What does it mean to say that there is a God? What is the meaning of the existence of a God? Does it mean anything if one claims that there is a God? Does it mean anything different to say that there isn't one? Why would there be a God? What meaning is there in having a God who created the world? Why create? For what reason must there be a reason to life?
Originally posted by Wonderer
What does it mean to say that there is a God?
Originally posted by Wonderer
What is the meaning of the existence of a God?
Originally posted by Wonderer
Does it mean anything if one claims that there is a God?
Originally posted by Wonderer
Does it mean anything different to say that there isn't one?
Originally posted by Wonderer
Why would there be a God?
Originally posted by Wonderer
What meaning is there in having a God who created the world?
Originally posted by Wonderer
Why create?
Originally posted by Wonderer
For what reason must there be a reason to life?
i think we technicaly are Gods because we have the ability to create things out of nothing, even the existance of God. I don't believe that God created us, but rather that we created him and that from extension he created us because of our belife in his existence. It might not make sense but it makes sense to me.
Re: Philosophy is meaningless
Originally posted by Wonderer
How can there ever be real meaning and resolution to philosophizing if we can never be assured in an absolute sense by the infinity of being as such that our ideas are correct and real? If we are merely minutely small parts of the whole of existence and not the 'god's' of it, can there be any meaning to ponder the truth and meaning of life? Is there a solution to all the problems of philosophy, and if not, is there meaning in it?
Philosophy couldn´t have any real meaning because its purely subjective and cannot be proved right ? Then, why people accept so easily the statement that "Evidence in needed to make things meaningful", this statement is purely subjective as it is philosophy, you cannot prove that statement, you can just believe in it in the same way religious people believe in god. Science and fact are only "more meaningful" than philosophy, or religion, because people believe in it.
People who have cut their teeth on philosophical problems of rationality, knowledge, perception, free will and other minds are well placed to think better about problems of evidence, decision making, responsibility and ethics that life throws up. We may never arrive at any final answers, but in many ways it is the journey which is most important, not the destination. Philosophy, in one way or another, ends up touching upon nearly every aspect of human life.
Originally posted by Wonderer
What does it mean to say that there is a God? What is the meaning of the existence of a God? Does it mean anything if one claims that there is a God? Does it mean anything different to say that there isn't one? Why would there be a God? What meaning is there in having a God who created the world? Why create? For what reason must there be a reason to life?
1. To say there is a god is to say that we are important, to say that we aren't just another grain of sand on the beach.
2. God is here to protect the universe and keep it in order 😬
3. Ofcourse it means something, you can claim there is a god and you could find out when you die. If you claim there is a god that actually doesn't exist and that someone elses god exists you will probably be tortured for eternity, if you was right then you will be happy for eternity. If you don't believe in a god atall it's either torture, or torture 😬 .
4."What meaning is there in having a God who created the world?"
God decided to make us and the world, he decided to have children technically.
5. he created because he wanted to.
6. You think on the same lines as i, and i asure you there is more reason for our existance in god than there is without. There is a reason to life as it is like a test, the good seeds go to the good place and the bad seeds go to the incinerator 😗
I see you also believe the universe revolves around reason, and you know what? I believe you are absolutely right. There is a purpose to life because life is precious and life is precious because god made us as his children, plus god set a plan for our life, ever heard of death of old age? Well murder or suicide goes against this plan that god made for us.
But no god means there is no preciousness about life because it's all over the universe and nobody made us which doesn't make us special in any way. The universe was just luck, we are just random life forms and it won't effect the universe if we all DIE.
i agree with the possibility that there is a univrsal god who comes in different forms to different cultures and to a certain degree believe that gods represent different aspects of the scientific world. But the idea of one special god thats better than all other gods is pure nonsense. The reason for why science is more efficient than philosophy and religion is that
A: it gives answers
& B: can be proven more than once
Originally posted by Legend Of Chibi
May I remind you that there are things which are way beyond our knowledge and understanding such as Worm Holes