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ready_fire_aim

Soul Food, part 2

Jun 01, 2005 09:20

For those of you just tuning in, this is the second part of a really long train of thought on the existence of an ‘immortal soul.’ It will make a lot more sense if you read part one before jumping into this post ( Read more... )

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ordinary_cliche June 1 2005, 19:39:00 UTC

wow -and I thought I was a deep thinker! can't wait to see the rest

wewearthemask June 1 2005, 22:41:15 UTC

First of all, I cannot possible hope to respond to all, or even a majority of your points, so I will reserve responses only for the most interesting of points ( ... )

part deux wewearthemask June 1 2005, 22:41:46 UTC

*pauses, considering whether or not to go off on huge tangent. what the hell* Consider this: As science progresses, we will learn more and more about the rules of the universe, refining and condenscing our knowledge for as long as humanity continues. Given the current exponential rate of discovery, it is not illogical (in fact it is very probable) that humanity will unearth or discover pretty much all laws governing the physics of the universe in a relatively short time (short in the GRAND scheme of things, which may be many many generations down the road). But nevertheless, we are once again presented with two options: Either humans learn EVERY law there is to know in the universe (and thus can predict EVERY event ever to take place so long as there is enough data) or humans will know some awful 99.999999% of the laws of phsyics but will continually be stumped by the inherent randomness of the universe. Again, the two scenarios point to two different possibilities. The first obviously points to a much simpler, straightforard universe ( ... )

Re: part deux ready_fire_aim June 2 2005, 18:09:51 UTC

One of the causes of the rise of postmodern thought is that science has already found that there are fewer universal laws and more universal paradoxes than they originally thought. using your argument, what if science finds that there are no true absolutes ( ... )

Re: part deux wewearthemask June 2 2005, 21:27:45 UTC

I suppose one could look at it that way. However, I have found that it is those truly intelligent people that ask questions about the universe that usually come up with the more "out there" ideas. Such as...

Where did the universe come from? WHY do the physical laws work the way they do? And, of course, others.

It is, paradoxically, very logical to conclude that SOMETHING, not necessarily god, exists beyond the scope of human understanding due to such questions. Or it is at least very logical to admit that we just don't know.

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royalscottish June 2 2005, 17:09:47 UTC

A gay boy with a brain? I'm friending you immediately...

And now I jump into the rabbit hole writersfuel86 June 3 2005, 20:57:28 UTC

Because my responses will be quite long I am going to post a comment concerning each point I found necessary to comment on. :) I thoroughly enjoy this type of discussion. Have you ever thought of having a discussion group? Say in a coffee house, or at someone's home? Anyway, this is well written but there are a few points that I would like to discuss. Thanks! OH, and remember...no offense to your writing. These are just my own views/thoughts/opinions...unless I back them up with outside sources, obviously. You said comments were wanted. :)

EARLY MAN AND LOGIC writersfuel86 June 3 2005, 21:00:38 UTC

1) Concerning the paragraph which discusses primitive man. There were many early stages of primitive man: Australopithecus, Homo Habilis, Homo Erectus, Neandertals, and Cro-Magnon. Before Neandertals (3 Million BCE - 500,000 BC) it is thought that man didn’t have the cognitive abilities to create an afterlife. It is only with the discovery of Homo Sapiens (Neandertal) and Homo Sapiens Sapiens (Cro-Magnon and Moderns) that anthropologists began to believe that early man had the ability to create an afterlife. “They buried their dead with ceremony, which suggests they may have had religious beliefs. Discoveries of Neandertal grave sites show that they decorated their bodies with paint and flowers, possibly for religious reasons, or perhaps for beauty. These sites provide the first evidence of the use of color, and suggest the Neandertals were the first to think about the possibility of an afterlife.” Before Neandertal there is no evidence of such belief. And consequently, early man that had the ability to create an afterlife must have ( ... )