ABSOLUTE Quotes

“Russell’s Teapot (Celestial Teapot Analogy)

We cannot equate Russell’s teapot idea with the idea of God.

Although this idea is humorous, it isn't very sensible. If anybody without scientific credentials stated thoughtfully that the teapot is circling the Sun, the majority of people would think that a person saying that is either bipolar, schizophrenic, or suffers from some other mental illness. This kind of comparison is absurd. Comic and absurdist comparisons of this kind only muddy the waters. Proof or disproof of such a thing is unnecessary because almost everybody knows the teapot can't orbit the Sun as freely as planets on a microcosmic or macro level. Regardless of Russel being aware that his example is nonsense, he still used it (and he states that). The point was not to prove anything but to make a funny remark to diminish the subject of the attack, God. It is a logical fallacy whenever we use such tactics or tricks because we use witty comments for lacking something more potent. If we make fun of some ideas, it does not mean they have no value. We cannot destroy an idea that has existed for millennia by witty but silly arguments.

Carl Sagan made an even sillier argument about the undetectable dragon in his garage. To compare the idea of God to the teapot or a dragon in a garage is a useless way to refute an idea or argument with an “argument” (example) in the form of funny irony.

I admire Bertrand Russell and Carl Sagan for their ingenuity and insights. I also admire Bertrand Russell’s writing style because he could express complicated ideas and concepts in very readable and clear prose.

There can be no comparison between the idea of God and a teapot floating around the Sun or between God and an unidentifiable dragon in the garage. We cannot base our arguments on the value of their wit because regardless of how witty the statement is, it has to stand the test of truth, not the test of wit. We can easily exclude the idea of a teapot floating in orbit around the Sun as ridiculous. The same applies to the argument about the dragon in a garage. But can we exclude the idea of God from religious and theological thoughts and serious philosophical inquiries interested in discovering the truth about the world and God? We can easily refuse to accept a teapot or dragon in the garage as serious arguments. However, we cannot a priori deny the legitimacy of the idea about God, at least not the deist one (or pantheistic).”
― Dejan Stojanovic, ABSOLUTE

“The meaning and purpose of existence is the experience of life.”
― Dejan Stojanovic, ABSOLUTE

“According to the standard view of the main religions, God created the Universe. According to this standard, the Universe is material, but the Creator is immaterial. On the other hand, we can imagine that the Universe has always existed, and if that were the case, there would be no creator to create it; “it simply is” (Bertrand Russell).”
― Dejan Stojanovic, ABSOLUTE

“If there were no motion, not only would all objects stop but disappear. Motion is vital to energy and matter; it is their life, their l'énergie spirituelle, to use Bergson’s term. To put it simply, no motion, no mass. Motion equals mass, in a way. Concentration and “quantity” of motion from the micro to the macro level equals the quantity of mass. The bigger the total output of motion from the micro point to the measured point, the bigger the mass. The whole family of the Universe (Omniverse) is kept alive and together owing to the primordial Universal immaterial Source—Ultimate Force feeding motion and the whole of the Universe and existence with its underlying force—Ultimate Reality and the basis of Everything.”
― Dejan Stojanovic, ABSOLUTE

“Gravitational pull is the Max Plank’s vibration, which, as a source of motion, is the source of the gravitational pull, without which kinetic and potential energy would be zero. At this point, everything stops. At the speed of light, an object has infinite kinetic energy, which equals infinite mass. This infinite kinetic energy or infinite mass is static and massless. That is the point of absolute density. The world becomes static when its mass reaches the point of absolute speed, which would be equivalent to the same infinite point reached by the mass traveling at the speed of light. This is not infinite mass but an effect of the kinetic energy produced by the speed of light equal to the infinite mass. This proves my point that everything would stop if it were not for the kinetic energy and the “gravitational” pull fed by the immaterial Universal Source of everything.”
― Dejan Stojanovic, ABSOLUTE

“When, at the speed of light, the mass becomes “infinite,” that is the moment of absolute, infinite density when space disappears. “Infinite” density is the “point” of disappearance. The spaceless point of zero is the channel between the Being and Nonbeing, between existence and nothingness. Through this zero point, the Universal Mind “materializes” itself by creating “matter” and the existing universe. That is the “point” before the Big Bang, the point of absolute density and no space or time. Absolute density is the “point” before the dispersion of Oneness (Singularity) into materialized plurality.

