Pursuing Gods existance is something I cannot not do. That is exactly my experience.

@PatrickLHolley

2 жыл бұрын

I respect that. I would be interested, for my own growth, what factor or factors lead you to discard the idea of wondering whether there is a God? Than you for considering my question.

@PatrickLHolley

2 жыл бұрын

@Mitch Raemsch Thats one way of speculating about it. But here is a question for you. Though there is a mathmatical equation for gravity, that only seems to be an expression of its regularity, not what created it. Wouldn't you agree? We have mathmatical equations for the laws of nature and the relationship between energy and matter, but that does not tell us what sustains those regularities. What do you think?

@PatrickLHolley

2 жыл бұрын

@Mitch Raemsch Math, I don't think is a "thing". It is a construction that enables us to quantify the regularities we experience. But math does demonstrate to us the stability self-consistency and precision of the realities we observe. I could be wrong about this, but it seems to me that humans have created language and math as a way to organize our conception of realities and to communicate them back and forth to one another. They also serve as methods for continuing our curiosity about the reality in which we find ourselves.

@PatrickLHolley

2 жыл бұрын

@Mitch Raemsch I think that the struggle between evil forces and God is the cause of the regularities we see. How about you?

@moses777exodus

Жыл бұрын

Over the millennia, connotations of the word "God" have become so deteriorated. The terms Consciousness / Mind / Intelligence seem more relevant for these types of discussions. It seems that the concept of God is not experimentally testable. However, evidence for the effects of Consciousness / Mind / Intelligence are scientifically demonstrable. *_“… Every one who is seriously engaged in the pursuit of science becomes convinced that the laws of nature manifest the existence of a spirit vastly superior to that of men, and one in the face of which we with our modest powers must feel humble.”_* Albert Einstein (1879 - 1955), founder of modern physics (Theory of Relativity inter alia) and 1921 Nobel prize winner Laws of the Universe exist Independent of anyone's personal beliefs in the existence of the Laws of the Universe. Just as man-made laws govern society globally, Universal Laws govern the entire Universe. Un-directed random material natural processes have never been observed or experimentally demonstrated to be capable of producing any form of laws. As scientifically confirmed, non-material laws are the product of only Mind / Consciousness / Intelligence.

This is so much better than listening to an atheist and a theist debate each other.

I have been teaching Philosophy to University of the Third Age for 30 years - since retirement from school teaching. Closer to Truth is the most comprehensive and authoritative resource available with leading thinkers interviewed skilfully and respectfully by Laurence Krauss, on the most relevant and current questions of universal importance.

@dawnheffernan1408

Жыл бұрын

My own reply. A typo error. Not Laurence Krauss, Lawrence Kuhn. Dawn Heffernan.

@njeyasreedharan

3 ай бұрын

Krauss and Kuhn. Two very different minds and bodies but very similar souls. A good example of Duality and Nonduality.

@James-ll3jb

8 күн бұрын

Krauss is a phoney. "University of the Third Age"? Ok.....😅

This show is so addicting.

@UmbroKhan

2 жыл бұрын

Why doesn’t he debate with a Muslim? Islam has is answers

@jedi4049

2 жыл бұрын

@@UmbroKhan nah it is an abomination

@keithmetcalf5548

Жыл бұрын

So addicting!

@itshoma

Жыл бұрын

@@UmbroKhan He could but God is one for all abrahamic

@oskarngo9138

9 ай бұрын

This show is pathetic ... 1. It doesn’t answer anything.. 2. It implies the existence of something “Special” about humans ... even thou humans are Not special.. 3. It implies the God....when No Evidence exists... 4. Scarcity; Evolution”; Climate Change; Global Pollution/Environmental Damage; Geo-Political Conflicts; Overpopulation; etc... ...all demonstrate that humans are just animals from “Savage-Evolution” .... ... there is No magic or divine spark nor God....

Kudos for not having so many commercial interruptions.

@Ploskkky

3 жыл бұрын

An add blocker will free you from adds forever. I have not seen an add on youtube since the invention of of stone tools.

@21stCenturyDub

3 жыл бұрын

@@Ploskkky not on mobile unfortunately

This guy is very professional and ambitious. He's walking on a road of big answers.

What an absolute joy this episode was. Absolutely blown away. Thank you.

@PatrickLHolley

2 жыл бұрын

Yes!!

@chilluminati1292

Жыл бұрын

R.i.p buddy.

Last statement is so well put and beautifully said. A struggle we all have.

“Help! I need a sceptic.” Put that on a shirt.

@DrMukeshChauhan

3 жыл бұрын

God does exist. Robert God can be seen. It had taken me 14 yrs to search for and find Original God. Basic knowledge facilitates seeing God...if we meet I will describe the exact technique or method to show how to see God who lives in separate Quantum Universe

We want a closed loop in logic with a model for creativity ,complexity and consciousness ,all inclusive .

“Is God willing to prevent evil, but not able? Then he is not omnipotent. Is he able, but not willing? Then he is malevolent. Is he both able and willing? Then whence cometh evil? Is he neither able nor willing? Then why call him God?” - Epicurus (341 - 270 BCE)

The spectre of death immediately raises questions about meaning.

Wow, amazing Lawrence... You appear to have the honesty, integrity and enthusiasm of the prophets in persuit of the truth... Keep going, good man... You're a sterling example of how best to approach the God issue, I think... GOD BLESS.

