i believe in levels in this aspect, we live in our universe, we observe it and we are aware of things within the universe such as ourselves, other animals, food, sex etc etc, this would be level ZERO, its our neutral, its where we exist, anything below that level is smaller than us, anything...
@dust1n thanks for the reply, yeh animal consciousness is presumed non existent by most humans generally because of our intelligence is alot larger so its easy to push the less intelligent down, im reading an interesting phycological book about consciousness and currently reading about animals...
@Runewolf1973 thats rather similar to the other guys theory of infinity, and as i said it just seems to easy an answer and still doesnt shed any light on us a human being and why or how were here and why or how were thinking etc etc
@Runewolf1973 are you defining energy as e=mc2 or as electricity or as everything that can possibly be comprehended to exist in this universe together? or are there different types of energy etc etc, because energy can be used very broadly in the same way god can be
@Madhuri ok ill sum up what i was saying so its a little simpler, if our creator sat on a computer and created a universe with all the laws that govern us today as well as coding chemicals to react relativly and he did this in an extremely powerful machine but then died from over work...
@839311 thanks for the reply, it was an in depth look into your beliefs as well as shedding a bit of light on figuring out some of the bigger questions, i agree with you that it is probable that its impossible to ever understand imagination or the full extent of our consciousness, however i...
If were talking about infinity were talking about only one thing, mathematics, for example something cant infinity exist without it being assigned a number as it changes, for example lets use time, time as we know it can be defined as the passing of change and here on earth the passing of change...
"So, assuming that an all-powerful, good god(s) exist, what explanations are there to account for torture of the worst kinds?"
the answer to this question is simple, its both impossible and implausible for the above to exist, if there was an all good and powerfull god there wouldnt be torture...
not that everyone who believes in religion is a fanatic, but really alot of religious people get blinded by their own ignorance, they dont question what their told but yet seem offended when an open minded people do, cant wait to hear that god is real because the bible says so ;)
time to turn religion on its *** me thinks, show these fanatics what real spirituality is :D and show them that they all share the exact same idealisms
Ok i started a post on what religion i belong to, it became self evident i dont belong to any particular religion, however i do have spirituality and self awareness, im willing to overlook all the fallacy's of religion to see what is meant behind the metaphors and such but i dont believe in any...