God is not an entity inside our world | Ian Hutchinson and Lex Fridman

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Ian Hutchinson, a nuclear engineer and plasma physicist at MIT. He has made a number of important contributions in plasma physics including the magnetic confinement of plasmas seeking to enable fusion reactions, which is the energy source of the stars, to be used for practical energy production. Current nuclear reactors are based on fission as we discuss. Ian has also written on the philosophy of science and the relationship between science and religion.
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[@jds6014]

From anarchist to theologian this guy treats everyone with respect and listens to their point of you I really respect him!

[@aidanwelton6083]

Point of you???🤣🤣u mean point of view

[@jds6014]

@@aidanwelton6083 ..........

[@england88me]

Point of you ... Yeah works a lot better, I like it

[@jds6014]

@@england88me yea no shit!

[@healthymealthy775]

The guy is a nuclear physicist

[@scottandrew8906]

Lex has this special ability to be extremely down to earth and personable for a guy with his accomplishments. Great podcast.

[@kirbysadventures8000]

And he could choke you out in a few seconds. #BJJ

[@drestarman]

And now he is my replacement for joe rogan when it comes to topics of the cosmos, aliens, science, occasional religion/god chat, tech things ...... etc

[@korbendallas9824]

@@indoctrinatedfaded5506 AI robots released by who??

[@dangerousdiscourse]

@@RIPxBlackHawk the overtly intentional, inorganic changing of western culture that's been happening at nauseum my entire life, nothing pisses me off more than the inversion of what it means to be truly strong and truly humble. Replacing that as the righteous way to think and be(liveL) with acting like a cocky asshole and being 'strong' in all the wrong, low fl vibration ways that will simply cause negative outcomes( for ppl exhibiting). Meanwhile, every half-a-wiseguy accross the country is weak in all the areas that matter. Broken families, not participating in the betterment on something etc

[@dangerousdiscourse]

@@RIPxBlackHawk lol i wrote this on 2 days no sleep(big outta state job) i dont know why i said truly? I just cant stand the cartoonish, low vibration and total lack self awareness that comes through from modern athletes for example. I can physically feel the energy and its off putting. Its a behavior exhibited by those less evolved(spiritually) than others, less refined... Im not in anyway conflating self confidence, even to a radical degree, with being cocky. The two expressions of human emotion are like 2 ways of expressing the same dualistic frequency of energy. Self confidence, imo, is the more refined way to deal with these energies.

[@hymnsake]

“For in Him we live and move and have our being. As some of your own poets have said, ‘We are his offspring.’” Acts 17:28

[@td811]

I was about to write this then saw your post!

[@mytandasouder4485]

@@andrewfrank7222 im a banana!

[@stricknice5260]

“Stays crunchy, even in milk!”-Cap’n Crunch

[@Alyrian.sounds]

You know it’s gonna be an in depth question when Lex starts closing his eyes

[@felyxmillicent6538]

"We believe...."

[@lowprofile513]

Every time I see Lex I hear the X-Files theme music

[@chrisholend6463]

I would love to see him and Christopher Hitchens have a conversation... RIP Christopher

[@MicahMicahel]

Would’ve been nice to have Christopher Hitchens in the past 4 years joining the culture war. He would’ve slayed

[@MicahMicahel]

@@andrewfrank7222 He despised the Clintons. Do you believe the very fine people hoax? Search ‘Trump Disavows White Supremacy compilation’ and you’ll see the majority of the news about Trump is completely fake. Do you believe Hitchens would restrict himself to the legacy news like most Hollywood people and mainstream press do? Would he have been for fooled by the orange man bad fake news?

[@MicahMicahel]

@@andrewfrank7222 your argument is based on personality. You also believe intellectuals can’t understand media spin. Sam Harris has full blown Trump derangement syndrome so he’s a bad example. Listen to Michael Malice if you listen to Lex. Also search “Trump disavows white supremacy compilation” if you want to be honest. People hate Trump because of media spin. Tell me why you hate him and I guarantee it will be fake news. He’s the 1st president since 1970s to not start anew war in 1st term. How is that nothing to you? You want Trump to read more books? Why? He’s operated over 500 companies at the same time... you’d rather have an intellectual? Why? You call Trump an imbecile because of 4 years of brain conditioning.

[@Myohomoto]

@@MicahMicahel Missing him terribly!

[@MicahMicahel]

@@TruthDissident Hitchens hated Hilary Clinton. HE was also at odds with the globalist left before he died over his opinions on Islam. He would have doubled down rather than submitted, right? Also many people were communist when they were young and then changed their minds after they learned about reality.

[@albewillbuild]

God is the name humans gave to the questions that have no answers and our minds are not capable of answering, but we believe to somehow exist in our perceived reality.

[@francesco5581]

is just the clock maker ... since the clock is in front of our eyes ...

[@fandude7]

Astronomer Hugh Ross would be a perfect scientist to interview.

[@funduk89]

His book is a reall classic. I get a weird feeling seeing him live.

[@jmannxiiiaaron]

How in the world have I not heard about Ian Hutchinson until now?? Props to Lex for being open.

[@No_OneV]

I imagine God like 'the force' from star wars. Influencing the events behind the scenes what we perceive as "coincidence" that binds every living thing in this universe.

[@zprep4707]

Except that no matter how hard I try, that remote control refuses to float to my hand.

[@No_OneV]

@@zprep4707 Yeah.. i don't think thats gonna happen :D

[@barakbenyehuda2252]

@@No_OneV worked for me....

[@seanhurley9216]

He's microscopic bugs in my blood? Do really religious people have more bugs?

[@chrisboshers]

@@zprep4707 You can download a remote on the phone your holding......in your hand.

[@paulgarcia3201]

Lex and bishop Barron would be a great show. Bishop Barron is one of the most philosophically knowledgable catholic priests and bishops ever.

[@j.r.r.tolkee7000]

Gah, wouldn't this be a great episode? It may bring KZbin crashing down around it for its profundity. For all the intelligence Bshp. Barron employs, one still gets the impression that he is holding back the real power behind those glasses.

[@jtm2oo1]

I would have liked this clip to be longer

[@100thAnniversary]

Just watch the whole interview..

[@crouchingwombathiddenquoll5641]

The end of 2001 a space odyssey had a good crack at describing an omnipotent being.

[@thesoul3461]

Well, I prefer the concept that the Cosmos is conscious, we are not living outside the realm of the Creator but within the Cosmic Body, that the Creator,the essence is all pervading, we are part of the Soul. More than childrens, we are like we are few water droplets originated from a vast ocean. We have conciousness but not fully concious like a mixture of consciousness and illusion; impure like a doped transistor.

[@anthonyjames4319]

That’s silly lol

[@existentialhead8330]

Probobly correct

[@marketsocialist6421]

I second thats probably correct

[@yourstruly6093]

Correct me if I'm wrong but a good analogy may be: The universe is the body and we are one of the many cells it's made of. *edit* pretty sure that's something other than an analogy but that's beside the point

[@micheall]

True

[@matthewcooper6284]

What’s the one thing a limitless being doesn’t possess? Limitation.