This was an excellent episode of this series... possibly _the_ best, for tying all the arguments and justifiable bases relating to belief in God into a coherent summary. I am with Kuhn in every way, both in my unwillingness to dismiss the question he is asking as “unanswerable” and therefore not worth asking, or as unresolvable through processes of human cognition, in the context of “epistemic distance” (which I find a very useful concept). I was also able to resolve through this episode my curiosity whether Kuhn is Jewish, which I have often wondered. There is something about the style and nature of his intellectual curiosity that struck me as characteristically Jewish, yet I had nothing more to base this on than weak, circumstantial evidence. When he showed the two pictures of himself at a young age at the very beginning of this episode, I stopped the video and backed up to look at them again, to see if there was any evidence I might be missing, but found none, so I moved on. But then, at the end, he showed the same pictures again, but indicated they were from his Bar Mitzvah, I finally had the clear evidence I was looking for. This question could have been answered in other ways, had I undertaken the effort, but I was happy to have come across it in the way that i did. My screen name on KZread, MendTheWorld, is adapted from the Jewish concept of Tikkun Olam, a dictate I constantly strive to fulfill, and part of the way I have done this is through the pursuit of science and scientific understanding, which I have long regarded as having a religious dimension. (and NOT in the disparaging way that science deniers describe what they incorrectly perceive as unwarranted belief as “religion”. They understand nothing about science _or_ religion.) I also appreciated the reference to abductive reasoning (referred to here not by that term, but as “inference to the best explanation”. This is essentially the _only_ form of reasoning used in geology, which is the branch of science in which I was educated, but I’ve concluded (as others have as well), that abduction is the _only_ form of logical reasoning that is actually available to us. As a form of inference (perhaps better described as a concatenation of inferences), it is subject to all the inherent limitations of inference in general, as described definitively by David Hume, yet remains our only option for acquiring what we perceive to be “knowledge”. It never occurred to me that abductive reasoning might be used as a means of inferring God’s existence. I’m not sure i’m sold on that conclusion, but that’s why a good geologist uses both arms when looking for answers. (On the _one_ hand it could be.... But on the _other_ hand...). Thank you, Dr. Kuhn, for sharing your peripatetic quest for understanding.

@nunyabidness5375

Жыл бұрын

"It is the glory of kings to search out a matter,, it is the glory of God to conceal a matter." - Solomon That's epistemic distance.

THANK U SO MUCH FOR SHARING THIS

We have this heart within us, our deepest feelings about life, and that is something we can not betray. To betray it would be like putting your hand into hot water, and then saying, this is not hot. So, either God lives in your heart, or there is no God living there in your heart. And that seems to be, the closest to the truth, and the end of the story - more thought does not resolve this or change this for us. It has been said, that faith is a divine grace, something given to you, and either you have it, or you do not, and there is nothing you or anyone can do about that.

I just come here to join in the theist and atheist squabbles. (The same ones over and over again) This channel has figured out the YT algorithm driving force. And that's, "Closer to Truth".

"I maintain that cosmic religious feeling is the strongest and noblest incitement to scientific research. Only those who realize the immense efforts and, above all, the devotion which pioneer work in theoretical science demands, can grasp the strength of the emotion out of which alone such work, remote as it is from the immediate realities of life, can issue. Those whose acquaintance with scientific research is derived chiefly from its practical results easily develop a completely false notion of the mentality of the men who, surrounded by a skeptical world, have shown the way to those like-minded with themselves, scattered through the earth and the centuries... A contemporary has said, not unjustly, that it is this materialistic age of ours the serious scientific workers are the only profoundly religious people." --Albert Einstein, The World As I See It. New York: Philosophical Library; 1949

🙏♥️💪Always the BEST among the bests you are Mr Khun

Enjoyable series, but I think the discussion can do with more exploration of Eastern spirituality and conceptions of "God".

Thank you for this video as it is a question I’ve struggled with all of my life. I accept now it is better to live in faith of God than to think that I can understand.

@paulbolton4929

3 жыл бұрын

It is better to know as many truths as we can....does faith lead to truth?

@garychartrand7378

3 жыл бұрын

God can never be understood with the brain. Feelings are the language of the soul. You can only understand through the heart.

@paulbolton4929

3 жыл бұрын

@@garychartrand7378 Nonsense, you think and feel with your brain. The heart is a muscle.

@garychartrand7378

3 жыл бұрын

@@paulbolton4929 Nonsense yourself. Firstly in talking about the heart it is a metaphorical way of expressing where feelings reside - the actual place being the soul. Secondly the brain can be your best friend and your worst enemy. It is so powerful that it makes the illusion of this reality seem quite real. And it is capable of creating counterfeit feelings constructed from past experiences that have nothing to do with present moment realities.

@paulbolton4929

3 жыл бұрын

@@garychartrand7378 Prove you have a soul.

This is a wonderful analysis, checking the temperature on the larger discourse on the existence or non-existence of God. My only concern with this show is how americentristic its presuppositions are. The idea of God is taken to be "the bearded man in the sky", "He" who has a will and a plan for all of his children. There are countless other notions of entities that would like to compete for the definition of "God". How can this issue not be addressed, not even en passant? "The God question", as presented here, is only entertaining to the minority of people across the world who ascribe to a belief in the Abrahamic God-narrative. If one truly desires to establish wether or not there is a god, one must take great care to pose the question correctly. Otherwise the entire enterprise is pointless, due to a flawed research question.

