The Birth of Religion - Part 2
Today Seeker joins us again for part two of “The Birth of Religion” series.
The Birth of Religion - Part 2
by Seeker
Why do we humans think of things other than this purely physical world? What evidence is there that the world of the senses isn’t all there is?
A problem for those who teach in schools and who decry the idea that there may be more to life than making money and buying ‘things’ is that we actually have no real evidence that there is actually a universe out there. The physical view of things demands we accept evidence that the universe is ‘Real’ and that any other view has to provide real evidence that it has a right to be held as an alternative.
But what is ‘Real’? When an event occurs in the universe, (if it actually does) then in some way, that event creates an effect that has to impinge on our senses or we cannot know it has happened. From the moment it impinges on our senses, it becomes a series of electrical impulses that cause chemical reactions within cells. The impulses travel rapidly along the nervous system until they reach the brain where they cause and are affected by a series of reactions that include triggering previous memories and being ‘coloured’ by emotions based on past experiences.
Then and only then, do we become aware of the ‘event’ that triggered the process. At that point, if things go as they should, we think about all the information that comes attached to the signal, we come to a decision and we react according to rational thought.
But we need to realize – at no point do we have any real evidence that anything actually happened. Everything we know, everything we see, feel, smell, taste or hear is a construction of the mind interpreting the signals coming into the brain. In all we have learned of the physical world, there is nothing that allows for us to reach beyond those tiny signals coming into the brain and constructing our entire view of the universe.
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