Sunday, October 2, 2011

The Forever All

Weird video. Very much like propaganda. But, its approach to life, while very weird, is accepted by many. Just look at how many likes it received. I wonder how do you respond to someone who denies the very existence of God in exchange for the All. To deconstruct every thought and idea is daunting to me, I cannot claim to know all the answers. But, certain aspects of the video were purely illogical and superficial. Yes, it would be wonderful if we continued forever and ever- but did the author overlook the fact that we die? He, obviously, is not dead and provides no other factual information for the continuance of life except for recognizing a supernatural all.
       The first point I would like to argue is that if you believe in an All, your belief is based on nothing. They state you cannot define the All, you are the all, the fly is the all. Really? Is that all the information you have? It is very unsatisfactory to have no facts or information to suggest why you believe in an All. Basically, Pantheists believe everything is god, or in this case the All that has entirely existed. This is completely illogical. How can it provide answers to the origin of man, the origin of the universe without answering how the All existed. It hurts my brain to try and answer these questions because Pantheism seems so odd. Did the All create them or is it a purely spiritual essence? In the beginning, I would have said the descriptions of the All sounded like God. God did create triangles and pi, but God is a omnipotent, omniscient, omnipresent personal Creator. The All is a force. Questions remain unanswered.
         The video said that we are part of a forever cosmic tree whose branches never end. Sounds pretty much like Hinduism, without any references. The entire problem with "branches never ending" is that we die, our body ceases to exist, and if this All remains what do you become? Part of a All blob? It sounds ridiculous. To say we continue to exist prompts questions like where will you go, what will happen to you? Pantheism provides very little explanation for what the All does after you die. Along with this idea that we are indestructible, we are obviously indestructible! Pantheists look over the concept of human sickness, wickedness, and death as separate from the All.
           Finally the flagrantly contradictory statement that you remain unique, but you are all the same. These statements are not in agreement. You cannot all be the All and yet be different. It does agree with society, if we are all a part of the All then how come we cannot agree about religion, politics, or economics? If we are created from the All, and remain steadfastly apart of the All you would like we would share similar beliefs. Yet, the world is consumed in arguments. Pantheists cannot just say we are all one, but uniquely different without clarifying, and they do not.
        Pantheism is a hopeful belief, but naive. It fails to explain the nature of people and the state the world is in. It chooses to ignorantly state there is no God, but uses his creation as evidence for a supernatural All. The appreciation of others and nature is beautiful, but these ideas also have to stem from something more then a force.

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