perhaps there's a "third" alternative floating around out there to base existence on? Perhaps an entirely "new", more viable perspective on things? Any ideas?
And no, don't try and marry religion and evolution together and say, "God created evolution"; 'cause I'm ahead of such mediocre drivel.
2007-02-15 16:57:59 · 20 answers · asked by Anonymous in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
A viable explanation for our existence should be a multiple choice-type deal. Not just limited to "A" or "B", "only". There should be C, D, and even E, -- whatever they may be. You people should ponder harder about this, and be the first to present "C" to the world.
2007-02-15 17:19:01 · update #1
Pascal's Wager isn't intruiging, either.
2007-02-15 17:30:53 · update #2
I don't think it has to be one or the other, personally. I recently heard a theory that said we all collectively make up God and I thought that was very interesting. Try to imagine that for just a second. That we collectively want to be here - we want this existence and so we make it so, by sheer force of will. Maybe that is why a certain percentage of the people are in daylight at all times - so that they in their awakened state can maintain the will, the energy, for this existence to continue.
While that is a new theory to me (though it could explain a lot of things, I am finding in my musings) I can see that if there were a God so powerful to to create and maintain this existence for all this time, then he would be powerful to create and maintain this existence at any stage of it's development. All he had to do was create people and then an elaborate history to explain up untill today, right? I mean, none of all that stuff has to actually be true, really. It's just legend, lore, myth and history - none of us can truly prove anything.
I think our focus needs to be more on what is going on and where we want the world to go. If we all collectively did make up God, then it would be important for the good people to outweigh the bad people in strength. It would mean that the fate of the planet would depend on what we as a people dwell upon in our hearts and minds. If that were true, what do you think would be the most important thing to dwell upon? I'd say peace, prosperity and unity. Respecting our diversity and the privacy of our neighbors. Treating people as we ourselves wish to be treated. Envisioning a peaceful and prosperous planet, with plenty for all. That is how we will get to the next level - not arguing about origins.
Peace!
2007-02-15 17:13:47 · answer #1 · answered by carole 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I found this interesting. It pertains to the existence of God...
there are only four possible
explanations for how the universe came to be.
The first is that the
universe is an illusion. This ultimately reduces to _solipsism_ --
the theory that "self" is the only reality, that "I alone exist."
This view is unacceptable in an age of scientific enlightenment.
The second possibility is that the universe is eternal. This
possibility flies in the face of the second law of thermodynamics,
which says that everything in the universe is running inexorably
downhill from order to disorder, from complexity to chaos. If
the universe was eternally old, it would have died a heat-loss
death an eternity ago.
The third "possibility" is that the universe emerged from
nothing. Little needs to be said about the absurdity of this
option. Reason tells us that out of nothing comes nothing. This
position militates against the first law of thermodynamics, which
says that energy can be neither created nor destroyed; it can only
change forms. To say an effect can exist without a cause one
must deny the basis for all scientific investigation and rational
thought.
The fourth (and only tenable) possibility is that the universe
was created by God. Clearly, theism -- the belief in a personal God
who is the Creator and Ruler of the universe -- is the only viable
option on the question of God's existence.
2007-02-16 01:18:21 · answer #2 · answered by lizzilucia 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Perhaps there is. Look how long religion has had to explain everything. Science hasn't had half as much time. Darwin came up with artificial selection less than 200 years ago. Perhaps there is a better explanation yet to be thought of and tested. But so far, evolution is the most reasonable explanation and has the most concrete evidence - religion has none.
2007-02-16 01:05:04 · answer #3 · answered by Gene Rocks! 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
There is no third option.
Either the world was created by a process of natural laws or it wasnt. Evolution is in absolutely no dispute among scientists. The mechanism isnt 100% agreed upon, but the fact that evolution happened is very true. There is no challenge to evolution and no one has ever found a reason to challenge it. Conclusion evidence that evolution is wrong would be nobel prize winning, if it existed people would have found it.
2007-02-16 01:05:04 · answer #4 · answered by abcdefghijk 4 · 0⤊ 1⤋
There is a third possibility. It is that a vast intelligence which is the combination of all sentient species that have existed is all around us in a kind of cyber existence. It may have existed before our universe even started and it created ours when the old when was used up. That may have been going on in even earlier universes and at the end of ours it may create a new one and move into it. We will be part of it by then, if it exists.
2007-02-16 01:06:08 · answer #5 · answered by Michael da Man 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Come up with a viable explanation for the origin of species that supplants evolution and your name will forever be etched in the pantheon of great scientists.
2007-02-16 01:02:21 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 3⤊ 0⤋
Maybe it's all an experiment, set up by beings we could never comprehend, everything we percieve is an illusion. Set up so they can test their experiments, maybe mess with us a bit. Throw things into the mix once in awhile to give us a glimpse of "supernatural".
2007-02-16 20:24:00 · answer #7 · answered by Rosalind S 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
yes. there is a theory of changing human race cycles. some civilizations die out and others come to replace them. each one has a certain purpose. we are supposed to be the sixth one. some advanced representatives of past civilizations have learned the techniques of going into the "deep sleep" (samadhi) without permanently disconnecting from the physical body. upon need (in case of human extinction) they can get back into their bodies to restore a human race.
2007-02-16 01:15:08 · answer #8 · answered by auka_aqua 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I've got one. It's really far-out, too!
Life began this morning.
All the memories in your head are put there.
You have one day to live in the world that is beyond your bedroom. It is the playground in which you may venture. How do you know you are you when you wake up the next day?
2007-02-16 01:04:33 · answer #9 · answered by Shinigami 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
You would be better off than the evolutionists. I believe in God. Even if I didn't I wouldnt be able to accept evolution, because it makes no sense. You appear smarter saying "I dont know" than supporting evolution. That theory has been dead for over 10 years.
2007-02-16 01:02:59 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 3⤋