Found this channel made me cry with joy🎉

My father had a wonderful, pragmatic approach when people wanted to debate this. He said if you believe and you’re wrong…no harm no foul…and you benefitted greatly. If you don’t believe and are wrong, the consequences could be great and eternal. Forced choice indeed.

@kennethyoung105

Жыл бұрын

Who's forcing you to make that choice?

@rotorblade9508

Жыл бұрын

If you are wrong there are still consequences , you submit to certain rules, some of them are good, some may be waste of time, other may be put you in difficult situations like not willing to act and just pray for the good. Another problem is in my opinion you can’t believe something is true if you don’t understand it is true but sure you can follow the rules just in case.

@luisferNoMyths

Жыл бұрын

Pascals' wager. If you believe in Christian god and the real one is the Islamic one, the consequences could also be great and eternal. Maybe lord Shiva is the real one and the consequences for both, Christians and Muslims, could also be great and eternal. Not a good approach.

@carlosenriquegonzalez-isla6523

10 ай бұрын

Not all old people are wise...

Would be really interesting if he interviewed Chris Langan, author of the CTMU (Cognitive Theoretical Model of the Universe).

@andrebrown8969

3 жыл бұрын

Why?

@lllULTIMATEMASTERlll

3 жыл бұрын

That guy is a nut job.

I agree with Michael Shermer's position.

Excellent presentation. Thank you.

Honesty is the ultimate truth.

WONderful series of interviews! Simply Superb - thank you! No dogmatism or Trumpy evangelical hysteria - cogent, brilliantly clear expression of both sides of the most crucial question we face as sentient beings. 💖🤩👏👏👏

Should I think about God's existence in a way that is different from the way that I think about mine? I wouldn't necessarily think so. But then in what way should I be thinking about my existence?

@8slkmic

3 жыл бұрын

Exactly, what and how we question our existence, should help shape how we define what god could be. That of which I can't create, is it therefore a creation of something higher then me? But if I think that way then, that is putting limitations on humans to say that WHATEVER humans can't create period, is somehow a creation of god. And I disagree with that logic.

@davidaustin6962

3 жыл бұрын

You should be asking the same existential questions for both. Where does God come from? Where did I come from? What is his purpose ... why should he exist? What is my purpose ... why should I exist? I think you'll find the answers to these questions are the same. If you have a hard time answering it for you, then no problem: it's the same answer as it is for God. Or vice versa ... you can get to know God better by answering these questions for yourself. There's a very literal reason why God is called your heavenly Father.

@somethingyousaid5059

3 жыл бұрын

The only alternative to believing that God is exclusively good is believing that God isn't, which is just a slippery slope to believing that God is exclusively evil. We can't disprove the existence of an omnipotent being that's exclusively evil any more than we can prove the existence of an omnipotent being that's exclusively good. Just a thought.

@davidaustin6962

3 жыл бұрын

@@somethingyousaid5059 We're all free to take our own lives, but 99.8% of people choose not to because they feel life is worth living, despite all the evil around them. So it seems like if God is exclusively evil (or even a little bit evil) then he's failing miserably. And if he fails that much then he's not much of a god.

@somethingyousaid5059

3 жыл бұрын

@@davidaustin6962 You made the point for me. If God exists God certainly _is_ failing miserably. And as far as people feeling that life is worth living goes, one can feel that life _isn't_ worth living and still choose not to take their own life. It wouldn't surprise me if it's a high percentage of the world's population who unconsciously feel that their lives aren't worth living.

An argument for the existence of God is not, just by itself, enough to be convinced that God exists; we must first have the need for God.

@James-ll3jb

8 күн бұрын

Bad joke....no one found eternity ununteresting, ever. Don't be so scared.😅

And to learn how to deeply love others.

This is one of my favorite pieces on KZread. I find it amazing how far we’ve come as a species in terms of technology, but how little we actually understand. When I heard the third speaker, I was disappointed how narrow his view on god was. I don’t think it’s logical to think of god as some bearded man or as a blue four armed man. We as humans inherently need to assign a definition to something in order to “understand it”. Just like when you write code, you have to define your variables in order to call them. But how to you call something that is undefined by current understanding? I think of god as something that cannot be understood by our current level of consciousness. I think of god as the fabric that connects all of us. People who report their experiences after psilocybin all seem to have one common theme : that we are all one and that we form one collective consciousness. I feel like that’s more likely to be “god” than a character from a book or epic. As a side note: If you subscribe to the multiverse theory, you’re left with the same question times n^∞. Who or what is creating the precursor to those? Anyway, if you’ve read my brain chatter, I hope it was of interest.

@ronaldsliski9585

3 жыл бұрын

If you allow yourself the opportunity to know our Creator, than you can ,but it takes a desire to grasp the truth.just ask in a sincere desire of wanting the absolute truth.

@barryrobertson7064

3 жыл бұрын

Our conscious experiance of existence, Is the energy of creation, Of the creator. It is the conscious energy that became, Aware, Of its own existence. That, 'awareness', is, The conscious experiance of existence. The energy of consciousness, experianced its own evolutionary growth, An experiance that resulted in a realisation and understanding, ' how can i continue, To evolve, and grow. This realisation, This understanding, Was the begining of intelligence. How can i continue to become, More than i am.

@garypowell4565

3 жыл бұрын

The universe and our world is to perfectly arranged that to think of anything but intelligent design is ludicrous. All that we know and see just did not happen by accident, it's impossible.

@ronaldsliski9585

3 жыл бұрын

@@garypowell4565 I never mentioned, anything! about the universe and the world of our existence? Thou ,it is mostly of intellectual design!!

