David Brooks talks about his journey from Jewish agnosticism to sort-of Christianity.
Your Daily Dose of . . . Religion? Superstition? Spirituality?
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I am not going to watch the video so maybe you can give us all a two sentence review.
There may be a creator or creative force but there is no evidence for it and there certainly does not seem to be any evidence or even a real thought that God is some benevolent thing with all the killing and abuse humans do to each other and to the Earth and its species. All the greed just in our really rich people who do not want to give a nickle or penny to the poor.
On the other hand, humans have come up with theories like quantum mechanics that describes what happens at the smallest measures of physical existence with electons, etc. It is a theory but it has led us to amazing discoveries which then tend to make the theory very stout in its acceptance.
I believe in science over religion but being raised a Catholic and the fact that even Roman historians wrote about Jesus's life I do try to live by those Judeo-Christian "rules". I do try to be as nice as I can, and helpful, and share, even though I know I have messed up on those rules occasionally. Happy Holidays everyone
There may be a creator or creative force but there is no evidence for it and there certainly does not seem to be any evidence or even a real thought that God is some benevolent thing with all the killing and abuse humans do to each other and to the Earth and its species. All the greed just in our really rich people who do not want to give a nickle or penny to the poor.
On the other hand, humans have come up with theories like quantum mechanics that describes what happens at the smallest measures of physical existence with electons, etc. It is a theory but it has led us to amazing discoveries which then tend to make the theory very stout in its acceptance.
I believe in science over religion but being raised a Catholic and the fact that even Roman historians wrote about Jesus's life I do try to live by those Judeo-Christian "rules". I do try to be as nice as I can, and helpful, and share, even though I know I have messed up on those rules occasionally. Happy Holidays everyone
Thanks for this. I've heard some of his interviews before.
I've always been interested in life after death. It's much longer than this life.
You might appreciate this.
Quantum Theory Could Explain Life After Death
BelieveIf consciousness is a quantum phenomenon, it’s possible that it continues to exist after the death of the body.
Today, one of the most discussed topics in neuroscience is the near-death experience. Many people report having mystical visions as their vital organs begin to shut down. And although many explain the result as a sort of neurological blip, some scientists believe that it is possible to discover the basis for these experiences and perhaps even prove that there is indeed life after death, or at least some remnant of life that doesn’t expire along with the body.
The most recent case of this in the field of neurology is when the Harvard doctor Eben Alexander believed to have seen proof of the persistence of consciousness after death in his own near-death experience. His subsequent work has become a polemical topic in the world neuroscience. But before he came out to the media with his alleged “proof of heaven”, the anesthesiologist and neuroscientist Stuart Hameroff had already postulated a quantum theory of life after death.
According to Hameroff, consciousness is based on small structures that are called microtubules and are found inside the brain. The experience of self-consciousness is the effect of quantum gravity on these microtubules, which serve as something like processing nodes. That is, if consciousness is a quantum phenomenon, then it is constituted of the same substance that makes up the rest of the universe, which has existed since the beginning of time and is made up of the geometry of time itself.
Under normal conditions, Hameroff explains, consciousness occurs at the geometric plane of space-time within the brain. But when metabolism, which runs the brain’s quantum coherency, starts to slow down, the quantum information filters back into the space-time of the entire universe. The remaining consciousness is thus interlaced with Everything and consciousness (or even subconsciousness) may even continue to exist.
The theory doesn’t mean that upon death we are conscious of ourselves (or carry with us our personalities) but that our consciousness or memories will return to the universe, perhaps even feeding into a sort of cosmic library: the profundity of ourselves filtering back into its primordial truth.
https://www.faena.com/aleph/quantum-theory-could-explain-life-after-death
David Brooks has stated that he has been influenced by the
Lutheran Theologian Dietrich Bonhoeffer from Germany.
His book "The Cost of Discipleship" and especially chapter 6
on the Beatitudes in Matthew 5. Ultimately, Christianity is
about a trusting relationship with Jesus Christ.
Lutheran Theologian Dietrich Bonhoeffer from Germany.
His book "The Cost of Discipleship" and especially chapter 6
on the Beatitudes in Matthew 5. Ultimately, Christianity is
about a trusting relationship with Jesus Christ.
Wow. How can you respond to that?
"Colorless green ideas sleep furiously was composed by Noam Chomsky in his 1957 book Syntactic Structures as an example of a sentence that is grammatically well-formed, but semantically nonsensical."
Chomsky had nothing on the guy who wrote that article. Take this phrase, for example: "consciousness occurs at the geometric plane of space-time within the brain."
Or this: "...if consciousness is a quantum phenomenon, then it is constituted of the same substance that makes up the rest of the universe, which has existed since the beginning of time and is made up of the geometry of time itself."
Colorless green ideas sleep furiously - Wikipedia
How does one reply to this?Wow. How can you respond to that?
"Colorless green ideas sleep furiously was composed by Noam Chomsky in his 1957 book Syntactic Structures as an example of a sentence that is grammatically well-formed, but semantically nonsensical."
Chomsky had nothing on the guy who wrote that article. Take this phrase, for example: "consciousness occurs at the geometric plane of space-time within the brain."
Or this: "...if consciousness is a quantum phenomenon, then it is constituted of the same substance that makes up the rest of the universe, which has existed since the beginning of time and is made up of the geometry of time itself."
Colorless green ideas sleep furiously - Wikipedia
en.wikipedia.org
I would just say, "That's an interesting theory. I wonder if there is anything to it."
I came across this a couple of months ago when browsing the internet late one night. I guess with recent "discoveries" in the Quantum World, as mentioned by @uihawk82, it may some day come to be, but not very likely in our lifetimes. But it does give us something to think about; something to chew on. Maybe even a new avenue to explore?
Who knows?
But it's not an interesting theory. It's nonsense, liberally sprinkled with jargon to make it sound sciency.How does one reply to this?
I would just say, "That's an interesting theory. I wonder if there is anything to it."
I came across this a couple of months ago when browsing the internet late one night. I guess with recent "discoveries" in the Quantum World, as mentioned by @uihawk82, it may some day come to be, but not very likely in our lifetimes. But it does give us something to think about; something to chew on. Maybe even a new avenue to explore?
Who knows?
As the nuns would say…you must have faith.
If it’s part of the human condition…🤷♀️
If it’s part of the human condition…🤷♀️
I have somewhat more respect for people who profess faith than for those who make up sciency nonsense.
Christianity encourages a person to put their faith in Christ.
He is the One who died on a cross to forgive our sins and
rose from the dead to give us eternal life. Faith in Christ is
the best way to live your life in this world. He loves us and
guides us on our journey from earth to heaven.
He is the One who died on a cross to forgive our sins and
rose from the dead to give us eternal life. Faith in Christ is
the best way to live your life in this world. He loves us and
guides us on our journey from earth to heaven.
