In the beginning there was everything.

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bitula3

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In the beginning there was everything. 1 Year, 10 Months ago

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Let's talk about "In the beginning there was everything". One problem with this is that all variations of all entities won't fit into any sort of a dimension. But then we could add in something called manifestation, and say that forms in dimensions are manifest of these entities and so there is a struggle between entities: not all of them manifest, just those having the most power. So this would eliminate the problems present in monotheistic religions and "atheistic" materialism and would give a rise to metaphysics in general. What do you think?

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Re:In the beginning there was everything. 1 Year, 10 Months ago	Karma: 5
Contradicts the idea of evolutionary progress.

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Re:In the beginning there was everything. 1 Year, 10 Months ago

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creativesoul wrote:
Contradicts the idea of evolutionary progress.

How so? In this system evolution should be a local issue. It happens for example in the physical dimension where entities are already manifest. Another possibility is for example, that since everything exists in its potential form and can manifest, evolution may manifest as well similar to space or time. There is no proof that evolution is the ultimate guideline for everything including fundamental ontological processes. So where is the contradiction?

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Re:In the beginning there was everything. 1 Year, 9 Months ago	Karma: 5
I took "In the beginning there was everything" to mean just that. If you meant that in the beginning there was the potential for everything to become that which we have - now. Well that is not really saying much - is it? Can you, perhaps, describe another dimension outside of the "physical" one?

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Re:In the beginning there was everything. 1 Year, 9 Months ago	Karma: 1
Well yes, I mean the potentials. But it does determine things: like it won't lead to monotheism or materialism (physicalism). So if one thinks that the statement is true, then from that several things follow which are uncommon to mainstream thinking. By non-physical I mean metaphysical, at least I always associated metaphysics with the study of the primaeval non-physical dimesion.

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Re:In the beginning there was everything. 1 Year, 9 Months ago	Karma: 0
here is no proof that evolution is the ultimate guideline for everything including fundamental ontological processes. Study Agent \| Education

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