@adamkolozsvari6420

3 жыл бұрын

The second speaker was also very close minded. Comparing God to the Big Foot or the Lockness Monster is nonsense. You can only make a comparison like that if you imagine God as a bearded guy in the sky.

Here is a question to all religious people. First a note about myself. I have schizophrenia, it means I cannot use faith to determine my course of action. When I do, I often harm myself or others. I had to come up with mental training I learned from epistemology to help me. Here comes the question. After reading many religious books, asking many people, I have never found a way to be sure of anything. The question is, if god is real, loves me, knows what I'm going through, knows what I have to do just to make a simple decision ( I dont work, I can't) then how do I get guidance from god that I can truly separate from a normal schizophrenic episode. Second, why would god risk me never knowing him if he loved me. I want to know god, and I want to show appreciation in a way god would be happy with. But, one day moment im philosophical, next I'm a sex addict, then I'm homicidal, these arnt just moods, whole beliefs systems are adjusted. Typically only the philosophical and scientific mind sets are aware of the depths of the changes. That's why they are so dangerous. They deeply impact what I might do to myself or someone else. So I have to keep my self mostly isolated.

@thegoodlistenerslistenwell2646

3 жыл бұрын

Why do I even have to beg to know....I would never do that to those that love and that love me and I know of. I do all that I can to protect and educate the people that do bother to have me in their life.

@davidaustin6962

3 жыл бұрын

I don't know if this is helpful, but your questions are one's we all ask, the even if we don't suffer from the same maladies. (1) How do I know if an answer to a prayer is from God? Answer: God's answers will always follow certain criteria, the most important being that God is love, so he will not ask you to do anything that will hurt you or another person. Secondly, God is not the author of confusion, so if your presumed "answer" is not in keeping with his word then again, it is not of God. For example, you need rent $, and you can steal it from a wicked person who has too much $, this violate the 2nd criteria of contradicting Gods word (thou shall not steal), so it is not of God. (2) If God loves me then why is it hard to get to know Him? Answer: Because you keep getting in the way. He's only as far from you as your knees are from the ground. Kneel down, pour out your heart, and he will answer you (see #1, comfort you, and strengthen you). Don't let contrary believe systems get in the way of that process. Pray always ... unceasingly with a prayer always in your heart. Pray in your comings and goings, when you have inner thought whatever they are turn them to God. Address Him rather than yourself. Then you'll develop a relationship with Him that will be as constant as you are constant. Now, how to stay constant? If there is medication that you need, take it. If your are addicted to things, apply the 12 steps continually, go to the meetings, both online and in person. Know those steps and don't give up. Millions who are just as challenged as you have done it, the program works. Follow it. Make sure you have each step covered.

@thegoodlistenerslistenwell2646

3 жыл бұрын

@@davidaustin6962 I cant hear god....because I'm in the way....have you ever thought about those words you just said to me. You just told me, I'm sonpoweful , I can block the voice of god out. That doesnt sound like god.

@davidaustin6962

3 жыл бұрын

@@thegoodlistenerslistenwell2646 read the rest of that paragraph. Unless of course, you're just looking for an excuse to be angry at God.

@thegoodlistenerslistenwell2646

3 жыл бұрын

@@davidaustin6962 also god in the bible made all the disease on earth. He made all of existence. So the Arthur of my schizophrenia is god. I literally have a disease that causes confusion. So try again.

The audio is great

Reminds me a bit about Feyerabend’s argument contra methodology.

I’ve often wondered if there is a god why does this entity need humans to speak for it?

@Dion_Mustard

3 жыл бұрын

well many people (preachers) reckon god has spoken to and through them. not my personal belief.

@urasam2

3 жыл бұрын

@Zeal! Why don’t you just call it the Universe then?

"So is my intuitive sense of god justified or just rationalized?" I like that statement. Is there a similar fundamental feeling when a person supports the concept of "no god"?

@luisferNoMyths

3 жыл бұрын

Stop believing in god, in my case, was a shocking experience, it wasn't easy to admit that I had no good reason for my christian belief. I think that my intuitive sense of god was the hardest part to overcome.

@johnbrzykcy3076

3 жыл бұрын

@@luisferNoMyths Thanks for sharing. Maybe Robert is going through a similar journey as you did. If I may ask, were you raised in Christian belief ?

@luisferNoMyths

3 жыл бұрын

@@johnbrzykcy3076 Yes, I was. Reading the bible critically, but specially, reading about the bible made me doubt about the dogma I was raised on. In my case, as fan of science, there were no conflict for me between science and religion, so, evolution and modern cosmology were no issues to my faith but the house of cards went down when I realized that all that I had learnt at the church about the bible wasn't true. Additionally, I had never really thought seriously about the problem of evil, an all-loving god is incompatible with what we see in the world.

@andrebrown8969

3 жыл бұрын

@@luisferNoMyths I was raised christian, always thought I truly believed, now I am not sure if I ever did or was just indoctrinated.

@luisferNoMyths

3 жыл бұрын

​@@andrebrown8969 Well, I think I truly believed, the difference, maybe, I haven't been exposed to all the information that leaded me in the path of non-believing.

Bob Russell is SPOT ON!!

Thx so much amazing work

Thinking leads you away from silly notions of god.

@joshheter1517

3 жыл бұрын

Thinking leads you away from silly notions that God doesn’t exist. See how easy that is?