[@jellyrollthunder3625]

also, it apparently cannot demonstrate its existence in an undeniable way that all humans would know for sure. Also cannot speak aloud

[@matthewcooper6284]

@LK 6767 I believe it comes from Jewish philosophy or something if I remember. I feel I heard this from a Jordan Petersen lecture.

[@Akcvs]

@@jellyrollthunder3625 why would a limitless being do that? You're assuming that it can't because it doesn't

[@jellyrollthunder3625]

@@Akcvs yet he chooses to eternally torture you if you don't guess the right god. It's apparently very important to him, but he can't even do that much? Either he CAN'T or this is all just a big game to him where he pretends to take offense just so he can torture those who down fluff his ego. Or god is fake to begin with.

[@Akcvs]

@@jellyrollthunder3625 Again you're making too many assumptions. I'm talking about a creator, you assume I'm talking about the Christian God or some other religion which says you go to hell for not believing. I don't get why atheists think that just because religion is fake that means God is not real and reality is just one big cosmic coincidence. What do you have to say about an intelligent designer of the universe, who or whatever that may be?

[@rebornsmith7542]

Are the developers of World of Warcraft inside Game? Or do they need to make an avatar to enter the game?

[@yourstruly6093]

In my opinion the word "God" means the personification/labeling of the unknown. Usually done in an attempt to make it known. There used to be gods of the seas, winds, storms, agriculture, etc. because they didn't know how those worked at the time.

[@SahilP2648]

Exactly what I was saying. God in today's world is nothing more than luck. When someone is praying for something or someone they are trying to improve their own or someone else's luck. Luck/randomess/entropy/undeterminism is something fundamental to our universe and no matter how hard we try we will never be able to predict an outcome with 100% certainty when dealing with living beings. I am atheist btw. Here's my logic. If you have absolute information about every particle in the universe (non-living) you can predict pretty much the entire universe with 100% certainty because if you know all the laws, you can for example use a supercomputer to calculate that. Then you might think why not living things right? Cause living things unlike non-living things are inherently unpredictable. What else is unpredictable in this universe? Quantum mechanics. Combine those two things together. Living things are basically objects using quantum mechanics and generating entropy through it. Our way of 'trying to control' entropy? Having laws to create order. Be it through a government or religion. Our way of 'trying to decrease entropy (meaning increasing the odds of something)'? Praying to 'god'. There is no god, just quantum mechanics, entropy, classical mechanics and the combination of those 3.

[@yourstruly6093]

@@SahilP2648 I agree with that except the ending statement. Claiming 'There is no god' makes you the bearer of the burden of proof. Although in my opinion by definition you cannot prove nor disprove God.

[@boris3866]

Nah was/is much more than pre-scientific explanation of natural phenomena. you can do better

[@MattiasWalc]

@@SahilP2648 Hmm, allow me to give you another perspective of God, prayer and unpredictability because I think your way of looking at it could potentially still resonate with what I am about to write. No TL;DR here. Also @Yours Truly you might find this cool too. I’ll be building on some of the points you made but most of all, scripture (before I lose you, I’m going to try to use scripture to illustrate timeless understandings, and not in the, “Repent and accept Jesus as your savior”, mumbo jumbo conventional Christians always comment on all over different social platforms with. You’re still here? Cool! If not, maybe someone else might read this, I just felt like writing this ;) ) Instead of seeing God as something external, someone out there in the heavens to be believed in, or as you put it,- seeing God as the “luck/randomness” factor (which actually is, in a certain way, a good way of looking at it, I’ll get into that later), how about seeing God as the timeless awareness that allows everything to be, and that allows us humans to be aware of ourselves, our surroundings, our hopes, dreams and imagination, our characteristics, our circumstances, our thoughts, etc. God seems to me to be the ever-present feeling of “I am”. You might black out tomorrow, wake up the next day after that and forget everything about your past. Everything. Your name, your career, your relationships, etc. But you’d still, guaranteed, still know that you are, you’d still have this awareness of “I am”. Now when I’m going to bring scripture into this, I want you to see the lens through which I’m seeing these verses. The Bible is a masterfully written psychological drama meant to illustrate what is unfolding within man. It could also be seen as an 2000+ year old illustration and back-then-collection of different texts, describing the understanding of consciousness at THAT time. Similar to how we today might describe our understanding of consciousness in the vein of everything being a simulation. Most of the bible should be read as parables and should NOT be read as literal historic fact, although I’m not saying that the bible is or isn’t historical, that’s for another debate. There are hints to this throughout the bible, for example Paul writes in letters to Galatians that “Abraham and his wives are symbolic and illustrates a powerful truth” (This one I’m paraphrasing but it’s there in Galatians to be read) Meaning, the exoteric (The man Abraham and his story) is a symbol for something esoteric (the deeper meaning). The most straight forward mention of the Bible being supposed to be read as parables is by Jesus and by the parable of the sower. The entirety of Matthew 13 explains that the bible has hidden meanings, not apparent to everyone. Matthew 13:23 “But the seed falling on good soil refers to someone who hears the word and understands it.” Back to the feeling of “I am”, scripture mentions this, yet is not often talked about. This is literally what the bible says is God’s name, when Moses asks God; who shall I say sent me? Exodus 3:14; “And God said unto Moses, “*I Am* That I Am.” And He said, “Thus shalt thou say unto the children of Israel, ‘*I Am* hath sent me unto you.’” Exodus 3:15 “... This is my name for ever, and thus I am to be remembered throughout all generations.” - meaning, that if for example, our entire civilization were to be wiped out from the face of the earth, including all literature and all religions, and just a few survivors repopulated the earth and the memory of a bible or the word god were to fade into obscurity forever, the feeling of “I am” will still be factual “throughout all generations”. To wrap up my quick (not so seemingly quick lol) attempt to explain that God is within us and not an external entity ‘out there’, Paul writes in 1 Corinthians 3:16: “Do you not know that you are God's temple and that God's Spirit dwells in you?” and 1 Corinthians 13:5: “Do you not realize that Jesus Christ is in you?” ... And ofcourse the first chapter of John, which I’ll paraphrase: “In the beginning was the word, and the word was god. The word *became flesh and dwelt in us*”. Not outside of us, not in the heavens, not the mistranslation of “among us”, but *in us*. Cool, so now we can understand that God is within us, and in some sense, we are god but not the god. Psalm 82 confirms this, where it says “Ye are gods, sons of the most high”. Now to the point you made about prayer/luck/man’s attempt at making sense of God, quantum mechanics and unpredictability. I personally see quantum mechanics backing up ancient texts, and vice versa. Werner Heisenberg, among others, interpreted the mathematics of quantum mechanics to mean that reality doesn’t exist until observed. “The idea of an objective real world whose smallest parts exist objectively in the same sense as stones or trees exist, independently of whether or not we observe them ... is impossible”. Of course I’m aware of the fact that quantum mechanics and the true nature of reality is not agreed upon across the board, and that Werner Heisenberg proposed his view amongst many other people’s views, but I’m still so fascinated what insights ancient texts can bring to modern day science. (not just the Bible, there’s a tremendous amount of overlap across other ancient texts such as the Bhagadvadgita, namely the teachings of Maya / illusion and the divine play). Hebrews 11:1 and 11:3 “Now faith is confidence in what we hope for and assurance about what we do not see.” - “By faith we understand that the universe was formed by the word of God, so that what is seen was not made out of what was visible.” Now read the last verse from the lens of quantum mechanics (albeit simplified) and the lens of the meaning of God I tried my best to describe earlier. By faith (the assurance of what we do not see) we understand that the universe *was formed* by the word of God (The same word that dwells in us, that IS us, remember?), so that what is seen was not made of what was visible. You can interpret this last line in many ways, just like every other parable, but to me it seems to mean that reality (what is seen) doesn’t exist until the word of god (the imaginative/creative faculty, that which is not visible) observed it! Doesn’t that sound straight out of quantum mechanics? Now to wrap this up with prayer and unpredictability. Another way of looking at those verses from Hebrew is that if we’re made in the image of God and have his gift, aka the word, in us, then we have the literal same creative faculty that created the universe. The imagination of man. Seeing in your imagination, what is not visible, until it is seen and in your reality. Think about all the visionaries in the world, Elon Musk, Arnold Schwarzenegger, etc. They literally envisioned something that was not yet visible but was eventually brought forth and became seen. This means, that they are exercising God’s gift. We are all doing it, for good or for bad. So “whatever things ye desire, when ye pray, believe that ye have received them, and ye will” from Mark 11:24 can be taken literally and applied literally, and be a consistent “manifestation technique”, if you will. But it’s a matter of faith, in believing it to be so, by having “the assurance of what we do not see”. Prayer only becomes consistent when you pray believing AS god, NOT praying believing IN god, this is the true meaning of prayer. Why the unpredictability, then? Whatever things you ask for is a given as long as you hold the faith in the end result already being done. But here comes the “randomness” factor you described. “God’s ways are past finding out”, Romans 11:33, meaning it will unfold in a completely unpredictable manner. The end result will still be what you prayed / imagined either way. The how is not up to us. lmao damn this comment ended up craazy long but oh well. I just find it fascinating. Because it literally works 100% of the time, as Mark 11:24, Hebrews 11:1 states a timeless law literally being somewhat supported by quantum mechanics today. (although, again, I reaaaally simplified quantum mechanics in my comment, so that I could make more sense)

