What is God? | Episode 1003 | Closer To Truth
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- Опубліковано 27 вер 2024
- How can I assess whether God exists without exploring what kind of God is supposed to exist? So I examine God's essence and nature. Featuring interviews with John Polkinghorne, John Behr, John Hick, J.L. Schellenberg, and Timothy O'Connor.
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When I was a kid, I looked up to adults, wanting to grow up and be like them, smart and wise, but when I became an adult, I came to a shocking realization that most adults around me were just old children.
Well said! Religions come with preconceived notions of God. There's only one Creator, so all notions of God are bound to contain erroneous beliefs. It's worse since it's known that the universe is not just limited to our earth. Since humans are ignorant of what's out there, their perceptions of God is bound to be totally wrong!
Yes. It is shocking. Even your college professors. 😳🤦♀️🤷♀️ I made a few scientific arguments for the idea in another video in this series and no one else seems to be making them. I actually wrote a book about these things but no one seems to want to read it because it’s like 400 pages and I left graduate school in behavioral neuroscience and evolutionary psychology to write it and it’s dense.... so here it is in a nutshell -the absolute best and irrefutable arguments for god, and it even encompasses aliens-if they exist-and all human religions ALL religions. I think it will be quite helpful:
You have to let go of past arguments, in order to see how a god concept is actually a real and predictive theory of the Universe which no other theory can even come close in explanatory and predictive power. You have to understand the paradoxical in the functions of the brain, and understand human and animal epistemology. It’s quite easy to see where god came from and how humans are models of god.
All “theories of everything” are laughable if they do not consider brains and the arts along with physics. They have to consider all forms of information. Not just one aspect or another which allows a certain ignorance so that you can say “then a miracle happens” after you discover a Higgs Boson, for example.
So if you really want to predict everything then you will be interested in a real theory of actually everything.
There are scientific theories of god and to me, in its overall epistemological ideals, science itself is the greatest religion of all. It searches for the eternal in the fleeting. Instead of “Thor” we see electricity now. We see more meaning and more power as we unify these eternal principles. We can be more creative as we do so.
Eternal
Creative power
Meaning
-sounds like moving toward god to me. 😊 And it is.
That’s why I wrote “The Textbook of the Universe: The Genetic Ascent to God” 🥰🤷♀️
I have never seen anyone else provide a theory which even comes close to all I have predicted and explained with this theory. Makes the theory of evolution look like a tinkertoy. All these people who say there isn’t a god are making a “straw man” argument fallacy. They use antiquated ideas of god instead of looking at the direction and epistemology of the entire body of human inquiry. They make fun of our ancestors ideas instead of modernizing them logically-as we did with mystical alchemy which became modern chemistry or Pythagorean mysticism becoming modern geometry. This is absolutely no different. They may not have fully understood what they were talking about and projected the known human attributes onto the idea, but that doesn’t mean that the idea wasn’t a distillation of something real at its core. Once you understand how the universe is constructed as a teaching machine from beyond time then it will be perfectly clear. Meaning is the key.
The reason not everyone saw the meaning in feelings of disgust that something invisible “infected” something rotting, is why we did not have a germ theory of disease and why we ridiculed people who advocated it at one time. People who gather knowledge only for their own purposes and lives now tend to want to pontificate on life in general but what they are really doing is projecting their own rationalizations unaware onto reality. A process ironically that led people like me to come up with processes like science to try to get past their deadly self-motivated ignorance that they cling to like a drowning man to a timber in a hurricane. So yeah, the people who are now arguing against god are grasping onto science and using it in self-serving ways to maintain the my-life’s-purpose-rationale, a sort of paving over all blind spots with any spackle that works, so that they can get away with as little thinking as possible.
Logically there is no other way that reality and brains can exist, that the actual language of reality could exist, without an eternal center of meaning and creative coherence which our ancestors called god. Everything in the known universe is a set of interlocking symbols. Including you. It constitutes a book which can only be read one way once you understand the symbols and what they actually mean.
There is a unified meaning behind all things. Just as there was a unified meaning behind physical phenomena in general which led to our ability with math, science, and symbols in general.
So behind all of these things is a larger creative unity of ultimate meaning and selective power. What you see arrayed before you as “Universe” is obviously a teaching machine. An information instrument panel not unlike a human brain.
@@jeancorriveau8686 You definitely made a good argument-which is way more than most do. Here is some additional information you may find helpful. I made these comments on one of the other videos about atheism in this series:
You have to let go of past arguments, in order to see how a god concept is actually a real and predictive theory of the Universe which no other theory can even come close in explanatory and predictive power. You have to understand the paradoxical in the functions of the brain, and understand human and animal epistemology. It’s quite easy to see where god came from and how humans are models of god.
All “theories of everything” are laughable if they do not consider brains and the arts along with physics. They have to consider all forms of information. Not just one aspect or another which allows a certain ignorance so that you can say “then a miracle happens” after you discover a Higgs Boson, for example.
So if you really want to predict everything then you will be interested in a real theory of actually everything.
There are scientific theories of god and to me, in its overall epistemological ideals, science itself is the greatest religion of all. It searches for the eternal in the fleeting. Instead of “Thor” we see electricity now. We see more meaning and more power as we unify these eternal principles. We can be more creative as we do so.
Eternal
Creative power
Meaning
-sounds like moving toward god to me. 😊 And it is.
