Published on Aug 25, 2014:
Many people used to think that belief in God would disappear with the advance of science and reason. But that hasn't happened, and some prominent atheists are now trying to reinvent religion.
1. What is going on? An Illusion can only exist in consciousness. even an electron can have it's own mind, therefore matter cannot just be illusion. time is built into matter. matter is a process in time. consciousness being the many possible mental choices among possibilities. the sun has a body, so the sun is very probably likely to have a mind then. the sun is treated as conscious in most cultures.
2. Is the universe ultimately conscious or unconscious? the mind of the consciousness may transcend its own mind. the milky way having its own sustained logos in its own universe whether it is blissful or even through a sense of its 'own being' with inside the biological evolution. The same thing can go for the solar system which is an organized system within itself that runs itself too.
3. And if consciousness pervades all nature, how does it work? this is an experiment too. "Agnosticism, in fact, is not a creed, but a method, the essence of which lies in the rigorus [sic] application of a single principle... the fundamental axiom of modern science... In matters of the intellect, follow your reason as far as it will take you, without regard to any other consideration... In matters of the intellect, do not pretend that conclusions are certain which are not demonstrated or demonstrable.".[2] Use of that term has continued to the present day (see Thomas Henry Huxley and agnosticism).[3]
Reference: Huxley T. H. 1889. Agnosticism: a rejoinder. In Collected Essays vol 5 Science and Christian tradition. Macmillan, London.
Maverick biologist Rupert Sheldrake sheds light on this topic and teaches Science and Spiritual Practice at Hollyhock Lifelong Learning centre, Cortes Island, BC, Aug. 5 - 9, 2015. More info: 1.800.933.6339.
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