deep thinking about our existance
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I'm pretty sure neither are reasonable. In our perception and ability to understand, of course.0
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its most reasonable to believe what you are capable of believing in this current incarnation of you
our desire to always attach a definitive "thing" to our whys, whens,wheres & hows about our existence is getting old though
(especially the old man with a beard sitting on clouds thing)0 -
I'm pretty sure neither are reasonable. In our perception and ability to understand, of course.
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There couldn't exist someone *and* nothing simultaneously. The former is the only logical option (assuming, of course, that your understanding of the verb "create" is flexible enough to include the absence of intent).0
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This could get deep real fast!0
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I think "nothing" is very hard for most to fully visualize...0
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“Silence is sometimes the best answer”
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Is it more reasonable to believe that no one created something out of nothing or someone created something out of nothing?
topic is destined for lock.0 -
I am too tired for existentialism.0
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How can something be real when our eyes aren't real?0
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"My religion consists of a humble admiration of the illimitable superior spirit who reveals himself in the slight details we are able to perceive with our frail and feeble mind." -- Einstein
My exact thoughts about a creator and our ridiculous "reasonable" discussions about it.0 -
Man is man made ... oh and so are the gods.
To think that some invisible friend created us but was it's self not created by it's own invisible friend .. etc.. etc.. ad infinitum is quit frankly daft.0 -
"I don't believe in Beatles, I just believe in me." -John Lennon0
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Metaphysical arguments are designed merely to exercise the mind. For every metaphysical statement that can be made to support the existence of a higher power charged with creation, an equally convincing quasi-metaphysical statement can be made to refute it. In the end, both positions must acknowledge that the foundation of the argument is unknowable. We could discuss the transcental ideality of space and time a la Kant; we could discuss the rejection of metaphysics by atheists (while simultaneously asking "if there is no metaphysical, what is the mind, or more accurately, what is a thought?") or we could confuse ourselves while trying to decipher Wittgenstein.
In the end, the only true answer is "I don't know."0 -
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Is it more reasonable to believe that no one created something out of nothing or someone created something out of nothing?
Instead, I'd ask the question like this:
"Is it more reasonable to posit a natural explanation for the universe, or a supernatural one?"0 -
I believe in a thing called love
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There's no way to know anything.
Would an ant be able to comprehend that you were sitting next to his anthill and texting on a cell phone while also working on your term paper on evolution?0 -
I think we as humans get ahead of ourselves and 'solve the problem'*, then make up\draw conclusions to support that hypothesis. I believe this line of thinking doesn't get us to correct answer.
We (as humans) should approach the problem with baby steps, quantify what we can, and hope that we can, as a species, best define our existence.
* 'Solving the problem', IMO is that we decide that either there is or is not, an intelligent creator.0 -
In the end, the only true answer is "I don't know."0
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