[@MattiasWalc]

@@yourstruly6093 check out my comment above aswell if you’re interested. Tried my best to explain god, prayer and the relation to modern day science as best as I could to Sahil, as far as I understand it. WARNING: Really long comment lol. It’s fun to write about tho

[@jonboy700]

A good talk! Its refreshing to hear scientific people offer sensible and informed discussions regarding faith.

[@Tyler_W]

There is a pretty long, pre-20th century history of this kind of thinking, even in the 20th amd 21st century, though it's not quite as common. Truth is, you don't get our modern sciemtific understanding of the natural world without the critical role Christian scholarship played in its development. The problem with the absolute statement that "God doesn't exist because there is no scientific evidence if him" misunderstands who and what "God" is, as well as the limits amd purpose of the scientific method. The scientific method is meant as a tool to better understand the natural, material world, let's say everything within a box. The God of the Bible is not some phenomenological entity comfined to and defined by what is within the bounds of that limited box because he is a transcendant being, an entity, or rather the entity that is the source and essence of all being, ontologically speaking.

[@benedictneo3439]

@@Tyler_W That's interesting to know! If I may ask, what are you views, or if you've read about opinions of others, about on evolutionary biology and the facts in the bible? I'm a christian myself and I've been wondering in what sense can science and faith conform, where they lift each other up instead of cancelling each other out.

[@pano6391]

@@benedictneo3439 the Catholic Church, at least, has recognized evolutionary biology. Just as they also once abandoned the geocentric model of the universe for the heliocentric model.

[@pano6391]

@@Tyler_W the scientific method is just a tool of rational inquiry. It is rational thought that cannot reconcile the existence of such an omnipotent and benevolent deity as in the Abrahamic faiths. Faith, which is a fundamental counterpoint to reason.

[@regrox]

@@Tyler_W "Truth is, you don't get our modern sciemtific understanding of the natural world without the critical role Christian scholarship played in its development. " And what about all the occurrences of Christian censorship hmmm?

[@Yashua2Rule]

It's all spiritual stuff, "if you've seen me..." spiritually, then you've seen the Father spiritually. In other words, the Holy Spirit is God. You cannot ascribe a gender to a spirit, but God, creator of Heaven and Earth created us male and female. This is a good way to show how God is completely outside of his creation. One tends to love what they create and that is why God loves you.

[@CapoKhan]

kzbin.info/www/bejne/kGO3e2eoi9dgnpY if you are really sincere

[@bobworks5197]

The thought of god being outside from creation, and something to be worshipped outside yourself does not align with the way the ancients thought

[@Tyler_W]

That's precisely why Jesus says for us to first and foremost for us to identify with God in relation to us as "Father," because it is meant to reveal his ultimate disposotion towards and desire for each individual being.

[@Tyler_W]

@@bobworks5197 that's one reason why Christianity was so revolutionary in its understanding of the divine and our relationship to it. Christianity in its essence, at its core, particularly in its understanding of the divine transcendant being, is simply not comparable to how the rest if the historically pagan world understood and related to their conception of divinity.

[@chrisscollo3659]

Christ is real he is Real ! God Did create this world . Jesus is King look more into the creation in this world and you will see that on the side of evolution there are just not enough details to support it . The bigbang Is a broken theory with not much supporting detail. There is no proof But what I do know is that there are more believed in a god then atheism. We have first hand experiences with God the Father Jesus the Son ,Lord and savior and The Holy spirit . Ask God if you want to believe ! Say To your self look up don't look down because he always watches over us God the Father of all Creation please I want to believe in you and he will reveal himself to you. Any thing you do in life is a choice by our own free will as all people would say . If you had the choice to wake up and go do something in life like choosing to surf everyday and dedicate your time and love would you do it ? Or would you drop out finding out It wasn't good enough for you ? You know other people surf and many people enjoy it and get the sensation of freedom and hsppyness when doing so . There is reason for an individual to want to surf in pursuit of happiness ! Try and do this with God knowing that other believe in a god ! It won't hurt if you try it this life is beautiful full of beautiful things the world has offer explore all things .

[@scottretford366]

Finally God, in the universe we are specks of energy. Some specks brighter than others (pun intended) but mere specks non the less. What do you suppose the 30 trillion specks of energy (your cells) think you are? Very courageous to openly tackle this topic great vid

[@kirstinstrand6292]

Yes, the topic is worth 5 minutes, 26 seconds of my time.

[@scottretford366]

@@kirstinstrand6292 Agreed times precious. But if we don't debate the unknow, how will we ever know?

