This thread is a branch-off of the following thread: https://www.nairaland.com/nigeria/topic-729953.128.html, where I wrote the following to all4naija:

“Not only does matter transform to energy; that’s one way to look at it. Matter and energy are actually the same thing. Matter is condensed energy or matter is made up of energy. The fact that energy can condense into matter does not mean that there is no creator. The question remains who created the energy or where did it come from; the question of a creator or the question of an outside force or energy for remains open.

You are right that there are physical things not seen by the physical eyes. That’s the point I have been making to thehomer. It will be very uneducated for a creature to say that existence ends with its perception, that what it does not perceive does not exist. Each creature has a limited perception of reality and no creature can perceive everything that exists. I never said that whatever was not perceived with the physical eyes are spiritual. We are only like TV’s or radios, each TV or radio is tuned or designed to receive a particular range of frequency. There could unlimited number or range of frequencies so no TV should laugh at another for claiming to receive something that others do not.

Just as there are so many physical things that we do not see, it is also possible that there are so many things non-physical as well. It is only a logical conclusion. We should never view reality as a concrete limited or fixed thing, after all everything is energy. In reality nothing is tangible or solid like we perceive it.

If you tell the ancient man that a clear glass of water has uncountable number of microorganisms not seen with the physical eyes, he will not believe you. To him, if he doesn’t see it then it doesn’t exist! But science has told us that this is not so; that even within the physical realm there are almost uncountable ranges, frequencies, or dimensions. It is also logical to expect that there are countless dimensions that are not even physical. Why most everything has to stop with the physical? If we put an end to the range of existence which we call physical, how are different from the ancient that puts an end to existence based on what his eyes can see?

After taking all these into consideration, you how wrong it is to laugh at somebody just because he/she claims to perceive something non-physical? Perhaps there is a dimension that is non-physical! Don’t we live in a holographic universe?”

I think the following video, which is based purely on science, will help in opening people’s mind. A scientist should be open to the idea that perhaps there are dimensions that are not physical. It is unfortunate that those who do not believe in the non-physical often use science to defend their views. In this video we see genuine and honest scientists talking real science, although not confirming that the non-physical exists, it opens the listeners mind to the possibility.

Please enjoy.


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NTim2L5M6h4

Here is another thought provoking one.


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FeFuc-qFKoA&feature=related

Please pay attention to what is said at 7:44 in the video: "Reality cannot be inherently understood as per the messages we receive from our human senses alone".

This is not just a religious view; it has been confirmed by quantum physicists. Where does this leave people who laugh at other for believing in something that they cannot experience with their human sense, something that science cannot prove? Isn't science based purely on human perception? Perception is not reality!

At 8:28 it hints that humans create thier own reality by experiencing or observing. So the fact alone that people experience something disqualifies anybody to claim that that thing does not exist. The experiencing alone is enough to create that thing, to create that reality. With all these scientific discoveries in mind, why do pseudo scientists still claim that God, god or gods of the various cultures and religion do not exist? Such claims can only come from religious indoctrination; such dogmatic religions like strong atheism.

From the scientific perspective, what is existence? What exactly is reality?

Thanks