@Kongodiantotela

3 жыл бұрын

Absolutely true. I was raised in a Christian family. One day, I started to read the bible seriously and to THINK. Then, I saw how stupid it was to believe in a God that was obviously created in the image of humans by humans.

An hour with the late Christopher Hitchens and, like me, you'd be in no doubt.

@joshheter1517

3 жыл бұрын

Christopher Hitchens? ... you mean the journalist?

@joykeebler2890

3 жыл бұрын

The late Christopher Hitchens, was also, a Trotskyist at one time.

@carlosenriquegonzalez-isla6523

10 ай бұрын

@@joykeebler2890 so what? He still was right on the god question

5:46 In the scientific mindset, before the question of evidence comes the question of delineation of claim. 'What does it mean?,' comes before, 'Is it true?'

Incredible episode

It is incorrect to say the scientist is afraid of error! The scientific method provides that the scientist devises a theory [to solve a problem] and the scientific community spends the next 10 or 20 or 100 years trying to disprove that theory. Again, observe the history of science!

@jD-je3ry

3 жыл бұрын

Scientists on individual scale are often not able to criticize their own theories.

@thegoodlistenerslistenwell2646

3 жыл бұрын

@@jD-je3ry yes, and the scientist themselves know that. That the WHOLE POINT of peer reviewed papers. A REAL scientist BEGS, others to disprove their work. Bias is the very well known enemy of science. That's why we do not use faith if at all possible. But, you can google the 3 assumptions science must make. That might interest you.

Religion has actually convinced people that there's an invisible man living in the sky who watches everything you do, every minute of every day. And the invisible man has a special list of ten things he does not want you to do. And if you do any of these ten things, he has a special place, full of fire and smoke and burning and torture and anguish, where he will send you to live and suffer and burn and choke and scream and cry forever and ever 'til the end of time! But He loves you. He loves you, and He needs money! He always needs money! He's all-powerful, all-perfect, all-knowing, and all-wise, somehow just can't handle money!

@tEqUiko

3 жыл бұрын

George Carlin RIP s

exactly before decision?

The first mistake people make is not defining who or what God is from their perspective. Opinions differ even between people of the same faith. How then can we argue for or against?

1:05 flaws and fallacies on both sides he says. I wager that Bob intelligence is better suited to be a religious man rather than attempting to split atoms.

@Kelberi

3 жыл бұрын

@Tauhida Khan using the same argument Iron man, Santa claus, Zeus may exist too. Science undergo peer review therefore the knowledge were used in technologies such as mobile phones. Do prayers work as well as mobile phones? This is the time to ask gods to call off covid 19.

@rotorblade9508

2 жыл бұрын

Why is it suited to be religious?

PS As Carl Jung said, I don’t believe I know.

Don't you think that when all thinking and searching is done, we live within a profound unknowingness and uncertainly? This is a very uncomfortable place to be... a full, ultimate meaning/purpose and hope beyond our grasp. I find your program so amazing and thought provoking. I just wonder if you will ever come to a conclusion. I doubt you and I ever will.

The best way to think about God's existence is the same as saying, we don't have an answer yet so let's beleive in God instead.

Those Jewish guys should get hats that fit properly.

@thegoodlistenerslistenwell2646

3 жыл бұрын

Lmao I died here 11:23 Tuesday, October, 6

@johnbrzykcy3076

3 жыл бұрын

Hey Cosmik... I'm just wondering if a worldview needs to "fit properly" just like a hat does?

@thegoodlistenerslistenwell2646

3 жыл бұрын

@@johnbrzykcy3076 I know those words are real....but in that order they make no sense.

@johnbrzykcy3076

3 жыл бұрын

@@thegoodlistenerslistenwell2646 Oh well... at least I tried. Hope you are doing okay today.

@thegoodlistenerslistenwell2646

3 жыл бұрын

@@johnbrzykcy3076 in many ways yes, and no.

Our existence came into being, when the energy of consciousness, came to the realisation, and understanding, That to just exist, was no longer enough. What we call call god, is us. All existence is conscious energy.

@timsanford5310

3 жыл бұрын

Can you demonstrate your claims?

@timsanford5310

3 жыл бұрын

Can you demonstrate your claims?

@barryrobertson7064

3 жыл бұрын

I can say that consciusness, became aware of it"s existence. That 'Awareness'. Is the conscious experiance of existence. And that conscious energy evolved, through, i'ts experiance. Had realisations and understandings, that gave it the concept of evolutionary growth, and in the search to see how , it could continue to grow, intelligence came into being. An intelligence that created a system where it could contiue to evolve and grow. It all makes sense to me. Its like, 1+1=2.,

@khairilrashd

3 жыл бұрын

You are closer to truth than most legalists that I know. The purest form of energy is conscious and nothing in reality is not prescribed. But I also believe humans are separated from the Singular Conscious Origin by the existence of this universe, a form of prescribed barrier between humans and God. Why? I think it's simply relationship. Relationship that exist through a necessary barrier of the senses. Proving God while alive on earth will only nullify this relationship. I don't think relationship with the Origin of everything is that cheap.

13:25 - Apparently Bob has been studying the works of the _Ramchal_ (Rabbi Moshe Chayim Luzzatto).

