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A Disturbance in the Force
alkhemst said:I wonder if the idea the creator is all that exists is correct. It could be the same as saying we individually are all our material body, which a lot of people see as a fact too. For me, free will appears to be intrinsically connected to being created as independent souls,
Why do you think we are independent souls?
a said:ie God exists
separate to us,
Why do you think that?
a said:or closer that God's existence is not determined by us
Why do you think that?
a said:and the choices we make with the free will that we have.
Why do you think we have free will? It's obvious that mechanical man can have no free will, not really.
a said:It doesn't seem logical to me at least, that an infinitely intelligent creator would create beings to her own potential detriment.
What evidence do you have that it is to anyone's detriment, much less 'the creator'?
a said:Of course this is my unlearnt perspective, and I know my intellectual reasoning is not enough to really "get" it anyway. All the same it 's a topic that fascinates me. And I do agree too with the above mention, it instills a sense of awe in me also.
Is awe the same thing as confusion?
My point is that there are a LOT of assumptions going on in this thread (certainly not limited to you, alkhemst, so don't feel picked on) - so why spend so much energy wandering around in the dark describing how dark it is? Until our perspective widens, we simply cannot answer these questions, though we most certainly can use them as a distraction from figuring out ourselves.