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Infinite Dimensions | The Philosophy Student

I had a dream this morning that has altered my way of thinking. I am usually agnostic when it comes to God, switching from theism to atheism according to the latest observation. Having said that, I believe that this dream came about to let me know for sure, that God does exist.

I don’t remember much of the dream, but it seemed that throughout it, various different types of people appeared before me, conducting certain ‘moral tests’. I reacted to what they had to say, and I don’t know if I passed all of these tests, but the dream continued to move forward.

Then, at some point, everything went dark and black as if existence ceased to be. Immediately after this, I heard a voice say something like, ‘Let there be Creation’ and so things started to exist once again. I then said out loud, ‘There is a God!’ and suddenly, I was inside a geometrical ‘sphere’ of some kind. I said, ‘It’s Sacred Geometry’ referring to this structure as I moved the different sections of the sphere until I exited it.

As I got out of the sphere, I found myself falling out of the sky from a tremendous height. Not only that, but I could see the Earth below me, it was round and looked just like how NASA shows it, with the right colours and all. I heard the first couple of seconds of The X Files theme song and I knew this was God’s doing. There was daylight, I could see the Sun shining brightly and although initially I was afraid, I settled with it and fell toward the Earth in peace. When I got close to the ground, I got scared again as I was about to land on a hard surface. Then a voice guided me to land onto some water. I landed on the water and I was fine. The rest I don’t really remember either, but shortly after, I woke up.

There was more to this dream, but I don’t recall it in details, only fragments. I believe that someone said that I ‘had gone to the end of the world searching for God. That when I found Him, I made sure to let myself know that God exists by travelling back in Time to let my younger self know’.

So, what does this all mean?

Perhaps it is God who creates our dreams and communicates with us through them. I don’t think it’s the subconscious but rather, different dimensions. So, every time we go to sleep, we automatically plug into these dimensions. Sometimes, we enter lower dimensions, when we experience bad dreams and nightmares, other times, we proceed into higher dimensions, where everything seems bright, clear, and optimistic.

I feel like I can believe in God once more, but I know that at some point, I’ll question this belief again. This means that I must persevere, as I also know from experience that when I have lost faith in God, God often shows up, so I know that God will let Himself be known when necessary. What I need to do now is believe that a moral authority does exist, even though it may seem like there isn’t anyone in charge of cosmic justice. God may seem absent from reality, but God is present in the infinite dimensions of dreams.

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a posteriori and a priori | The Philosophy Student

So, what is the difference between the terms a posteriori and a priori?

a posteriori: after experience.

a priori: independent of experience.

a posteriori knowledge depends on a justification of experience, to that which is contigent.

Example: a posteriori knowledge is that Canberra is the national capital city of Australia, or that your PC is on your desk.

a priori knowledge is that which is necessary and independent of experience.

Example: 2 + 2 = 4 or knowing that all bachelors are unmarried men.

Having said this, American philosopher Saul Kripke, argued that there are contigent truths that can be known a priori, as well as, necessary truths that are only discovered a posteriori.

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What the Bleep Do We Know!? | The Philosophy Student

"All I know is I know nothing." - Socrates

This is so true!

 

I'll give you one example:

A close friend and I chatted on the phone recently. He has a degree in psychology, and was studying science in order to study medicine, so you know, a very intelligent guy. He is currently studying computer science, and at the start of the academic year, we got to catch up at university. This friend is one to be scientific, logical, and coming from an academic point of view, he is very knowledgeable. He's the kind of guy who thinks about anything and everything! And he often brings me up to speed on many current topics as I'm usually thinking my stuff through and not doing much research on recent issues. So, I'm somewhat naive in the sense of current affairs but I have, generally, a good philosophical understanding having had some time to think things through.

I mentioned to my friend that I had recently watched the documentary What the Bleep Do We Know!? and he did a quick search on wikipedia, as he had not heard of it before. Now, I must say that I don't normally do too much research when it comes to to a TV series, film, documentary, or other videos before I watch them. I may watch the trailer, do a bit of scoping for some other information and kinda get a "feel" for it. I then decide on this general feeling if I want to watch it or not. If I was interested in learning something new, I'd watch a documentary with the idea that it would be factual. So, up until recently, I had thought that all documentaries were non-fiction, but as it turns out, they are often based on opinions and they tend to have biases.