[@evergreenrider]

I've always kind of just thought we are cells contributing to a larger form in the overall scope

[@fineasfrog]

Yes, this is one way to approach it as voiced by this man. However even in the various ways of Christians there are more inclusive ways to view it; especially, in its esoteric aspect with mystics like Meister Echhart and others. Consider starting with this quote from one great man: "Can it be that what we call 'creation' or 'creature' is just another dimension of the 'uncreated'. Can it be that the 'uncreated' looked at from another, a relative view point, 'appears', only appears, to be 'created' due to relative vision." Can it be that what is really the One Unity of God when within Itself, it looks back at Itself from across a dissociated boundary as what we call 'a human being' only gives the appearance of a creator or a creation. What we are as human being are always looking at is the Tao or the uncreated Oneness and our relative vision gives the appearance of this Tao or One Uncreated as a creature and creation. From the point of view of Absolute Unity of God that includes the relative aspect of God, we can say the two are One because there can be no creation that is outside the One aside from whom there is no otherness. There is the appearance of otherness but when this appearance is seen from the Unity we might realize that any otherness of what we call a creature or creation is due to relative vision. This surely gives the appearance of a creature and creation yet if we are able to see from the Unity then what is it? In this sense we can say that the 'uncreated' looked at from a relative view point, 'appears', only appears, to be created due to relative vision. However it is only the realization of Unitive Vision that would allow us to see/know/grok this directly. Without that realization these words are just a mental exercise based some subtle concepts. One way to begin to get some sense of this is to start with the public words of Bernardo Kastrup right here on KZbin. One tweak to his framework might be needed. Since he does not seem to emphasize that the human being is made in the image of the Whole of Consciousness (or Mind at Large) and that it is through a transformation of the substrate of Consciousness that allows the One Consciousness to know completely or wholly and not just partially itself even in and through what we know as the appearance of a human being then Unitive vision is a possibility.

[@kimberlylebel693]

🌬🌹very deep

[@scottchase8014]

Thank you Ian I sure miss you you know I haven't seen you for a lot of years Tammy Porter is surely a wonderful person give her a hug for me next time you see her at MIT I would appreciate it tell her little Scotty is doing fine I'm just studying ancient ruins in southern Nevada right now before I go give a course on ancient Atomic last sites in Utah to some KZbinrs to let him know that other people know of the course sites too especially me

[@roodborstkalf9664]

If God is outside the universe like Hutchinson says, he is the same guy as the programmer/system operator of the simulation we possibly live in. If God is inside the universe he is a powerful Alien. In both cases it seems unlikely that he is very interested in the well being of individual humans/primates/elephants/orca's/dolphins/macaws or other intelligent beings on Earth.

[@roodborstkalf9664]

@@jasonolinger7585 : If there are different dimensions in the universe/multiverse that counts as "inside the universe" A god like being from there that takes an interest in what is happening on Earth is still a powerful Alien.

[@danielulisesalberdi7319]

Trascendent is a better word that "outside".

[@slime6all484]

Jason Olinger tips on having an unlimited mind ? Explanation?

[@varunkaranth7589]

@@slime6all484 God may be a total psychopath or all loving, all caring, all forgiving being or someone who doesn't give a shit about anything. The point is human mind cannot know how it's like being a god(if he exists) the same way ants cannot know how it's like to be a human or how humans think

[@claytonpalmer7284]

Your assumption that god is uninterested in his creation makes no logical sense. Why would an entity create without being fully invested in the thing it creates. Christian faith believes that god is so interested in creation that he does enter into it. Your presuppositions of what creation or simulation entails will lead you down faulty paths, the faiths presuppositions are its own and makes sense within its logical framework, the logical framework that best fits all aspects of reality will ultimately win out. Living out the logical framework of other systems I find is self defeating leading to nihilism.

[@mbahmarijan789]

5:02 what happened after the beginning of the 20th century?

[@jerickodoggo9595]

I can believe in a god like the Christian god when this guy explains it. However I think we as humans likely got things mixed up as time went on. If there was an omnipotent, omnipresent. We assume it would "care" about us. It may very well acknowledge our every thought, but to care is something different. I do believe a higher power exists, but not as a "benevolent father" who cares if you jack off or not...

[@dru4670]

Same. Here. Like some force that creates "natural order" basically physics 😁. But still it's far fetched. We could exist just because we converged on a semi-steady fractal on the Mandelbrot set. So idk.

[@austinlaswell8143]

I design and program video games as a hobby and when I create them, I want to give the user an experience. If someone reviews the game and couldn’t stop talking about the physics engine, I would be sad that they missed the experience of the actual game. The Creator’s intent. You can always use God’s API and ask him yourself. God Bless

[@ThatGuy-xd5fs]

@@dru4670 as a new parent i am now beginning to understand how he would and could care

[@jasonctsa]

If you want to know who God is, rather then telling who he is, I would suggest to look at the person and works of Jesus. I'm bias of course. But so are you. You don't have to throw away your intellectual integrity to believe in the God of the Bible, at some point though every position about the metaphysical is faith position because of finiteness.

[@thesoul3461]

same here

[@calebblack1420]

the novel Ender's Game sequels Speaker for the dead and Xenocide touch on a lot of interesting scientific approaches to God

[@joshpaige1722]

How you mention my three favorite books is profound to me. Children of the Mind was far more difficult to digest but still noteworthy on the topic of godliness. Thank you, Caleb. You're awesome!

[@calebblack1420]

@@joshpaige1722 I read them in high school but I just revisited all three of them recently in Audiobook Format. The audiobooks are really well done. Multiple voice actors, all very talented. Really gives a voice to the characters you love. And it makes those trickier parts of Xenocide muuuuch easier to digest. I loved the series all the way through.

[@chrisscollo3659]

Christ is real he is Real ! God Did create this world . Jesus is King look more into the creation in this world and you will see that on the side of evolution there are just not enough details to support it . The bigbang Is a broken theory with not much supporting detail. There is no proof But what I do know is that there are more believed in a god then atheism. We have first hand experiences with God the Father Jesus the Son ,Lord and savior and The Holy spirit . Ask God if you want to believe ! Say To your self look up don't look down because he always watches over us God the Father of all Creation please I want to believe in you and he will reveal himself to you. Any thing you do in life is a choice by our own free will as all people would say . If you had the choice to wake up and go do something in life like choosing to surf everyday and dedicate your time and love would you do it ? Or would you drop out finding out It wasn't good enough for you ? You know other people surf and many people enjoy it and get the sensation of freedom and hsppyness when doing so . There is reason for an individual to want to surf in pursuit of happiness ! Try and do this with God knowing that other believe in a god ! It won't hurt if you try it this life is beautiful full of beautiful things the world has offer explore all things .

[@calebblack1420]

@@chrisscollo3659 Jane is the only god I recognize

[@NSingh1979]

Rigveda has a powerful hymn that was featured on Cosmos by Carl Sagan. It speaks of creation and possibility of an atheistic origin of this universe, something creating the God personality

[@NSingh1979]

​@@PrivateSi And how much time have you spent in India or read any of its ancient texts? “India is the cradle of the human race, the birthplace of human speech, the grandmother of legend, the mother of history, and the great-grandmother of tradition. Our most valuable and most instructive materials in the history of man are treasured up in India only.”" Mark Twain Firstly, Hinduism is no more a religion in its truest sense than being a European would be. It is a geo-cultural identity. There are about 3 million surviving manuscripts(more than combined Western texts), this is after a millennia of subjugation and systemic destruction of the Ancient Indian culture.

