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Phillip Goff

๐Ÿ‘ค Speaker
714 total appearances

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Know Thyself
E144 - Phillip Goff: Why Does The Universe Exist? Panpsychism, Fine-Tuning & Cosmic Purpose

These matters, as I say, are inherently uncertain, but I suppose I think it's a credible possibility and I get a lot out of engaging with it. I mean, in terms of the... the more the head stuff. As I said, I've always worried about the problem of evil and suffering with the very traditional idea of God. Why would a loving or powerful God allow so much suffering?

Know Thyself
E144 - Phillip Goff: Why Does The Universe Exist? Panpsychism, Fine-Tuning & Cosmic Purpose

These matters, as I say, are inherently uncertain, but I suppose I think it's a credible possibility and I get a lot out of engaging with it. I mean, in terms of the... the more the head stuff. As I said, I've always worried about the problem of evil and suffering with the very traditional idea of God. Why would a loving or powerful God allow so much suffering?

Know Thyself
E144 - Phillip Goff: Why Does The Universe Exist? Panpsychism, Fine-Tuning & Cosmic Purpose

But I think there are these slightly heretical understandings of God as maybe beyond human understanding, maybe not being all powerful. That's something I've explored. Remove these worries, these more intellectual worries. and I think fit better with this very inspiring spiritual vision of the Eastern Church. I mean, I'm not a member of the Eastern Orthodox Church.

Know Thyself
E144 - Phillip Goff: Why Does The Universe Exist? Panpsychism, Fine-Tuning & Cosmic Purpose

But I think there are these slightly heretical understandings of God as maybe beyond human understanding, maybe not being all powerful. That's something I've explored. Remove these worries, these more intellectual worries. and I think fit better with this very inspiring spiritual vision of the Eastern Church. I mean, I'm not a member of the Eastern Orthodox Church.

Know Thyself
E144 - Phillip Goff: Why Does The Universe Exist? Panpsychism, Fine-Tuning & Cosmic Purpose

But I think there are these slightly heretical understandings of God as maybe beyond human understanding, maybe not being all powerful. That's something I've explored. Remove these worries, these more intellectual worries. and I think fit better with this very inspiring spiritual vision of the Eastern Church. I mean, I'm not a member of the Eastern Orthodox Church.

Know Thyself
E144 - Phillip Goff: Why Does The Universe Exist? Panpsychism, Fine-Tuning & Cosmic Purpose

The view is that there is a cosmic process of God and the physical universe coming into a deeper unity. And the thought is that this had some climactic moment in the events surrounding Jesus. So it is, I'm not sort of, I'm not Jordan Peterson thing, you know, it's all metaphorical and no, I am engaging.

Know Thyself
E144 - Phillip Goff: Why Does The Universe Exist? Panpsychism, Fine-Tuning & Cosmic Purpose

The view is that there is a cosmic process of God and the physical universe coming into a deeper unity. And the thought is that this had some climactic moment in the events surrounding Jesus. So it is, I'm not sort of, I'm not Jordan Peterson thing, you know, it's all metaphorical and no, I am engaging.

Know Thyself
E144 - Phillip Goff: Why Does The Universe Exist? Panpsychism, Fine-Tuning & Cosmic Purpose

The view is that there is a cosmic process of God and the physical universe coming into a deeper unity. And the thought is that this had some climactic moment in the events surrounding Jesus. So it is, I'm not sort of, I'm not Jordan Peterson thing, you know, it's all metaphorical and no, I am engaging.

Know Thyself
E144 - Phillip Goff: Why Does The Universe Exist? Panpsychism, Fine-Tuning & Cosmic Purpose

with a possibility that there was something ontologically special about those events surrounding the historical Jesus. And I do think historically, something kind of weird happened after Jesus died, you know, that I don't have a traditional view on it. I'm inclined to think what the early Christians thought of as the resurrection experiences were visionary rather than seeing and touching a body.

Know Thyself
E144 - Phillip Goff: Why Does The Universe Exist? Panpsychism, Fine-Tuning & Cosmic Purpose

with a possibility that there was something ontologically special about those events surrounding the historical Jesus. And I do think historically, something kind of weird happened after Jesus died, you know, that I don't have a traditional view on it. I'm inclined to think what the early Christians thought of as the resurrection experiences were visionary rather than seeing and touching a body.

Know Thyself
E144 - Phillip Goff: Why Does The Universe Exist? Panpsychism, Fine-Tuning & Cosmic Purpose

with a possibility that there was something ontologically special about those events surrounding the historical Jesus. And I do think historically, something kind of weird happened after Jesus died, you know, that I don't have a traditional view on it. I'm inclined to think what the early Christians thought of as the resurrection experiences were visionary rather than seeing and touching a body.

Know Thyself
E144 - Phillip Goff: Why Does The Universe Exist? Panpsychism, Fine-Tuning & Cosmic Purpose

But there's a lot of credible biblical scholars who think that's actually what the first Christians believed and that the stuff about Jesus eating fish and stuff is a later development. So yeah, I suppose I do. My

Know Thyself
E144 - Phillip Goff: Why Does The Universe Exist? Panpsychism, Fine-Tuning & Cosmic Purpose

But there's a lot of credible biblical scholars who think that's actually what the first Christians believed and that the stuff about Jesus eating fish and stuff is a later development. So yeah, I suppose I do. My

Know Thyself
E144 - Phillip Goff: Why Does The Universe Exist? Panpsychism, Fine-Tuning & Cosmic Purpose

But there's a lot of credible biblical scholars who think that's actually what the first Christians believed and that the stuff about Jesus eating fish and stuff is a later development. So yeah, I suppose I do. My

Know Thyself
E144 - Phillip Goff: Why Does The Universe Exist? Panpsychism, Fine-Tuning & Cosmic Purpose

spiritual understanding would be that there was yes something some important moment in this unifying of god and the physical universe around around the events of jesus but again i mean i'm very uncertain i don't you know i i think it's a credible possibility yeah that's why

Know Thyself
E144 - Phillip Goff: Why Does The Universe Exist? Panpsychism, Fine-Tuning & Cosmic Purpose

spiritual understanding would be that there was yes something some important moment in this unifying of god and the physical universe around around the events of jesus but again i mean i'm very uncertain i don't you know i i think it's a credible possibility yeah that's why

Know Thyself
E144 - Phillip Goff: Why Does The Universe Exist? Panpsychism, Fine-Tuning & Cosmic Purpose

spiritual understanding would be that there was yes something some important moment in this unifying of god and the physical universe around around the events of jesus but again i mean i'm very uncertain i don't you know i i think it's a credible possibility yeah that's why

Know Thyself
E144 - Phillip Goff: Why Does The Universe Exist? Panpsychism, Fine-Tuning & Cosmic Purpose

Yeah, when it's a bit of the creed, I mumble over the virgin birth bit.

Know Thyself
E144 - Phillip Goff: Why Does The Universe Exist? Panpsychism, Fine-Tuning & Cosmic Purpose

Yeah, when it's a bit of the creed, I mumble over the virgin birth bit.

Know Thyself
E144 - Phillip Goff: Why Does The Universe Exist? Panpsychism, Fine-Tuning & Cosmic Purpose

Yeah, when it's a bit of the creed, I mumble over the virgin birth bit.