I would like to write this section in contrast to the last section which is currently on my blog.
Here, I want to expand on the possibility of God- or in fact any superior being or force- truly actively taking part in the shaping of the world.
No, this does not mean that I believe in Jesus Christ. Frankly, if I were to be honest, I would say that, in all likelihood, Mary cheated on Joseph with another man.
That said, allow me to explain to you what I mean. I believe that if- and I do mean if, as there is truly no proof of this- there is a superior being who watches over us, there is absolutely no way that we can prove they have not actively had a hand in our Earthly affairs. Whether it be the weather (as the "Kamikaze" winds have protected Japan from, most notably, invading Mongols, in the past), or shaping someone's judgment without any evidence to the subject of these changes- perhaps causing the failures of some of the world's military leaders who have attempted the create a worldwide empire (Hitler, Alexander the Great, etc), there is absolutely no way in which we can prove that, in fact, God or God's equivalent has not changed our world to protect us or to suit Him (from now on, I will use the capitalized pronoun "He" when referring to any one or thing which is Godlike).
If He is so powerful, would it not be child's play for Him to use discretion, and keep His actions secret from us lower life forms?
I am not claiming that He has certainly used His powers to help us; nor am I even saying He Himself (once again, referring to any vastly superior being) exists. However, I would like to impress upon those of us who read this blog with an open mind that believing in one thing does not have to close your eyes to others- and there is no reason not to believe in a guiding presence in our world, regardless of what presence that may be.
(I would also like to mention here that although I choose to believe in God, I do not believe him omnipotent, nor entirely omniscient. I also do not believe that he himself calls himself God, as that would be presumptuous of me; however, as I do not know what He would be called, I choose to use the most recognizable name. The capitalized pronouns are for your easier understanding, as well as to make writing this post massively less time consuming.)
Wednesday, April 8, 2009
Monday, April 6, 2009
Christian God...
... and why he doesn't exist, or is a liar and entirely impure.
This post in no way suggest I do not believe in a God- just not the same one that the Christian bible (and, in fact, most monotheistic religions) suggests we all worship.
God claims to be omniscient and omnipotent...
Yet he also claims that we are His favorite subjects, being modeled after He himself.
It is my belief that one who is omniscient would feel no attachment to any particular form, as they would take no particular form, seeing the altogether uselessness of being any particular form.
Thus, He has lied to us.
The bible also claims that God's plague cast upon Egypt- killing every first-born son- was a necessary evil, in that the Egyptians needed to be taught not to treat the Jews as they have done.
Why, in that case, did God not simply kill pharaohs which disobeyed His will, and only pharaohs (or perhaps other high-ranking officials as well), until one of said pharaohs finally recognized the pattern which seemed to be occurring?
God has also sinned in sending bears to kill 40-someodd children because, if this information is correct, they insulted their balding schoolteacher, who was in God's favor.
In fact, some atheists who took the time to do so counted up the total kill count when comparing God and Satan. It ending up being about:
God: >1400
Satan: <4
(Of course, this does not include God's killing of 185,000 men in their sleep, 42,000 people because one mispronounced "Shibboleth", and... well... everyone besides Noah and his wife during the great flood, and also fails to demonstrate His brutality both with how He kills, who He kills, and His constant threats.)
Then, of course, there's the biggest thing of all; that, for any reason, God would allow someone to suffer eternal torment. I don't think people realize what eternal means. It means no death. No escape. Just pain, pain, and more pain. There is absolutely no being of goodwill who would subject any sentient being to that. Thus, for the allowance of the passage of souls to Hell, I would actually consider God to be outright evil, according to most monotheistic religions.
Please keep in mind; I have not read the bible myself. This information is corrupted partially because of that, and partially due to the fact that I severely dislike the Christian God as Christians themselves portray Him, which all started when I realized that asking for us to worship Him would be something He would not at all do were He truly omniscient, and that the only true reason for Him to ask us this would be to inflate His own ego. Of course, the best way to get someone to inflate your ego is to inflate their own ego, which made me consider the proposal that we were His favorite creations, and so on, and so forth.