That’s why I wrote “The Textbook of the Universe: The Genetic Ascent to God” 🥰🤷♀️
I have never seen anyone else provide a theory which even comes close to all I have predicted and explained with this theory. Makes the theory of evolution look like a tinkertoy. All these people who say there isn’t a god are making a “straw man” argument fallacy. They use antiquated ideas of god instead of looking at the direction and epistemology of the entire body of human inquiry. They make fun of our ancestors ideas instead of modernizing them logically-as we did with mystical alchemy which became modern chemistry or Pythagorean mysticism becoming modern geometry. This is absolutely no different. They may not have fully understood what they were talking about and projected the known human attributes onto the idea, but that doesn’t mean that the idea wasn’t a distillation of something real at its core. Once you understand how the universe is constructed as a teaching machine from beyond time then it will be perfectly clear. Meaning is the key.
The reason not everyone saw the meaning in feelings of disgust that something invisible “infected” something rotting, is why we did not have a germ theory of disease and why we ridiculed people who advocated it at one time. People who gather knowledge only for their own purposes and lives now tend to want to pontificate on life in general but what they are really doing is projecting their own rationalizations unaware onto reality. A process ironically that led people like me to come up with processes like science to try to get past their deadly self-motivated ignorance that they cling to like a drowning man to a timber in a hurricane. So yeah, the people who are now arguing against god are grasping onto science and using it in self-serving ways to maintain the my-life’s-purpose-rationale, a sort of paving over all blind spots with any spackle that works, so that they can get away with as little thinking as possible.
Logically there is no other way that reality and brains can exist, that the actual language of reality could exist, without an eternal center of meaning and creative coherence which our ancestors called god. Everything in the known universe is a set of interlocking symbols. Including you. It constitutes a book which can only be read one way once you understand the symbols and what they actually mean.
There is a unified meaning behind all things. Just as there was a unified meaning behind physical phenomena in general which led to our ability with math, science, and symbols in general.
So behind all of these things is a larger creative unity of ultimate meaning and selective power. What you see arrayed before you as “Universe” is obviously a teaching machine. An information instrument panel not unlike a human brain.
@@spiralsun1 Interesting, there is progress in time. But I would say this does not make the past obsolete. While mysticism from pythagoras is gone, platonic mathematics has if anything made a return after Godel and Frege. God as a conception may become more clearer with newer information, but I don't think this makes the past ideas of the earlier Church fathers (for example) any less valid. Just conceptualized in a different way.
Science is nice, but contrary to its dogmatic materialistic believers, its ultimately rested on mathematical truths. And math itself has always been open to mysticism as much as any natural science.
You're quite right. For most adults either don't possess or use the power of reason to tackle deep issues as those which Robert Lawrence Kuhn does.
It is like having a great mountain rising out of the plains. Well, everywhere you look at the mountain, it looks slightly different, depending on where you are looking. If you are up close, if you are far away, if you are to the north, the south, the east or the west-it all looks different, you see. But it is the same mountain. It has not changed with your perspective.
You may debate with others about the appearance of the mountain. You are looking from the north and they are looking from the south. Oh, the mountain looks so very different. You argue about its features and its manifestations. To someone up close, it is huge and monumental. To someone at a distance, it is just something out on the horizon. The experience is different. The perspectives are different. But the mountain has not changed. It has not adapted itself to people’s perspective or people’s position around it.
~Marshall Vian Summers
Thank you, Rod.
This is the question that every thoughtful individual struggles with. The unexamined life is not worth living, Socrates.
Amazing..with each episode, my mind is getting closer to truth.👍
This although you are truth.
For each interviewee their descriptions are just a reflection of their own values. It's so obvious if you take a step back lol
True, just cherry picking
@@JoseArias-fn5pf cherry picking exists in every form of belief and non-belief. we ultimately choose what to believe, sometimes out of convenience, ego etc.
That goes for the interviewer too.
I have never seen a slimier representation of an unbiased
truth seeker than the Atheist Kuhn.
I'd like to see him knock on a few scientist's doors once in
a while instead of repeatedly making light of people's faith.
You know, the science that says you can identify as a woman
if you are a man, can kill a child outside the womb or play
with disinformation on pandemics.
Oh, and also the convenient development of multiple universes
and string theory - a theory that requires 500 dimensions to operate.
@@caspermilquetoast411 the interviewer isn’t defining what a god is?
@@Emilnananaxo belief is not chosen. You are either convinced, or not convinced. I cannot just go and choose to believe the sky is green, because no matter what I am NOT convinced of that.
When Einstein gave lectures at U.S. universities, the recurring question that students asked him most was:
- Do you believe in God?
And he always answered:
- I believe in the God of Spinoza.
Baruch de Spinoza was a Dutch philosopher considered one of the great rationalists of 17th century philosophy, along with Descartes.
(Spinoza) : God would say:
Stop praying.
What I want you to do is go out into the world and enjoy your life. I want you to sing, have fun and enjoy everything I've made for you.
Stop going into those dark, cold temples that you built yourself and saying they are my house. My house is in the mountains, in the woods, rivers, lakes, beaches. That's where I live and there I express my love for you.
Stop blaming me for your miserable life; I never told you there was anything wrong with you or that you were a sinner, or that your sexuality was a bad thing. Sex is a gift I have given you and with which you can express your love, your ecstasy, your joy. So don't blame me for everything they made you believe.
Stop reading alleged sacred scriptures that have nothing to do with me. If you can't read me in a sunrise, in a landscape, in the look of your friends, in your son's eyes... ➤ you will find me in no book!
Stop asking me "will you tell me how to do my job?" Stop being so scared of me. I do not judge you or criticize you, nor get angry, or bothered. I am pure love.
Stop asking for forgiveness, there's nothing to forgive. If I made you... I filled you with passions, limitations, pleasures, feelings, needs, inconsistencies... free will. How can I blame you if you respond to something I put in you? How can I punish you for being the way you are, if I'm the one who made you? Do you think I could create a place to burn all my children who behave badly for the rest of eternity? What kind of god would do that?
Respect your peers and don't do what you don't want for yourself. All I ask is that you pay attention in your life, that alertness is your guide.