Most appreciative of Mr. Kuhn's interest in a subject of such profound relevance, and his quest for answers. Speaking from the Christian perspective, it's my fervent wish that Mr. Kuhn finds the answers he seeks in a relationship with Jesus Christ, for there is no other way. The transformative process of sanctification is exhilarating, soothing, fulfilling and transcendent, though it enriches life here beyond any capacity I have to describe it. As one learns to love, and becomes rooted, grounded and inspired by its essence, which is the nature of God, relationships and the most mundane encounters with fellow humans become shared experiences with God. It's really all about love, Mr. Kuhn, and you will encounter that love in relationship with the Triune God. If you happen to read this, thanks again for your work and for including us in it.

God used to be in the trees, then we went to the trees and said he was in the mountains. Then we went to the mountains, and said he was in the sky. Now people want to co opt a Tesla quote and call it god. Ok

"How To Think About God's Existence" And how to think about the existence of smurfs.

@firstnamesurname6550

3 жыл бұрын

Or The corpses of your beloved ones.

@firstnamesurname6550

3 жыл бұрын

@@Graewulfe Maybe because those 'We' (You) that are not 'Me' don't give a fck about knowing the Truth ...

@xspotbox4400

3 жыл бұрын

@@Graewulfe It all started with dwarfs.

@thomasridley8675

3 жыл бұрын

If you leave faith behind. The gods just disappear. Like they never really exsited in the first place. Knowledge cuts thru the smoke and mirrors that is faith. The history of religion proves how gullible we are when it comes too the ideas of gods. Over the generations we have believed anything that has a religious stamp on it. No matter how stupid it sounds. Or how little it relates too reality.

@thomasridley8675

3 жыл бұрын

@@smlanka4u Oh, please !!!

Thank you for the video.

Infinite mystery light and consciousness

Don't waste time on "gods" unless you're an anthropologist

@barutaji

3 жыл бұрын

To be fair is a pretty interesting topic from an antropologic perspective though

Who cares if God exists or not, the point is that we don't want anything to do with him even if he exists, and our animosity towards God is definitely not our fault!!! He screwed it up from the very beginning, so we must conclude that he is either evil or incompetent. If he is evil he is Satan, if he is incompetent he isn't God....Make your choice...

@adeelio83

3 жыл бұрын

We screwed up not God.

@odiupickusclone-1526

3 жыл бұрын

@@adeelio83 If death existed before the fall, then what was the fall? kzread.info/dash/bejne/q5dsqcR8o6m7aJM.html St. Augustine, when treating of the question of death is mainly concerned with refuting the errors of Pelagius, who said that Adam incurred death only for himself, dedicates most of his writing on the topic to human death alone, which he of course says is a result of sin. I found an interesting passage from City of God Book XIII.6 in which he reflects that death afflicts the good and the evil alike, but that even for the good the experience of death is never good: Wherefore, as regards bodily death, that is, the separation of the soul from the body, it is good unto none while it is being endured by those whom we say are in the article of death. For the very violence with which body and soul are wrenched asunder, which in the living had been conjoined and closely intertwined, brings with it a harsh experience, jarring horridly on nature so long as it continues, till there comes a total loss of sensation, which arose from the very interpenetration of spirit and flesh. And all this anguish is sometimes forestalled by one stroke of the body or sudden flitting of the soul, the swiftness of which prevents it from being felt. While I assume he is talking about human death, since he mentions the soul and later on talks about the sin of Adam later in the chapter, he makes an interesting point here: death is "good unto none." The experience of dying is "harsh" and jars the nature of a thing horribly. If it is never good, or "good unto none," then would it make sense to say that God, who created all things "good" and "very good", willed as part of His creation that anything should of its own nature be subject to an experience which is so harsh and jarring upon that nature? Feel free to watch my video (click the link above) and care to answer the question : What was the fall if animals had devoured each other even before Adam and Eve sinned.

@adeelio83

3 жыл бұрын

@@odiupickusclone-1526 I don't come from a Christian viewpoint but an Islamic one. We believe similarly as the Christians but with a few important differences. Firstly, painful separation of the soul from the body only happens to people who disbelieved or caused mischief in life. God fearing people have pleasant separation during death according to the Quran. In regards to the fall, both Adam and Eve were responsible for the sin but later repented as they realised they were deceived by satan. Thier sin is not passed onto the rest of humanity. Everyone is responsible for thier own souls.

@xspotbox4400

3 жыл бұрын

@@odiupickusclone-1526 What are you saying, Adam and Eve wont be resurrected?

@odiupickusclone-1526

3 жыл бұрын

@@xspotbox4400 I am not sure about Adam and Eve, but three litltle pigs will be resurrected for sure!

I agree with Bob. Imagine an omniPRESENT God, here "in person", who is nonstop noisy, giving direct orders and answering questions like "am I drinking too much" or "should I marry this girl". What would be left of "me"? We'd be an inert bunch of skygazers nonstop awaiting orders for even as simple issues as what to have for breakfast. If there is a God, I fully understand his hiddenness.

I think art, is our deepest connection to God and Reality. Everything else is in a Traditional Box. Which can easily be picked apart.

@tomjackson7755

6 ай бұрын

You should try to think a little harder about that.

There isn't any god! Never was never will be!! It's jst us humans who created god and devil to control the stupid masses of humans with fear of hell and a reward of heaven.CONTROL is the name of the god game!!

@onestepaway3232

3 жыл бұрын

Right, and life just happens from nothing. Keep dreaming.

@tajzikria5307

Жыл бұрын

Ignorant

Good show. Keep it up.

How to think about God’s existence? I think of it as non.

A better question is which god or gods?

I was born into an atheist family and still remain one. I often envied others faith and blind acceptance of the meaning of life because I had no “god” to guide me through my life. I finally decided to take it on faith that there is no god until proven wrong but it is no longer a conundrum to me.

