Metaphysical
I've said that there's no logical reason to believe in the metaphysical, I'll amend this slightly. I can find no logical reason to believe in the metaphysical, that doesn't mean there isn't one out there. However, I need a new working definition of metaphysical. Here's why:
When I think metaphysical, I think, another realm of reality that is parallel to our own. Some people think there are monsters, and gods and all kinds of crazy things there. We know nothing, and can know nothing about this place because we can only know what we can test. If we can test it, it exists in our realm.
When I was a christian, I was of the belief that god existed in our realm, not in the metaphysical one, because I believed that he was capable. A being in the metaphysical realm would not be able to affect things in this one, because only things with matter or energy can exert forces. A being in the metaphysical realm would not have matter or energy in this one.
The metaphysical doesn't matter (pun intended). Since we can't know anything about the metaphysical, why try? Some people think that the metaphysical realm is the one that created ours, or that a being in it created it. This doesn't help. It just creates another unexplained scenario. Where did the metaphysical realm come from then? The question is not just, "Where did our existence come from?" it's, "where did existence come from?" physical and meta.
John 1:1 says that in the beginning there was god. This implies that there was a beginning, and that before this there was nothing. This does not explain how we got something (god) from nothing. Getting something from nothing happens to be the same problem theists have with the big bang.
Thus, my new statement is, the metaphysical is immaterial.
When I think metaphysical, I think, another realm of reality that is parallel to our own. Some people think there are monsters, and gods and all kinds of crazy things there. We know nothing, and can know nothing about this place because we can only know what we can test. If we can test it, it exists in our realm.
When I was a christian, I was of the belief that god existed in our realm, not in the metaphysical one, because I believed that he was capable. A being in the metaphysical realm would not be able to affect things in this one, because only things with matter or energy can exert forces. A being in the metaphysical realm would not have matter or energy in this one.
The metaphysical doesn't matter (pun intended). Since we can't know anything about the metaphysical, why try? Some people think that the metaphysical realm is the one that created ours, or that a being in it created it. This doesn't help. It just creates another unexplained scenario. Where did the metaphysical realm come from then? The question is not just, "Where did our existence come from?" it's, "where did existence come from?" physical and meta.
John 1:1 says that in the beginning there was god. This implies that there was a beginning, and that before this there was nothing. This does not explain how we got something (god) from nothing. Getting something from nothing happens to be the same problem theists have with the big bang.
Thus, my new statement is, the metaphysical is immaterial.