Reply To: What is God?

[Andrew Brown]

Strega, I choose my words carefully. The “mistake” term is part of evolution. When the DNA replicates incorrectly, a mistake has occurred, which is also the process by which genes mutate.

It is a beautiful mistake which creates infinite diversity.

On the peace idea: Have you ever entered a sensory deprivation chamber? Many consider this near perfect meditation as it blocks all outside stimulus besides the dreams inside your brain (visions from the 3rd eye).
Existence demands survival which in turn demands conflict. I cannot survive without consuming and destroying the living beings around me thus my existence forces conflict with the environment. I am unable to be completely peaceful simply because I exist. So, death is the only peace we can hope to have.
I hope that explanation makes some sense.

I agree “stasis” is unsustainable thanks to entropy. Stasis is not desirable as I do not wish to sleep through the brief waking life I lead.
I had a brief conversation about death over the weekend.
For every sleep cycle we either wake up or not. I have awoken from my slumber every single time; I have 100% success rate :).
I do not accept an assertion of a “life after death”, but since I do not know the experience of not waking, I cannot claim we will or will not wake again.

I will continue to live as long as possible and I must accept the conflict inherent in existing.