[@rishabhkaushik22]

@@PrivateSi instead of arguing here why dont you google facts. Christianity, islam is only about 2 thousand years old but Sanatan Dharma (Hinduism) is over 10 Thousand Years old. And it is not a religion, it is a way of life. You cant understand that because you're a frog in a well who doesnt want to come outside. Hinduism doesnt call other religions "kafir" or doesnt look down on atheists and agnostics. It is the most scientific religion till date. Its influence is seen from Mexico to amazon forests, from cambodia to russia. Every year hundreds if not thousands of shiva lingas that are thousands of years old are excavated from Vietnam and cambodia. People there even started destroying them because There are just so many of them and people don't want government to take their lands because of ancient artifacts. If this doesnt make you interested into learning about ancient history of hinduism then you're not entitled to talk about this topic, youre just ignorant.

[@chrisscollo3659]

Christ is real he is Real ! God Did create this world . Jesus is King look more into the creation in this world and you will see that on the side of evolution there are just not enough details to support it . The bigbang Is a broken theory with not much supporting detail. There is no proof But what I do know is that there are more believed in a god then atheism. We have first hand experiences with God the Father Jesus the Son ,Lord and savior and The Holy spirit . Ask God if you want to believe ! Say To your self look up don't look down because he always watches over us God the Father of all Creation please I want to believe in you and he will reveal himself to you. Any thing you do in life is a choice by our own free will as all people would say . If you had the choice to wake up and go do something in life like choosing to surf everyday and dedicate your time and love would you do it ? Or would you drop out finding out It wasn't good enough for you ? You know other people surf and many people enjoy it and get the sensation of freedom and hsppyness when doing so . There is reason for an individual to want to surf in pursuit of happiness ! Try and do this with God knowing that other believe in a god ! It won't hurt if you try it this life is beautiful full of beautiful things the world has offer explore all things .

[@silencemeviolateme6076]

@@rishabhkaushik22 the person you were typing to I am sure is an idiot, but Christianity comes from Judaism which comes from sumeria. The tradition is just as old as Hinduism. In fact most scholars believe in a indo European religion from which they both derive.

[@rishabhkaushik22]

@@silencemeviolateme6076 You said correctly about sumeria and sanatan dharma(hinduism) having many commonalities. But where you're probably mistaken is that sumerians followed a polythiestic religion like Hinduism and not Judaism, which is monotheistic. Although later the Jewish civilization came into existence and yes, Judaism's history began in Mesopotamia. But Abraham was born in a sumerian city. Judaism is old, but Hinduism is at least 5x-20x years older than Judaism.

[@scottchase8014]

Mondor storage and how about Mondock submarineport

[@scottchase8014]

I love sitting beside Jesus he knows how much I love him

[@timandmonica]

2:52 He says that Jesus claimed "If you've seen me, you've seen God." If that is true, God says "Do not suppose that I have come to bring peace to the earth. I did not come to bring peace, but a sword." And "If anyone comes to me and does not hate his father and mother, wife and children, brothers and sisters--yes, even their own life--such a person cannot be my disciple." If that really is how god is, he may be powerful but he's also kind of a jerk.

[@timandmonica]

I can't help but notice you didn't provide commentary on the 2nd saying.

[@timandmonica]

I wonder if you see the problem with this: '(YHWH is) a KINGLY authority. We wouldn’t have any other entity on the throne than one who bears arms to defend HIS KINGDOM. It is said that THE WORLD ITSELF IS RULED BY SATAN, AND WE SEE THAT THIS IS TRUE in daily life."

[@damminers49]

@@timandmonica Jesus commonly uses hyperbole, metaphor and parables to express his thoughts. This wasn’t uncommon of a rabbi to do. What do you believe Jesus is trying to express in the context of all of his other teachings and the immediate one?

[@nathenism]

the bible and all other writings are a mi+ed bag of truth and falsehood

[@anthonyjames4319]

You clearly don’t know what he meant

[@sonnyd2769]

I would really like to see Lex Friedman interview John Lennox on his views of Creation and God.

[@lproof8472]

This is exactly right.

[@isauronorbertogarcialopez5447]

We need its subtitles .

[@marvymarier8988]

We Are One

[@liveyourbestlifeguide]

Interesting how Ian makes no mention at all of Islam and the Quran.

[@Yamikaiba123]

The Book of Job is my favourite: a voice calling from a storm-wind describes the Cosmos to Job, and he says, "I had only heard of You with my ears, but now my eyes have seen You."

[@Paine137]

Barf.

[@Yamikaiba123]

@@Paine137 A proper translation has Job comforted by the fact that he's made of the same dust as the Earth. Not so different from Carl Sagan's refrain.

[@stephenobisanya]

If God is an entity that does not exist within the universe, how have people been led to believe such a thing exists? Make it make sense.

[@leonfth]

People are not perfect, far from it, most of the populus is dumb, poor education and family doctrine, do you want more?

[@almbum1456]

[112:1-4] Say, "He is Allah , [who is] One, Allah , the Eternal Refuge. He neither begets nor is born, Nor is there to Him any equivalent." .... summary: god wasn’t created nor was he born nor does he (god has no gender) have a need to have a child. He is not of his creation and nothing is similar to him.

[@jenaidetempslaverteyere3562]

Religion is the shadow of the Universe laid on human intelligence.

[@lebronjames7041]

Exactly. Too limited

[@AD-bb9np]

Religion is the consciousness of a culture

[@just-in-spacetime6674]

Makes logical sense or makes sense logically?

[@TheMockedy]

Can't it be both

[@Godfather48hrs]

4:16

[@scottchase8014]

Even Lester Holt is one of the worst psychic vampires I've ever seen on the news channel

[@omirospavlou7607]

No joke nor arrogance, it's always fun to listen to people talk about God, while being away from Him

[@vandalsavage6990]

It's a conscious frequency

[@scottchase8014]

And make sure you give Tammy Porter a hug for me Mr Hutchinson

[@brianpm2010]

Amen

[@-Ice_Cold-]

What? You labelled this guy as a christian? He didn't said he believe in christian God

[@christiangomez2191]

He used to be in inception

[@crazyeyedme4685]

So like...when "god" says "if youve seen me", what does that entail? Im not a closed off person. Ive even experienced what i could only describe as miracles, but life consistently beats the niaveity out of me.

[@bpaudert]

Jesus is the image of the unseen God. We’re not left to speculations and our imagination when it comes to knowing God. He has made Himself known through the person of Jesus.

[@crazyeyedme4685]

@@bpauderti hope i dont sound rude...im tired tho. I don't know Jesus. I dont know the validity of the Bible because it's a book that man produced just like anything else. I personally believe in the purpose of the concept of God because I have a conscious and my interpretation of "God" is what I relate to and what I consider as right/good/positive. So I disagree. We absolutely are left to speculations and imagination and a book that has historically and factually been manipulated by man is not pure I my eyes. I have a relationship with my personal God, and it seems to work best for me when I allow myself to feel comfortable and trust that it is true and pure. My lessons are an ongoing process and I have to trust that through my OWN consciousness, I will grow. Too many times have I become conflicted by other people telling me what to believe or how to find God. I appreciate those who mean well and hope they understand and forgive me for not conforming to they're specific system. To ignore this amazing existence that we already find ourselves in and focus on eternal bliss because of a book is not right.

