Fat oof.
Could’ve just bought $1Bil of Bitcoin and donated $10m to Nostr, moved followers here and pumped his Bitcoin bags and freedom of speech to the moon.
How are brilliant people so incredibly dumb?
Hey, I have one God existence thread. Haha
Agreed with the zaps obsession being annoying.
Good point. With the hash rate so high I doubt many have much margin to stack coins. Probably selling just to stay afloat. It’s crazy people aren’t gobbling them up though.
Interesting. I’m trying to picture what you’re seeing here. I would agree that the creator is beyond our ability to understand. But I don’t see why the creator couldn’t reveal himself in a limited way that our little brains could understand.
Why do you think that God would have to exist outside of our reality and not within it? If this creator made our reality, it seems to be quite possible that he is, in a sense, here and could reveal himself to be here.
The Kalam Cosomological argument (and others) postulate that the best explanation for the existence of everything (space, time and matter) is a creator outside of space, time and matter choosing to create. If correct, that would imply some sort of personal being.
There could still be a threshold where no one sees it until an amount is zapped. I love this idea. It could be useful for videos and podcasts too. Once a certain amount is reached, a link is able to be viewed.
James, the brother of Jesus said, “pure religion is to take care of orphans and widows and keep oneself unstained by the world”. So I think he, and many of us Christians would largely agree with you. Humans muddy things up, and that is why Jesus preached to the choir so much.
I would personally be very careful to throw the baby out with the bath water though. If Jesus actually lived, predicted his death and resurrection, and rose three days later, there is good reason to be a Christian in its basic sense, even if one doesn’t agree with some or many of the modern, human deviations from what Christ taught.
It sounds to me like you’re bumping up against a theistic idea that God made man “in his image”, meaning many things we do, like create children, art, gardens etc. and destroy our creations are more or less reflections on who God is.
By God I was referring to an maximally great/powerful etc. being that created the world and potentially interacts with humanity.
Thanks! I enjoy it. Bitcoin is an amazing tool but not the meaning of life.
The man made question is a big one. If I was not a Christian, I would be a hardcore deist. It seems utterly impossible that blind naturalistic forces created everything we see, including matter itself. Throwing the chips on the table with a historical figure (like Jesus) is an intense decision.
Would you consider yourself a deist or something or have you softly landed on a religion or what?
Would you consider yourself a deist then? There is a creator but he hasn’t revealed himself?
If god is a shitcoin, what is Bitcoin?
Why is there beauty, love, biological complexity, and existence itself?
As a Christian, I don’t either. Haha
Fascinating. Thanks for sharing!
If I’m getting you correctly, you think it’s clear there is a creator but unsure of the nature of that creator?
To me, that first step is obvious. (Atheists obviously disagree.) It’s a big plunge to jump into a specific religion after the initial conclusion that we’re more than an accident.
Craig was incredibly instrumental in helping me ask good questions and sift through good answers. I cannot escape my conclusion that God is the best explanation of reality and our only hope.
Do you believe in God?
Why or why not?
Are you listening to Garth Brooks right now? :)
On Twitter??? Heck no bro. Haha Bring it here or no deal.
Dude! Your interviewing skills were legit. Miss it.