Concepts of God (The nature of a \'Creator\')

by David Turell , Friday, April 22, 2016, 02:37 (3136 days ago) @ dhw


> DAVID: I've followed the discussion. It is interesting that dhw can imagine pure free floating energy when generally he argues against the concept. 
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> dhw: An excellent point, though you must remember that I was asked to provide an explanation to encompass the (hypothetical) reality of ALL psychic experiences....... My “lives” could not have begun before life began! So there I am, stuck with the usual chicken and egg dilemma - in this case, which came first: the bacterium me or the intelligence me? (A question specially for you, David! ) Could the one have come into existence without the other? You are right, though, my “explanation” of an afterlife and reincarnation demands that ultimately matter becomes energy, which can go on existing independently of matter. That does not mean that life, identities and consciousness existed before matter. What happened before the universe began remains as unknown as what will happen after the universe ends, but that was not part of BBella's challenge!-Simple solution. Start with the assumption that a pure energy consciousness was present before anything else began