So, I thought I had learnt a grander picture of things, with the kind of meaningful stuff I crave, in the pragmatism of the scientific enterprise...but no. It was only pseudoscience.

At the end of it, I knew that I knew nothing.

 

Note: Further study required.

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Knowledge of UItimate Reality | The Philosophy Student

According to the so-called 'Pythagorean Illuminati', in Mike Hockney's eBook The God Factory, there are only 4 methods of receiving knowledge of ultimate reality:

1. Scientific materialism
   
2. Metaphysics
3. Religion
4. Mathematics
   

Let's explore each one of them as Hockney summarises them.

1. Scientific materialism states that experimentation of scientific theories is the only method to be positive of anything. If empirical evidence reflect scientific theories, then they are correct. Anything that cannot be tested is then either metaphysics or religion.

2. Metaphysics is what comes post physics - everything that cannot be solved with experimentation. Hockney says that metaphysical statements have been challenged on many grounds and so no one seems to take it seriously as a way for objective knowledge. "Scientists," Hockney says, "frequently sneer at philosophy, dismissing it as mere metaphysics. Of course, a huge amount of science is metaphysical." He adds that cosmology is also metaphysical, as well as the various interpretations of Quantum Mechanics. Hockney goes on to say that 'The Many Worlds' interpretation of quantum mechanics is all metaphysical, "If not utter science fiction." Holistically, metaphysics is highly speculative, very interesting, but all in all, unreliable.

3. Religion, an alternate type of metaphysical inquiry, states that absolute knowledge or truth can be known by an infallible authority i.e. a Holy Text, a divine revelation, a Messiah, a saint, a guru, a holy man, a prophet. Religion is based on faith, in that, you must believe without asking any questions what the holy source says. "For any thinking, rational person," Hockney continues, "this is no kind of answer."

4. According the Pythagorean Illuminati, mathematics presents the absolute and 'unarguable' truth of the cosmos. Mathematics, unlike science, can be done purely mentally. Mathematical truths are of reason alone. "A perfect mathematical universe could be constructed entirely in the mind."

I think I'll leave it there as it gets a bit complex but basically, the Pythagorean Illuminati think mathematics is the only truth there is.

I'll just ask you this: Do you think there could be order, organisation, patterns, laws, or relationships between things, without mathematics?

Arguments for God's Existence | The Philosophy Student

‘Atheism’ is the belief that there is no god, no Creator, God simply doesn’t exist and any belief in any god/goddess is wrong. Materialist scientists tend to be atheists, as they believe that only the material universe exists, and if no evidence of ‘God’ can be found in the material universe, there can be no god at all.

With a bit of reading, you realise that God is outside space and time. God isn’t in the material cosmos but outside ‘the matrix’, so to speak, if you’re familiar with the movies, the simulation that we are living in, the spatial-temporal matrix or hologram, a dimension made out of a computer; an illusion, a dreamworld. In The Matrix: Reloaded, Neo meets the Architect – the Creator of the Matrix, or God, as in the monotheistic depiction. It is interesting that God is a program, an artificial intelligence, and therefore, machine-like, with a mathematical precision.

If God is outside the universe, can there be evidence of God here on Earth?

One can say that nature, or specifically, that 1.618 or phi or the Golden Ratio, showing up in its design, that is to say, that nature may not have developed, just accidentally, randomly, or out of nowhere.

Another argument for there being evidence of God here in this universe is what we call ‘love’, a satisfying emotional state of pure beauty and deep sadness in a confused world that doesn’t seem to care. It gives us hope of a better future, maybe not for us, but for our children and our children’s offspring.

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Mathematical patterns and the emotion of love.

The existence of such things show order and purpose, or at least, some kind of significant process of that which makes up the circle of life, as in the case of love.

But can the mathematical patterns exist without a sort of intelligence, such as a designer/mathematician?

Can the chemical process of love have existed without something causing it to happen?

Therefore, there might just be an entity (entities?) which created the universe. It/They are outside space and time, but may be able to alter the code of reality at will.

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