Trip like I do
Jan 24, 2006, 12:44 PM
" A revolution occurred during the 20th century in our understanding of the nature of the physical universe. This change is extremely important to religion, for it eliminates a basic conflict between science and religious belief.
Prior to this change, our scientific beliefs were based on an approach that was initiated in the 17th century: "We live in a mechanical universe, and we are simply complex machines." This scientific notion that man was purely a mechanical system contradicts what is probably the core of religious belief, namely the idea that mind-like or spirit-like factors can make a difference in human behavior.
The religious outlook assumes that a human being, acting on basis of conscious choices, is NOT equivalent to a mechanical system, whose every action is completely determined by direct interaction between tiny neighboring bits of matter. 20th century science, however, has shown that the earlier mechanical concept of reality to be incompatible with empirical facts."
maximus242
Jan 24, 2006, 07:18 PM
Quantum Consciousness? so you are saying that our decisions are being influenced by something non material, I dont see a large diffrence between a non material sub concious and a material one in the way we interact with the material world, except for the scientific communities ability to verify its existance. If we are being influenced by a Quantum Conscious then is this to suggest that when we die we simply discard the body after death, kind of like discarding a character once he/she dies in a video game?
I think you are more asking the question is their a reality outside the psychical one that is defined before us? I see no reason why not.
-Since Dreams are a sort of short term reality, then why is this reality any diffrent?