Problems with this section (Agnosticism)

by BBella , Thursday, November 26, 2009, 07:41 (5475 days ago) @ Frank Paris

Personally, I think the concept of a pre-existing "chaos" that existed eternally before our universe is a form of Dualism, where two independent "substances" always existed, God and chaos, and at some time (or times) God can give form to chaos. 
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> I've always had trouble with dualistic cosmologies. I can't help wondering how two completely independent "realms" that have always been and presumably always will be can manage to interact if they truly are independent of each other. Maybe it's my limited imagination, but I can't help asking, who or what gave rise to the dualism? Whatever gave rise to it, that is what is primordial, and whatever it is escapes dualism.-The primordial goo you speak of above is what I think of as God; the All That IS. Goo...God..good. The dualistic realms of this goo are light and dark and one cannot be without the other. I think of light and darkness like male and female. As they intertwine, they produce/create/process varied realms of being that reflect (twinkle) varied aspects (rainbow of colors) of the qualities of both....or can be put, the many faces of God that our eyes behold. But I believe there is a 3rd quality that is not considered in the "dualistic cosmologies" and without which there would only be light and darkness, and maybe even multifaces of God, but nothing more...and this 3rd quality is love (for lack of a better word).-I think of an enlightened being as one that holds more light than darkness within their own realm of being and therefore can connect to/with this quality of love that is within the All That Is.-This may not be what you are speaking of but is what came to mind in answer to your pondering.