A new video that purports to show that God exists. It is rather a powerful argument.
The Sukhothai Traimit Golden Buddha was found in a clay-and-plaster overlaid buddha statue in 1959, after laying in wait for 500 years. It's huge and heavy: just under 10 feet tall and weighs 5 1/2 tons. At the beginning of their June newsletter , Loaves and Fishes relates a story, taken from the beginning of renowned Buddhist teacher Jack Kornfield's 2008 book The Wise Heart: A Guide to the Universal Teachings of Buddhist Psychology . The first part and first chapter in Kornfield's book is "Part I: Who are you really?" and chapter 1 is called "Nobility: Our Original Goodness," which ought to serve as a clue to what the beginning of the book is about, not that that sentiment isn't strewn through-out the chapter, section and book such that what Kornfield is telling us should be crystal clear. Somehow, the not-ready-for-primetime management at Loaves & Fishes have managed to use Kornfield's wise and kindly words in a way that mangles th...
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(1) That things DO pop into existence. Atoms in space and the Big Bang popped into existence. The viddy seems to tell me my information is out-of-date.
(2) The viddy contrasts physicalism against there being God or a god. Many (myself included) think there is more in the universe that just what has physical properties. Consciousness, for one thing, exists as something other than as "stuff." [I would contend that while brain maps mind, brain and mind are NOT the same thing.
(3) The problem of "Who created God?" comes up if the argument is that everything has to have a cause.