My beloved, this life is not a test, not a step on the way, not a rehearsal, nor a prelude to paradise. This life is the only thing here and now and it is all you need.
I have set you absolutely free, no prizes or punishments, no sins or virtues, no one carries a marker, no one keeps a record.
You are absolutely free to create in your life. Heaven or hell.
➤ I can't tell you if there's anything after this life but I can give you a tip. Live as if there is not. As if this is your only chance to enjoy, to love, to exist.
So, if there's nothing after, then you will have enjoyed the opportunity I gave you. And if there is, rest assured that I won't ask if you behaved right or wrong, I'll ask. Did you like it? Did you have fun? What did you enjoy the most? What did you learn?...
Stop believing in me; believing is assuming, guessing, imagining. I don't want you to believe in me, I want you to believe in you. I want you to feel me in you when you kiss your beloved, when you tuck in your little girl, when you caress your dog, when you bathe in the sea.
Stop praising me, what kind of egomaniac God do you think I am?
I'm bored being praised. I'm tired of being thanked. Feeling grateful? Prove it by taking care of yourself, your health, your relationships, the world. Express your joy! That's the way to praise me.
Stop complicating things and repeating as a parakeet what you've been taught about me.
What do you need more miracles for? So many explanations?
The only thing for sure is that you are here, that you are alive, that this world is full of wonders.
- Spinoza
🎯
Well said . ❤
I'm wondering what Mr. Spinoza would say after the "mania" stops, like say, just before bedtime. Or 'after' a grand meal, or just after the orgasm. In any case just like you, I assume I understand Mr. Spinoza. But Mr. Spinoza doesn't understand me!, or explain the existence of diametrically opposite other 'suffering' lot.
Bottom line "it is stranger than we can think". RBS Haldane. Best reaction "take Jesus at his word". Tolstoy (endorsed by Gandhi, JSM and Einstein.)
We don't care about what you Think, we care about what you can demonstrate to be true.
So simple concept, so many people fail to understand it..
Speak for yourself.
Truth Is.
God is Truth. Truth built a mountain and challenges us to move it; and has told us as much. And everyone can see it; though they may lie.
@USA TAMONDOMUNI Nah, the brain is becoming a coherence detector and we're having trouble articulating; simple as that. ... Oh, and maybe Truth is a person, given what we know about "persons".
I often times hit the thumbs up button long before the video has run its course because i have yet to see one that's not thought provoking.
Every God we talk about is just our creation...😊
Makes no sense at all
But in that case, who created the creators?
@ 2:31 The interviewer answers his own question from the get go, “what do you imagine the concept of god means?”
Key word: Imagine
He was allowing the other to elucidate his thoughts.
Guess we had better bin the entire discipline of philosophy as well while we're at it
Look up the Sanskrit word Kama.
It is just a concept that began in ancient cultures. Passed on through millennia.
The problem with all these ideas about god is that they are just what happens to appeal to that person. They are what that individual thinks makes sense at that time, and they’re all different, and in many cases mutually contradictory. They are very clearly just what that person dreamed up, or came across and latched on to. Hick gets closest by assuming an ultimate divinity behind all these different religious viewpoints, but makes a fundamental error. He says that atheists don’t consider personal religious experience. That’s flat out not true, and as a professional theologian he must know that. Atheists simply think that religious experience is a neurological process. That’s all there is to it. Take that away and there’s just nothing left in theology that needs explanation. As Kuhn says in another video, and I paraphrase, all these different ideas about god, with no way to choose between them other than personal preference, is exactly what you’d expect if they were all made up.
What is Cat ? A cat is an animal we talk gibberish to and cat meowing is a message for us to serve him.
That makes more sense than the subject of the video.
Also, the creature in my house that hates me unless I feed him.
@@lepomirbakic4422 Cats are vicious killers actually.
@@lepomirbakic4422
You haven't met my cat. She is a cute little demon. I guess that's why she is still alive.
All cats have 4 legs. My dog has 4 legs. Therefore my dog is a cat.
God is a concept
By which we measure
Our pain
I'll say it again
God is a concept
By which we measure
Our pain
by John Lennon
God is a concept, certainly
By which we measure
Our pain, poetic and stimulative of one's imagination but
the concept is the focus of social control systems that
have become obsolete with the rise of democracy.
ما اخرجناه من الباب نعيده من النافذة ؟؟ ونعيد الالتباس ونعيد انكار انفسنا وانكار العالم ونعيد دفن رؤوسنا في رمال السماوات ونعيد فتش عن ايمانك في قلبك وكن على حذر شديد مما تختاره لحياتك القادمة وتجسدك القادم ؟؟؟ لا ...لن نعيد شيئا من ذلك ولتبق لنا حماقتنا وغفلتنا ويبقى لنا الخراء نحمله في امعائنا بينما نتكلم عن التسامي الى معالي الامور
I love it! Discussions with smart people about things that cannot be proven or dis-proven.
@USA TAMONDOMUNI There is a saying..."You can't argue with a sick mind."
@USA TAMONDOMUNI Too long man. Please condense.
It's EZ to fool someone! But it's even harder to convince someone that they have been fooled, especially by religion....
Perhaps God veils itself so not to be by itself.
@@waldwassermann Ok, that made no scene at all! Try again.....
When All Religions that believe in God come together and provide a single definition of What God "IS", I'll have a better understaning of my relationship to that defnition, otherwise, I'll wilholdhold judgement...
@USA TAMONDOMUNI Perhaps some people want to put all their energy into suporting a belief in a God. Others want to put their energy into the belief in Science. Some don't want to believe in anything, not even truth. And some seek to sense the Truth. However if humanity doesn't survive in the long run, it's all inconsequetial..
