Doctor Mike
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And it's not just because you're not Pablo Neruda.
It's not just because you're not William Shakespeare.
The reason is because the words that your language centers are probably in the left cortex.
And it's a complicated simulacrum for the complex right brain phenomenon.
And that's a lot of what's actually going on when you have a sense of the I am, you have the sense of the fundamental creator.
And by the way, that's not just Abrahamic religions, the karmic religions do this too.
So the Hindus who believe that the Godhead is the ultimate force, it's pure love,
And that the soul is kind of a chip of that that comes into existence, passed on toward enlightenment, which is perfection, and then reabsorbed back into the Godhead.
It's all metaphors, like a little piece of a soul, and it's impossible for us to actually understand that.
And yet understanding can come beyond the way that, and this is hard for you and me, because we have a science background.
It's like, if I can't describe it, it doesn't exist.
No, we know that's not right.
I don't know Bill Nye's argument, but I've talked to a lot of- Well, he argues against creationism and talks about the Big Bang.
Yeah, for sure.
And I would argue against creationism too.
No, I mean, it's like all kinds of different ways that the ultimate I am, the ultimate creator can create
And the great thing about science is that it unfolds the information about the truth about the creation, which should make us more amazed, not less amazed at this sort of cosmic intelligence if we believe in it.
Now, first thing to point out, the atheist might be right.
I might be completely wrong.
In what regard?