I'm an atheist, but these pictures invoke an experience that cannot be explained

[wildphucker]

These pictures create an experience that cannot be put into words. This quote from Einstein sums it up nicely

"The most beautiful thing we can experience, is the mysterious. It is the source of all art and all science. He to whom this emotion is a stranger, he who can no longer pause to wonder and stand rapt in awe, is as good as dead:his eyes are closed"

There are things we can understand comfortably with science, we can measure them, record them, extract info from data and formulate theories. We grasp this.


but then theres also this element of the mysterious. We cannot see it or taste it, or feel it, it eludes us at every turn yet we know its there in some sense. It grasps us more than we grasp it. The universe offers us graspable scientific information and experiences of a different kind, its all so self-similar on a fundamental level- alot of these pictures of nebula etc look identical to microscopic processes you see in molecular biology.


Forget religion, the universe is unfolding, and were part of it. Its a two way mirror. The real answers to our existence must be more amazing than we could possibly conceive.

[Lachdogg]

Also, the eye of sauron and two jellyfish dont prove god.

[wildphucker]

Also, the eye of sauron and two jellyfish dont prove god.

didnt i just say i was an atheist, kunt****?

[DomAKARobot]

[seembrah]

tl;dr

[Aggressive]

I think about this until my head hurts and Im raging with frustration. So mind blowing. Anyway, in to read in between work

[evobrahh]

lmfaooooooooo

[lurker011]

can anyone here give some evidence that god exists?

[wildphucker]

can anyone here give some evidence that god exists?

who said anything about god?

[DJS2]

who said anything about god?

It seems like you are inferring something based on your context.

[Aggressive]

Bump,

here's some chill music to ponder to

[wapacmane]

can anyone here give some evidence that god exists?

I can tell you an absolute truth exists, would you refer to the absolute truth as "God"?

[HassanChop]

[wildphucker]

It seems like you are inferring something based on your context.

I'm inferring pictures of the universe create an experience of the mysterious.

[themiscson]

because a picture, taken at a certain angle to depict something you are familiar with, in an infinite universe, is that mind blowing?

[Bababooey100]

Why do atheists always feel the need to tell people they're atheist?

[wildphucker]

be gone

[Dan333]

penis

[gonaBmanletZyzz]

can anyone here give some evidence that god exists?

e^pi*i+1=0

[wildphucker]

because a picture, taken at a certain angle to depict something you are familiar with, in an infinite universe, is that mind blowing?

The universe isnt infinite

Why do atheists always feel the need to tell people they're atheist?

Its so people dont jump in with 'omg lol stupid religious ****' comments. Its sad that I need to explicitly mention im an atheist to avoid such comments, but thats the way it is.

[DJS2]

I'm inferring pictures of the universe create an experience of the mysterious.

You make several statements in your OP that infer otherwise whether you're aware of it or not.

[Ott0Rocket]

e^pi*i+1=0

[wapacmane]

These pictures create an experience that cannot be put into words. This quote from Einstein sums it up nicely

"The most beautiful thing we can experience, is the mysterious. It is the source of all art and all science. He to whom this emotion is a stranger, he who can no longer pause to wonder and stand rapt in awe, is as good as dead:his eyes are closed"

There are things we can understand comfortably with science, we can measure them, record them, extract info from data and formulate theories. We grasp this.


but then theres also this element of the mysterious. We cannot see it or taste it, or feel it, it eludes us at every turn yet we know its there in some sense. It grasps us more than we grasp it. The universe offers us graspable scientific information and experiences of a different kind, its all so self-similar on a fundamental level- alot of these pictures of nebula etc look identical to microscopic processes you see in molecular biology.


Forget religion, the universe is unfolding, and were part of it. Its a two way mirror. The real answers to our existence must be more amazing than we could possibly conceive.

it is an aspect of existence one would assume it to be true, yet unable to comprehend, and this truth encompasses totality and holds the answer to all human curiosities

[greenstyle]

Also, the eye of sauron and two jellyfish dont prove god.

[Samsong]

It makes me laugh all these religious people who hate on scienece but believe in god. When logic has no place in religion they rationalise it by saying i believe in faith.

I would love to see how much faith these people truly have when they get seriously ill, I would love to say to them – well you believe in god, don’t have any medicine rely on your faith if your so sure god exists.

Religion makes no logical sense to me what so ever, science is proven by facts and doesn’t require faith, faith is an emotional dependency humans seem to need, nothing more.

[themiscson]

The universe isnt infinite



Its so people dont jump in with 'omg lol stupid religious ****' comments. Its sad that I need to explicitly mention im an atheist to avoid such comments, but thats the way it is.

Its not?!??!? do you have proof of this? Do you have proof that there isnt more than 1 universe? etc.

[Dual]

LOL these pictures couldn't exist without science, these pictures prove science more than religion how can you tie these to religion?

[wildphucker]

You make several statements in your OP that infer otherwise whether you're aware of it or not.

yes, I infer that the universe is self-similar, and that we/the universe are co-emerging, and our existence is a form of self experience for the universe.

Have I said anything wrong, or commited the dreadful crime of 'not being rational'?

[my.self]

It makes me laugh all these religious people of hate on scienece but believe in god. When logic has no place in religion they rationalise it by saying i believe in faith.

I would love to see how much faith these people truly have when they get seriously ill, I would love to say to them – well you believe in god, don’t have any medicine rely on your faith if your so sure god exists.

Religion makes no logical sense to me what so ever, science is proven by facts and doesn’t require faith, faith is an emotional dependency humans seem to need, nothing more.

are u retarded? where in the bible does it say christians cant use medicine?

[wildphucker]

LOL these pictures couldn't exist without science, these pictures prove science more than religion how can you tie these to religion?

learn to read, i said I'm an atheist.


Where did I tie this to religion anywhere? And who ripped on science? For me, science reveals a universe much more marvellous and awe-inspiring that any of us could possibly imagine.