C'mon s_lone, we both know you know better than to ask a question like that. That's three logical fallacies in a mere ten words: false analogy, false question, and a red herring.
Well Dex, you know I want to discuss subjects like these seriously and in depth. I don't agree my question is a red herring because I'm simply not trying to divert the attention away from anything here. It may appear that is what I want to do but this is simply not true. I think the issues I raise in this debate are more than appropriate to the subject. We're talking about God here and we were talking specifically about my own definition of God, which is one in which all parts of reality, from the concrete to the abstract, are included within one unifying principle. It's to be expected that the discussion stretches itself out in various directions if we're gonna talk about 'reality' and 'everything that is'.
The point I want to make with my question ''What are the laws of the universe made of?'' is that some things seem to be simply immaterial. A poem is immaterial. A song is immaterial. A mathematical equation is immaterial. Some things are simply not made of matter,
yet exist. These immaterial things are part of reality as much as that melting snow surrounding your house.
Mrgrumpy suggested that if I consider myths to be as real as the laws of gravity, I have some form of issue to deal with before understanding reality. I responded with a question and let me now answer with something more tangible.
I suggested ''myths'' were as real as the laws of gravity because both are made of something that is essentially immaterial in nature. I'll certainly agree that myths and the laws of physics aren't the same thing. They clearly are not. But they both exist right? They both are real in the sense that they exist. The difference between the two is that myths exist primarily in the psyche of humanity while the laws of physics exist in the structural fabric of the Universe. Myths have a more local existence and probably a temporally limited existence also... while the laws of physics seem to be temporally and spatially unlimited. The laws of physics certainly have a more tangible existence. But that doesn't in any way take away the reality of myths. A moving and powerful story can have as much impact on you than being hit by someone.
You can find hydrogen almost everywhere in the known universe, but you Dexter Sinister are absolutely unique and spatially limited. Does that make hydrogen more real than Dexter Sinister ??? (I would want to use your real name but I won't for obvious reasons). I certainly don't think so. From my point of view, Dexter Sinister has as much existence as hydrogen. In the same way, I consider myths to have as much existence as the laws of physics. They are different but both
real.
And of course, I'm not saying Zeus actually existed as a God in the sky. But I am saying
the concept of Zeus exists.
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I don't believe matter to be THE
prima materia of reality. It seems clear to me that the material world is a manifestation of reality but it isn't the only one. I may be wrong but in the end, it would seem that matter can always be understood as being
structured energy.
And what is a structure made of Dex?
What is energy made of?
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Why am I saying all this? To insist on the point that I consider
everything to be part of God. Matter and thought forms. Music and geometry. Personalities and genetic codes. Dreams and myths. Gravity and photons. It's all real. And it's all part of ONE single reality. This reality is what I call God.
So to officially answer the question of the OP, I only believe in one God but I don't know if this God is a thinking entity.