@USA TAMONDOMUNI She's The Womb
It's important to always
Have something to look forward to even if it is difficult to at times
Jusst Googled John Hick and seen that he died in February 2012. RIP fella, I'll be following your work posthumously.
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I’ve never understood how someone can claim God is unfathomable while earning a living explaining him to people. 🤷♂️
Some scientists earn a living through science - and through teaching science - while also admitting that they don't understand the totality of the scientific and physical world.
It's possible to understand bits of the whole, even when other bits elude.
Who's explaining? Searching...that's the game
I've never understood how Einstein and Hawking can be
wrong on important theories and still hold onto their tenures.
Nobody has ever claimed to explain god; nobody of good intent that is. Cult leaders and evildoers, like those who claim to contact the dead (for a large fee) prey on the gullible. The spirit of enquiry drives the Closer to Truth series; where is the person explaining god? I must have missed that part!
@@thetoddlanders1992 I refuse to use anything I couldn't make myself from scratch. You wanna see my car and the clothes I wear! And don't get me started on the food proplem..OMG!!😂
21:00 "what good is God who can't help us when our mortality should come to pass? "
With questions like this, you ain't gonna get anywhere closer to truth
Lol....true.
That is true. In the beginning there were no questions. There was only God not wanting to be alone. Now God has questions. But God is no longer alone.
God is not a being,
God is being.
The problem with this question is that you first must answer the question, What is a human being? Once that is answered, the question of What is God is also answered.
Clever and correct. God and Self are synonyms.
outstanding series. great questions and world’s best thinkers on these issues. i really like polkingham’s “process theology” notion of an open future, ie, God does not know the future. but i wonder if this is too much a view of God bound by time, which is a constituitive element of our physical universe, but what about the universe (multiverse) beyond or outside of time, and God’s relationship to that bigger picture? Time itself is a problematic aspect to cosmology, in my thinking
One definition of God is: Consciousness, Existence, Bliss. We share in the first two, the third is something we have to work on. What does it take? Maybe surrender to reality, a faith that will be lead to the ultimate goal: liberation which would be Consciousness, Existence, and Bliss. Some Saints seem to have achieved it to the extent that no matter what horrors they are put through their peace of mind is not lost.
9:22 nice try on the old switch on the onus of proof. The onus is on sir - the theist, to define which god you believe in. And then the onus is also on you to prove that god is real, not only to atheists but particularly to other theists who believe in a different god that, according to you, is false. Not only you are incapable of proving that your god is real, you can't prove that all those other gods you reject are false.
This guy wouldn't believe in God without Jesus. Pretty narrow minded and quite obvious when you listen to him. My Bible says that Jesus was human not God. Any proof of that? "Father. Why have you forsaken me?" Would God doubt in himself?
The evidence paradox is always in play. If God is a serial killer, are you willing to "Die For Proof?" I think not old son. Hence Jesus won that which had never been won before, eternal life for himself and two billion consent decrees for individuals seeking continuity of consciousness. You don't make demands of GOD. He sets a price and you either meet it or walk away, if he doesn't kill you on the spot, as a false god. Are you GOD?
Proof is proof upon itself.
Food for Thought 👍👍
But, questions can never end...
a) If You find the most/last fundamental particle... the very next question will be..."From where this last fundamental particle came?"
b) If You find God... the very next question will be..."From where God came?"
c) If You say this last fundamental particle/God existed always.... the next questions will be...
"Who/Which rule decided that the God is to be good/powerful/one etc. (Why not many Gods/less powerful God/evil God)"
"Which rule decided that the last fundamental particle will have these properties only, which it will possess...why not some different properties?"
"How can an immaterial God make something material? What is the process behind this conversion?"
What is the energy source of an immaterial thing by which it can sustain?
etc.
etc.
Therefore in spirituality/Yoga they say that we should focus on achieving Supreme Happiness (Happiness/Bliss that never goes away).
Even if we find everything in the universe, ultimately we will achieve satisfaction/happiness.
So, they say don't give much importance to knowledge (because questions can never end)...but give importance to the path which leads you to a state of default/supreme happiness, which once achieved never ever goes away..
God is nothing but this state. Once we achieve this state, they say, we are no different from God...then, we become God.
It makes sense for God to be a Person, rather than some nebulous concept or karma force. If God we mean the greatest of all entities, then Personhood is greater than non-personhood. God communicates to us about himself and reality as a Person. It makes total sense.
That’s an easy question...God is everything that we will never be able to explain,.. ever
If you always do something perfect and everyone applauds you. You don't know how great it is until you can't do it anymore. And so the absolute and it's need to know itself. Created this existence positive negative update on left. Right, happy, sad. So you could experience both and when you go home to the absolute.You'll know it for the first time.How wonderful it is to be absolutely
Wow that is the most incomprehensible twaddle
God is a product of human mind.
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Searching the God very close
Why doesn’t god speak for himself? Could it be that believers are wrong?
BRAVOO!!!!! You destroyed theism, you are the most intelligent being ever
What makes you think he hasn't? Could it be you wouldn't listen if he did?
@@TheWorldTeacher Still spouting your moronic nonsense? Don't you have anything better to do?
Hi there.. I'm a god.
@@TheWorldTeacher Those who do not know what they are talking about write long, long, worthless gobbledegook.
As long as wars continue to come, Humans will continue to Believe. Wars are based on a certain conviction, a certain belief
God is something people have created in order to give sense to the world and meaning to life.
if god wanted us to know he existed then god would appear in a major city and announce himself and his intentions and demonstrate conclusively and beyond all doubt the he is all powerful
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Searching the God very close
What is what?
Were is were?
Who is who?
Why is why?
These Are Just Some Of The Question's That May Never Be answered, And If Answered,
May Not Be The Answer We Want To Hear...
