rofl
ok
so one more time, im gonna shut you down and prove you wrong.
and yes
You Are
Done after this
the full blog
___________________________________________________________
Sunday, January 28, 2007
God is existence
So its been a bit since I last posted and that last blog about comparing existence and God seemed a bit confusing to me. The point that I am trying to make is that existence is everywhere and in all things, even in things or concepts like nothing and nowhere. These also partake in existence. I cannot really describe this all that well and I must meditate on this further but I invite you all to do the same. ask your self is there any place or thing or whatever that existence is not somehow a part of? And do we not say that this is a property of our concept of God? Think about it and tell me what you think.
Some more thoughts on this subject. If it is the case that there is nothing or noplace that is beyond the reach or influence of existence, then existence by its very nature, would be all knowing. The ever-present nature of existence, everywhere in all things, would grant it unique access to everywhere and all things. from this access it could derive a total knowledge of all thing and this would transend space and time as well. Of course this would only follow if existence somehow had some kind of knowing capacity. It seems clear that the nature of existence would allow for this capacity in its ever-presentness, but proving that this capacity was fulfilled by existence having an intellect would be difficult and I am unsure of how to proccede on that point. Perhaps it is only something that can be revealed. Existence would have to stand up and say 'I am not a cold random force I am God and I know you and all things intamatly because I am intamatlly a part of all things'...
Something going on there... Think about it and let me know what you think.
2:44 PM
0 Comments
(
Add Comment) |
0 Kudos (
Give Kudos)
2 Kudos1 Kudos0 Kudos
Friday, January 12, 2007
God Does Not Exist
In my last blog on this subject I tried to show the diffrence between God existing and God as existence. I believe that this is the proper way to approch the concept of God from a philosophical perspective. Now some thoughts on the similarities between the properties of God and of existence per se.
God is omnipresent so existence must also be omnipresent. In all things that have existence, there existence is. So existence is in all things that exist, be they part of the physical universe of matter from atoms to galaxies, or less physical things like forces, gravity, time, energy etc, or purely spiritual entities to include the possible existence of angels or demons. All things that exists, either potentially or actually (from our percpective) partake in existence in some fashion. Therefore from the stand point of existence all things that for us either potential or actual exist, actully exist. Every thought or imagination that we have exists as something all be it just a mental image. Given this anything that our imagination can concieve of from multiple universes to multiple variations of our own, like that old sci-fi show sliders, partakes in existence. Therefore existemce is some how eternal and everpresent.
More on this later
9:18 AM
0 Comments
(
Add Comment) |
0 Kudos (
Give Kudos)
2 Kudos1 Kudos0 Kudos
Monday, January 08, 2007
God Does not Exist
So the little quote I made about God not existing may have raised some eyebrows from those who know me. So I will explain my thoughts here.
By asking whether or not God exists by default the question assumes that God and existence are two seperate things. It assumes that existence is some property outside of, and external to, God; which he either possesses or does not possess. This is not the understanding of the God of Abraham worshiped by billions of Christians, Jews, and Muslims worldwide. The God of Abraham that spoke to Moses in the burning bush said, when asked what his name was, "I am that I am" (or something to this effect). What God was saying here literaly is that who I am and what I am are the same, I exist because I am existence. The greatness and supremecey of God's being requires that there be nothing greater. God is not
a supreme being, God does not exist
as a being, God
IS being, God
IS existence.
All this talk is only a clarification of the true concept of what God is. For Christians, like myself, this understanding of God makes the question, does God exist? meaningless. But for those who still have no faith or do not believe, this clarification does not solve or prove anything new really. It simply moves the debate from questions of God's existence? to questions of the relation between our concepts of existence and of God. Are they the same thing? Does existence share all the qualities and properties of God? How do we go about answering these kinds of questions? I will attempt to move into this arena of thought next time.
God Bless
9:41 AM
0 Comments
(
Add Comment) |
0 Kudos (
Give Kudos)
2 Kudos1 Kudos0 Kudos
Friday, January 05, 2007
First Blog
Current mood:
calm
Category: Jobs, Work, Careers
Ok, so this is my first trip into the world of online/myspace blogging. My profile pic at this time is me sitting behind a .50cal in Kosovo in 2000. I have long since been discharged from the Marines and I am currently involved in the application proccess to become a Benedictine Monk at St. Martin's Abbey in Lacey Wa. This blog thing might be a good place to put out some of my thoughts and experiences as I make this spiritual journey. So enjoy and God bless!