@monkeypox3147

Жыл бұрын

So you're brain came up with that? How so if we're just made up of mindless matter?

thank you.

Just curious anybody know the story behind that waterfall structure that appears at 17.40. Seems a bit odd and pointless at first look.

@trignal

3 жыл бұрын

public art project: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_York_City_Waterfalls

I wish you would’ve interview Christopher Hitchens on this one and hear what he had to say

Speed at which consciousness travel is counter productive to its ultimate adventure. Good luck.

could existence communicate with physical nature as God?

I'm sure it is true that no one will prove or disprove God. It seems to me that we start with our presuppositions. So the greater question to me is how is it that we come to have our presuppositions? Do we like the contributing factors that led us to have a belief for or against the existence of God? There are clearly reasonable arguments on both sides. For myself, I was raised in a Christian culture, where the belief was assumed. It never occurred to me that there would not be a God until I met people who questioned this assumption. After having officially adopted the belief as a young adult, I began having doubts and wrote down in a notebook all the reasons it may not be true. I'm still making lists and asking and seeking. So I'm a believer who is questioning my belief, yet still assured in what I have chosen to believe. I use the word "assured", rather than certain. There is no certainty. There will only be belief for the theist or the athiest. For me the needle tips to believing. For others the needle tips in the other direction. Programs like this help me grow and question and continue the journey. Thank you for providing this venue!!!

guy with a beard? where did he get this image of god from?

Incredible…and, sincere.

Repeatative topic in one form or another. Sir, if we can truly know about our existences, for that matter existence of any creations in the universe just by passionately observing the nature and it's manifestations through it's different creations in the universe, we will know how to think about GOD. This is simply through self realization. There is no other path to realize GOD's existence. No matter what different shopisticated mathematical models and equations try to explain it, there will always be remaining a burning and most fundamental question in humanity about existence / non existence of GOD. Given a chance, i can explain it in more detail with latest theory of quantum mechanics and general relativity, even when the general theory of relativity and quantum gravity are married together to produce the theory of everything! 🕊😊🙏

Before I was old enough to consider death ,God come to my life and allowed me to know that he is very real. So the death equation is not valid.

How can this channel upload new videos so often? I don't understand it. I have thought about it a long time but I decided to ask now.

@chadatchison145

3 жыл бұрын

These are older videos from a tv show I assume around the early 2000's.

@rotorblade9508

2 жыл бұрын

@@chadatchison145 some of them look recent

​Modern Quantum Physics has shown that reality is based on probability: ​ A statistical impossibility is defined as “a probability that is so low as to not be worthy of mentioning. Sometimes it is quoted as 1/10^50 although the cutoff is inherently arbitrary. Although not truly impossible the probability is low enough so as to not bear mention in a Rational, Reasonable argument." The probability of finding one particular atom out of all of the atoms in the universe has been estimated to be 1/10^80. The probability of just one (1) functional 150 amino acid protein chain forming by chance is 1/10^164. It has been calculated that the probability of DNA forming by chance is 1/10^119,000. The probability of random chance protein-protein linkages in a cell is 1/10^79,000,000,000. Based on just these three cellular components, it would be far more Rational and Reasonable to conclude that the cell was not formed by un-directed random natural processes. Note: Abiogenesis Hypothesis posits that un-directed random natural processes, i.e. random chance formation, of molecules led to living organisms. Natural selection has no effect on individual atoms and molecules on the micro scale in a prebiotic environment. (*For reference, peptides/proteins can vary in size from 3 amino acid chains to 34,000 amino acid chains. Some scientists consider 300-400 amino acid protein chains to be the average size. There are 42,000,000 protein molecules in just one (1) simple cell, each protein requiring precise assembly. There are approx. 30,000,000,000,000 cells in the human body.) Of all the physical laws and constants, just the Cosmological Constant alone is tuned to a level of 1/10^120; not to mention the fine-tuning of the Mass-Energy distribution of early universe which is 1/10^10^123. Therefore, in the fine-tuning argument, it would be more Rational and Reasonable to conclude that the multi-verse is not the correct answer. On the other hand, it has been scientifically proven numerous times that Consciousness does indeed collapse the wave function to cause information waves of probability/potentiality to become particle/matter with 1/1 probability. A rational and reasonable person could therefore conclude that the answer is consciousness. A "Miracle" is considered to be an event with a probability of occurrence of 1/10^6. Abiogenesis, RNA World Hypothesis, and Multiverse would all far, far, far exceed any "Miracle". Yet, these extremely irrational and unreasonable hypotheses are what some of the world’s top scientists ‘must’ believe in because of a prior commitment to a strictly arbitrary, subjective, biased, narrow, limiting, materialistic ideology / worldview. Every idea, number, concept, thought, theory, mathematical equation, abstraction, qualia, etc. existing within and expressed by anyone is "Immaterial" or "Non-material". The very idea or concept of "Materialism" is an immaterial entity and by it's own definition does not exist. Modern science seems to be stuck in archaic, subjective, biased, incomplete ideologies that have inadequately attempted to define the "nature of reality" or the "reality of nature" for millennia. A Paradigm Shift in ‘Science’ is needed for humanity to advance. A major part of this Science Paradigm Shift would be the formal acknowledgment by the scientific community of the existence of "Immaterial" or "Non-material" entities as verified and confirmed by observation of the universe and discoveries in Quantum Physics.)

