Yanesh

Definitely could. But isn't there a presumption that 'choice' has to centre around emotion or consciousness? Mathematically a choice is taken when something happens, it doesn't require consciousness to direct it, just the range of possibilities and biases it will be influenced by. In the case of coming into being, mathematically it had an even chance of becoming or not becoming;, some chose to become whilst the rest chose not to become. Could 'God' therefore be the mathematical probabilities behind the events which have taken place since choice was made to begin?

Really interesting thread here, and I hope you don't mind me back tracking in a way to some of the comments made earlier. I can see what is meant by there is nothing before the beginning, but for the beginning to begin there had to be something, so effectively there is a high probability there was Everything before the beginning chose to begin. What intrigues me is why did the Everything that was nothing chose to become something? And does that choice to create, indicate a consciousness? If we postulate further, the 'Everything that chose to become something'; by so doing did it create a reference for itself so it 'knew where it was', because a solitary point has no reference to position without a second reference point to connect to? For these two points to create time and space they would require a third point to triangulate distances and positions and further points of reference to create a time before movement and time after. Each point created gives more detail to the 'original choice made' and the Everything becomes many things. Does this give us the various states of being, the parallel states alluded to in earlier posts? At any one time we have opportunities to do many things, the probabilities of us doing certain ones carrying a higher degree of probability than others purely because we 'tend that way' out of habits formed in any one lifetime of experiences. Why should we not be living out all those probabilities enriching our Self with the outcomes created? Would it benefit us in this life to know of the experiences of other lives? If so, in what way? Lastly, at the point where Everything chose to be something, why did 70% (approximately) choose to remain hidden? We still explore dark matter and as yet really do not have much of a handle on it. So where does the intelligence lie? I like to live my life in a space which is open to doubt, open to reviewing beliefs and expanding the possibilities. I am intrigued therefore in your comments.

His lesson is a lonely one, and I will send my prayers to him, so that whatever the outcome and whatever the truth, he takes time to reflect and learn from the whole proceeding such that he is enriched in mind, and it will be a turning point for him to lead a life of greater good. For the others placed in danger, I send my prayers for they experienced some things done against them which were also life changing and threatening. May they too, find learnings from their experiences to the greater good. For those who saw and heard, I send prayers, for they will have been changed by the experience of the watching and possibly not intervening. May their learnings also bestow the greater good.

If God stepped down on earth and spoke to us an an ordinary man? Would we not hang him all over again (literally or metaphorically)? As we grow in our understanding and knowledge we realise there is more to God than the three dimensions we so arrogantly hold onto as a species, because it is the only thing we know; for most of our time here on Earth, we are but souls on a journey, learning and expanding into the dark matter which we do not usually interpret, but it is there, placed by God. And as we expand and take our learnings (or not, as we chose), that which is hidden from us in plain sight becomes known, and we see God that little clearer. If I saw him on a bus what would I see? A person who could be anything he/she chose to be, with the Knowledge and Wisdom held inside those eyes, still hidden from me in plain sight, and I would wish to invite him for a coffee and sit a while to hear what he/she had to say.