Post your belief of existentialism and discuss

[GodSpeakFire]

I believe that there is no god in a religious way. I do believe that there is a being(s) in a higher dimension than ours who exists in one of the multiple higher dimensions that we can not access nor control. This being does not control day to day life, but simply controls creation itself (manipulation of all dimensions below it) in the most basic of ways, for example; it caused the big bang, causing several dimensions to become unraveled (these dimensions already existed below said being, they simply couldn't give way to any life form until after they unraveled) and for life as we know it to begin to take place, as explained by the big bang theory (the one that is a recurring cycle of two planes of existence that slowly expand and contract, causing a big bang every time they collide, which forces them to expand again until the explosion dies down enough to once again allow gravity to take control and pull everything close again, rinse, repeat, etc.). I have no way to know if this is the only higher power, be it one being in one dimension all the way at the top, one being in each dimension, multiple beings in multiple dimensions , or multiple higher beings in one higher dimension, as it is with us, rather time dependent creatures that we are.

In my theory, a being has control over the dimensions that exist below their dimension of existence. For example; we, as beings of the fourth dimension, time, can control length, width, and height, which seem very simple to us. Directly, any being that exists in a higher or lower dimension can control only those dimensions below their existence, which would seem simple to them as well. This technically provides us with a "god" or "gods" if you view it in simple terms, though I do not.

Transcendence is possible, but not without external dimensional influence, but that influence could not make you equal to itself, it could only bring you up to one dimension below it, and it would have no effect on any beings equal or higher than itself because it could not enter those dimensions in order to cause a change.:thumbup: That's my basis.

[Impulse97]

That's a fairly interesting theory. Not sure how much stock I'd put in it right off the bat but its got potential.:hammersickle::che::hammersickle:

[ZeroNowhere]

Before there stood gods upon Olympus, or ever Allah was Allah, had wrought and rested Mana-Yood-Sushai.

There are in Pegana -- Mung and Sish and Kib, and the maker of all small gods, who is Mana-Yood-Sushai. Moreover, we have a faith in Roon and Slid.

And it has been said of old that all things that have been were wrought by the small gods, excepting only Mana-Yood-Sushai, who made the gods and hath thereafter rested.
And none may pray to Mana-Yood-Sushai but only the gods whom he hath made.

But at the Last will Mana-Yood-Sushai forget to rest, and will make again new gods and other worlds, and will destroy the gods whom he hath made.

And the gods and the worlds shall depart, and there shall be only Mana-Yood-Sushai.

[Billy2]

In my theory, a being has control over the dimensions that exist below their dimension of existence. For example; we, as beings of the fourth dimension, time, can control length, width, and height, which seem very simple to us.
Yeah, I agree, a hard-core freedom philosophy will conclude that we chose our gender and species, and that all our choices create ourselves and the world and that if you stop believing in yourself -- poof! -- you will disappear. Though I think of this more as a useful thought-experiment or inspirational myth than actually believing I chose to be human and not a frog. Wittgenstein seems to be popular on this discussion board, he asked, "How do I move my arm?" It's necessary to give more than one answer: well, I move it; it's moved by atoms and magnetism; it's moved by social dynamics; it's moved by emergent levels of semiotics, etc.

[Rosa Lichtenstein]

I'm sorry to have to tell you that, as this post shows:

http://www.revleft.com/vb/all-philosophical-theories-t148537/index.html?p=1995528

your theory is non-sensical.

[BougieandTheBanshees]

I think that realistically it is an incredibly large claim to say whether there is or is not a god. Too large a claim to make if we are being honest with ourselves.

I would allow for contextualism, though. I would say in almost all areas you could make a claim either way and people would understand you meant in the context of what you could possibly know, but in a discussion of existentialism, it appears to be relevant that we could not know.

In this sense I think the only possible conclusion is to accept absurdism. Yes, social norms may be ultimately meaningless, but why not engage them for personal growth?

[Gorilla]

Oh, I thought this post was going to be about Sartre or something.

I didn't read your theory very closely but I find it much more convincing than what I thought it would be.

[DarkNation]

To GodSpeakFire:

Why do you believe this? What do you mean by creation? What does this have to do with existentialism? How is this even philosophy? It sounds like some ridiculous paganism to me.

[VeritablyV]

Leave the sensical to the empiricist philosophy. That was pretty nonsensical though.

[ColonelCossack]

I used to be an existentialist, until I decided it had idealistic tendencies... recently, however, I have been questioning this and at the moment i've had an identy crisis and become mega confusled.:confused:

[∞]

Existentialism is pointless.