Quite frankly, I believe God never has, and quite possibly never will, communicate with us... if he exists. However, it is possible, if you consider it, that God actively takes a hand in shaping fate- as you yourself would have to be omniscient in order to categorize all the causes and effects which would lead to a single event happening, let alone every in the world.
And please, you may comment on this post, but please keep it civil. I did warn you there would be blasphemy.
This post in no way suggest I do not believe in a God- just not the same one that the Christian bible (and, in fact, most monotheistic religions) suggests we all worship.
God claims to be omniscient and omnipotent...
Yet he also claims that we are His favorite subjects, being modeled after He himself.
It is my belief that one who is omniscient would feel no attachment to any particular form, as they would take no particular form, seeing the altogether uselessness of being any particular form.
Thus, He has lied to us.
The bible also claims that God's plague cast upon Egypt- killing every first-born son- was a necessary evil, in that the Egyptians needed to be taught not to treat the Jews as they have done.
Why, in that case, did God not simply kill pharaohs which disobeyed His will, and only pharaohs (or perhaps other high-ranking officials as well), until one of said pharaohs finally recognized the pattern which seemed to be occurring?
God has also sinned in sending bears to kill 40-someodd children because, if this information is correct, they insulted their balding schoolteacher, who was in God's favor.
In fact, some atheists who took the time to do so counted up the total kill count when comparing God and Satan. It ending up being about:
God: >1400
Satan: <4
(Of course, this does not include God's killing of 185,000 men in their sleep, 42,000 people because one mispronounced "Shibboleth", and... well... everyone besides Noah and his wife during the great flood, and also fails to demonstrate His brutality both with how He kills, who He kills, and His constant threats.)
Then, of course, there's the biggest thing of all; that, for any reason, God would allow someone to suffer eternal torment. I don't think people realize what eternal means. It means no death. No escape. Just pain, pain, and more pain. There is absolutely no being of goodwill who would subject any sentient being to that. Thus, for the allowance of the passage of souls to Hell, I would actually consider God to be outright evil, according to most monotheistic religions.
Please keep in mind; I have not read the bible myself. This information is corrupted partially because of that, and partially due to the fact that I severely dislike the Christian God as Christians themselves portray Him, which all started when I realized that asking for us to worship Him would be something He would not at all do were He truly omniscient, and that the only true reason for Him to ask us this would be to inflate His own ego. Of course, the best way to get someone to inflate your ego is to inflate their own ego, which made me consider the proposal that we were His favorite creations, and so on, and so forth.
Quite frankly, I believe God never has, and quite possibly never will, communicate with us... if he exists. However, it is possible, if you consider it, that God actively takes a hand in shaping fate- as you yourself would have to be omniscient in order to categorize all the causes and effects which would lead to a single event happening, let alone every in the world.
And please, you may comment on this post, but please keep it civil. I did warn you there would be blasphemy.
The Freedom of Money
If I were enormously wealthy.
If you are here for the scientific/social ideas, proceed directly to #4.
1. Purchase a home.
-Not a mansion, persay, but a lakeside home with a large yard which children could play in.
2. Purchase a (some) pet(s).
-Possible pets include dog(s) weighing at least 20 lb, cat(s), snake(s), tarantula, rat(s), and/or horse(s).
-Prospectively allow all children to own individual pet- which the soon to be mentioned private staff would care for.
3. Hire Private Staff
-Build on the premises houses, only slightly smaller than my own, where servants, gardners, etc could stay, allowing them easy access to the home.
-Background check all staff, but do not necessarily fire based on things found in checks; rather, confront about them, and allow staff to defend or explain self. Some of the best people have been caught in the worst circumstances.
4. Build Free-live Neighborhoods
-Using surplus wealth, would buy land, build homes on said land, and allow poor folk to move in and live on premises free of charge.
-Taxes, although price-reduced, will be deducted from the paychecks which each person obtains from working at their in-neighborhood job.
-Exceptions to the in-neighborhood jobs will be unquestionably allowed, unless person requesting exception does so to be unemployed.
-Will purchase farms and factories, but allow the farming/factory employees to continue working, paid by me; this is in order to supply my free-live neighborhood(s) with cheaper food products.
-Will build wind farm on acres of land purchased nearby premises, to allow for cheaper/less harmful energy.