[@bpaudert]

You asked about a quote, and I answered explaining the quote in its context. I’m not sure why you asked if you have already dismissed the source as being unreliable. But regardless, I see problems with your view. You believe there is a purpose for conscience, and associate good/right with God. What is the purpose of good and why does your god care whether we are good or not? The scriptures you dismiss provide the answers that you can only speculate about. You’ve created your own god, one that fits your already formed views. Let me ask you this, can your conscience be wrong, and if so how/why?

[@crazyeyedme4685]

@@bpaudert lol wait wait. Were having a big communication break down here. 1st, I asked when i asked "what does that entail"? I wasn't looking for more scripture or and explanation through more spooky vague language of the Bible. I was asking in terms of physical means. Still, I can abstract through the answer you did give that it means(in physical terms) that it entails reading more of the Bible and not nessesarly knowing Jesus in person. So, in fact, we are left to speculations of our imagination either way you look at it. Why? Because the Bible is still a Book written through language( which man constructed by the way)and we are are left to our ability to form abstract thoughts in order to "know God" essentially. That is why I replied the way I did to your explanation. Whew...

[@bpaudert]

The authors of the New Testament did know Jesus and left a written account. It’s a strange position to say we can’t know anything because our minds are required to interpret it. In that case, we can know nothing and this conversation is pointless. You have to form abstract thoughts to interpret history, do math, and recollect your own experiences. I feel like we’re talking around the point you want to make? Are you simply trying to say the God is unknowable unless He personally appears to us individually?

[@adamwoodie4029]

The only way that we could ever come to understand something that is beyond our ability to comprehend.. is if that thing was willing and able and chose to reveal itself to us in a way that we could understand. Revelational epistemology. Our pride hates the concept of that kind of dependency.

[@neebinmakwah349]

Why are my comments being deleted?

[@Bambino_60]

“God? 🤦🏻‍♂️ No God!” The Vampire in 30 Days of Night

[@LJ7000]

What about 'made in the image of God'

[@TheMockedy]

What about it? :)

[@darshananiroshan7760]

Its an abstracted concept like gravity.

[@IslandAtheist]

If God is not an intity inside our world how did he knock-up that virgin?

[@scottchase8014]

From an angel to a physicist the explanation of petrification through the splitting of an atom

[@josedanielherrera7115]

Sophisticated self worship really does sell well

[@stephenbell8337]

Made in his image, that could mean observation maybe?

[@marshallpaintingservices5335]

Yeah, that thumbnail isn’t doctored up with CGI, nope, not even a little.

[@scottchase8014]

That is montalk Air Base

[@frankmurillo6080]

Link's awakening Link's

[@existentialhead8330]

Fav game of all time

[@treyb3693]

The important aspect is an ideological one where they believe they will go to a superior place. For them, the earth and solar system are ultimately unimportant. This is significant regarding degradations of environments and losses in biodiversity since solutions are unimportant to them.

[@Tyler_W]

If you're speaking specifically of Cbristianity, then you would be incorrect. This present world and solar system, the natural wkrld in general is extremely important. What you're describing is a gnostic understanding of reality in which only the spiritual/ethereal world is good and all that matters, whereas the physical/material world is evil/unimportant. Sadly, there are Christians who think like this, but as I previously stated, that is a gnostic perversion of Christian thought, something against which the earliest Christians rigorously worked to disassociate themselves from. In reality, God made man to be stewards of the Earth, essentially to be his emissaries and representatives within creation. People don't actually "leave this world and go to heaven forever." At best, that's an overly simplistic, if not inaccurate understanding of actual Christian teaching. We do go to heaven, yes, but that's more of a temporary pitstop until the world in which we live here and now is restored, essentially renovated and made perfect again. Earth, or rather this world, solar system, etc, the natural world, is our home. There is a perfectly valid and legitimate Christian vasis for conservation if the natural world, because part of God's mandate to mankind is to master his creation and to be good stewards of the world that was given to us to cultivate.

[@yenielmercado5468]

Lex bring Michael Heiser to the podcast 😌.

[@calvingrondahl1011]

Religion and respect. Unfortunately in Mormonism, God and I don’t get along but I wish all of you the best if you choose to believe. I am still a Trekkie.

[@jeffgarcia5210]

I know ...

[@danielpaulson8838]

If Ian had been born in Saudi Arabia, he would be referring to Muhammad and Allah. And Jesus would be a Prophet. So much for seeking with an open mind.

[@MicahMicahel]

Jesus encouraged an open mind by telling us we will be forgiven for blaspheming Him or the Father. Islamic writings have no scripture encouraging people to be free with God. You will be forgiven for cursing God or drawing a blasphemous cartoon about Jesus. Islam is a totalitarian belief system... sorry

[@MicahMicahel]

Imagine Mohammed telling believers they will receive no judgment or punishment for drawing a picture of Muhammad masturbating. Jesus won’t like it but if that is what you need to get out of your system, God is patient and will not judge you... these religions are like night and day, in spite of the surface similarity. It’s no accident Christians invented the idea of free speech

[@danielpaulson8838]

@@MicahMicahel No need to apologize. You're not in control. You've just espoused your local religion. Many of us do that. A few are called to seek out further. And if you had been born in New Delhi, you would be a Hindu. Seek and knock sound familiar?

[@FluxNomad678]

Suppose though we created an A.I. and placed in a Virtual World? Would the human Programmers and Devs be the Gods of that world? They would hardly be great entities from beyond deserving worship. Just wondering of God could be a being or group of being that only happens to sit in an advantageous position over the reality we live in like a head administrator.

[@nofurtherwest3474]

I tend to view it this way. I think there is a "higher form of intelligence" that had some hand in the design of the universe. Not god in the biblical sense, but just a far evolved form of intelligence. Yes, like a developer.

[@silencemeviolateme6076]

@@nofurtherwest3474 but why not god in a biblical sense? Are you sure you are thinking biblically or are you thinking religiously? For example the bible never says Satan rules hell.

[@nofurtherwest3474]

​@@silencemeviolateme6076 idk bro. i'm using bible and religion interchangeably

[@silencemeviolateme6076]

@@nofurtherwest3474 and that is largely a mistake I think if you want any deeper awakening. I think religion is a roadblock in finding God. If you want to be dunked in water be dunked in water. Jesus was but remember Moses wasn't. It is a symbol, nothing more. A series of symbolic acts isn't communing with God. Reading the bible isn't necessarily communing with God either but it can get you there if you are open to the journey.

[@silencemeviolateme6076]

Why wouldn't the programer be God?

[@k4v1g35]

sometimes...

[@Einsofable]

Woo woo.

[@Adrian_Estando]

One thing he gets wrong is that the Trinity doctrine is Christian. It never was and is not today.

