Dimension Swerving: The Final Frontier (Argument For God)

What is the sensory experience?

Let's take, for example, the color red. Red has a look to it, and it is a Qualia. May not look exactly the same to everyone, but hey, that's not the point. The point is, there is a feeling you get (or what you might say a look or tone or color), when one perceives the color red.

Can this feeling exist without consciousness? Can the color red exist without consciousness? The answer is, no.

It takes a sentient being to perceive qualia.

It could be anyone. Is there any empirical evidence that people really do perceive the color red? No. It is all in our minds!

What is the purpose of being sentient? To make conscious decisions regarding the propagation of your genetics.

Why does the being need to be sentient in order to make decisions?

Question for the class? What are some decisions a being can make with consciousness that it can't without?

Little Sally raises her hand. "The decision to worship Jesus!"

Very good Little Sally. What else?

Little Termerkatroid raises his hand. "The decision to take his own life!"

Very, very good Little Termerketroid. What else?

Little Beth raises her hand. "The decision to try and find meaning, a higher power, and a sense of purpose!"

Good Little Beth? And why, according to atheistic evolution theory, does consciousness exist?

For the answer, I did a bit of light reading.

https://www.vice.com/en_us/article/exmgez/sorry-religions-human-consciousness-is-just-a-consequence-of-evolution

https://evolutionnews.org/2016/06/new_theory_expl/

Basically, there was some review of thought processes necessary. FOR DEEPER THOUGHT processes...

IT TAKES A SENTIENT BEING!

Little Sally raises her hand again.

No, you got it wrong, Ms. Zuhl! LIVING ORGANISMS have deeper thought processes! It takes intense decision making to survive as a species, on an individual level! This same reasoning does not apply to the creation of the universe!

The Big bang was a very simplistic process. All of a sudden, BANG! Expansion!

Little Termerketroid raises his hand again.

NO, LITTLE TERMERKETROID! DON'T ASK FURTHER QUESTIONS ON THE BIG BANG!!!!

In essence, the atheist view is, the universe is TRYING EVERY SINGLE POSSIBLITY THERE IS!!! That's why it doesn't take intelligence. There is no intelligence behind the universe because if there were, it would require "deeper thought processes."

Then, BANG!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

As life forms evolve, the process of self-reflection was a result!

However, this is a completely meaningless process. It was something, that came out of nothing.

The Gay Movement

What is the gender revolution? In this country, people are feeling confined by labeling their gender and want this concept removed from society.

What is the function of gender? Gender basically encampsulates a basic idea of what your genitalia look like, and how they function, and what role you play in reproduction. There shouldn't be any presumptitive ideas about what that means about your personality or sense of style. Likewise, there is a basic assumption that comes along with it, the presumption that you show romantic and sexual interests in the opposite gender. This presumption may be false, but we will start with it until the person in question corrects us.

In today's day and age, it should be noted that the notion that straight and homosexual are equal has not yet been widely accepted. This is a tricky situation. According to the established religious doctrine of some, homosexuality is a sin. This situation requires understanding and compassion from people on the left to try not to demonize the bible thumpers whose belief system is based on this religious doctrine.

And then we get the "Leviticus Also Says..." movement. This is a movement founded on ignorance, because if you know the bible, homosexuality is demonized in the New Testament as well. There is no reason to take Leviticus seriously. Why are we reading this book again? Is there a reason Leviticus is still in the bible? The "Leviticus Also Says.." movement is a movement founded on ignorance and intolerance, based on the Too Long/Didn't Read Doctrine.

What is it that the far right conservative movement believes? Well, it says in the Good Book that homosexuality happens when people are engulfed in a sin for whatever reason. In other words, it is an outer expression of an internal conflict with the devil. Therefore, the people that embrace this lifestyle as equal, are as bad as the people who practice homosexuality!

How do we resolve this disagreement? First and foremost, is the notion that when in doubt, mind your own business.

But then the far left comes at you using their lecherous tactics. You misspoke while stating your opinion, and as a result your name officially became synonomous with the frothy feces mixture that is a result of their repulsive sex act! And you say to yourself, Lord, please help them. I am trying my hardest to explain to them my opinion and be reasonable, and I wasn't aware that a simple comparison (or differentiation) between beastiality and their sex act would make me the target of a digital crap smearing. How long before we are all engulfed in this proverbial fecal matter?