-Will purchase desalination plant(s) in order to provide water to community.
-Will hire police force. I myself will have full control of said police force (unless control attempts to exceed laws of host nation).
-Successors to me will only have partial control of police, allowing the force to, after my demise, remain semi-autonomous.
-Semi-autonomous police force will abide by a set of rules written during my lifetime; these rules cannot be changed except by a vote within the police force, and another vote within the general population (if either of these decline, amendment is rendered null).
-Will appoint a self-chosen successor before retirement; successors thereafter will be put up for vote by public (successor does NOT, by any means, have to reside within free-live neighborhood[s]), and then voted upon.
-Public has final say in vote, and can begin voting process at any time.
-Expansion is the only (so far) allowed action which successor can take without notification and ballot of the public.
-Successor may only spend a portion of neighborhood funds (most likely 15%) without public notification.
-If multiple neighborhoods are created, only one successor will, to begin with, preside over all.
-Successor to police force general will also be put to vote, by the police force.
-If so desired, a neighborhood could claim autonomy from coalition of neighborhoods. If this occurs, neighborhood will receive a portion of collective neighborhood funds equal to 2/3 the amount that the neighborhood makes up in comparison with other neighborhoods (example, 4 neighborhoods| 1 declares autonomy| neighborhood obtains 16 2/3% of overall neighborhood funds). Neighborhood will also gain the ability to appoint its own successor.
-If a great threat appears to an individual neighborhood, the police generals of all neighborhoods will be called to counsel, with I/the successor presiding, and have a discussion on possible actions.
-At said counsel, police colonels will wait in booths outside building- any neighborhood citizen who wishes to voice an idea will be taken into consideration by colonel.
-If colonel finds an idea to be considerable, he will first ask the citizen's name. Upon obtaining this, he will enter the discussion room without delay. If the counsel is in the middle of speaking, he will press a button to activate a light above the door to the room. When time is found, counsel will accept colonel into the room, and consider citizen's proposal.
More will be added as I find free time.
If you are here for the scientific/social ideas, proceed directly to #4.
1. Purchase a home.
-Not a mansion, persay, but a lakeside home with a large yard which children could play in.
2. Purchase a (some) pet(s).
-Possible pets include dog(s) weighing at least 20 lb, cat(s), snake(s), tarantula, rat(s), and/or horse(s).
-Prospectively allow all children to own individual pet- which the soon to be mentioned private staff would care for.
3. Hire Private Staff
-Build on the premises houses, only slightly smaller than my own, where servants, gardners, etc could stay, allowing them easy access to the home.
-Background check all staff, but do not necessarily fire based on things found in checks; rather, confront about them, and allow staff to defend or explain self. Some of the best people have been caught in the worst circumstances.
4. Build Free-live Neighborhoods
-Using surplus wealth, would buy land, build homes on said land, and allow poor folk to move in and live on premises free of charge.
-Taxes, although price-reduced, will be deducted from the paychecks which each person obtains from working at their in-neighborhood job.
-Exceptions to the in-neighborhood jobs will be unquestionably allowed, unless person requesting exception does so to be unemployed.
-Will purchase farms and factories, but allow the farming/factory employees to continue working, paid by me; this is in order to supply my free-live neighborhood(s) with cheaper food products.
-Will build wind farm on acres of land purchased nearby premises, to allow for cheaper/less harmful energy.
-Will purchase desalination plant(s) in order to provide water to community.
-Will hire police force. I myself will have full control of said police force (unless control attempts to exceed laws of host nation).
-Successors to me will only have partial control of police, allowing the force to, after my demise, remain semi-autonomous.
-Semi-autonomous police force will abide by a set of rules written during my lifetime; these rules cannot be changed except by a vote within the police force, and another vote within the general population (if either of these decline, amendment is rendered null).
-Will appoint a self-chosen successor before retirement; successors thereafter will be put up for vote by public (successor does NOT, by any means, have to reside within free-live neighborhood[s]), and then voted upon.
-Public has final say in vote, and can begin voting process at any time.
-Expansion is the only (so far) allowed action which successor can take without notification and ballot of the public.
