(October 22, 2017 at 1:33 pm)downbeatplumb Wrote:(October 22, 2017 at 12:14 am)snowtracks Wrote: The universe has a purpose, now go into the corner and repeat 100 times or until you understand.
Now this is interesting, this sort of thing is the mind set of the child of around four.
"Fish live in the sea, therefore the sea is made as a place for fish to live".
Most people out grow this sort of simplistic thinking, but some don't, they stay in the childlike state. Fascinating.
There is also a tendency to anthropomorphise abstract things which seems to be the case as well.
Well actually, it's deciding what's more reasonable: Mind then Matter or Matter then Mind? Now, don't be stupid (think 'reasonable') by choosing the wrong choice; oh please don't do that.
Atheist Credo: A universe by chance that also just happened to admit the observer by chance.