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I am religious and believe in free will

71 (27.7%)

I am religious and do not believe in free will

10 (3.9%)

I am not religious and believe in free will

114 (44.5%)

I am not religious and do not believe in free will

61 (23.8%)

Total Members Voted: 251

[McTraveller]

"...whoever teaches [these things].... is conceited, understanding nothing, and has a morbid craving for controversy and for disputes about words.  From these come envy, dissension, slander, base suspicions, and wrangling among those who are depraved in mind and bereft of the truth..."

[hector13]

Is the universe not part of reality?

[Magmacube_tr]

Is the universe not part of reality?

Isn't universe the reality, as far as we know?

[Schmaven]

Ultimately, they have no difference, but symantically, I see them having different emphases.  It seems to me that "the universe", though consisting of all life, seems to refer more to the physical world and the environment around us, whereas "reality" is more focused on our experience of life's mysteries.

[Egan_BW]

There are unlimited universes out there, but they aren't real. But of course, to them they are reality and we are the fiction. Thus, Reality is movable.

[Scoops Novel]

Better said, contextual. Many realities, one universe?

[MaxTheFox]

IMO they are indistinguishable (well, fiction is technically contained within the universe, and at least the work itself is real even if its setting is not). Even if the multiverse theory is real, unless we find a way to travel to those other universes, they are as good as not real.

[Egan_BW]

Better said, contextual. Many realities, one universe?

no.

[Scoops Novel]

Please explain your point then?

[Travis Bickle]

Reality vs The Universe

Which one is more philosophically important

Neither one can be more important than the other. They're both just concepts to be discussed in the realm of metaphysics.

[Scoops Novel]

I think you can say which is more important to the user of the concepts.

[EuchreJack]

I think you can say which is more important to the user of the concepts.

Following on that, we all experience Reality, yet Universe is mostly a theoretical outer boundary that we won't even prove in one lifetime.

Thus, Reality is vital and Universe is useless.

[Travis Bickle]

I think you can say which is more important to the user of the concepts.

Following on that, we all experience Reality, yet Universe is mostly a theoretical outer boundary that we won't even prove in one lifetime.

Thus, Reality is vital and Universe is useless.

Depends entirely on how you define either term.

I'm not really seeing this question's tie-in to either religion or spirituality.

[MaxTheFox]

I think you can say which is more important to the user of the concepts.

Following on that, we all experience Reality, yet Universe is mostly a theoretical outer boundary that we won't even prove in one lifetime.

Thus, Reality is vital and Universe is useless.

Depends entirely on how you define either term.

I'm not really seeing this question's tie-in to either religion or spirituality.

Welcome to Scoops Novel posts, where everything feels oddly familiar but nothing makes sense, almost like the forum equivalent of a stroke simulation image.

[Magmacube_tr]

Novel is a hyper-advanced A.I created by CIA, that was released upon this forum to improve itself.

Too bad we are too scatterminded to properly feed it information.