The issue of evidence that something (the universe) was created is an all-important one for it has bearing on the question of what kinds of explanatio...
Good advice! I'll keep that in mind. You fail to see the point. Perhaps you've read detective stories, true/fiction I don't care. What happens? A crim...
If X's essence is Y, it must resist not-Y. Life's essence is living, it must, therefore, resist (fear) not-living (thanatos/death). A lot's going on b...
So simple and yet so profound. I feel sages like the Buddha and the like are what in sci-fi are known as super-advanced AI. No sooner than they're dis...
That seems to have slipped my mind. However, there is/has to be difference between answering the question, "whence this order?" with chance and simply...
God exists & God doesn't exist, is not a contradiction??? So, now, it's a contradiction! As you can see, you're, like everyone else, is trying to make...
Sorry, I'm bad at humor. I used to be a jolly chap until I discoverd fate had other plans for me. My bad! The "debate" is about whether the quantum wo...
Thank you for humoring me and my quirks. :up: This is all very convenient. The good you attribute to God, the evil to humans. You forget that humans a...
First off, my apologies if you didn't like the way I phrased my response - WTF? The What The F**k expression carries a deep meaning for me. It represe...
Short answer: Biblical literalism is a sine qua non for Christianity. Miracles, the smoking gun for God, don't mean anything otherwise. Long answer: T...
There are two ways you can defend God: 1. Prove that the genocide recorded in the Bible didn't occur at all. Finish the opponent before fae even start...
Well, the question is about you unless you're nothing! Nevertheless, anekantavada - different strokes for different folks. Good that you're an atheist...
Let's not get ahead of ourselves shall we. What about our world suggests if not proves God? It appears, God started off as a creator deity. Why have a...
My logic is simple. Who would benefit if the USA continued on in the land of the Afghans? Women, children, atheists, moderate muslims, secularists, an...
Can I tell, from the broken window, who broke it? Was it your brother or was it you? I can't and in that blind spot, both you and your brother are ide...
It's romanticism that has brought about change in this world, a change for the better. All the good there was/is/will ever be was born in the minds of...
The horror, suffering, and anguish of a situation is all the more reason to invoke anekantavada. One party involved has failed to give the other's poi...
Yes, you're right a square circle is about the 2D world. However, Suppose there's a truth regarding, say, God in a 3D world. Call this G. We, in our 2...
Category error? Perception is something done by that which exists. It's like saying rotation itself is earth. Try again. God exists = (Ex)(Gx) Excelle...
In my humble opinion, we should frame death and most other things I suppose within the context of necessity (inevitable) and contingency (not inevitab...
Is it that an adult chimp losing faer self-awareness because of the extra burden it involves in re thanatophobia (amplified fear of death that comes w...
Bingo! I concur. Order is a phase in Chaos. It appears that time plays a big role in our perception of order and chaos. A video on youtube reports tha...
Let's keep it simple. I suppose the issue is idealism, not sure. If it is, great! If not, too bad. Translartion: To exist is to be perceived. What abo...
@"Pinprick" You're on the right track. A few points: 1. Rules, their raison de'tre, is to achieve some kind of order and one requirement for that is a...
It appears that the matter is more complex than I thought. When is it not? Anyway, there's a right perspective i.e. though everyone is entitled to an ...
I read somewhere that chimps develop a sense of self-awareness (forebrain) in their adolescent period (passing the mirror test) but then later on in a...
You've, I'm afraid, missed the point of anekantavada which is to point out that there are no real contradictions but only apparent contradictions. You...
Not impossible. The 3rd world folks are have little time to ponder upon such matters as where to get the next adrenaline rush from, they remain fully ...
:up: Resonates with me at a deep level although I don't fancy myself as capable of contributing to the effort. I hope someone in my lifetime, what's l...
Where did you get that from? Anekantavada takes into account all parties involved, favoring none over the other. My views are the same as anyone elses...
I always thought of suicide as better than murder. I guess Sallekhana brings to the fore the dilemma that's been bothering me for ages: Die or Murder ...
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