Is the universe (multiverse) self-explanatory?

[Gambit]

Is the universe (multiverse) self-explanatory?

 

[George-ananda]

Is the universe (multiverse) self-explanatory?

I'll go with the answer.....'No'.

 

[Skwim]

I'm in for $0.25 with "maybe."

 

[YmirGF]

Is the universe (multiverse) self-explanatory?

evidently not...

 

[beenherebeforeagain]

I thought we were all supposed to get a user manual, but I see lots of different versions and none of them provide the same instructions...

I vote No.

 

[Willamena]

Is the universe (multiverse) self-explanatory?

I'd need an explanation before I can decide.

 

[JRMcC]

?

 

[Gambit]

I'd need an explanation before I can decide.

What kind of explanation?

 

[Papoon]

Yes. But you have to pay very close attention, and be very patient. The explanation takes forever, and is not in ordinary language.

 

[Gambit]

Yes. But you have to pay very close attention, and be very patient. The explanation takes forever, and is not in ordinary language.

So, you believe the universe doesn't require anything outside of it to explain it?

 

[Papoon]

So, you believe the universe doesn't require anything outside of it to explain it?

What could be outside it ? It is us. We don't live in it, we are it living.

 

[Papoon]

What could be outside it ? It is us. We don't live in it, we are it living.

And BTW, when I say universe, I mean the whole shebang, whether universe, multiverse, or ongoing dreamstate.

 

[Willamena]

What kind of explanation?

An explanation of how the universe is self-explanatory.

 

[Rick O'Shez]

So, you believe the universe doesn't require anything outside of it to explain it?

We don't understand it well enough to say.

 

[Gambit]

An explanation of how the universe is self-explanatory.

I don't believe it is. So, I don't have an explanation.

 

[Gambit]

What could be outside it ? It is us. We don't live in it, we are it living.

As a practitioner of Sufism, you do not believe God is required to account for you and the universe?

 

[Gambit]

We don't understand it well enough to say.

Then why did you vote "yes?"

 

[Rick O'Shez]

Then why did you vote "yes?"

I've changed it to "no".

 

[Kilgore Trout]

Is the universe (multiverse) self-explanatory?

What is understandable is the human need for explanations understandable from a human perspective. Unfortunately, this need gives no actual insight into things we don't actually understand.

 

[Rick O'Shez]

What is understandable is the human need for explanations understandable from a human perspective. Unfortunately, this need gives no actual insight into things we don't actually understand.

I agree. The truth is that there is a lot of stuff we simply don't understand yet, but people have an emotional need to believe in "God". But science is gradually providing the answers, and so the God of the gaps is feeling increasingly claustrophobic.