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People of Lemmy, have you ever had what some would consider a "spiritual" experience? (lemm.ee)

submitted 2 years ago by aCosmicWave@lemm.ee to c/asklemmy@lemmy.ml

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If so, what triggered it and what was it like?

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[–] reverendsteveii@lemm.ee 3 points 2 years ago (1 children)

I had a weird revelatory experience when I was 14 or so about the nature of God, and how in order to define something you must include certain characteristics and exclude certain characteristics. From that I drew the conclusion that any definition of God must be woefully incomplete, as how can one exclude characteristics from the definition of a thing that is all things and entirely beyond comprehension. From there I decided that any way of acknowledging something greater than ourselves is as valid as any other way, and that's guided my spirituality since then.

[–] ComradeKhoumrag@infosec.pub 2 points 2 years ago

Ive always enjoyed Godel's ontological "proof" (although I disagree with it's conclusion "proving" catholic God)

"God, by definition, is that for which no greater good can be conceived. Therefore, God exists in the understanding.

If God exists in the understanding, and is that for which no greater can be conceived, than he can be imagined greater by existing in reality. Therefore, God exists"

Im an atheist, but I really like this quote in the context of Eastern Philosophy (like the Tao) over western philosophy