Comments on: Question #21: Is there a God? http://thenatureofexistence.com/2010/06/12/980/ The official website for the new Roger Nygard documentary, The Nature of Existence Thu, 10 May 2012 14:52:57 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: Jeggers http://thenatureofexistence.com/2010/06/12/980/comment-page-1/#comment-3773 Jeggers Fri, 04 May 2012 13:09:59 +0000 http://thenatureofexistence.com/?p=980#comment-3773 We're just an animal with the unfortunate gift of having a brain that is self aware. This brain is so desperate to fill the voids of knowledge that it tends to dream up stuff like gods (and God with a capital "G" :) I often wish we just had the usual physical specialties like all the other animals have for eg. an owl hunts at night - brilliant! I'd trade my brain for that! I find it sad that so many people can't see beauty in their lives, our planet and the universe just the way it is. . We’re just an animal with the unfortunate gift of having a brain that is self aware. This brain is so desperate to fill the voids of knowledge that it tends to dream up stuff like gods (and God with a capital “G” :)
I often wish we just had the usual physical specialties like all the other animals have for eg. an owl hunts at night – brilliant! I’d trade my brain for that!
I find it sad that so many people can’t see beauty in their lives, our planet and the universe just the way it is.
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]]> By: Federico Pizarro http://thenatureofexistence.com/2010/06/12/980/comment-page-1/#comment-3706 Federico Pizarro Sun, 29 Apr 2012 01:49:20 +0000 http://thenatureofexistence.com/?p=980#comment-3706 unless you mean me, no unless you mean me, no

]]> By: Joseph C. http://thenatureofexistence.com/2010/06/12/980/comment-page-1/#comment-3626 Joseph C. Fri, 17 Feb 2012 10:34:00 +0000 http://thenatureofexistence.com/?p=980#comment-3626 The existence of God may be unproveable as some have stated,but to believe that all matter that exist in the universe came from nothing and that all matter before the "Bing Bang" theory ,was compressed to the size of the head of a pin, takes just as much faith! I see an intelligent Creator in all life! As human science has advanced ,we have yet to create even a single cell from nothing...and we never will. I'm not talking about some Santa Clause or Easter Bunny kind of God, or some old guy with a beard sitting in the clouds,but a Creator who is the cause of all . All mankind was created with the sense that God exist,but many of us have allowed that sense to be dulled by others who don't have anymore answers than anyone else...they just want you to believe they do. Check God out for yourself! The existence of God may be unproveable as some have stated,but to believe that all matter that exist in the universe came from nothing and that all matter before the “Bing Bang” theory ,was compressed to the size of the head of a pin, takes just as much faith! I see an intelligent Creator in all life! As human science has advanced ,we have yet to create even a single cell from nothing…and we never will. I’m not talking about some Santa Clause or Easter Bunny kind of God, or some old guy with a beard sitting in the clouds,but a Creator who is the cause of all . All mankind was created with the sense that God exist,but many of us have allowed that sense to be dulled by others who don’t have anymore answers than anyone else…they just want you to believe they do. Check God out for yourself!

]]> By: Theo http://thenatureofexistence.com/2010/06/12/980/comment-page-1/#comment-3609 Theo Sat, 04 Feb 2012 10:41:42 +0000 http://thenatureofexistence.com/?p=980#comment-3609 God may exist, but only if you are sufficiently aware. God is beyond the experience of most people, but IT can be experienced. God is beyond the comprehension of most people, but can be experienced. God can not be experienced through the mind. This is why so few can know that God exists and must "believe" and have faith that IT exists. A Deity, an authority figure God is not! These are limited human concepts that most atheists and believers alike have bought into. God is not apart from reality or supernatural. These limiting concepts will only keep us apart from experiencing IT. God is your breath, your thoughts, your body, all of the physical world and the invisible parallel universes that surround us and that we are apart of. God may exist, but only if you are sufficiently aware.

God is beyond the experience of most people, but IT can be experienced.

God is beyond the comprehension of most people, but can be experienced.

God can not be experienced through the mind. This is why so few can know that God exists and must “believe” and have faith that IT exists.

A Deity, an authority figure God is not! These are limited human concepts that most atheists and believers alike have bought into.

God is not apart from reality or supernatural. These limiting concepts will only keep us apart from experiencing IT. God is your breath, your thoughts, your body, all of the physical world and the invisible parallel universes that surround us and that we are apart of.

