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Old 06-21-2007, 11:36 PM
Ygorl Ygorl is offline
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Originally Posted by Pat_88 View Post
This is what i beleive, and it makes me feel happier about the world. for ages i swung between atheist and agnostic and god knows what else (forgive the irony of that remark) but i finally came to a conclusion that is pretty much atheist but a little left of center. So here we go;

I don't think there is one intelligent entity or deity influencing us all or but rather this 'god' (and i use the word loosley) or better yet 'spirit of the universe' is inherently the mathematical presicion and interconnectedness that governs all things and all that exists. Not by design or choice, but by sheer quantum physical probability and improbability colliding. but my beleifs are not purley athestic defined with alternative expression, because i beleive that the universe has a kind of 'telos' or final end to it which is the 'great good' that drives the universe and gives it purpose and a vague kind of personality. it functions in equilibrium with everything and is not aware of itself. It is you and me and everything around us. we are it and it is us. we are in a sense,along with everything else, god incarnate. we are all connected to this great spirit of the universe, a by product of it's seemingly random presicion. As i said before, i use the word god loosley, for me it means: "Life, the universe, and everything."

Anyway, it took me a long time to gather my beleif.
So, you still think about it it sounds like. This is good.

What you said (highlighted) struck me though.

Intelligence as defined by us humans might have little or no applicability to any "deity" or "entity".

That's the thing. We may not even be capable of thinking about it in ways that LEAD to a meaningful understanding of it. We can only apply what we know. Anthropomorphising in a way.

Anyways, this doesn't mean I'm saying it's pointless to think about (like some conclude).
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