-Successor may only spend a portion of neighborhood funds (most likely 15%) without public notification.
-If multiple neighborhoods are created, only one successor will, to begin with, preside over all.
-Successor to police force general will also be put to vote, by the police force.
-If so desired, a neighborhood could claim autonomy from coalition of neighborhoods. If this occurs, neighborhood will receive a portion of collective neighborhood funds equal to 2/3 the amount that the neighborhood makes up in comparison with other neighborhoods (example, 4 neighborhoods| 1 declares autonomy| neighborhood obtains 16 2/3% of overall neighborhood funds). Neighborhood will also gain the ability to appoint its own successor.
-If a great threat appears to an individual neighborhood, the police generals of all neighborhoods will be called to counsel, with I/the successor presiding, and have a discussion on possible actions.
-At said counsel, police colonels will wait in booths outside building- any neighborhood citizen who wishes to voice an idea will be taken into consideration by colonel.
-If colonel finds an idea to be considerable, he will first ask the citizen's name. Upon obtaining this, he will enter the discussion room without delay. If the counsel is in the middle of speaking, he will press a button to activate a light above the door to the room. When time is found, counsel will accept colonel into the room, and consider citizen's proposal.
More will be added as I find free time.
The Undead
Also known as "Necromancy".
HYPOTHESIS: If a deceased persons were kept in a room at a temperature of exactly 98.6 degrees, with breathing apparatus which forced them to breathe decontaminated air, for 3 days, and then, an electric shock administered to their respiratory systems, would it be possible to bring said person to life?
AMENDMENT: Antibodies would have to be administered regularly in order to keep the body from decomposing.
QUESTION: Would the body's digestive systems have to have been in effect in order to allow them to restart?
If so, how would peristalsis be recreated for the 3 days required in the experiment?
SECONDARY QUESTION: Would nutrients have to be administered to the body, regardless of the fact that its processes are not in use?
ANSWER TO SECONDARY QUESTION: Yes, as otherwise the cells would die, leaving the body a heaving mass of dead tissue; however, this topic brings up the uselessness of keeping the lungs breathing, as the purpose of the lungs is to allow the bloodstream to carry oxygen/nutrients throughout the body.
NEW SECONDARY QUESTION: If nutrients were injected periodically into the body's bloodstream, would said nutrients be usable by nearby cells, and would this allow the cells to continue living?
HYPOTHESIS: If a deceased persons were kept in a room at a temperature of exactly 98.6 degrees, with breathing apparatus which forced them to breathe decontaminated air, for 3 days, and then, an electric shock administered to their respiratory systems, would it be possible to bring said person to life?
AMENDMENT: Antibodies would have to be administered regularly in order to keep the body from decomposing.
QUESTION: Would the body's digestive systems have to have been in effect in order to allow them to restart?
If so, how would peristalsis be recreated for the 3 days required in the experiment?
SECONDARY QUESTION: Would nutrients have to be administered to the body, regardless of the fact that its processes are not in use?
ANSWER TO SECONDARY QUESTION: Yes, as otherwise the cells would die, leaving the body a heaving mass of dead tissue; however, this topic brings up the uselessness of keeping the lungs breathing, as the purpose of the lungs is to allow the bloodstream to carry oxygen/nutrients throughout the body.
NEW SECONDARY QUESTION: If nutrients were injected periodically into the body's bloodstream, would said nutrients be usable by nearby cells, and would this allow the cells to continue living?
Bio-Computer
HYPOTHESIS: If one were to install a human brain into an artificially created nervous system,
Would it be possible to use the brain's incredible processing and storage capabilities to one's advantage?
REVISION: The brain would have to be kept in suitable conditions (98.6 degree temp., etc) until and during use.
POTENTIAL ISSUE: Would the brain require a constant supply of oxygen in order to function correctly, even in an artificial environment?
If so, could the respiratory system be recreated/would said recreation be necessary?
ANSWER TO ISSUE: Not quite; the oxygen is used in the biological manufacturing of ATP.
FURTHER ISSUE: Would artificial manufacturing of ATP be possible/necessary? (Would a normal power supply work as well?)
POTENTIAL GLOBAL CRISIS: Disregarding the seeming naivety of this statement, would the brain used in this machine be capable of A.I. (artificial intelligence)?
