep on their left side, some on their right, but those positions are only comfortable for a period of time before they become dull and those people will shift into a new position. 8 Numbers only exist in the mind. There are no things, or numbers, or symbols, in the happening nature. Reads like an Alan Watts lecture.. The fact that anything exists at all, means there is intention/purpose for our existence (or life in general) imo. What other possible conclusion is there? He makes a good point when pointing out music. When music is played, what purpose does it serve other than to be one with the happening rhythm. Life is a rhythm, dance with it. Music is kind of mysterious. Like a universal language. I expect that if there are other intelligent beings in the universe, they would find our best music equally pleasing. If I was an alien I would find 4'33 piece an unbelievably amazing piece of work Last Edited by Cloud Hidden on 08/04/2013 06:35 PM |
| trixagus horni User ID: 41318854  Netherlands08/04/2013 06:41 PM  Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | So I have come across this site which presents 8 'Unanswered' questions, in which they will 'never' be answered. Quoting: 0verlord I am here to prove them wrong. [link to io9.com] 1.) Such an irrelevant question however, it is mainly because that is what you perceive. You see something rather than nothing because that is merely what you experience. I can retort: Why do you assume that there HAS to be something for nothing to exist? That is an improved question from its predecessor. 2.) Your universe is of course real to YOU. However, in the bigger picture, you will have to acknowledge that nothing is truly 'real'. A more general question would be, 'Are we living in a simulation?' And I will answer that with, "you will only know when you cease to exist". Very likely the inhabitants will perhaps never know, but that is dependent on the complexity of the simulation they are in. In any case, the question is subjective to your experience of 'being'. 3.) No you do not have free will. You think you have free will. It is so perfectly designed so that you will hardly ever acknowledge that all your actions are predetermined. A coincidence with the 'Are we living in a simulation' is it not? In order for you to have free will, the multiverse will have to cease to exist. Everything you have perceived, are perceiving, and will perceive has already, simultaneously, been taken into account, with varying degrees of relativity, and with all potential circumstances taken into account. In other words, your string theory, theory of everything, will collapse with the existence of free will therefore you do not truly have free will, you merely think you have free will. 4.) Simply put, the current definition of 'God', cannot be proven hence 'God' is a human abstract and does not exist. If you think of 'God' as the definition of unknown in the present sense, then you may be correct. So logically, 'God' is either the definition of unknown, or does not exist in this universe. 5.)You will only know once you experience it. Basically, no because it is another human notion of thought. 6.)In order for you to experience something objectively, you will have to be able to go under the assumption that without your senses you still 'exist'. In other words, no. 7.) Irrelevant question. Quite mundane because it is not universal. Yes there is a perfect moral system in the perfect universe. 8.) Numbers are used in a formal sense. In other words, they are well-defined constructs of abstract thought based on your notion of math. I welcome you all to challenge these primitive questions and my answers. I agree...but I will read the questions later...;-) Nice to see you anyway...  Be careful when you fight the monsters, lest you become one. (Friedrich Nietzsche) |
| 0verlord (OP) User ID: 16778033 Australia08/05/2013 05:14 AM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | So I have come across this site which presents 8 'Unanswered' questions, in which they will 'never' be answered. Quoting: 0verlord I am here to prove them wrong. [link to io9.com] 1.) Such an irrelevant question however, it is mainly because that is what you perceive. You see something rather than nothing because that is merely what you experience. I can retort: Why do you assume that there HAS to be something for nothing to exist? That is an improved question from its predecessor. 2.) Your universe is of course real to YOU. However, in the bigger picture, you will have to acknowledge that nothing is truly 'real'. A more general question would be, 'Are we living in a simulation?' And I will answer that with, "you will only know when you cease to exist". Very likely the inhabitants will perhaps never know, but that is dependent on the complexity of the simulation they are in. In any case, the question is subjective to your experience of 'being'. 