and if it is a manifestation of a conscious force, then how did that force manifest itself in the first place?
so would that conclude that life happened by chance?
2007-01-17 05:48:24 · 11 answers · asked by x 2 in Arts & Humanities ➔ Philosophy
I'm fairly sure it was somewhere in the middle. Beyond both of those.
2007-01-17 06:25:07 · answer #1 · answered by Answerer 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
The exertion of conscious force would fall under the definition of a living being. But your question does not ask if life was "created" by said consciousness, but merely the manifestation of said consciousness. In which case, it is possible that the manifestation and the consciousness are in fact parts of the same thing and co-dependent. And I don't believe in chance---chance is an illusory byproduct of ignorance.
Also, your question assumes that there was a point at which life "happened." If God or a God-like being exists, that being could very well have no beginning in the sense that we would know.
2007-01-17 06:57:22 · answer #2 · answered by crabskulls 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Why not both? You put things in motion based on your own conscious force and things happen by chance after the fact. For example, I decide to roll a ball, it rolls away and gets stuck in a snake hole. The ball now has an effect on the snake's life. Now imagine this process on multiple levels of magnitude (sub-atomic particles on up...or down?).
There was a paper that came out not too long ago that "proved" that if free will exists at all, it must exist in every piece of matter at some fundamental level. The paper was beyond me as it went into quantum physics, but it came out of Princeton and was written by John Conway and Simon Kochen (Conway did the infamous "Game of Life"). Basically, at every moment a particle "chooses" how to behave within it's scope of movement. Raises some interesting questions we should be asking a lot louder...
2007-01-17 06:21:10 · answer #3 · answered by neuralzen 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I don't know, you don't know, nobody really knows.
I would prefer to think that it was by conscious force. I am a great lover of nature and an experienced gardener and wilderness canoeist. All of the beauty in the world and the symmetry and repeatability of it all suggests to me that it was not by chance. Of course, I could be wrong.
That said, I am not what anyone would refer to as either "religious" in the traditional sense of the word, nor am I an atheist. If you must slap a label on me, I come closest to being a Deist.
2007-01-17 05:55:30 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
Im partially with the first guy. I would say that by asking this question - you are asking if there is a god that created life... or if it all started by energy. if there was a god.... who created god. you are also asking if it wasnt a being that created god... then it would be by chance - thus making everything by chance.
I would say... that from mico bacteria (single cell organisms that didnt even have a concious) we as life have developed. The single cell organism is only a compound of different elements from the earth, made mostly of carbon. it is only by chance that life was made. The circumstances are were just perfect for the development of life.
2007-01-17 07:10:44 · answer #5 · answered by Kermit 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Infinity is not an easy concept.
In the West, a Higher Power without a consciousness is a difficult idea to grasp.
But let me ask you this:
If we are superordinate to plants, yet have the power of cholorophyll whereas we do not,
then why is it a stretch to imagine that we humans might be subordinate to a power which does not possess the "miracle" of consciousness?
2007-01-17 06:11:18 · answer #6 · answered by starryeyed 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
It happened by conscious force. God created us. He exists inside and outside our physical realm, so He is not subject to the same constraints as His creation. I believe He has always existed.
2007-01-17 05:58:33 · answer #7 · answered by Gipper333 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
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2016-10-31 09:06:42 · answer #8 · answered by ? 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
if there is a conscious force ... it is a mean and vicious force to let all this cruelty happen in this world ... how can a good force allow all this wars , cruelty , loneliness , pain , unfairness ext ... happen ? if we assume there is a god he must be enjoying all what is happening in his creation .. and this is more scary than assuming it is only chaos ....
2007-01-17 07:37:21 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
Allah created life and death...
See..are yout rying to tell me..what was an ameoba once planned to be a cow,buffola or a human one day???
2007-01-17 06:39:25 · answer #10 · answered by Ali 5 · 0⤊ 1⤋