Infinite mass is impossible. The state of absolute mass would be when everything would transform into mass, and the void would disappear. That is impossible. Reaching the state of infinite mass is the same state the “mass” or “energy” was in before the Big Bang. That state is the state of no mass and no energy. Absolute “density” is the state beyond matter and energy. This state is immaterial. The effect of the infinite kinetic energy would be equivalent to the infinite mass if possible.”
― Dejan Stojanovic, ABSOLUTE

“Based on my idea of the Universal immaterial Source of everything, the basis of all information and all existence can never disappear as an ultimate potential. Nevertheless, we cannot be sure that the information about all particular existences and Universes is saved. The question is more if there is a reason for that than if it is possible. For example, if the whole universe, like ours, disappears, would it be necessary that all information is saved? The sole existence of the universe is information. The destruction of “matter” does not mean the original information on which “matter” functions can disappear. What disappears is the illusion in the form of energy and matter. But primordial information, or the Source that provided information for forming energy and matter, is not the memory of what is created and cannot be lost. I believe what is used initially is saved, but the universe's memory is lost. Still, if we look at it from the point of absolute potential, this memory is “not lost” because it can be “recovered” or repeated in the working of the absolute potential as a recurrence. Absolute potential means that the same universe with the same “life” and evolution can exist again.”
― Dejan Stojanovic, ABSOLUTE

“If our entire Universe is smaller than the Planck length before the Big Bang, that is proof enough for me that it is immaterial and powered by the original immaterial Universal Source (the Universal Spirit). This is the point of appearance and disappearance.”
― Dejan Stojanovic, ABSOLUTE

“Can thought exist without words? Are visions, for example, visual thoughts? What would, potentially, be the most sublime form of language and communication? Is thought possible without language in our sense of the word? What would be a pure thought?”
― Dejan Stojanovic, ABSOLUTE

“It is a different and huge subject if language or communication must be in the way we, as human beings, think language is, how it functions and expresses thoughts. Different beings with intelligence, somewhere in the Universe, use different types of communication than our own, not only in their languages but also in how they communicate. Depending on their stage in development, their communication abilities would be more advanced. We can only imagine the behavior or communication among the beings belonging to a civilization a million years or more ahead of our own. We can imagine that if we, as human beings, were able to survive that long, in the distant future, we would be so advanced compared to us now that it would be like comparing different species.”
― Dejan Stojanovic, ABSOLUTE

“Although language, as we know it, helped humans acquire supremacy over other animals, if we follow evolution, we could easily infer that language is still only a purely animalistic expression, regardless of how advanced it seems to us compared to other animals. But what the real potential and possibilities are, we barely know or try to explore and understand.”
― Dejan Stojanovic, ABSOLUTE

“It is possible to imagine nonverbal communication of thought on a much higher level than the one we possess. First, we must determine the shortcomings and advantages of verbal communication [and communication in general].”
― Dejan Stojanovic, ABSOLUTE

“Let's agree that spoken language is not an absolute instrument of thought. Still, we must agree that language, as such, serves the profound purpose of communication primarily (on a fundamental level) and some other, more sublime purposes (great works of literature and philosophy, for instance). The primary purpose of language, as one of the phenomena of existence, must be analyzed as a phenomenon with its existence and essence. Only when defined with the highest degree of accuracy, can its essence be applied to existence as the totality and the world.”
― Dejan Stojanovic, ABSOLUTE

“We may also think that, regardless of how insufficient our language or knowledge is, we can still arrive at conclusions stemming from something more profound than the knowledge or language but only expressed by language. If language (as we understand it) were an absolute instrument of thought, there would be no different languages but only one universal language of thought. Since this is not the case, we can express the same thought in different languages with different signs and sounds.”
― Dejan Stojanovic, ABSOLUTE