Ain't Life But A Dream!!.
Answer is - capitalism. Humans are basically capitalists. Now go and view history from that prism.
@@MarketOracleTV Wrong Answer..
Next.
Because what is and can only be what... Until what is defined...
So also who, where and why, they are mysteries that tries to find a definition for certain things or events.
Life is Self. Self is different so not to be alone.
God is what you define him to be.
I'm baffled by humans' need for "god". There are more productive pursuits which can help our fellow creatures on earth, humans and non.
All humans seek a higher power, the supernatural. Atheists have even come up with a joke called spiritual atheism, they crave for a connection with the immaterial. The human nature testifies against materialism and the phrase survival of the fittest.
@effinghamhick "you know, intuitively that God exists"???
What an oxymoron.
We know that intuition is far far less credible than knowledge. Nobel Laureate Daniel Kahneman made that clear by his awarded work on heuristics.(with Amos Tversky)
@@mohammedjafferali693 Secular spirituality has nothing to do with the search of a higher power(whatever that means).
As Sean Carroll says, Poetic Naturalism is nothing more than our ability to experience feelings without the need to believe in magic.
@@mohammedjafferali693 Bless you my brother.
It is difficult to accept that all this is Self isn't it? That's why...
I remember the notion of a theologian about the personality of God. He said that God is certainly not less than personal. He seems to have meant that God has for instance something like willpower or that he can be adressed and is capable of adressing human beeings. Moreover it is a common understanding in christian theology that all human speech about God can only be understood as analogous.
That guy likes to say postulate alot
Yup, just like Hawking loved to say “singularity” over & over, and Kurzweil loves to say “exponential” 1,000 times a day..... for these type of people, saying a cool sounding intellectual word over & over & over becomes like a ‘trademark’ for them - makes them seem clever and super smart.
Better would have been that eastern viewpoint could have been included.
Right! Planning for 2021/2022
@@robertlawrencekuhn4483 would be very interesting having a talk with sadghuru
He has very interested views on religion
@@kootdirker2448 No. He's in it for money.
God had never been existed, but if there is God, then God is the existor, namely, the creator of existance...
Let's be honest and say
I DO NOT KNOW ...
But, I can PRETEND that I know.
Born an atheist but, my CULTURE
conditioned me to believe that there's an invisible being somewhere
.....and we will die looking for it, even though we KNOW there's NOTHING
anywhere. Keep looking ...
There is a Creator. Eternity exists, right? It exists rather it be nothing or something. It's everything.
God is all knowing he knows the future. He's not affected by time space for matter
Robert very informative programs..keep it up. Could you please summarize main points of videos in the end that would be great.
The only point is that Robert is always confused as hell.
@USA TAMONDOMUNI lol I can’t stop laughing!!
The word "God" is a sound some people make when they really mean "I don't know."
@USA TAMONDOMUNI nice copy and paste shame you didn’t actually provide a definition
John Hick has my vote.
We can’t understand God. Some religious texts attempt to ascribe human qualities to God, but that can’t be correct.
It's so relevent , we can go closer to truth but we can not get to know it in exact fashion.
"What God don't you believe in?" Yours. Every time. So tell me. Why do you believe and why should I believe?
@@antilaw9911 I think that the don't just fear "hell". Their existential anxiety forces them to accept any available death denying ideology. This is why we can witness the rise of new age woo and all the relative idealistic bs about consciousness and awareness and energies.
Most dudes can not accept that this party has an end due to the expiration date of their biology.
@@nickolasgaspar9660 do you not have ANY existential death anxiety?
@@ForOrAgainstUs having existential anxieties is one thing. Accepting irrational stories to ease them is an other.
Came across this website - www.doesgodexistandbeyond.com/evidenceoftheresurrection/ investigates Christianity with Reason and Logical Evaluation. And explains Proven Biblical Manuscript History ( Historiography ) -
www.doesgodexistandbeyond.com/manuscriptevidenceofthebiblepages/ Also answers skeptic accusations Examining Primary Evidences and Sources. Worth a read.
@@carlwebstern5065 Sorry, I read through some (not all, at all) and the main problem I have is that in order to accept any arguments, Christians throw in these giant faith balls. From the web site: "By doing this, he paid the ransom for all the sins of mankind on himself,
and by the shedding of his blood and his death, he had become that Sin."
Christians have the problem of having such a complicated theology that they don't know what first principles look like. To be honest, when people say "Jesus died for your sins" I have no idea what that means. I was raised and confirmed Catholic, and I have no idea what that means. To me, all that says is that if I accept Jesus (whatever that means) that I'll go to Heaven, but the crux of the argument is that I should be scared enough to figure out what it means, and if I don't figure it out I might as well lie to myself and tell people I know what it means, because I sure as hell want to go to Heaven.
If someone could for once explain what "Jesus died for your sins" actually means and how that's supposed to psychologically and emotionally affect me, I'll at least have a piece of the puzzle.
That website is not a place to go for arguments. It's a sermon.
God is that universal consciousness of which we are specs connected through the same fabric. That thou art. I am That. Tat tvam asi...documented more than 5000 years ago in the Vedanta
John Hick 13:58: These are human forms, in which the ultimate is humanly thought and therefore humanly experienced within the different traditions.
What if God was one of us, just a Genius on the Bus 🤔
No . It's my neighbor. When he has sex with his wife, she calls him god....
What if Dog was one of us?
Those would be nice lyrics for a song.
What is God is more important than who is God.
It blows my mind every time I wake up that we humans still in 2022 don’t know how we got here and from where and how it all began before it all started and where we go when we die. I hope there is a God and I continue to hope for the afterlife. With all we have accomplished with technology etc we still don’t know.
