Hmm, don't 100% believe it, it's more like... an instinctual feeling? That a god created everything but then wanted to appreciate all the facets of their universe via a multitude of different perspectives - so the god splits themself into near infinite "souls," anything alive (microbe to doberman to human to whale to planet, etc) to live…
Hmm, don't 100% believe it, it's more like... an instinctual feeling? That a god created everything but then wanted to appreciate all the facets of their universe via a multitude of different perspectives - so the god splits themself into near infinite "souls," anything alive (microbe to doberman to human to whale to planet, etc) to live mortally and independently. The lifeform dies and that vehicle for the god's perception simply melts away, and its soul rejoins with the larger god, kind of like your game :) But an afterlife might just as easily be run by an obscure African goat god who tortures us. Half the time I believe there is no afterlife/ no souls/ no reason for our existence, and when we die that's it. A purposeless universe is beautiful, too!
What a wonderful and compelling feeling. I was first introduced to this idea of souls joining together from the anime Neon Genesis Evangelion and it's remained a fascination of mine, even though I don't know that I believe it.
I'm fairly agnostic, but I think a purposeless universe is the most beautiful. If all this came together by happenstance, rather than a plan? How miraculous!
Hmm, don't 100% believe it, it's more like... an instinctual feeling? That a god created everything but then wanted to appreciate all the facets of their universe via a multitude of different perspectives - so the god splits themself into near infinite "souls," anything alive (microbe to doberman to human to whale to planet, etc) to live mortally and independently. The lifeform dies and that vehicle for the god's perception simply melts away, and its soul rejoins with the larger god, kind of like your game :) But an afterlife might just as easily be run by an obscure African goat god who tortures us. Half the time I believe there is no afterlife/ no souls/ no reason for our existence, and when we die that's it. A purposeless universe is beautiful, too!
What a wonderful and compelling feeling. I was first introduced to this idea of souls joining together from the anime Neon Genesis Evangelion and it's remained a fascination of mine, even though I don't know that I believe it.
I'm fairly agnostic, but I think a purposeless universe is the most beautiful. If all this came together by happenstance, rather than a plan? How miraculous!