Furthermore, would creation of system violate any state, national, or international laws?
POSSIBLE BYPASS TO LAWS: The system could, most likely, substitute another intelligent species' cerebrum for that of a human's- particularly, dolphin or chimpanzee for highest probable results.
[Recently, one of my friends at school told me that Scientific American had an article concerning this in one of their issues. I would like to assure you that this post was written before I had knowledge of said article- in fact, I still have not read it- and that I in no way was affected by their ideas... although I may be now. Any amendments made due to the article will take place after this message; as I would like to use any sources I can to make my information as accurate as possible.]
Would it be possible to use the brain's incredible processing and storage capabilities to one's advantage?
REVISION: The brain would have to be kept in suitable conditions (98.6 degree temp., etc) until and during use.
POTENTIAL ISSUE: Would the brain require a constant supply of oxygen in order to function correctly, even in an artificial environment?
If so, could the respiratory system be recreated/would said recreation be necessary?
ANSWER TO ISSUE: Not quite; the oxygen is used in the biological manufacturing of ATP.
FURTHER ISSUE: Would artificial manufacturing of ATP be possible/necessary? (Would a normal power supply work as well?)
POTENTIAL GLOBAL CRISIS: Disregarding the seeming naivety of this statement, would the brain used in this machine be capable of A.I. (artificial intelligence)?
Furthermore, would creation of system violate any state, national, or international laws?
POSSIBLE BYPASS TO LAWS: The system could, most likely, substitute another intelligent species' cerebrum for that of a human's- particularly, dolphin or chimpanzee for highest probable results.
[Recently, one of my friends at school told me that Scientific American had an article concerning this in one of their issues. I would like to assure you that this post was written before I had knowledge of said article- in fact, I still have not read it- and that I in no way was affected by their ideas... although I may be now. Any amendments made due to the article will take place after this message; as I would like to use any sources I can to make my information as accurate as possible.]
Use of This Blog
I want feedback.
My ideas may make no sense, they may make all the sense in the world; it doesn't matter. I want your opinion on them, good or bad. Hopefully at least with reasoning.
This blog is likely to be uninteresting, and quite possibly only contain a few posts, as so far, I only have three ideas I wish to put on here. None of them are complete. There are likely to be serious issues in my reasoning, with some possibly incapable of execution.
I may also include, at random, segments describing my actual life. You should probably disregard these, as they are likely to be enormously uninteresting.
I am, in fact, a teenager; and thus, I may occasionally post something I found that was funny, or a review of a game, or whatever. Whatever you came for, you can read. However much time you choose to waste here, I am not liable for.
There is every possibility I will entirely forget about this blog within a month (remember, teenager); however, I check my email roughly every week or two, so if you still have a comment about one of the posts, don't be afraid to email me. I am always curious about what people have to say.
... Of course, this is all assuming that my blog will be at all popular. Which it won't. Still, for those of you who have read all the way through this, I am guessing you have enough time to burn that you can look through my posts freely; so, I will keep you no longer.
My ideas may make no sense, they may make all the sense in the world; it doesn't matter. I want your opinion on them, good or bad. Hopefully at least with reasoning.
This blog is likely to be uninteresting, and quite possibly only contain a few posts, as so far, I only have three ideas I wish to put on here. None of them are complete. There are likely to be serious issues in my reasoning, with some possibly incapable of execution.
I may also include, at random, segments describing my actual life. You should probably disregard these, as they are likely to be enormously uninteresting.
I am, in fact, a teenager; and thus, I may occasionally post something I found that was funny, or a review of a game, or whatever. Whatever you came for, you can read. However much time you choose to waste here, I am not liable for.
There is every possibility I will entirely forget about this blog within a month (remember, teenager); however, I check my email roughly every week or two, so if you still have a comment about one of the posts, don't be afraid to email me. I am always curious about what people have to say.
... Of course, this is all assuming that my blog will be at all popular. Which it won't. Still, for those of you who have read all the way through this, I am guessing you have enough time to burn that you can look through my posts freely; so, I will keep you no longer.
Enjoy,
Daniel
Daniel
P.S.-
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