• @DarkSpectrum@lemmy.world
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    23 days ago

    Ironically, an individual who uses language to identify with and articulate a particular sub-category of human belief systems (i.e. atheism), is attempting to impose order in an indescribable universe.

    • @an_onanist@lemmy.worldOP
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      53 days ago

      It depends on your definitions. Religion puts nonexistent intentionality into the system by adding a diety. Science explains the existing system using the language of mathematics.

      • @DarkSpectrum@lemmy.world
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        13 days ago

        Except science doesn’t explain the existing system. Science is the process of converting observations into language and indentifying reliable repeating patterns. It does not explain why.

      • @DarkSpectrum@lemmy.world
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        13 days ago

        Any description of existence would:

        • be based on a limited perspective and at best incomplete,
        • be in the form of language which is only a representation of the real thing,
        • only describe the mechanics of existence and would not answer the essential ‘why’.

        Existence is indescribable. The best description of life would be a non-verbal and direct felt experience, not words. Language providedes structured communication between perceptions, in other words: control and order.

        • @Halasham
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          116 hours ago

          Why are we assuming there is a why to the universe? Most of us don’t look at natural phenomena and truly wonder why. We may use that word erroneously but what is being wondered is “how”.