A New Beginning

Well, I'm back, at least for a while. With the setting up of my youtube account and my posterous account (all links at watcherg.posterous.com) I felt a need to restart the philosophy blogs. Luckily, a lot of the writing I've done over the past year or so I can upload to here without much effort, so I won't be updating this for a week or so after the following updates. Finally, i'll be giving a more naive realist/apatheistic viewpoint, since, unlike when I started these blogs, I've finally found my philosphical niche, so to speak. Let's give this another try! :P

Existence - Cognition, Perception, Reality


Before we begin, I would first like to cover the nature of our existence, as we can know and understand it. Existence, as far as we are aware, exists in at least 3 different states. These states of existence can be considered to be:
1.The First, subjective State of Cognition. This is the centre of our consciousness, and where our individual thought processes, reasoning, intellect and memory congregate. It is also the state from which we interpret the Second State.
2.The Second, projective State of Perception. This is the appearance of, and how we view, the third state. The second state is merely a process of viewing the Third State, however, it shapes the existence as we know it, and the world around us is an interpretation of this Second State, as we must view reality through perception. Essentially, this is the World we live in.
3.The Third, objective State of Reality. This is the 'true' form of existence, which has been subject to no interpretation or perception by the consciousness, instead the reality in its true form. This form is generally unknowable in its true form, our mind simply gaining some form of understanding and perception from the Second State. The accuracy of the perception is, again, unknowable.

These three following States are ones which are going to be covered in great detail in the following chapters, and are therefore going to be integral to our unfolding interpretation of existence, so remembering them will be key throughout. Also, Atheism is a broad sense covering any belief with a 'lack of theism', including Agnostics, so at any point I am referring to those with a belief in the non-existence of God, I will be referring to these as S.Atheists (Strong Atheists)

Logic and Faith


Logic is considered to be integral, when deducing the existence of a deity, particularly to Atheists. Indeed, the continuous raging debate between Theists and Atheists, seems also to be an ongoing debate between faith and the logic of atheists, however, even in this term, the word logic may be used incorrectly. Indeed, when considering the Second State, the definition of Logic could be boiled down to 'that which is feasible within the parameters of our perception'. From this point of view, God is indeed illogical in his actions, this agreeing with both arguments of God. After all, should a God be omnipotent, should he also not be able to defy logic? Where S.Atheists believe these parameters our indeed the limit to existence, Theists deny this, claiming there to be a further, illogical, incomprehensible parameter to existence. Obviously for this even be consdiered, faith in its existence is needed, as there is no way to prove something illogical. This, is the main argument as to the existence of God, and as to the consideration of God in our lives. The following chapter is not one that will deal in the non-existence of God. As many of us know, God is neither provable nor disprovable, and therefore considering an argument involving such is futile. However, as opposed to an argument over the non-existence of a transcendant being, but instead, the irrelevance of such a being in our lives.

The Thunder Theory


The World we live in, the Second State, is one which is formed of logical parameters. Everything that happens within this corporeal existence is formed of certain parameters, that seem to follow a certain pattern, and with all things that happen to be within our comprehension. Indeed, there may be the appearance of certain acts of nature, or otherwise, that are difficult to understand and comprehend in our current state. However, in ancient times, the existence of thunder and lightning, and other then unexplainable parameters, were put down to the illogical idea of God, due to an explanation not surfacing. In our current society, the understanding of such acts of nature have been deduced and understood, and are no longer put down to the actions of gods. We can apply this idea to the unexplainable parameters in our current day, and expect that parameters that are currently unexplainable to be beyond our knowledge, and possibly one day explainable. Indeed, I myself know several people who have claimed to have experienced paranormal phenomena, even two at the same time claim to have seen a ghost. However, these suggestions are perfectly within the realms of possibility, with the discovery of different wavelengths of energy there could be an eventual explanation for such phenomena, natural or not.

The Irrelevance of God


So, if we are to consider that the Second State, our current subjective 'existence', is one of logic, then what place does God have in it? The truth is, the existence of God is perfectly feasible. Indeed, the Third State could be simply matter and energy as our perception tells us, although the possibility of a God affecting and controlling our perception is also a perfectly feasible interpretation of the Third State (And as such, as is a simulated reality). However, considering the parameters that have been created to surround us are those of logical understanding, and there have been no active, clear signs to represent an illogical nature within our perception, then the consideration of a God is questionable. Indeed, theists who devote their lives to a God, and consider him an important part of life itself, these beliefs exist while God has shown no clear sort of impact on life, and it is clear to see why the Atheistic belief system is quick to question such unfounded basis. While it is perfectly possible that a God did create this logical world we live in, and these parameters we live our life by, the transcendent God has shown no active sign of participation in our existence, for him to do so he would have to defy the very parameters he created, with no possible explanation ever being able to exist. As such, if God has shown no participation, even if his 'existence' is so, his relevance to our everyday lives is far from a necessity, and is one that should not be considered, if we are to live our lives by the parameters our perception has set out. In fact, considering the wars and many deaths that have been caused over conflicting beliefs, gods and devotion to transcendency within a world without transcendancy could be seen as a detriment to humanity, more than anything. As stated above, it is also possible that God is active in creating the image of the Second State, but as his involvement actually WITHIN it is non-existent, his consideration should be also. It should be added that his possibility is one that should also be considered by S.Atheists. S.Atheists are similar to Theists in that they make an assumption, and although their assumption is based on the findings within the Second State Parameters, they are nevertheless assumptions.