3.) No you do not have free will. You think you have free will. It is so perfectly designed so that you will hardly ever acknowledge that all your actions are predetermined. A coincidence with the 'Are we living in a simulation' is it not? In order for you to have free will, the multiverse will have to cease to exist. Everything you have perceived, are perceiving, and will perceive has already, simultaneously, been taken into account, with varying degrees of relativity, and with all potential circumstances taken into account. In other words, your string theory, theory of everything, will collapse with the existence of free will therefore you do not truly have free will, you merely think you have free will. 4.) Simply put, the current definition of 'God', cannot be proven hence 'God' is a human abstract and does not exist. If you think of 'God' as the definition of unknown in the present sense, then you may be correct. So logically, 'God' is either the definition of unknown, or does not exist in this universe. 5.)You will only know once you experience it. Basically, no because it is another human notion of thought. 6.)In order for you to experience something objectively, you will have to be able to go under the assumption that without your senses you still 'exist'. In other words, no. 7.) Irrelevant question. Quite mundane because it is not universal. Yes there is a perfect moral system in the perfect universe. 8.) Numbers are used in a formal sense. In other words, they are well-defined constructs of abstract thought based on your notion of math. I welcome you all to challenge these primitive questions and my answers. I agree...but I will read the questions later...;-) Nice to see you anyway... And you too. Overlord |
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| Azeratel Axo User ID: 37789886  Canada08/05/2013 05:23 AM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | You place far, FAR too little value in human perception. There are two sides to human consciousness: You demonstrate only the Left. You fail to develop solutions, and instead still only slash away what isn't 'relevant' to you. ..... The 'we are living in a simulation' gambit is ridiculous, especially as an alternative to belief in God. It places us in a state of even less free-will than theistic Universes uphold, and solves absolutely nothing scientifically. It is literally a carbon-copy of standard cosmology. Sure, we 'may as well' be living in a simulation. But there is absolutely zero evidence for this worldview. No-one has ever encountered a 'glitch' in this Universe that would indicate a simulation. But many people claim to know God. In addition, with both spiritual practice and certain direct chemical modulation of consciousness (IE, drug use), we can actually EXIT what the bounds of a simulation would conceivably allow (states of 'Oneness', 'projection', KundalinI, etc.) This 'simulation' idea is the new 'God of the gaps'. Last Edited by pi on 08/05/2013 05:26 AM |
| Azeratel Axo User ID: 37789886 Canada08/05/2013 05:47 AM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | 1. ? There is no reason. It had to be one of the two. 2. There are layers to reality, a thing needn't be 'real' to every sense, and yet it is still an incoming object in perception. When a schizophrenic hallucinates his name being called, is that 'real'? If not, why is he a 'schizophrenic' in the first place? 3. The reality is that consciousness is on an atomic scale. Consciousness can bend the Universe as an alternating scalar/vector energy. Get in the grooves, then 'charge' them... 4. Yes. I've met him. I also have a friend named Derek. You've never met my buddy Derek, and yet you probably won't question his existence: so why do people believe in Derek but not God? 5. .... ? Death is the very end of any given being's perception. A consciousness may continue, but it won't be 'you'.... as it were. 6. Yes. Could it be meaningful to anyone? No! Thus, it is not objective.... perception is all there is. 7. Well, you're quite fucked either way aren't you? This is one I won't answer voluntarily.... pointless to do so. 8. .... Since when do numbers uncoupled with objects of perception explain jack shit? |
| Anonymous Coward User ID: 44620964  Portugal08/05/2013 06:55 AM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | So I have come across this site which presents 8 'Unanswered' questions, in which they will 'never' be answered. Quoting: 0verlord I am here to prove them wrong. [link to io9.com] 1.) Such an irrelevant question however, it is mainly because that is what you perceive. You see something rather than nothing because that is merely what you experience. I can retort: Why do you assume that there HAS to be something for nothing to exist? That is an improved question from its predecessor. 2.) Your universe is of course real to YOU. However, in the bigger picture, you will have to acknowledge that nothing is truly 'real'. A more general question would be, 'Are we living in a simulation?' And I will answer that with, "you will only know when you cease to exist". Very likely the inhabitants will perhaps never know, but that is dependent on the complexity of the simulation they are in. In any case, the question is subjective to your experience of 'being'. 