“Considering all this, we must reaffirm the great potential of language as an instrument of communication and for expressing the most complex thoughts and ideas. Not only that but in this way, language affects and shapes our thinking to a degree. At the same time, we must reiterate the limitations of language regardless of our desire to be as precise as possible. We can be sure that language is relative. Since language, as an instrument, is not absolute, there can be no absolute way of defining things. In this sense, we must learn to accept implications and hidden meanings as values equally crucial as the obvious ones. Hinting at something is more important and valuable than volumes of sterile compilations of strange words without a more profound sense and meaning.”
― Dejan Stojanovic, ABSOLUTE

“A word had to predate the number. As a graphic sign, the number is the graphic expression of the word that predates it. Both words and numbers are linguistic expressions of thought. The purpose of words is to express and explain the essence, and the purpose of numbers is to express quantity. Words are qualificators, and numbers are quantifications.”
― Dejan Stojanovic, ABSOLUTE

“Humans free themselves from conceptual traps by freeing themselves from paradigms that close horizons instead of opening them. Language is the supreme instrument of thought, but a number is a word, too; without a word, there would be no number. Every number corresponds not only to the graphic symbol but also to the linguistic one. Conceptually, numbers and words are different because words represent or name things and phenomena, while numbers represent the quantitative or numeric value of things and phenomena. We understand the function and the role of numbers and words. Through words, others know what we think or want to say. However, even a bird knows what the nest is by feeling it intuitively. A dog, thrown away ten miles from the house where it lived, will find it. Animals often communicate among themselves.”
― Dejan Stojanovic, ABSOLUTE

“Philosophy may be sometimes hard to grasp, but it is profoundly meaningful. Mudding the waters under the pretense of doing something meaningful and great is meaningless. Language is one of the best tools of expression, but also one of the best tools to deceive, manipulate, and lead others astray. It is sometimes hard to differentiate between the two and recognize the game of deceit and manipulation. It usually happens when we need to figure out our real prowess and use the language not for real communication or expression but for personal gain, academically, or in any other way that may benefit us.”
― Dejan Stojanovic, ABSOLUTE

“Language is the most efficient instrument with which humans articulate and communicate thoughts. This statement is generally true, but if unconditionally accepted, it could lead to a misunderstanding of the world of thoughts, ideas, emotions, and visual experiences, ultimately leading to an insufficient understanding of the world.”
― Dejan Stojanovic, ABSOLUTE

“Zero is Absolute Potential

In the metaphysical state:

Zero is the present.

Zero is the representation of the infinite and the eternal.

Zero is the passage from the metaphysical to the “physical” realm at the moment of creation. At this point, the infinite and eternal transform into the categories of the spacetime world.

Zero is also a passage from the past to the future. At this point, the present stops because the present is eternal. The present is only a passage from the past to the future and is only possible in spacetime.

How we see and perceive past and future, or time in a physical sense, exists only in the physical World. Beyond this World is a metaphysical World where there is no spacetime continuum. At this point, time stops.

When the spacetime continuum stops or disappears, past and future disappear, and all past and future are in an absolute Zero as Absolute Potential. All time and space are in Absolute Zero, which is infinite and eternal. Only this Absolute Zero beyond the spacetime continuum is absolute time, which is present, and absolute space, which is nothingness.

Zero in the metaphysical realm is Potential. We may call it, conditionally, passive Zero.
Zero in the spacetime realm is active Zero. In this realm, the present is only a passage from the past to the future. When time stops, it becomes absolute present, which is absolute time or eternity. The Source of all time and space is beyond time and space.”
― Dejan Stojanovic, ABSOLUTE

“Zero is Absolute

+ = B (the Being or God)

– = N (the Nonbeing or Nothingness)

+ – (Being-Nonbeing) = 0 (the Absolute)