What is real? What is the Truth? Is everything comprehensible to the human mind? Is mind the human? What are we? Are we the body mind complex or the intellect or greater than that? We need to ask ourselves these questions to undertake the journey to find God or whatever name you may give to address that all pervasive being. From Being to Becoming is the journey of Life. That transcendental evolution will help to rediscover the Truth. We are actually spiritual beings in a human journey to realize that Truth.
God is reality. Watch Jordan peterson's biblical series and you can easily conclude this from a solid perspective.
Solid as steaming water.
Wow you define god to the point where it’s meaningless just like Peterson good job.
@@jesushad12gayfriendwhoallb50 Your nickname says it all brother.
"Could the real Creator ever be really weak?" - What reality?
the reality of physical impressions.
@@nickolasgaspar9660 You are a big time fool if you think that reality is made of physical impressions. I can assure you that reality is not made of physical impressions. I dont what you are thinking but you are mistake about what reality is =D Oh, my dear Nickolas - you are such a fool =D And I say this with the all love in my heart =D God bless you mate =D
by 2036, there must be a man who should be capable of answering your question. wait till...then. how old are you? and what is your name /from?
Between Justice and Humility, God only has the latter. Jusice demands justifications, reasons and excuses. These are human, not divine.
Hey Robert, Here is an idea for you. While I enjoy your videos I have to ask myself _"What do they do for the _*_man or woman on the street?"_* Your inquiries are directed solely to academics, that is the _osophers_ and _ologists._ Do these inquiries enrich the understandings and lives of the common folk? Do your questions parallel those of society on the whole?
I submit to you the challenge of taking some of your inquiries to the non academic population outside of the Ivory Towers. The people who breathe non-rarefied air may surprise you with their candor in describing their own personal stuggles with the questions about God and evil (atonement and perhaps deliverance) and how they have overcome them.
There is a key difference between the academic and the faithful (this includes the atheist). The latter stake their life on their beliefs! Why not ask them why?
These questions come into those minds that are well developed. Common man minds can not understand its depth.
The common man is called such because they do not develop ideas beyond what is normal in society. The genius is called such because they go beyond those traditions delivered to them. Hence they are not common men. It may be that a genius is drowned out by the voice of the common man and hiding among their ranks. However going to those who are experts in related fields tend to yield better results than going to those who have no serious training in said field. It is always good to remain open to conflicting ideas and new ways to look at a topic. But over all it is most fruitful to go to those who have devoted their life studying said topic.
I've yet to meet anyone who is rock solid in their conviction that god is x or god is y. To doubt is central to faith, sounding like a contradiction as it does! Remember the story?
I have always conceived of God as the personification of the unknown. But maybe God is a personal reification of what should be true. How do these two ideas relate to each other?
GOD is HOPE.
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Before the Big Bang，God used to live in a nut. He felt stressed，then he created the universe.
Now everything comes from a nut -- human cat fish chiken trees .
May I humbly suggest that the tendency to see god as a person has skewed thinking on the subject . God is a concept, an idea, not a thing. Mind has no substance. A computation, no matter how great, will never 'solve' the 'problem' of consciousness. Peace out! (peace back in!!)🦉
"This is my body, eat it with marinara sauce." The gospel of The Flying Spaghetti Monster.
We know that something cannot come from nothing.
So something must come from something.
And we call that God.
God is an imaginary thing created in the mind of humans. Man has created many gods all over the world since day 1. Man has also created big foot and flying saucers controlled by little green men. There is no limit the man's imagination.
Even you were created by man. Go figure.
Perhaps we are even imagining that we are separate so not to be alone....
We will always be close to the truth but never know " The Truth "
I only know that I know nothing, and I'm not speaking figuratively. On the contrary, I am speaking literally .
Is there any condition to believe God that I have to follow a religion?
Dear Dr Kuhn!
Please do an “scientific” episode; to set everyone straight; on whether human (society) will:
“go extinct” or
reach the “Star Trek” future?
God may be math that evolved into geometry, which evolved into perspectives & self awareness etc. We could be the closest thing to 'random' branches of a Mandelbrot set that experiences itself in as many dimensions as possible. Life on Earth could be described as a dimension of geometry that allows many systems running as a whole 'separate' system. Consciousness could be many systems and levels of awareness of systems. However we view consciousness, it is the pinnacle of complexity to our knowledge within this system, and so we view God as being a higher form/frequency of consciousness. God, the highest form of consciousness is also viewed as Love. If God can be Love, then he could also be maths IMO.
Just cause hes concerned with his creation doesnt make him vulnerable!! There is no weakness in the Lord!!
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Yes, imaginary things are whatever we imagine them to be.
God has four dominate Characteristics: Love, Justice, Wisdom and Power.. Ezekiel chapter one depicts this. Man Love, Lion Justice, Eagle Wisdom, Bull Power.
Really surprised this channel doesn't have more subs
We're all gods to the extent that we can draw on a will or consciousness that's seemingly in line & harmony w the universe. We feel at peace regardless of externalities.
If a man were to worship and nurture a tree, and prayed every day for that tree to bear him fruit for consumption, and that tree did bear him good fruit: Then that tree would be his god. Since the tree is real and existing that would mean that his god is a real and existing god.
Christians worship the Supreme God which is, ‘the cause of all creation’. Love of Christ in our hearts leads to community’s prayers which are answered with blessings including prosperity. The Holy Spirit gives us moral strength and is recognized as the Christian communities guiding influence.
From a science perspective; ‘the cause of all creation’, originates from the laws of Nature. Social morals and ethics give rise to a stable society capable of social endeavors. In addition, Emotional Intelligent is responsible for the needed communication in any complex social environment.