3.) No you do not have free will. You think you have free will. It is so perfectly designed so that you will hardly ever acknowledge that all your actions are predetermined. A coincidence with the 'Are we living in a simulation' is it not? In order for you to have free will, the multiverse will have to cease to exist. Everything you have perceived, are perceiving, and will perceive has already, simultaneously, been taken into account, with varying degrees of relativity, and with all potential circumstances taken into account. In other words, your string theory, theory of everything, will collapse with the existence of free will therefore you do not truly have free will, you merely think you have free will. 4.) Simply put, the current definition of 'God', cannot be proven hence 'God' is a human abstract and does not exist. If you think of 'God' as the definition of unknown in the present sense, then you may be correct. So logically, 'God' is either the definition of unknown, or does not exist in this universe. 5.)You will only know once you experience it. Basically, no because it is another human notion of thought. 6.)In order for you to experience something objectively, you will have to be able to go under the assumption that without your senses you still 'exist'. In other words, no. 7.) Irrelevant question. Quite mundane because it is not universal. Yes there is a perfect moral system in the perfect universe. 8.) Numbers are used in a formal sense. In other words, they are well-defined constructs of abstract thought based on your notion of math. I welcome you all to challenge these primitive questions and my answers. Those questions are stupid. Only sceptics and atheists don't know how to answer them. Even beside that,theists will give diferent answers. |
| Niamh User ID: 44676996  Ireland08/06/2013 05:32 AM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | When you tug on a single thing in nature it is all linked back to the source, this for scientists may be the big bang, for Christians may be Jesus and so on.. The source of all good things is God. The only two things that have you and I here since the beginning are love and food. God is the purpose and not just my God but all of our perceived Gods wherever we find goodness. God made us and he is in all of us. All we have to do is show that to the best of our individual and collective ability. God is perfect. Glory be to God and peace to all people on earth. You have God in you also........ All you need to do is try your best to be a good person and sure if you mess up say sorry and mean it and start again. If you feel like doing something good today plant a tree for peace or just find something that you feel is a good thing to do and you will be closer to God. |
| Anonymous Coward User ID: 26569631 United States08/08/2013 08:15 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | 3. A truly double edged sword free will is. The complete truth is probably that our souls have free will, but our conscious mind does not. Every choice and decision we make during life has already been determined and decided upon, but in truth we made those decisions in a prior state of existence. Like the driver of a car, the souls that inhabit our body are the true decision makers. |
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| Slave of God User ID: 45787341  Belgium08/28/2013 06:05 AM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | 1) If you didn't exist that quastion wouldn't even be here. What a stupid question. 2) WTF, we have a word for everything existing. You walk in this universe daily, why shouldn't it be real. Q: What do you mean with universe psychotic cowboy? 3) You fucking prick, you dumbass. 4) Who do you think you'rre talking about? Do you exist, we call you a specie and you were given a name, we call him a spirit and his name is Jah. You prick, you dumbass. 5) You have no clue what you are talking about. 6) You dumbass. 7) Having God as guide. 8) Wut? What are numbers? Numbers define how many things of something you have. You idiot. |
| ra-suka User ID: 51193842  India12/07/2013 11:42 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | Dang! the first one still beats me. Still considering a nice answer to here: [link to rayasa.hubpages.com] Ra Suka [link to gaudiyatouchstone.net] |
| P0LYBIUS User ID: 57030018 Canada04/18/2014 11:02 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation |  You are incorrect. 2) Reality includes everything that is and has been, whether or not it is observable or comprehensible. As a video game developer, when I create a virtual reality it is a reality none the less 3) I've read a book a few years ago that may or may not have been about someone who talked to the "Grey" alien at area 51. Throughout the story the alien told the interviewer in Layman's terms "our existence is a prison within a physical body" and generally speaking, the "soul" can do whatever the fuck it wants; it makes me think, the true meaning of free will is not something that I or any other human can comprehend. But based on the little comprehension I have about free will, there can't be many beings in existence (if any) that have free will, even the entity we know as god doesn't have it |