]]> By: Jim Palmer http://thenatureofexistence.com/2010/06/12/980/comment-page-1/#comment-3579 Jim Palmer Wed, 25 Jan 2012 15:49:22 +0000 http://thenatureofexistence.com/?p=980#comment-3579 Nope. We can pretty well account for everything without positing a deity. Nope. We can pretty well account for everything without positing a deity.

]]> By: Thrideep http://thenatureofexistence.com/2010/06/12/980/comment-page-1/#comment-3548 Thrideep Tue, 17 Jan 2012 08:05:32 +0000 http://thenatureofexistence.com/?p=980#comment-3548 @Jackie- you left one option You believe in god and god doesnot exist : you are a fool whole along your life @Jackie- you left one option

You believe in god and god doesnot exist : you are a fool whole along your life

]]> By: Richard http://thenatureofexistence.com/2010/06/12/980/comment-page-1/#comment-3516 Richard Wed, 04 Jan 2012 04:16:43 +0000 http://thenatureofexistence.com/?p=980#comment-3516 No. Because the definition of a God requires something supernatural beyond and outside all reality. Meaning it requires faith. A provable God is no God at all. On the terms of religion itself there can never be a God that's the essence of faith. Aside from that any child can see just by extending the analogy of Santa Claus that there's no God. He's just mankind's imagination to help them cope with their fear of death. No. Because the definition of a God requires something supernatural beyond and outside all reality. Meaning it requires faith. A provable God is no God at all. On the terms of religion itself there can never be a God that’s the essence of faith.

Aside from that any child can see just by extending the analogy of Santa Claus that there’s no God. He’s just mankind’s imagination to help them cope with their fear of death.

]]> By: Greg http://thenatureofexistence.com/2010/06/12/980/comment-page-1/#comment-3496 Greg Sat, 31 Dec 2011 16:26:19 +0000 http://thenatureofexistence.com/?p=980#comment-3496 What if, instead of accepting some preconceived notion about what "God" is, and then asking if it exists...what if we start by using the word "God" to describe all of the unknown (and partially unknowable, perhaps) aspects of the world, which are being addressed by these questions. Then, let us learn about that God, which we have much to learn about - from myth, from atheists, from scientists, from philosophers, from religious teachings, etc. What if, instead of accepting some preconceived notion about what “God” is, and then asking if it exists…what if we start by using the word “God” to describe all of the unknown (and partially unknowable, perhaps) aspects of the world, which are being addressed by these questions. Then, let us learn about that God, which we have much to learn about – from myth, from atheists, from scientists, from philosophers, from religious teachings, etc.

]]> By: Terry http://thenatureofexistence.com/2010/06/12/980/comment-page-1/#comment-3435 Terry Thu, 20 Oct 2011 15:30:52 +0000 http://thenatureofexistence.com/?p=980#comment-3435 @Jackie You can not live for all of eternity without going insane. Boredom would set in, turning your pure joy into pure torment. If a god was to alter your brain to feel eternal joy you would no longer be you. You would be some kind of mental slave zombie to your god. No more free will. It seems to me, he should be able to create these kinds of zombies if that is what he wants without recruiting humans. @Jackie You can not live for all of eternity without going insane. Boredom would set in, turning your pure joy into pure torment. If a god was to alter your brain to feel eternal joy you would no longer be you. You would be some kind of mental slave zombie to your god. No more free will. It seems to me, he should be able to create these kinds of zombies if that is what he wants without recruiting humans.

]]> By: Jackie http://thenatureofexistence.com/2010/06/12/980/comment-page-1/#comment-3412 Jackie Mon, 12 Sep 2011 13:56:48 +0000 http://thenatureofexistence.com/?p=980#comment-3412 When I was questioning whether God exists, my friend used a great analogy. It is Pythagoras' triangle. 1. You don't believe in God, God does not exist = you become nothing when you die. 2. You don't believe in God, God does exists = oops you're in trouble. 3. You believe in God, God does exist = living in pure joy for all eternity. You choose. When I was questioning whether God exists, my friend used a great analogy. It is Pythagoras’ triangle.
1. You don’t believe in God, God does not exist = you become nothing when you die.
2. You don’t believe in God, God does exists = oops you’re in trouble.
3. You believe in God, God does exist = living in pure joy for all eternity.

You choose.

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