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Rank: Elder Joined: 3/19/2013 Posts: 2,552
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McReggae wrote:You can't seek God by competition in knowledge.......convergence is the only way. God is the convergence but from Him knowledge diverges.Like the sun,different rays of light observable from different places but one source.
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Rank: Elder Joined: 7/1/2011 Posts: 8,804 Location: Nairobi
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symbols wrote:digitek1 wrote:again this path leads to paradox not illumination I disagree even if there is no conclusive answer.Assuming one believes in God,tracing the question of the first Mover/Cause inevitably leads to a better understanding of existence or aspects of its nature. If the answer is conclusive, then it cannot be about God.
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Rank: Elder Joined: 6/17/2008 Posts: 23,365 Location: Nairobi
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symbols wrote:McReggae wrote:You can't seek God by competition in knowledge.......convergence is the only way. God is the convergence but from Him knowledge diverges.Like the sun,different rays of light observable from different places but one source. Many religious threads here in wazua havr not really been about seeking the most high but competition on how much one can type away......I'm sorry to say.....nothing to encourage non believers who would otherwise wanna change their ways. ..."Wewe ni mtu mdogo sana....na mwenye amekuandika pia ni mtu mdogo sana!".
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Rank: Elder Joined: 3/19/2013 Posts: 2,552
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McReggae wrote:symbols wrote:McReggae wrote:You can't seek God by competition in knowledge.......convergence is the only way. God is the convergence but from Him knowledge diverges.Like the sun,different rays of light observable from different places but one source. Many religious threads here in wazua have not really been about seeking the most high but competition on how much one can type away......I'm sorry to say.....nothing to encourage non believers who would otherwise wanna change their ways. If one doesn't believe,then there is nothing to change.
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Rank: Elder Joined: 3/19/2013 Posts: 2,552
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tycho wrote:symbols wrote:tycho wrote:symbols wrote:tycho wrote:symbols wrote:tycho wrote:symbols wrote:digitek1 wrote:how would a two year old answer this question? how about a 90 year old on his deathbed? How would God answer this question? The two year old and the ninety year old would each answer in accordance to their participation in the symbol. Nothingness would answer with silence. An answer is an action.An action implies an actor.That would imply nothingness is. Yes. It is. He is. I am. Identity. Zero. The origin. Then it ceases to be nothingness. And becomes everything. Nothing can't be everything.A vacuum can't be full. A vacuum is full of something. Just today I was learning about protons turning into neutrons, then protons and neutrons forming other more complex particles. A vacuum is a quantum field. Existence has to be boxed in.Our understanding of vacuums is flawed.The universe can't have bubbles of infinite nothingness in them.No matter how small,such bubbles would engulf the universe itself.
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Rank: Elder Joined: 3/18/2011 Posts: 12,069 Location: Kianjokoma
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tycho, is in good company of late!
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Rank: Veteran Joined: 5/11/2010 Posts: 918
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In some ways I agree with @McReggae. Let this not be a contest in wordplay. To throw around such highfalutin terms as nothingness and quantum fields may impress some here, but it may also fail to teach us anything in the end. See, for man, God has utility only if He has influence over our life. If he has such influence, it seems logical to want to understand its nature and its extent. It also seems logical to want to understand any obligations one might have with respect to God. Do I need to pray, for example, or does God simply "do his will"? Do I need to tithe? Should I expect reward for doing good or punishment for doing evil? Can God speak to me? How would I know it is His voice? Is He there at all? How can I say for sure? Do I need to be able to say for sure? See, to me, these are questions with practical value.To say that God is Nothingness, or The Ultimate, or The Beginning and The End, does not help me define what kind of relationship, if any, I ought to endeavor to develop with Him. Learn first to treat your time as you would your money, then treat your money as you do your time.
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Rank: Veteran Joined: 5/11/2010 Posts: 918
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seppuku wrote:In some ways I agree with @McReggae. Let this not be a contest in wordplay. To throw around such highfalutin terms as nothingness and quantum fields may impress some here, but it may also fail to teach us anything in the end. See, for man, God has utility only if He has influence over our life. If he has such influence, it seems logical to want to understand its nature and its extent. It also seems logical to want to understand any obligations one might have with respect to God. Do I need to pray, for example, or does God simply "do his will"? Do I need to tithe? Should I expect reward for doing good or punishment for doing evil? Can God speak to me? How would I know it is His voice? Is He there at all? How can I say for sure? Do I need to be able to say for sure? See, to me, these are questions with practical value.To say that God is Nothingness, or The Ultimate, or The Beginning and The End, does not help me define what kind of relationship, if any, I ought to endeavor to develop with Him. I know this might sound conceited, but I hold that to address the question of God in these practical terms not only serves to enlighten us in useful ways, it also delivers the philosophy to the people. For to think cannot be the preserve of the man or the woman with the most high-sounding turn of phrase. No! To think is a quality of every normal human mind. See, religion, the service and worship of the Supernatural, has caused both much good and much evil in the world. And I judge this in human terms. Simple everyday actions, such as being slow to anger because you know it would upset your God, are an example of the good things that religion can deliver to man. Big time tragedies such as Joseph Kibwetere's Inferno, on the other hand, represent the ugly side of, I dare say, thoughtless religiosity. This is why I think these questions are important. Learn first to treat your time as you would your money, then treat your money as you do your time.
