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Does the following quote express a concept that you can agree with or not?
"We exist to bear witness.
We had to be.
The infinite needs us to see it.
Without the perceiver, the perceived does not exist.
That gives us leverage.
Don't look until you get what you want."
11 Answers
- 9 years agoFavorite Answer
I looked it up and I think that guy is just wacko, he is trying to be cool. That is no where in any religious book, or it would come up as that. Anyways I understand what he is saying, but I think he is not completely sensible. He is trying to say that because God made us and we witnessed him we have leverage on God. No god out there would need a human to exist if they existed, because they created us. He is saying since if no one is there to hear a tree fall it doesn't make a sound, but if we are there to hear it we have leverage. He is trying to say something profound and being crazy in the process of trying to be cool.
- Anonymous9 years ago
No.
1) Purpose of existence. Disagreed. (Regardless if that phrase is or is not implying a witness to some religious thing or not.) Bearing witness is not the purpose of existence.
2) We did not have to be. We did in the sense that we are now, and things are this way - making it a 100% in retrospect, but no, we did not have to be. If my parents had sex to conceive me on a Tuesday instead of a Monday, I would not exist.
3) Infinities do not actually exist. There is no such thing as "the infinite".
4) No. Without perception, observations cannot be made. This does not mean that things perceived would not exist if they were not perceived. In some instances, this can hold true. For example, perceived insult causes insult, and without that perception there is no insult. However, it sounds like you are referencing concrete objects.
5) If you don't look before, how you gonna get it?
- Simon TLv 79 years ago
Someone has been reading too much into Quantum Physics.
Line by line:
False statement.
False statement
False statement
False statement (probably)
Statement based on false premises
Conclusion based on false premises.
- 9 years ago
Disagree.
We are here for God's purposes and for His pleasure.
It did not have to be like this but that is how it is.
The infinite does not need anything.
God is eternal so He has always been here and He will always be here. He is the great I AM.
God is infinite and we are finite.
It is always wise to pray like Jesus, God's will be done both in heaven and on earth.
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