Religion
In reply to the discussion: What if God's existence were proven without doubt? Good or bad? [View all]The_Commonist
(2,518 posts)That was my friend Andrew's first response when we discussed this. Turtles all the way down. And the next day, he sent me this video (the relevant moment is toward the end):
http://www.dailymotion.com/video/x7mv2b_animal-house-smoke-some-pot_fun
And yes, this does not address whatever it was that "created" the whole system. Another friend, who studies with a Golden Dawn school of occultism, claims to know what created he whole shebang, but it sounded like gobletty-gook to me.
Here's the way I see it - The Big Bang = Whatever cell we are living in being born. When this cell dies = "the stars fall from the sky" and this universe ends. The cell next door = another, similar universe. Whatever that larger organism is = a "multiverse." Just like I am a "multiverse."
When you put this system on "like a pair of glasses" and look at the world through them, you come to realize that every religious system got something right, and the big picture wrong. But they all got something right, and that's a great starting point.
And plenty more...