On non-belief and the existence of God

[Mudhammam]

I find myself slowly ebbing towards whatever the fuck it is you two are talking about.

[Neo-Scholastic]

I think Genesis makes a pretty clear philosophical statement: "In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God."

It's hard to argue that this is meant literally, since it's clearly showing that God and the Word are simultaneously the same entity and separate...

Yes indeed! There seems to be some kind of aspect dualism within the Godhead. Hmmm... primal matter/quantum foam/Divine Love + information/Realm of Forms/Divine Logos?

[bennyboy]

Yes. It seems to me that there must be some kind of imbalance intrinstic to the universe in order for it to exist, in the form of paradox and ambiguity-- basically "X is the inverse of infinite regress." For example, the universe could not arise out of nothingness-- until, it turns out, there's a "nothingness" that is really the must fully pregnant productive stuff that one could imagine. I wouldn't use that idea to support Biblical Christianity, but "that which is logically impossible but exists, and which makes all other things possible" seems to be reality, even for scientists.