And this is when we need to back off, and let the other side be. What is the gay movement asking for again? Well, first off, they want to feel safe. Fair enough. They don't want to feel like they are being judged so harshly for being themselves. Well, that's tough. In this Damned if you do, Damned if you don't world, you are inevitably a sinner no matter what you do!

And as the bible states every once in awhile, it's God who will do the judging. It's a sin to judge other people, and it also says somewhere in their book, if they judge you for your gay lifestyle/orientation/status/whatever they are also out of favor with God.

What else does the gay movement want? Well, they want to be able to marry the person they fall in love with and enjoy the same rights as straight couples. Probably none of your business, bible thumpers.

And in due time, they would also like to be able to adopt and raise children. Well, in this day and age, there is some sort of universal human right element to the practice of child rearing, unless you make a show of proving to the world that you are incapable of it.

And when it comes down it, we know that the United States of America is not a theocracy and there is no established Fundamentist Christian religion. After all, most of us have actually had regular encounters with homosexuals! In fact, most of us have close friends who are homosexual, and using our best judgment, a lot of us don't agree with the idea that there is something abhorrent about these people. In fact, some of us would even agree with the statement that some of the kindest, sweetest, strongest people we know identify as homosexual!

So what gives, says the rest of us? Have you never met any gay people in your life? Do you honestly not know any gay people who you respect and admire?

When it comes down to it, we look at these statements of the bible and our brow furrows a bit. After all, it says in your religion that the bible is the inerrant word of God.

Does your Bible still contain Leviticus?

Charlie Brown Grows an Inch

Well first of all, it's fitting that this is a child saying this. I will continue as Charlie asks his mother this question.

Ma?

What is it, Charlie?

How come people who didn't vote for John McCain cared that he died?

Well, Charlie, that is a big question! Big enough for... Mr. Snarkie Pants!

(Mrs. Brown pulls out a sock puppet, and uses a funny voice to answer Charlie's question)

Well, that's a poser Charlie... How would you feel if your little sister Sally was beaten viciously by a gang of thugs and was in such awful pain she could barely move?

Well, that would be terrible!

But didn't you pick on her yesterday and call her ugly?

Well I didn't mean it! She was poking me and I didn't like it!

Do you want her to suffer?

No!

Do you love her?

Yes!

Do you want her to run the country?

Now that's just ridiculous, Mr. Snarkie Pants!

See, in the adult world, sometimes we like someone but don't want them to run the country. Liberals like John McCain, but felt he was a weak candidate compared to Obama.

Did liberals invent the concept of childish insults?

No, there are both childish liberals insulting conservatives and childish conservatives insulting liberals.

Thinking Outside the Human Framework

Why do people choose atheism?

Well, after all, what do we know? How are we capable of understanding the truth, when we live inside a human framework?

In the primordial days, humans would look to the sky, and assign a human soul to inanimate forces. They would like to the sun, and the sun had a spirit and call it the sun god. They would like to the wind, assign a human soul and call it the god of the wind. The spirit of the river, the spirit of mother nature, the spirit of the almighty force of God.

We, as humans, see human faces in forces of nature that are without souls or life or human characteristics.

Therefore, we took it a step further than you did, Theists. We took the idea that these inanimate forces have souls is a fallacy in human thinking, and applied that concept to the original mover as well. We have a tendency, as humans, to see human faces in things, and that's a proven fact. We atheists see that you have assigned a human face to the original mover, so we have looked beyond the human framework and removed it.

Then, the atheists put their pencils down. We have done our work!

Then Rachel steps in, and she sees this entire thought process as juvenile because it was the same thought process she went through as a kid. She's still holding her pencil.

If a tree falls in the forest and there is no one around to hear it, does it make a sound?

Is there a difference between human characteristics such as sex drive, love of food, enjoyment of violence, stuff of that nature, and the basic concept of awareness and consciousness? Can we assign the concept of consciousness to the creational force of the universe, without assigning any of the other human characteristics?

What about the ability to think? Does it take consciousness to think? Do you need to be aware, to think? "I think, therefore I am" comes to mind. What does an inanimate force do that is so important to the universe, that it is more important than conscious thought?

What is superior, consciousness, or lack thereof?

How does an unconscious, unaware universe, create conscious thought processes?

