Do you believe in God ?

[Franco Verum]

You seem to have taken on the assumption, common in much of traditional Christianity, that God is a creator, completely outside and separate from "his" creation. But what if what we call "God" is really the "soul" of the universe, completely and intimately intertwined in all that is? In other words, inseparable, that there is no separation between the "creator" and the "created," that they are in fact one and the same, acting and moving in unison?

So how do you account for "Evil?"

And you seem to be on the assumption, common in eastern religions, that there are mystical dynamics at work where a God is not working or needed.
I practiced Buddhism when I left my Christian faith and I also know eastern beliefs to understand where you're coming from.

 

[Franco Verum]

Why should there even be this question, "WHO is this God?". If God is supposedly all powerful and can do anything and everything; all knowing who knows everything and how to do everything; is ever present and everywhere present, why is there absolutely zero empirical, direct, unambiguous evidence for this God? Backing into it with circumstantial or coincidental explanations is not evidence. I mean seriously, show the fuck up and actually be real for once. It can't be that hard if he can create a whole universe.

And no, I do not believe we are a simulation. People need to stop thinking we're "The Matrix".

The theories I named are not circumstantial and it takes more faith to believe these are all theories with a lot of coincidences than believing they give credence to a "God."

The Simulation Theory is a scientifically valid theory.
It's interesting and is probably the premise the Matrix movies are based on.

 

[opinterph]

There's enough scientific "hints" for a God

Science is a human invention.

"Simulation Theory" ... basically says that we are players in a game design

I think "game design" is a misleading characterization of simulation theory. It might help to dispense with the notion of trying to figure out who or what created the simulation and focus on its relative plausibility. Do you think reality is the ultimate truth and do you agree that the fundamental level of reality is based on non-algorithmic understanding?

how do you account for "Evil?"

God and evil can logically coexist.

 

[Rickrock]

You seem to have taken on the assumption, common in much of traditional Christianity, that God is a creator, completely outside and separate from "his" creation. But what if what we call "God" is really the "soul" of the universe, completely and intimately intertwined in all that is? In other words, inseparable, that there is no separation between the "creator" and the "created," that they are in fact one and the same, acting and moving in unison?

I think that you may be onto something here.

 

[Franco Verum]

Science is a human invention.

True, but scientific theories (I also love Quantum Entanglement, Gödel's Ontological Proof, and the Infinite Regress Theorem) can show there is a SOMETHING that is beyond ourselves.
My thinking is that since "God" is a SUPER natural being by His very existence, why think the natural sciences would prove his existence?




I think "game design" is a misleading characterization of simulation theory. It might help to dispense with the notion of trying to figure out who or what created the simulation and focus on its relative plausibility. Do you think reality is the ultimate truth and do you agree that the fundamental level of reality is based on non-algorithmic understanding?

It's a simplistic way of explaining the theory and no, I don't believe our existence in this reality is the ultimate truth. How would it be?


God and evil can logically coexist.

My point.

 

[Franco Verum]

My point.

Can you break up this quoting correctly?