From a scientific viewpoint the worshiped Christian God is a real and existing Supreme God. Sustaining the universe, this all-powerful, present and knowing God is described by the Laws of Nature. The included source of All -Good is made evident when the Laws of Nature are used solely for the benefit of man’s survival and prosperity. The Holy Spirit accommodates this process of moral goodness and advanced communication.
With this understanding, Atheism is no longer considered rational as there is now scientific evidence for the opposite view. It must be said that this view of God is not the regular supernatural view of God since science does not associate with the supernatural. With this understanding the Christian God is a real, existing God; Not supernatural. It is the lack of knowledge of the natural universe that has led to the terms, ‘supernatural’ and ‘miraculous’, to explain the unknown.
Many Believers will not comprehend or endorse this view of a non-supernatural supreme God. Regardless, science evidence reveals that, 'Worshiping Christ which is in your heart leads to answered prayers'.
God is the exactly definition of a 5th dimensional extraterrestrial. Now
we have 2 options. Either we run away screaming, which might be the
wisest thing to do, or we fall to our knees in front of the alien and worship
him, even though he is actually invisible. How do you decide? I'm already
running!
😱
This question is Where dispensationslist and av kjv Bible believers win all debates.
Listed below is a piece from 'Saved by the Light of the Buddha Within'...
My new understandings of what many call 'God -The Holy Spirit' - resulting from some of the extraordinary ongoing after-effects relating to my NDE...
Myoho-Renge-Kyo represents the identity of what some scientists are now referring to as the unified field of consciousnesses. In other words, it’s the essence of all existence and non-existence - the ultimate creative force behind planets, stars, nebulae, people, animals, trees, fish, birds, and all phenomena, manifest or latent. All matter and intelligence are simply waves or ripples manifesting to and from this core source. Consciousness (enlightenment) is itself the actual creator of everything that exists now, ever existed in the past, or will exist in the future - right down to the minutest particles of dust - each being an individual ripple or wave.
The big difference between chanting Nam-Myoho-Renge-Kyo and most other conventional prayers is that instead of depending on a ‘middleman’ to connect us to our state of inner enlightenment, we’re able to do it ourselves. That’s because chanting Nam-Myoho-Renge-Kyo allows us to tap directly into our enlightened state by way of this self-produced sound vibration. ‘Who or What Is God?’ If we compare the concept of God being a separate entity that is forever watching down on us, to the teachings of Nichiren, it makes more sense to me that the true omnipotence, omniscience and omnipresence of what most people perceive to be God, is the fantastic state of enlightenment that exists within each of us. Some say that God is an entity that’s beyond physical matter - I think that the vast amount of information continuously being conveyed via electromagnetic waves in today’s world gives us proof of how an invisible state of God could indeed exist.
For example, it’s now widely known that specific data relayed by way of electromagnetic waves has the potential to help bring about extraordinary and powerful effects - including an instant global awareness of something or a mass emotional reaction. It’s also common knowledge that these invisible waves can easily be used to detonate a bomb or to enable NASA to control the movements of a robot as far away as the Moon or Mars - none of which is possible without a receiver to decode the information that’s being transmitted. Without the receiver, the data would remain impotent. In a very similar way, we need to have our own ‘receiver’ switched on so that we can activate a clear and precise understanding of our own life, all other life and what everything else in existence is.
Chanting Nam-Myoho-Renge-Kyo each day helps us to achieve this because it allows us to reach the core of our enlightenment and keep it switched on. That’s because Myoho-Renge-Kyo represents the identity of what scientists now refer to as the unified field of consciousnesses. To break it down - Myoho represents the Law of manifestation and latency (Nature) and consists of two alternating states. For example, the state of Myo is where everything in life that’s not obvious to us exists - including our stored memories when we’re not thinking about them - our hidden potential and inner emotions whenever they’re dormant - our desires, our fears, our wisdom, happiness, karma - and more importantly, our enlightenment.
The other state, ho, is where everything in Life exists whenever it becomes evident to us, such as when a thought pops up from within our memory - whenever we experience or express our emotions - or whenever a good or bad cause manifests as an effect from our karma. When anything becomes apparent, it merely means that it’s come out of the state of Myo (dormancy/latency) and into a state of ho (manifestation). It’s the difference between consciousness and unconsciousness, being awake or asleep, or knowing and not knowing.
The second law - Renge - Ren meaning cause and ge meaning effect, governs and controls the functions of Myoho - these two laws of Myoho and Renge, not only function together simultaneously but also underlies all spiritual and physical existence.
The final and third part of the tri-combination - Kyo, is the Law that allows Myoho to integrate with Renge - or vice versa. It’s the great, invisible thread of energy that fuses and connects all Life and matter - as well as the past, present and future. It’s also sometimes termed the Universal Law of Communication - perhaps it could even be compared with the string theory that many scientists now suspect exists.
Just as the cells in our body, our thoughts, feelings and everything else is continually fluctuating within us - all that exists in the world around us and beyond is also in a constant state of flux - constantly controlled by these three fundamental laws. In fact, more things are going back and forth between the two states of Myo and ho in a single moment than it would ever be possible to calculate or describe. And it doesn’t matter how big or small, famous or trivial anything or anyone may appear to be, everything that’s ever existed in the past, exists now or will exist in the future, exists only because of the workings of the Laws ‘Myoho-Renge-Kyo’ - the basis of the four fundamental forces, and if they didn’t function, neither we nor anything else could go on existing. That’s because all forms of existence, including the seasons, day, night, birth, death and so on, are moving forward in an ongoing flow of continuation - rhythmically reverting back and forth between the two fundamental states of Myo and ho in absolute accordance with Renge - and by way of Kyo. Even stars are dying and being reborn under the workings of what the combination ‘Myoho-Renge-Kyo’ represents. Nam, or Namu - which mean the same thing, are vibrational passwords or keys that allow us to reach deep into our life and fuse with or become one with ‘Myoho-Renge-Kyo’.
