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Reminds me of the Douglas Adams quote: “This is rather as if you imagine a puddle waking up one morning and thinking, 'This is an interesting world I find myse

by F_J_H 7y ago

Reminds me of the Douglas Adams quote: “This is rather as if you imagine a puddle waking up one morning and thinking, 'This is an interesting world I find myself in — an interesting hole I find myself in — fits me rather neatly, doesn't it? In fact it fits me staggeringly well, must have been made to have me in it!'"

Koshkin 7y ago
... and then it dries out.
AceJohnny2 7y ago
Anthropic Principle: "a philosophical consideration that observations of the universe must be compatible with the conscious and sapient life that observes it, and that there is hence a survivorship bias." https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anthropic_principle https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anthropic_principle
- schwurb 7y ago
  I concluded this early in my life, which makes me a minority amongst beliefers. I believe in God and that creatìon shows occasional traces of his genious, but I don't think they are unambigous enough to warrant the christian god as a necessary conclusion.
  - acjohnson55 7y ago
    I feel similar. Although, I don't believe in God so much as a belief in some form of intelligent design. Or I guess, the belief that existence has some kind of reason, and hopefully, my conscious mind does too.
    - schwurb 7y ago
      I feel that the christian God fits this bill especially well, when you look at him a bit more abstractly: He is able to give purpose (does care and is something absolute rather than mending to what one particular human beliefs), is interested in staying in contact with his creation (as opposed to deistic Gods), values existence so high that 1) it should be contiued eternally and 2) not in a replaced, but a renewed form. Many christians, many opinions, but I feel confident in this faith. I can recommend C.S.Lewis, who is great about putting God, heaven, hell in terms that make sense and don't reek of religious fanaticism. I would be Buddhist if I would not be christian, but I am glad I can be christian. If what I believe is true, then boy are we lucky!

by F_J_H 7y ago

Koshkin 7y ago

... and then it dries out.

AceJohnny2 7y ago

Anthropic Principle: "a philosophical consideration that observations of the universe must be compatible with the conscious and sapient life that observes it, and that there is hence a survivorship bias." https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anthropic_principle https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anthropic_principle

schwurb 7y ago
I concluded this early in my life, which makes me a minority amongst beliefers. I believe in God and that creatìon shows occasional traces of his genious, but I don't think they are unambigous enough to warrant the christian god as a necessary conclusion.
- acjohnson55 7y ago
  I feel similar. Although, I don't believe in God so much as a belief in some form of intelligent design. Or I guess, the belief that existence has some kind of reason, and hopefully, my conscious mind does too.
  - schwurb 7y ago
    I feel that the christian God fits this bill especially well, when you look at him a bit more abstractly: He is able to give purpose (does care and is something absolute rather than mending to what one particular human beliefs), is interested in staying in contact with his creation (as opposed to deistic Gods), values existence so high that 1) it should be contiued eternally and 2) not in a replaced, but a renewed form. Many christians, many opinions, but I feel confident in this faith. I can recommend C.S.Lewis, who is great about putting God, heaven, hell in terms that make sense and don't reek of religious fanaticism. I would be Buddhist if I would not be christian, but I am glad I can be christian. If what I believe is true, then boy are we lucky!