RE: Attention Theists! Present your best argument for the existence of God!
December 26, 2011 at 10:01 am
(This post was last modified: December 26, 2011 at 10:26 am by amkerman.)
It is impossible to be confident that our experience of reality is accurate without being confident that framework from which we observe reality is accurate.
We observe reality from the framework of consciousness.
Consciousness then must exist as real apart from our subjective experience of it.
The only things we are confident exist apart from our subjective experiences of them are universal forces.
Consciousness then is a universal force.
It is illogical to believe reality is contrary to scientific observation because we have not scientifically observed that to be the case.
Therefore it is illogical to believe consciousness is not a universal force.
All universal forces are experienced through consciousness
If a tree falls in the forest and no one is around to hear it does it make a sound. The widely accepted answer is no.
Three monks looking at a flag in the wind.
Monk 1. The flag moves.
Monk 2. No. The wind moves, and the wind moves the flag.
Monk 3. No. Your mind moves them both.
(motion is a paradox. It's really quite interesting.)
Consciousness is then required to experience gravity. It is a primary function of the universe whereas all physical forces are secondary. Consciousness is responsible for everything that has been created in the universe, and the universe itself.