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Rank: Elder Joined: 7/1/2011 Posts: 8,804 Location: Nairobi
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symbols wrote:tycho wrote:symbols wrote:tycho wrote:symbols wrote:tycho wrote:symbols wrote:tycho wrote:symbols wrote:digitek1 wrote:how would a two year old answer this question? how about a 90 year old on his deathbed? How would God answer this question? The two year old and the ninety year old would each answer in accordance to their participation in the symbol. Nothingness would answer with silence. An answer is an action.An action implies an actor.That would imply nothingness is. Yes. It is. He is. I am. Identity. Zero. The origin. Then it ceases to be nothingness. And becomes everything. Nothing can't be everything.A vacuum can't be full. A vacuum is full of something. Just today I was learning about protons turning into neutrons, then protons and neutrons forming other more complex particles. A vacuum is a quantum field. Existence has to be boxed in.Our understanding of vacuums is flawed.The universe can't have bubbles of infinite nothingness in them.No matter how small,such bubbles would engulf the universe itself. 'Existence has to be boxed in' by who or what? This boxing in is the 'religious act'. But the boundaries exist, and are 'arbitrary' limits. In the 'end' there's no word.
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Rank: Elder Joined: 7/1/2011 Posts: 8,804 Location: Nairobi
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seppuku wrote:seppuku wrote:In some ways I agree with @McReggae. Let this not be a contest in wordplay. To throw around such highfalutin terms as nothingness and quantum fields may impress some here, but it may also fail to teach us anything in the end. See, for man, God has utility only if He has influence over our life. If he has such influence, it seems logical to want to understand its nature and its extent. It also seems logical to want to understand any obligations one might have with respect to God. Do I need to pray, for example, or does God simply "do his will"? Do I need to tithe? Should I expect reward for doing good or punishment for doing evil? Can God speak to me? How would I know it is His voice? Is He there at all? How can I say for sure? Do I need to be able to say for sure? See, to me, these are questions with practical value.To say that God is Nothingness, or The Ultimate, or The Beginning and The End, does not help me define what kind of relationship, if any, I ought to endeavor to develop with Him. I know this might sound conceited, but I hold that to address the question of God in these practical terms not only serves to enlighten us in useful ways, it also delivers the philosophy to the people. For to think cannot be the preserve of the man or the woman with the most high-sounding turn of phrase. No! To think is a quality of every normal human mind. See, religion, the service and worship of the Supernatural, has caused both much good and much evil in the world. And I judge this in human terms. Simple everyday actions, such as being slow to anger because you know it would upset your God, are an example of the good things that religion can deliver to man. Big time tragedies such as Joseph Kibwetere's Inferno, on the other hand, represent the ugly side of, I dare say, thoughtless religiosity. This is why I think these questions are important. Utility is the cornerstone of religion; but a God that is utilized isn't God. Utility implies the utilizing self; selfish desire. Can God speak to Man? If the person denies his desire and self, what remains? 'God's word'. Should one tithe? Tithing is a reminder to self denial, and submission to God. It is Man who needs it not God. Should one expect to be rewarded for being good? 'Goodness' is its own reward. Evil, its own punishment. For example, can a plane be, without obeying aerodynamic 'laws'? What is prayer? Prayer is denying of the 'self' and submission to the nothing that is everything. Prayer is also a communal reminder of identity. Being sure that God exists, is creating an idol that one can defend with his/her ego. So is not being sure that God exists also idol worship! Hence the injunction of Zen; if you meet the Buddha, kill him!
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Rank: Elder Joined: 7/1/2011 Posts: 8,804 Location: Nairobi
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McReggae wrote:symbols wrote:McReggae wrote:You can't seek God by competition in knowledge.......convergence is the only way. God is the convergence but from Him knowledge diverges.Like the sun,different rays of light observable from different places but one source. Many religious threads here in wazua havr not really been about seeking the most high but competition on how much one can type away......I'm sorry to say.....nothing to encourage non believers who would otherwise wanna change their ways. The competition arises because God has been made a part of ego. If the ego was killed, then I doubt if there'd be believers and, or non believers.
