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Originally Posted by DeuceKicker
This is the second time you've used this curious phrasing. Asking about evidence for a god's existence is pretty straightforward, but what does "existence is divine" mean?
What would you (and scientists, for that matter) accept as evidence for a god's existence? Imagine if the bible came to life before you, right now,
and Jesus snapped with his fingers and turned water into wine and snapped with his fingers again and a person who had been dead for three days came back to life... would that be evidence for a god's existence?
(I don't believe in the literal interpretation of those "miracles", btw).
I could ask, "does God exist?".
But the problem for me with that phrasing is that "God" and "the Totality of Existence" are basically synonyms to me... so the question "does God exist?" make it sound like "God" and "Existence" are two separate and distinguishable "things".
I only use the word "God" to refer to an Existence that is
really alive and conscious -- "ensouled" if you will.
So when I ask, "is existence divine?", I am asking, "Is life and consciousness
really essential "parts" of Existence.. or are they just random illusions caused by a blind chemical process?
Please note that I take evolution and the big bang for granted...
But to me it is not a question of "either/or". As if, "EITHER evolution happened OR God created the world...". lol!
As if evolution and the big bang are evidence against "the divinity of existence".
If anything, they inspire even more wonder and mystery!
Of course, they are evidence that the world is not six thousand years old and all life was not created in a week...
but that concept of a "bearded creator" is a very low concept of "God".
When atheists target that "God" they are attacking a very low target, imo.
The real question, to me, is life and consciousness.
Is life and consciousness real? Then existence is divine.
Is life and consciousness basically nothing but a random illusion caused by a blind chemical process? Then existence is not divine.
Last edited by Zamadhi; 07-11-2017 at 06:38 AM.