Do you see inherent value in consciousness, or is this some sort of valueless concept that only humans understand? Is thinking a concept devoid of real value, only valued by humans?

What is value? Does consciousness have value? Does the universe understand value? Obviously not, it was created without value, it it is an unconscious creational force. If there is no value, is there also no truth?

Is there a such thing as value?

The universe does not think, only behaves according to predetermined patterns. Can you think without awarness? The universe thinks, without awarness, obviously.

This type of unconscious thinking, is superior to human thinking with requires self-awareness, and is muddied by self-awareness.

Diddlywinks: A Vampire Story

Diddlywinks was young. She looked in the mirror and she was still young. But one day, she would be old.

Desire, said Moar. You desire youth.

NO! Diddlywinks said with a sarcastic grin. Please, don't change me!

Diddlywinks, for the last time, I'm not going to change you into a vampire! You will crave nothing but blood!

But I crave beauty now so badly it couldn't be quenched by an unimaginable thirst for blood!

Diddlywinks stared longingly into Moar's eyes. He was so beautiful.

Then, she coughed and a key fell out of her mouth!

WHAT?! Diddlywinks screamed.

It means you are the chosen one, said Boar. He bit and changed her into a vampire.

Then, there was an explosion. There was a fire and two people were killed. None of them human.

I see, said Diddlywinks. All it took was a sign from God! She looked into Moar's eyes, and felt nothing but lust for human blood.

I see what you are thinking, said Moar. I feel the same desire for human blood as you but not as strong because you are a newly changed.

I feel.. I feel... I feel... said Diddlywinks. She stared into Moar's eyes, and tried to feel the lust she'd once had for him.

I feel... hungry.

I feel you are correct, said Moar.

Do you feel it? Said Diddlywinks. She was taken aback at his sixth sense.

I do.

I want you never. I want you always. God, stop pissing on my brain.

They parted ways as their interests changed.

The Estuary

The estuary is where I found myself about a month ago, following the removal of a delusion.

Over the course of this delusion, I built up a lot of energy that was destined to survive the removal of the delusion.

The estuary is a natural setting, breathtaking in beauty, but it's all about the essence. There are a series of pipes, beautiful in nature, but are they? The real word is, raw. Are they raw with beauty, or raw with real ugliness? What is ugliness?

What is ugliness? The real question is, do you possess enough inner beauty for your happiness to survive this jarring shift?

As the essense flows back in forth from pipe to pipe, so does my happiness. It is like energy surrounding a picture. At times, for a second, the real big picture looks ugly and bleak. Then the energy flows, or the essence flows, and the picture is startling. Is it ever beautiful? Well, we are trying!

Does the picture ever lack the raw element? The answer is, yes. Right now, the picture lacks the raw element. It is gorgeous and real.

What did it originally look like? Like sinew, and desolation, and death. Then the energy flows, and it shows a different frame of Earth.

We are all here, in this place we call Earth. Where is our inner beauty? If you possess inner beauty, are you happy?

The answer is, if you are enlightened, you feel your inner beauty at all times.

A person who is beautiful on the outside does not feel the happiness of their inner beauty. They see their beauty when they are looking in the mirror, when they are not looking they are not happy. Is outer beauty enough? Everyone wants outer beauty! Does outer beauty fill the void inside you? The answer is, no.

You might be ugly on the inside, and feel dumb even when you are looking in the mirror. I am beautiful, but guys call me a skank. (this woman, not me)

Even outer beauty does not fill the void! Is beauty real if other people cannot see it? Sometimes I think, no.

In the estuary, you feel alone but you are with others. Does anyone love you? The answer is no. You come into this world, and maybe leave it, without anyone caring about you except yourself.

Does a higher power care? Well, yes, Rachel.

Innercept: What you are Paying for

If you want to spend $20,000 a month to CURE your child's mental illness, here is what you get for that money...

A place for your child to live.
Two groups a day on week days. Groups include repetitive groups on the topics of collusion, anger management, and process group where you bring up interpersonal issues. Occasionally there might be one of Dr. Ullrich's group about how YOU are capable of changing your DNA!

One counseling session a week, plus one on the phone with you, the parents.

One psychiatrist sessiong a week, where your child's concerns will be repeatedly ignored.

Food that is healthy in small portions.

And meds.

Gas for the car to go to the lake.