On a more personal level, nothing ever happens by chance or coincidence, it’s the causes that we’ve made in our past, or are presently making, that determine how these laws function uniquely in each of our lives - as well as the environment from moment to moment. By facing east, in harmony with the direction that the Earth is spinning, and chanting Nam-Myoho-Renge-Kyo for a minimum of, let’s say, ten minutes daily to start with, any of us can experience actual proof of its positive effects in our lives - even if it only makes us feel good on the inside, there will be a definite positive effect. That’s because we’re able to pierce through the thickest layers of our karma and activate our inherent Buddha Nature (our enlightened state). By so doing, we’re then able to bring forth the wisdom and good fortune that we need to challenge, overcome and change our adverse circumstances - turn them into positive ones - or manifest and gain even greater fulfilment in our daily lives from our accumulated good karma. This also allows us to bring forth the wisdom that can free us from the ignorance and stupidity that’s preventing us from accepting and being proud of the person that we indeed are - regardless of our race, colour, gender or sexuality. We’re also able to see and understand our circumstances and the environment far more clearly, as well as attract and connect with any needed external beneficial forces and situations. As I’ve already mentioned, everything is subject to the law of Cause and Effect - the ‘actual-proof-strength’ resulting from chanting Nam-Myoho-Renge-Kyo always depends on our determination, sincerity and dedication.
For example, the levels of difference could be compared to making a sound on a piano, creating a melody, producing a great song, and so on. Something else that’s very important to always respect and acknowledge is that the Law (or if you prefer God) is in everyone and everything.
NB: There are frightening and disturbing sounds, and there are tranquil and relaxing sounds. It’s the emotional result of any noise or sound that can trigger off a mood or even instantly change one. When chanting Nam-Myoho-Renge-Kyo each day, we are producing a sound vibration that’s the password to our true inner-self - this soon becomes apparent when you start reassessing your views on various things - such as your fears and desires etc. The best way to get the desired result when chanting is not to view things conventionally - rather than reaching out to an external source, we need to reach into our own lives and bring our needs and desires to fruition from within - including the good fortune and strength to achieve any help that we may need. Chanting Nam-Myoho-Renge-Kyo also reaches out externally and draws us towards, or draws towards us, what we need to make us happy from our environment. For example, it helps us to be in the right place at the right time - to make better choices and decisions and so forth. We need to think of it as a seed within us that we’re watering and bringing sunshine to for it to grow, blossom and bring forth fruit or flowers. It’s also important to understand that everything we need in life, including the answer to every question and the potential to achieve every dream, already exists within us.
Ever heard or experienced karma? I think people who have experienced karma know that there is a higher power which we like to call it as God. I think if we ask what is Karma then may be it will take us more closer to of knowing about God. Also I think Mr.Robert should ask questions to people of different ethnicities and try to know thier point of view also, asking questions to only a particular ethnic group is kind of a narrow way of looking at things....
The word Karma means action.
Reality cannot be self-contradictory. On the other hand, reality is understood in terms of emergent layers of abstraction. The same statement or word used at different levels can have a different meaning and sound, on the face of it, contradictory. That is why it is important to have an awareness of levels of abstraction. "A finite number of words must be used to represent an infinite number of things and possibilities." Lee
Such a trivial question
It is only natural and logical for God to explain himself in nature and primarily in written form, (we can't with our limited mortal minds expect to ''know God'' on our own)
If God had even only 1% part in the creation of the known universe, than God is so powerful and mysterious, it would be his responsibility to reveal himself to us
and make that first introduction: So the real question in a way is, how can we prove that Christianity has the best supernatural understanding of God's nature?
Is there a way to see the supernatural fingerprints of God's nature in the creation and maintenance of the bible for example ?
"God" is the most antique word for granting entity to unknown powers. Growing out of it will lead to H. sapiens.
to pretend or not to pretend... No. Faith is like pretending really really hard.
It's not complicated.
A Theist is a person who believes that a God exists.
An Atheist is a person who does not believe that a God exists. We've assessed the claim that a God exists, and determined that we don't believe it.
A primitive human construct originally used to explain mankind but later used to control him!
This level of inquiry is useless. Ultimately, people's understanding of God becomes a simple hierarchy of status and ability. To wit: God must be larger and greater than I am, so I'll imagine him as having more power and ability than I possess.
But the nature of God must transend any scale of magnitude we could imagine. He says that as far as the heavens are above the earth, his thoughts are above our thoughts. We always look to scales of power.
A better question would be, "What is God's ultimate goal in creating the universe, the earth, and us?" If God is perfect, all-powerful, and self-sufficient in himself, why would he need us?
Our role must be bound up in his will. We must play a greater part in his heart's desire than religion understands. Our purpose must be other than going to a heaven that is filled with earthly delights, greeting our past-on relatives, singing and playing harps for eternity.
What would fundamentally satisfy us as human beings for a 1,000 years, let alone eternity?
I am not able to sleep without listening to one of the episode daily.
Wife threating to file divorce if I don't stop.
Please stop publishing addicted content 😂
As conveyed in the Bible God is a personal being that knows every strand of hair on our body. Everything we know as humans is possible through wisdom and understanding. Through this we gain knowledge. If God was not personal we would have no knowledge of him. Our knowledge would just be rooted in materialism.
One Step Away As your knowledge is rooted in fantasy?
What is the being
Agree, great videos to feed our thoughts.! 🙃
I wish y'all would interview some Muslim scholars on theirs view on God
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Great thoughts, we should consider deeply. Thank you again Robert.
Hare Krisna
As always great content and as always too many adds and overbearing background sound!
god is the psychological recreation of an imagined father figure to ease anxiety.
Nonsense