At the moment of creation, the Being envelopes the Nonbeing and transforms into the World through the wormhole of Zero. That is the creation of the World or “partial” transformation of the metaphysical into “physical,” although the physical is only an appearance (illusion).”
― Dejan Stojanovic, ABSOLUTE

“Beyond the spacetime continuum is the metaphysical Reality of the Absolute (the Being and Nonbeing).”
― Dejan Stojanovic, ABSOLUTE

“The spacetime continuum is the worldly reality.”
― Dejan Stojanovic, ABSOLUTE

“No time or space exists beyond the Universe and “physical” World.”
― Dejan Stojanovic, ABSOLUTE

“The Creation of the World or Omniverse is the Creation or Recreation of the Absolute itself through the two poles, two “sides” of its Self, the Being and the Nonbeing. Without the creating, everything is the Nonbeing. Creating is the Savior of the Absolute and the Being. Otherwise, everything transforms into absolute Nothingness or Nonbeing. Since creating is the recreation of the Creator, it is the activation of the absolute potential to recreate itself in a new way.”
― Dejan Stojanovic, ABSOLUTE

“Based on my theory, the Absolute, Supreme Being consists of the Being and the Nonbeing. The Being is part of the Absolute and is not absolute, but the Being is that which was traditionally considered God. The creation of the World is almost equally contingent upon the Being as it is upon the Nonbeing (nothingness). Not only can God not be omnipotent without the Nonbeing or absolute void, but the World’s creation depends almost equally upon these two poles of the Absolute. The Being is the positive pole of the Absolute, and the Nonbeing is the negative. Zero (0) is the wormhole between the Absolute immaterial realm of reality and material reality or the Universe. The Zero, as such, is the Source of Potential Infinity, the Perpetual Motion Machine of Existence, and, in a way, the Absolute itself.”
― Dejan Stojanovic, ABSOLUTE

“We must redefine and come to a consensus on what God (Creator) is and what creation and recreating is. When we do this, we may make the gap between believers and atheists smaller, and we may realize that faith and atheism are compatible. The major incompatibility comes from the preprogrammed thinking and concepts based on religious books. Most of these concepts humanity accepted without real consideration and analysis, betting on the idea of a God that I call the stolen God. A stolen God is not a “real” God and cannot be used against the “real” God if it exists. The idea of a stolen God gains most of its power from the fear of millions or billions of human beings belonging to the major monotheistic religions.”
― Dejan Stojanovic, ABSOLUTE

“One of the tasks of science is to redefine the word and concept of God so that we can come up with an approximate idea about what God is, at least in scientific and academic communities. For instance, the Absolute (Universal Mind) is the Source of Everything, and it exists regardless of whether time stops at some “point” and irrespective of the no-boundary proposal. The no-boundary proposal is one of the biggest boundaries to the science ever produced in history because it tries to impose the limitations of a particular human mind onto the whole Universe and beyond and declare this limitation, boundary, to be a scientific law.”
― Dejan Stojanovic, ABSOLUTE

“We may accept the idea that natural laws govern everything in the Universe and that these laws are in some way absolute. Still, we cannot hide behind scientific laws before explaining them. According to Hawking, scientific laws may be enough for our understanding of the World. His implicit message is that the Creator is not needed. Such statements could have been valid if scientific laws were absolute and scientists, including Hawking, resolved the mystery of existence, the Universe, and the origin and future of everything. Since that is not the case, no scientist can replace the idea of the Creator just by insufficient scientific knowledge. Only a scientist or scientists (or anybody) with absolute knowledge can dethrone the Creator if there is such complete knowledge (scientific or otherwise), proving that there is nothing beyond the “point” where time stops. Unfortunately, this kind of knowledge and understanding does not yet exist. The purpose of science is not to push the Creator out of the picture but to improve, define, and redefine scientific laws in its pursuit of truth.”
― Dejan Stojanovic, ABSOLUTE

“Science must be antidogmatic. Only the church can be dogmatic. It would be better for the church to become more scientific and less dogmatic to better understand what God is before representing something created by man, not by God, in words written by man, not by God.”
― Dejan Stojanovic, ABSOLUTE