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Rank: Elder Joined: 10/4/2006 Posts: 13,822 Location: Nairobi
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this thread is going no where - why are you searching for the living amoung the dead? All Mushrooms are edible! Some Mushroom are only edible ONCE!
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Rank: Elder Joined: 7/1/2011 Posts: 8,804 Location: Nairobi
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masukuma wrote:this thread is going no where - why are you searching for the living amoung the dead? Shouldn't it head to 'nowhere'? Or it shouldn't move at all. Moses saw a 'part of His flesh'. What did Moses see? Himself; a portion of His flesh.
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Rank: Elder Joined: 7/1/2011 Posts: 8,804 Location: Nairobi
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'Searching for the living among the dead'.
Paradoxically, this is the only way to freedom. Christ's mission. The disciple's mission.
All religions converge here.
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Rank: Member Joined: 10/27/2010 Posts: 266 Location: Nairobi
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[quote=seppuku]Yes, seriously. Who is God? What is your perception of him?
Marduk,Enki,Enlil,Isis,Asis,Ra,Thor,Zeus,Yahweh,Allah,Elohim,Ogun,....The more, the merrier.
Or if you are: Moses- The creature that appeared to him in Exodus 24:10, 33:8-20
Ezekiel-The creatures that appeared to him in flying crafts. Ezekiel 1:4-26
Bill Gates/Ted Turner- Nothing.
Make your pick.
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Rank: Elder Joined: 7/1/2011 Posts: 8,804 Location: Nairobi
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Caramba wrote:[quote=seppuku]Yes, seriously. Who is God? What is your perception of him?
Marduk,Enki,Enlil,Isis,Asis,Ra,Thor,Zeus,Yahweh,Allah,Elohim,Ogun,....The more, the merrier.
Or if you are: Moses- The creature that appeared to him in Exodus 24:10, 33:8-20
Ezekiel-The creatures that appeared to him in flying crafts. Ezekiel 1:4-26
Bill Gates/Ted Turner- Nothing.
Make your pick.
'Picking' God is an impossibility. To make God a commodity. The picker becomes the God that hides from himself. A false God. An idol. Sin, is twisted psychology.
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Rank: Veteran Joined: 7/5/2010 Posts: 2,061 Location: Nairobi
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What we need is a Philosophy section in Wazualand  , so that these Zen masters and cool philosophers can wax lyrical to their hearts' content. I suggest we call it "The Abstract". Ever walked into a group of men arguing about their cars? Sometimes this is what these threads feel like. Please do not get lost in your own arguments, oh great ones. Somebody once said if you fly too high, you are likely to run out of air and come crashing down. Abstract everything and very little of use comes out.
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Rank: Elder Joined: 7/1/2011 Posts: 8,804 Location: Nairobi
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quicksand wrote:What we need is a Philosophy section in Wazualand  , so that these Zen masters and cool philosophers can wax lyrical to their hearts' content. I suggest we call it "The Abstract". Ever walked into a group of men arguing about their cars? Sometimes this is what these threads feel like. Please do not get lost in your own arguments, oh great ones. Somebody once said if you fly too high, you are likely to run out of air and come crashing down. Abstract everything and very little of use comes out. 'Abstract'. 'Apart from concrete existence'. 'Concrete existence' is death. Water is abstraction. In my flight of abstraction I find this: (Entropy + Ergodicity) forming and transforming, spreading to infinity = 'God' = Nothing = Everything = Life = Love = Water = Sun.
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Rank: Elder Joined: 7/1/2011 Posts: 8,804 Location: Nairobi
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@quicksand, and I say this: If you fly high enough, and fast enough, it is probable that you'll get into the point of oneness, and be the Sun itself.
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Rank: Veteran Joined: 7/5/2010 Posts: 2,061 Location: Nairobi
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tycho wrote:quicksand wrote:What we need is a Philosophy section in Wazualand  , so that these Zen masters and cool philosophers can wax lyrical to their hearts' content. I suggest we call it "The Abstract". Ever walked into a group of men arguing about their cars? Sometimes this is what these threads feel like. Please do not get lost in your own arguments, oh great ones. Somebody once said if you fly too high, you are likely to run out of air and come crashing down. Abstract everything and very little of use comes out. 'Abstract'. 'Apart from concrete existence'. 'Concrete existence' is death. Water is abstraction. In my flight of abstraction I find this: (Entropy + Ergodicity) forming and transforming, spreading to infinity = 'God' = Nothing = Everything = Life = Love = Water = Sun. @tycho, you are proving my point brilliantly. You could have replied in Mandarin and I would be just as lost 
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