@moses777exodus

Жыл бұрын

*_“All matter originates and exists only by virtue of a force which brings the particle of an atom to vibration and holds this most minute solar system of the atom together. We must assume behind this force the existence of a conscious and intelligent mind (i.e. Observer). This mind is the matrix of all matter.”_* Max Plank (the Father of Quantum Physics) ... Information doesn't create the cosmos. Information waves are the fabric of the cosmos. And, as demonstrated with the famous double slit experiment, a conscious observer converts those information waves of potentiality / probability into "particle", "matter", or "cosmos". The Prime Observer creates the Cosmos. *Matter cannot exist without physical laws and constants first existing. Physical laws and constants cannot exist without mind / consciousness / intelligence first existing. Mind / consciousness / intelligence is Prime. Consciousness / Intelligence Exists Before Matter. Mind Over Matter.* *_"An especially unusual version of the observer effect occurs in quantum mechanics, as best demonstrated by the double-slit experiment. Physicists have found that even passive observation of quantum phenomena (by changing the test apparatus and passively "ruling out" all but one possibility) can actually change the measured result. Despite the "observer" in this experiment being an electronic detector-possibly due to the assumption that the word "observer" implies a person-its results have led to the popular belief that a conscious mind can directly affect reality.[3] The need for the "observer" to be conscious is not supported by scientific research, and has been pointed out as a misconception rooted in a poor understanding of the quantum wave function ψ and the quantum measurement process, apparently being the generation of information at its most basic level that produces the effect."_* (Wikipedia: Observer Effect) *An electronic detector is a tool created by and for a conscious observer. Without a conscious observer, the electronic detector, its parameter settings, and its measurements do not exist. The electronic detector becomes an extension of the conscious observer. In the same way, a telescope and microscope are merely extensions of the conscious observer. However, it is the the Conscious Observer that is fundamental.* Laws of the Universe exist Independent of anyone's personal beliefs in the existence of the Laws of the Universe. Just as man-made laws govern society globally, Universal Laws govern the entire Universe. Un-directed random material natural processes have never been observed or experimentally demonstrated to be capable of producing any form of laws. As scientifically confirmed, non-material laws are the product of only Mind / Consciousness / Intelligence.

As an atheist I think the problem of evil is a very weak argument. Here are some possible answers that allows for gods and evil. Our narrow human minds fails to see the greater picture. God is not nice, don’t care, or has decided to not intervene. God can’t do anything about it. The worst counter argument is ramblings about free will which always falls flat on their face and chew dirt.

@GlossRabban

3 жыл бұрын

You do not have free Will. The past, the present and the future exist All at once. Which means that your future has already happened, and is decided. And there is nothing you can do to change it. 😁

A belief is just a belief until you prove it.

@monkeypox3147

Жыл бұрын

It's been proven 🤦‍♂️

@Shane7492

Жыл бұрын

Are you a materialist?

the guy with the beard, pearly gates ... omg LOL!

Awareness is known by awareness alone...

@bretnetherton9273

3 жыл бұрын

"Awareness is known by awareness alone," is the sole irreducible axiom of reality.

God is not a thing, to be or not to be, God is process, as in harmonizing diversity into ever greater complexities. When we acknowledge God as creator, we reflect on the emergence of the periodic table of elements and the evolution of life, including ourselves. This harmonizing process is The Agenda, which calls for each of us to get woke, lean in, and participate, as we are of the Whole-of-it-all. Doing so is why we are here, what we need to be about, all on our journey to the stars, even as we leave our aging solar system behind.

Mr Robert L Kuhn, As a Muslim, I think you are closer to God (Allah) than 95% of Muslim that are believer in God. Because, God loves people who think and ponder, Quran is full of passages and verses encourages people t0 ponder and think about the universe, seek knowledge and so on. and that is what you do. wish you all the best.

If anyone is wondering and having anxiety of Gods existence, don't worry, God exists for sure and I have reasons!!!! Christ is the way! Creation is proof!

What is a spirit ?

@xspotbox4400

3 жыл бұрын

If i see image of you, is your essence contained in a light coming to my eyes?

feeling to follow something other than human being(s)?

Perhaps the question is not whether God exists or not but, rather, does he care?

causation with subjective experience?

Begging the question.

@joshheter1517

3 жыл бұрын

... what?

All these intelligent and good people with a variety of different thoughts why couldn't they all be right.

@ronaldsliski9585

3 жыл бұрын

There's only one God!!= Creator Thats why? Based on how this entire universe was created There's a dark force that has the run of the world, in which the leaders pander too, so as the captain of a ship guides it ,thats where it goes,same as when these elites share the lies for truth n we have chaos,from deception, in where we for lack of knowledge are in tribulation!! Until we accept that Christ is the absolute truth of all!! Foe satan needed many different gods, n corruption to create this level of wickedness in our society,

One of the better episodes

does intelligence and rationality of universe confirm existence of God?

It makes sense that those who do not know what "Reason" is about, lend themselves to sit down and talk with those who appeal to the existence of a God without having evidence. If there is something that characterizes Reason, it is "evidence", and until today there is no evidence that God exists. Reason and Faith belong to different universes. In fact, they are incompatible. It is not clear to me if the interviewer wants to play an idiot or is.

I think of God as Source, as the Absolute in a fundamentally energetic system of Being.

The question is incorrect? It should be... what kind of a 'god' I want? God concept serves as a model for each human being... choice of a god defines our path in life... any further query... leave a comment here pl

questions about existence?