[@arifkizilay]

yes, His qualities and attributes encompass the creation and human beings in the first place. Transient selfhood or "I" is one criterion for understanding the eternal "I." In the expression "His image," image means His ethics and attributes. But if you want to know who God is, you have to ask that question to the Quran, and the man who brought that message, a bridge, an isthmus between known and unknown. This man is the most expert person who can answer your question. When you ask a question, you ask it to someone who is an expert on the subject. best.

[@xDooksx]

This guy gets it.

[@NozUrbina]

Saying scientists had god as a big part of their life is a nonsense statement. Almost everyone had their local god as a big part of their life until the 20th century because that's when the common person really discovered that there were all these other competing gods that their next door neighbours believed in, which takes a lot of the steam out of the "mine is the 1 true God" idea. Also, until the 20th century most people were illiterate. Learning about the world and other ways that it works pushes supernatural explanations to the side. Saying scientists used to believe in gods more is the same as saying plumbers and electricians and trapeze artists used to believe in gods more. Everyone did.

[@irena8226]

Why is god referred to as a "he"?

[@tylersasser7749]

So jesus is God wearing a human skin suit.

[@universalspirit6528]

Any church is not supposed to be something you MUST navigate to get to heaven. An individual’s path to enlightenment is the responsibility of that individual and can be achieved by living your life according to a harmonious set of values. Seek guidance from spiritual leaders you trust, if you are genuine then the correct teacher will appear when you are ready. Strive to generate happiness compassion peace and love in your life and you will draw like to like.

[@jamiemccartney3242]

Our individual imaginations and knowledge has painted a picture that has been worldly in printed in our mind of what God is. Entities and even spirits I don't think, would even have the knowledge or even privilege to know what God is because it's so mixed in meaning on our planet that it couldn't be that simple but only more complicated

[@jamiemccartney3242]

We are all 1 but with a different outcome, not purpose but our size of how we can produce, that makes any outcome more probable. Whatever the universe needs, it will find to make existence possible.

[@verokc]

Best Lex clip i have seen. Get this man he interviewed on Rogan...if he hasnt already.

[@madhaze4082]

There is

[@verokc]

@@madhaze4082 ill go find. Thanks

[@luisjacome5359]

The real question is, who created God.

[@BGIANAKy]

your mom

[@ronwilliams4184]

Yeah, god isn't an entity outside our world, either.

[@MicahMicahel]

Deny the deepest parts of your own mind

[@fraser_mr2009]

This goes against the teaching that god is everywhere.

[@briandavis5658]

i don't think us humans can accept the fact that we are mortal, above all animals and insects, when in fact those creatures could thrive without us but without them life would be unsurvivable, like 100 billion people before us we feel the need to be rewarded like we are the most important thing in the universe, how about this be kind love those around you work hard and make it good for the next generation like those before us, thats the reward, those of us alive right now it took us 13 billion years to get here, the wait of not being here or a part of life i'm willing to bet you never even noticed the before life, so why would the after be any different

[@michaelp.bisceglia6880]

I wish GOD would come amd help this fucked up planet...

[@capotegabriel]

Nobody still understanding nothing, that is why I think that God exist: probably has a creator understanding everything.

[@circassianmamluk9612]

I encourage everyone to look into what Islam says about God That He is Eternal with no Beginning Everlasting without End One without partner Not similar to the creation Attributed with absolute independence and does not need anything He exists without a place: and time does not lapse upon Him

[@kpllc4209]

That is nothing new just rehash

[@TNTsundar]

God is a term we humans invented when we couldn’t explain certain things which are out of our cognitive abilities to understand. Imagine if God is love, which is the case in most religions, why would there be the option of killings and death in the universe? There shouldn’t be wild animals in the forest killing innocent plant eating animals. Remember that, if there is no concept of killing other beings, there’s no need for defending too. Cows and Rhinos don’t need a horn to kill or protect themselves. There’s clear evidence that nature intended to keep killing and defending purposefully. It all boils down to growth rate vs resources. Animals were needed by plants. For plants to exist they need animals to maintain the balance as well as an ecosystem that converts oxygen to carbon dioxide and vice versa. When there is an excess of animals eating plants, there’s another species of animal created to eat the herbivores animals. And this continues in the food chain. In the end it just shows that the universe is a self balancing entity. Mathematically the universe is a very long complex equation that adds higher order polynomial terms to balance.

[@TNTsundar]

Alexander Eisen Make no mistake. I’m not advocating against our laws, morals and values. They are good. My point is that both happiness and sadness need not exist. They are just patterns in our minds due to the chemicals being secreted based on the context. But yet they play a major role in creating the emotions. Today, most of our laws that exist are due to human emotions experienced from situations that are against one or more person. All of these serve a purpose, that all points to resource management. Imagine if we designed an operating system where if one process eats up more Physical Memory available in the system the next process tries to kill the former. And then capitalism vs communism debate starts in computers too. Our rules in an Operating System design are to some extent neat and cares for each process to go about their individual duties. That’s a system where most of the time the processes living during the time are in harmony with each other. My question is that why the Universe was not created that way by so called God entity?

[@TNTsundar]

Alexander Eisen Morals are good for the society. Not for an individual who wants to gain from others’ disadvantage. Well it rations the resources at best, if laws are followed right. In pre-medieval times, yes murdering would have been considered as good when everyone had their own laws and they did not align well. The equation was not able to balance itself unless negative terms are added (murder, genocide, etc). So the correct vs incorrect debate depends on the perspectives really.

[@siquike90]

Sundar Subramaniyan chemicals are for sure involved in our emotions. But chemicals don’t have the quality of experience, do they? How do you explain the experience of our emotions?

[@scottchase8014]

Nuclear purification....... It's a holiday at ground zero

[@benohara284]

Did God not reveal himself to mohomad through archangel Gabriel?

[@herrietako]

The mind is a virtual reality process, the mind is a self virtual programming process. we generate even virtual reality scenarios. each person has a self perception in that virtual reality of our mind because is contained inside a robotic machinery, which is able to create virtual models. what we see what we hear is a virtual representation of data. there is no difference between sonar perception of a bat or eyes visual perception, both are virtual representations. we are robots, how a robot thinks? we are biologically programmed robots so, our process of learning has passed from stages, even they seems crazy and magical at certain stage. as more far matches our data we process from universe, more magical and crazy looks. so we will take long to realize. Anything that could say by a person in the past was nothing more clear than now. and does not give us an answer. We have better picture of the reality now than before. So any person from the past is not going to give us a better answer that clarifies anything. we known nothing before and we still continue knowing nothing talking in those terms of existence. Talk about God is to be talking not about God, but talking about a program of virtual reality. the problem is about ignoring that this idea is coming from inside the virtual reality. The virtual reality disappears when there is not a data machinery to put it running. there was no virtual reality with the beginning of the universe and there was not till the life appears. we are not going to give answer to the existence, we just can keep going of knowing the mysteries of the Universe. The answers are beyond our imagination. but of course nothing to be with the virtual idea of God. So leave this God story, about creation, because it is even dangerous. Still there are people who believe in those fairy tales. We use our minds to manage our life and the history has demonstrated how dangerous are those virtual programs of God realities. So how long is going to take humanity to realize that God is a virtual creation of our mind? simple as that? and how long some people is going to continue manipulating other using this ancient program Our mind makes a self virtual programming with concepts with ideas with meanings in the virtual environment the mind exists, creating virtual models, virtual structures. Even is not the same as software programming, our mind operates as self virtual programmer if you want to create God to give sense to your life or to have hope for afterlife, this is OK. the information based in more real data has not more meaning than the "magical" reality information. one day, my friend told me she was made by accident. I think I was 17. So I told her, what lucky accident, and what if she did not born?, she said nothing would happen, just she would not been born nothing else. I was giving meaning to her entity, something that for the universe has not meaning. Same for the humanity. if we do not exist, nothing happen. does not care to the universe. We are no more center than another form of life. but I am biologically programmed to survive, to have feelings, and I can accept that, create a virtual programming based on that programming models where I want to continue living even does not make any sense. knowing more the universe we are not more closer to the truth, it is just an option. but of course it has consequences.

