Is the universe a living thing?

[Kookaburra Jack]

If I were to believe that the universe is a living thing would that make me an atheist or a theist or something else entirely?

[gruber]

I played a game that had that idea..... It was crap

[davo]

Originally Posted by Kookaburra Jack

If I were to believe that the universe is a living thing would that make me an atheist or a theist or something else entirely?

define living.

[davo]

I should really expand that 2 word reply .. I mean, what do you mean by living?

Some people have weird ideas about it .. do you mean all interconnected by something other than natural forces? Or just an expression of the natural forces working together?

[atheist_angel]

Originally Posted by Kookaburra Jack

If I were to believe that the universe is a living thing would that make me an atheist or a theist or something else entirely?

It might make you creative. or delusional. or confused. Do we have to debunk this?

Then again, it may depend on your definition of "life", I suppose.

Maybe we should discuss the concept to see what its woo factor is.

[Kookaburra Jack]

Originally Posted by davo

what do you mean by living?

Originally Posted by atheist_angel

.... woo factor ....

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/What_Is_Life%3F

[4vturnstiles]

I don't mind Gaia as a metaphor for earth, but the universe is big, really big.

The Wiki link in the above post talks about Schrödinger.
He seems to go a bit to the woo side there.
The article says about Schrödinger "He references The Perennial Philosophy by Aldous Huxley as a "beautiful book"
It is beautiful but as I recall it delved into the woo.

Who'd have thought the Bulldog’s grandson would turn to the woo side.

[Enginseer]

Mental Masturbation.

That's all this is, your question is to vague to ever mean anything, to vague to ever understand and therefore creates a false sense of mystery that many would like to lose themselves in. Mystery is awe-inspiring, but when you make up the mystery yourself due to wordplay than you're just playing with yourself.

You don't need to make up mystery, for more beautiful things beyond your ability to conceive exist in this world, science is the vessel to that discovery.

[Kookaburra Jack]

Originally Posted by Enginseer

You don't need to make up mystery, for more beautiful things beyond your ability to conceive exist in this world, science is the vessel to that discovery.

I asked a question. Whether more beautiful things beyond our ability to conceive exist in this universe, and that science is the vessel to that discovery, is another question.

[Kookaburra Jack]

Originally Posted by 4vturnstiles

I don't mind Gaia as a metaphor for earth, but the universe is big, really big.

Which Gaia? See Kirchner's Spectrum of Gaian Hypotheses ... from Weak to Strong