What is God and does it exist?

[Ignorant]

[Ignorant]

This is my issue with the world today. At some point, we must all come to the consensus that there is a 'universal truth'.

Beliefs really don't mean squat. What 'is', is all that matters. I do believe the veil is being lifted. We will see if they succeed in suppressing us once again.

This reality is not what most people think.....

So what is it?

[Ignorant]

So I will try not to give a pedantic answer here. 
 
And now tell me WHY electroweak symmetry breaks at approximately 159.5 ±1.5 GeV?

Why not?
 

Seems that there were quite specific parameters from the get go, or at least phase transition thresholds in place before the early universe even set its fundimental forces. 

The origin of existence is paradoxical, with or without God. If X created our universe, then what created X? And repeat. Why does anything exist? We will never be able to answer that question, which is so very unsatisfying.

[Ignorant]

There is almost certainly more than one universe. Thinking this is the only one is the same kind of small thinking humans did before they knew there were ~10^22 stars. But I think it makes sense to consider whatever created our universe to be "God".

Of course we will never know what created our universe. There is good reason to believe it's a simulated universe running on some alien supercomputer but we would never be able to know that for sure. Think about it, though. If you were to simulate a universe, how would you do it? You'd probably throw a whole bunch of semi-random simulated particles together in a very small space and start time.

If we are ever able to develop a supercomputer that can simulate a universe (it would have to be smaller and less complex than ours, obviously), then the chance we are living in a simulation would be effectively 100%. So, will we be able to develop it? Maybe. It's always been hard to estimate the limits of technology.

[midicon]

I think the idea of God sprang from the old volcano and natural phenomena. Over the millennia  people have dressed up that nonsense with metaphysics and philosophy culminating in the woeful theologies we have today.

Show me a God or something a God has done. No one can because it's nonsense. The whole idea of it shows how dumb and gullible people are.

[Ignorant]

If we examine AI.  We see the nature of our thinking self, represented in silicon.  But what silicon cannot replicate is our self awareness.

How do you figure that? People say this as if it's some self-evident truth but I have never seen anyone make a convincing case for it.

[andy06shake]

This is my issue with the world today. At some point, we must all come to the consensus that there is a 'universal truth'.

Beliefs really don't mean squat. What 'is', is all that matters. I do believe the veil is being lifted. We will see if they succeed in suppressing us once again.

This reality is not what most people think.....

In this existence, I don't think the veil will ever be lifted.

Some truths are simply beyond humanity's pay grade, beyond our ability to fathom or comprehend.

And our perspective down here at the arse end of our star's gravity well is so very, very, limited.  

We live inside a shaped, filtered version of reality, crafted by our senses, mind, culture, and limitations.

[andy06shake]

I think the idea of God sprang from the old volcano and natural phenomena. Over the millennia  people have dressed up that nonsense with metaphysics and philosophy culminating in the woeful theologies we have today.

Show me a God or something a God has done. No one can because it's nonsense. The whole idea of it shows how dumb and gullible people are.

Sun worship is probably where it all started, if not with nature or a combination of both.

[FlyersFan]

God is a pure spirit.
God always was and always will be - existing outside of time and space, while also existing in it.
God is the all knowing, all powerful, all present creator of all.
Is God a 'loving father God' like the Christians believe?
I think so. 
Although I admit that there are times I have my doubts.

[fiveandtwo]

Start with the book of Genesis. God actually has several names, the earliest is in Exodus and it’s Yahweh.  He also told Moses that he is, I Am.

The human mind can’t fully understand eternity.  He was, is and will always be.

we live in a fallen world and Jesus even told his closest followers that they would have sorrows and pain in this realm.

The original earth was paradise until the fall of Adam and Eve.  We originally were not supposed to die so that’s why it is so difficult and distressing to go through.  We still have a part of that trait which death is unnatural.  It’s not natural but is a result of sin and the world being spiritually and biologically changed after God was rejected by Adam and Eve.

Even with the beauty in the world, it’s only a remnant of the original design.