[@xDooksx]

You went for it.

[@Graemedico]

GOD IS THE UNIVERSE AND THE UNIVERSE IS GOD 😎 ✌ ❤ 777

[@fredflints]

That English Bloke...My thoughts, exactly. Anything you can think of (and even things that you can't think of) is/are a part of God.

[@j.r.r.tolkee7000]

It's cool to find a scientist who not only gets it, but who is also given a platform to actually explain what he thinks and believes rather than being brow beaten by a host peppering him with "whatabout" questions. Lex, like Rogan and like any truly great interviewer, asks good questions and then provides all the space the guest needs to adequately answer them.

[@ominous-omnipresent-they]

Ugh, that was, well, stale, to say the least. _"I think we would know very little about WHO God is."_ He then proceeds to talk about Jesus Christ. Why Jesus specifically? What about all the other gods, or in Jesus' case, demigods that came before? Also, isn't Jesus the supposed Son of God? Even if there were a hyper-intelligence responsible for the creation of the Universe, it wouldn't be the petty and jealous, emotionally unstable, narcissistic crybaby described in Abrahamic religion.

[@darshananiroshan7760]

fascist hypocrisy

[@ominous-omnipresent-they]

@@darshananiroshan7760 Fascist?

[@darshananiroshan7760]

@@ominous-omnipresent-they Saying Abrahamic god theology and gods in other cultures mythology is pure fascism.

[@scottchase8014]

APOLLO HIMSELF 🙏

[@walterradtke2421]

Yes he is! I had him over for coffee last week. He thanked me, used my bathroom and left pee on my toilet seat.

[@chrischineseman1454]

i think that was ur mother

[@scottchase8014]

And I love Moses and I love Abe ram

[@mariodelgado3657]

I'm still not convinced god exists

[@kevinbrown3158]

Only one way to find out my friend, pray to god/universe and ask him/it to expose itself, ask for wisdom knowledge and understanding with a whole heart and open mind, and be patient because you will be shown, you just have to be able to perceive and not judge.

[@mariodelgado3657]

@@kevinbrown3158 I did that, didn't work

[@jellyrollthunder3625]

@@kevinbrown3158 I did that too with zero results. If god exists, he doesn't care if we know about him because he refuses to even do the bare minimum in terms of revealing himself in a tangible way that is undeniable. It's as though people really just use this premise as a coping mechanism they can rely on to assure them they'll get to live forever.

[@mariodelgado3657]

@@unlockwithjsr so what caused god

[@scottchase8014]

And I blame the central intelligent agency and a lot of other people for the vampire outbreaks were having because of their ignorance

[@matthewrichmond4139]

Obviously both speakers haven't heard of 'Spiritual Truths'.

[@jellyrollthunder3625]

another way of saying "unfalsifiable assertions of certainty"

[@mr.k.9449]

⚫ ⚫ ⚫ ⚫ ⚫ ⚫ There is just me.

[@chrisscollo3659]

Christ is real he is Real ! God Did create this world . Jesus is King look more into the creation in this world and you will see that on the side of evolution there are just not enough details to support it . The bigbang Is a broken theory with not much supporting detail. There is no proof But what I do know is that there are more believed in a god then atheism. We have first hand experiences with God the Father Jesus the Son ,Lord and savior and The Holy spirit . Ask God if you want to believe ! Say To your self look up don't look down because he always watches over us God the Father of all Creation please I want to believe in you and he will reveal himself to you. Any thing you do in life is a choice by our own free will as all people would say . If you had the choice to wake up and go do something in life like choosing to surf everyday and dedicate your time and love would you do it ? Or would you drop out finding out It wasn't good enough for you ? You know other people surf and many people enjoy it and get the sensation of freedom and hsppyness when doing so . There is reason for an individual to want to surf in pursuit of happiness ! Try and do this with God knowing that other believe in a god ! It won't hurt if you try it this life is beautiful full of beautiful things the world has offer explore all things .

[@chrisscollo3659]

You will be blessed and loved the ones you had didnt deserve you but you will carry on my friend and you will have loved ones I promise you in Jesus name Amen

[@mr.k.9449]

_Sorry. But, no. I don't think so. It's not even to late anymore. It, simply always was. There is just me._ _~ K._

[@KEVOOGLE]

Too bad you can't get Aryeh Kaplan on the show.

[@chrisscollo3659]

Christ is real he is Real ! God Did create this world . Jesus is King look more into the creation in this world and you will see that on the side of evolution there are just not enough details to support it . The bigbang Is a broken theory with not much supporting detail. There is no proof But what I do know is that there are more believed in a god then atheism. We have first hand experiences with God the Father Jesus the Son ,Lord and savior and The Holy spirit . Ask God if you want to believe ! Say To your self look up don't look down because he always watches over us God the Father of all Creation please I want to believe in you and he will reveal himself to you. Any thing you do in life is a choice by our own free will as all people would say . If you had the choice to wake up and go do something in life like choosing to surf everyday and dedicate your time and love would you do it ? Or would you drop out finding out It wasn't good enough for you ? You know other people surf and many people enjoy it and get the sensation of freedom and hsppyness when doing so . There is reason for an individual to want to surf in pursuit of happiness ! Try and do this with God knowing that other believe in a god ! It won't hurt if you try it this life is beautiful full of beautiful things the world has offer explore all things .

[@danzelhill]

His statement that Jesus is “one” with God (Joh. 10:30) - in the Trinitarian sense - turns out to be unbiblical, as this same word (εἷς, μία, ἕν - Strong’s 1520) is used to describe the “unity” of man and woman (Eph. 5:31), Apollos and Paul (1. Kor. 3:8), Greeks and Jews (Gal. 3:28), Jesus and his disciples (Joh. 17:11,21,22) etc. - which are obviously *not “one” in the sense of an entity/person, but “one” in the sense of their beliefs, values, goals, will.* Numerous other statements by Jesus make it clear what he meant by the statement from John 10:30. His statement about God's existence outside of our created universe is very well made: *“God is **_not_** an entity **_within the creation, within the universe._** God ist the creator of it all.* (...) [Genesis is] not about telling us _how_ God created the world, it’s about telling (…) _that_ God created the world.“