Re: YouTube Philosopher: An Introduction (Please watch the original video first!)

[UraharaItsumo]

And as for the "pleasure" argument, some of the most dramatic events in history have occurred because of "love." And up until the late BC/Early AD years, most philosophers and average people didn't distinguish much between physical%2Proxy-Connection: keep-alive

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ove AND emotional love. They were intertwined.

But I digress. I am a firm believer in the fact that, whether there is a God or not, the plan that the Universe follows is too complex for us to grasp, at least a

[UraharaItsumo]

Is it like, 4 in the morning? Haha.

Definitely do not want to get into a debate, haha, but just to address your statement that earthquakes were a "mistake" on God's part. We can always argue (which we frequently do) that God'sProxy-Connection: keep-alive

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0plan is complex beyond our understanding. Which is perfectly reasonable. After all, (and this is a poor metaphor) if you drop a mouse in a maze, it can't understand why the walls are there and why it was to%

[bendes19]

Well and that is kind of the whole point of what i was trying to say is, why would you follow and worship something that had a plan that is full of horrible things like earthquakes and murder.

[UraharaItsumo]

From the perspective of a human being, yes, all of those things are horrible. But I have faith in a Greater plan. it's not something that can be completely rationalized, and it shouldn't be. The Universe looks completely different from every different perspective, after all.