The meaning of life

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# smallBang - 2008-04-27 22:01
God is perfect and eternal but he does have one flaw, one enemy. The only thing that keeps God from being unlimited, from being absolutely everything, is nothingness. Yes, God may be everything that exists, but he is not that which does not exist! For this reason, he tries to create everything that has not already been created in order to eliminate any non-existence that might limit his immensity.

God’s sole objective is to destroy and eradicate this non-existence! In order to annihilate nothingness, to make non-existence disappear, God must create an infinite number of worlds, dimensions and other futile and absurd piles of existence.

This is how our universe was born.

# An existing person - 2008-05-12 19:14
True nothingness don't need to be annihilated, since it is worth... nothing. It's worthless. Therefore any claim that says nothingness would limit God, is just as worthless.
# smallBang - 2008-05-12 23:10
by: An existing person
True nothingness don't need to be annihilated, since it is worth... nothing. It's worthless. Therefore any claim that says nothingness would limit God, is just as worthless.


My post is more funny than serious. Of course it's impossible to annihilate nothingness! ;-)

Anyway I think logic has its limit.. You can't grasp everything using only logic. Think of music for example!
# Sai - 2008-05-18 12:16
Thanks for your post. Even though you tried to make it sound funny it is ringing some bells in my ears.

If God's goal is to continuously create all possible forms of entity and the BIG BANG theory is true, then your answer is perfectly right!

Thanks!
Sai
# Pathfinder - 2008-10-10 02:43
It's really funny :)
I guess God would be proud of you because you discovered His Divine Logic :) But probably that's not the case :)

I was wondering at a time why did God, the first in existence, create anything in the world. And I found that there is absolutely no such logical reason that could make God (the god in the religious meaning) a creator. God is the ultimate perfection. The world is always imperfect. So either we say that God the Almighty created a defective world to decrease his own potential - what would really be a stupid and unnatural thing -, or we have to admint that God is a selfish child who thinks it is funny to play with an imperfect universe and the harmless, weak, mortal people who are striving for the very thing that God always possesses :) I think he's selfish :)
# Anonymous - 2008-10-13 17:56
by: Pathfinder
It's really funny :)
I guess God would be proud of you because you discovered His Divine Logic :) But probably that's not the case :)

I was wondering at a time why did God, the first in existence, create anything in the world. And I found that there is absolutely no such logical reason that could make God (the god in the religious meaning) a creator. God is the ultimate perfection. The world is always imperfect. So either we say that God the Almighty created a defective world to decrease his own potential - what would really be a stupid and unnatural thing -, or we have to admint that God is a selfish child who thinks it is funny to play with an imperfect universe and the harmless, weak, mortal people who are striving for the very thing that God always possesses :) I think he's selfish :)


what if the world is a paradox and to better understand it this "god" charater tried to lower hiself that we could understand so as not to blow are minds with his existance (or hes a selfish child your pick :))
# Anonymous - 2008-10-13 17:58
by: smallBang
My post is more funny than serious. Of course it's impossible to annihilate nothingness! ;-)

Anyway I think logic has its limit.. You can't grasp everything using only logic. Think of music for example!


i disagree that you connot grasp music with logig if you look at it in its base form and to grasp something with logic depends on your view of logic
# Anonymous - 2008-12-17 19:38
ha ha, this one is good too! I know this is just some fun toying with possible answers; as absurd as they are, they actually do make more logical sense than a majority of religious views. I read one about Sin and how god needs to test us so that he can find "good" non-sinners and thus allows us to join his army against the devil. I mean seriously, if thats true ( i hope it is not) then why doesn't he just create a bunch of non-"sinners", also what the hell am I going to be able to contribute to this army.
# smallBang - 2008-12-17 19:43
by: Anonymous
ha ha, this one is good too! I know this is just some fun toying with possible answers; as absurd as they are, they actually do make more logical sense than a majority of religious views. I read one about Sin and how god needs to test us so that he can find "good" non-sinners and thus allows us to join his army against the devil. I mean seriously, if thats true ( i hope it is not) then why doesn't he just create a bunch of non-"sinners", also what the hell am I going to be able to contribute to this army.


Haha! I agree with you. Religions are so crazy sometimes (often?).
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