Quirk Life

Alright, so since God is reality and God is all. Than the next question I want to ask, is what is reality? Time for some ontological fun. There are basically two opinions we can take here- realism, or idealism. Realism, relative to what were talking about, says that the physical world by itself is separate from the mind. That is to say if a Realist was to answer the question “If a tree was to fall in a forest, and no one was there to hear it, would it make a sound?” The answer would be yes. They believe that, our senses perceive the world around us, and that if our senses couldn’t for some odd little reason, perceive that world, that world would still continue to exist. So existence as a realist sees it, is not dependant upon us (or the conscious entity which perceives it) in anyway. Instead an objects existence, is dependant upon itself.

Now an idealist on the other hand, believes existence is dependant up on you, me or the conscious entity that perceives it. An idealist would say that if a tree fell with no ears loping around, that the sound would not exist. They believe that existence is dependant upon the conscious people around it. So if their was a rock and that was the sole sum of what was there, and their was nothing conscious, what so ever, that rock wouldn’t exist. As idealists see it: Nothing conciess= Nothing.

Now here is where I give you my lovely opinion on the matter. J Existence is defined by what is- that is what we can sense, what we can feel, what we can at least attempt to comprehend, ect. Things that we do not sense, and have no way of knowing, simply do not exist. For example, do you believe there is a leprechaun standing next to you right now? I dare you to look! You probably don’t see one (or at least I hope you don’t..) So you say leprechauns don’t exist. However, from a realist point of view leprechauns could very well exist- their just not perceived by us. And as a realist see it, an item doesn’t have to be perceived by anything to exist.

This view is insane. If we take a realist point of view, practically anything exists! Unicorns, dragons, Harry Potter, your dear little leprechaun stalker next to you, talking rodents, an victorious end to the Iraq war… The list can go on! Our mere experience with existence and our common conception of it teaches against the realist point of view. What exists, is what we sense. Our senses is what determines what exists. Without us sensing it- there is nothing.



Now there’s more than that. Look around you- at the wonderful land of existence- AKA the room in your house with a computer. You see computers, keyboards, dancing leprechauns, ect. The thing about that, is that, you sense the things around you. You perceive them. There is no direct informer between your actual senses and that object. And since there is no direct connection (or informer) between the item being perceived and us (like the pink line in the picture), the very fabric of existence is weaved by conscious perceptions- not by the item itself. So to give the item the power to weave it’s existence is silly since existence is not created by the item- it is created and weaved by sensations.

Again, I’m going to try to clarify that further. When you look around at the land of existence, you see something. However, your not be directly informed of that item by that item. Your being made aware of it through your eyes (your senses), to you. Everything you see, feel, smell, hear, taste, ect is not the item directly. It is perceptions. The very fabric of existence and reality around you is not formed by the item but by your senses.

You see the computer screen- hard, bright, rectangular, metal tasting, quiet, odorless ect.- all of which are sensations of the computer screen, not the actual computer screen. Without the sensations of the computer screen their would be no computer screen. The item’s existence is therefore dependant not upon itself but upon the sensation it brings. It’s the sensations of the conscious entity that forms existence. So if you really look at it, perceptions of conscious entities are the only true direct reality.

Ergh. Okay. I hope that made sense. It took me forever to figure out how to explain. I spent like 3 hours today walking back and forth trying to figure this out. The last paragraph made the most sence. It’s basically this: Existence is only your perception/sensations. Without those perceptions/ sensations their would be nothing. (Imagine no sensations/ perceptions. What is it? Nothing) Perceptions and sensations form reality. So, congrats! You managed to get through my Ontology rant alive! Next, I’m going to hopefully apply this to God and ethics. Somehow…