Andrew 2009-06-01

Hello again, good afternoon. Again, I had no problem with any of the comments, and I do welcome them. Originally, when I started blogging I had every intention of getting people participating. What better way to attain a global picture of how people perceive the issues I address? My belief in God is something I have ascertained since being on this planet. I don't believe that humans created planet earth, but I also do not believe planet earth was created coincidentally by the forces and laws of nature. Of course, I could be wrong. Time shall tell. Do you believe in an afterlife? Not necessarily the "heaven" and "hell" as created by religions, but some kind of spiritual continuation of whom we once were, or perhaps who we will always continue to be. Not necessarily our "earth bodies" and "earth names" but some kind of other force. What is consciousness? We can agree, I'm sure, that we are all connected by consciousness, whether it be in a dream or in "real physical life." Would you say that consciousness is something to do with nature? I don't believe for one second that the universe just simply happened. This is a concept that I fail to grasp. I don't believe in coincidences at all; not in my own life, not on earth, and not in the universe. Everything happens for a reason. What goes around comes around (i.e.: karma). Perhaps nature make karma possible, but if it does, how does nature keep track of our records? One thing is certain, and that is although my age may be a reflection of who I am today, there is no way anyone can relate age with belief system. People that are 60, 70, or 80 attend church regularly. Would you say these people have failed to see nature? Some of them are nature activists at the same time; are they still failing to see nature? I think it all comes down to each individual's perspective. Everyone can take what they like from this world, and nothing is right and nothing is wrong. For how could a natural being like ourselves ever attain full knowledge and awareness of reality and what is real? What confirms this? If science is the confirmation, then I am not satisfied. If nature is the confirmation, then again I am not satisfied. Neither answers the question directly, and neither are able to give full, complete answers. For the real answer, we must "leave earth" and see what the rest of the universe is "saying" in relation to our little blue planet. Do you believe that there once was life on Mars? I do. Simply due to the water remains, I believe that it is logical to believe that planet could once support life. Something happened, though. What? A big disaster. Earth is next. The nature on this planet will one day come to an end. The chemicals that make up this planet in humans, plants, animals, and nature would all be gone. Earth will one day be no more. But, nature will go on. Life will continue throughout the universe. When Mars was devastated, who would have thought that we on earth would be able to continue without our brothers and sisters in our solar system? The laws of nature are complex; there is a definite beginning and a definite end. But in the entire universe, there is no definite end, for life is too vast, too complex, and too great. To understand the nature of the universe is to understand God. We won't be on this planet forever, and thus we must realize that there is more to nature than simply what is occurring on earth. However, that is not to say that we are not presently greatly effected by planet earth. Of course we are; if it rains, we are wet; if it is sunny, we are hot. Our physical body was composed on this planet, and this is where our physical origins exist. What about spiritual origins? Is this something ascertained from earth and nature? Or, is this something that has been obtained from the universe? If nature tells us anything, it is that it has a beginning and it has an end. So, when did nature itself begin? When will it end? How can it end? What allowed nature to begin? Was there not some kind of intervention? How could nature always exist throughout the universe? It had to come from somewhere. One day, trillions and trillions and trillions of years ago there was nothing in this universe but space. Nothing but empty space. Then nature emerged as God allowed it to. No? At any rate, whether you speak of nature or whether you speak of God in attempting to understand the earth and the universe, you generally come to the same conclusions. Except for the fact that God generally knows all; but what about nature? Doesn't nature know all too? Doesn't it know how to react and when? Does nature not make life possible? But, where does it all start? One on earth could NEVER establish when nature OR God was established; we can converse about it all day long, but we will never come up with the right answer. It is unattainable, and has been designed that way to keep us all in the dark.How knowledgeable would you feel if you knew how it all started in the universe? I'd say you would likely care less about the specifics to earth, and you would then want to grasp a sense of nature within the entire universe. Well, instead of me answering your questions any longer, I shall await a response, of which I look forward to. I find these conversations intriguing, to say the least.