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This is off-topic too but I answer that. I make a distinction between due to cause and ultimate cause. By due to cause I mean that there exists someth...

This is off-topic. As I mentioned in the OP, I am not willing to discuss whether P1 is true or false. So I am not willing to discuss how the act of cr...

It is informative in my opinion. A car is a substance, by this I mean it is made of matter, and it has a set of properties, such as form, color, weigh...

@"Arcane Sandwich" I read the quotes that you mentioned a few times but I have difficulty understanding them. So, I searched on the net and I found an...

I already defined a substance as something that exists and has a set of properties. We have two different types of acts, 1) The act of building and 2)...

Sure.

No, I am saying that God is a substance and the creator of the creation from nothing.

No, God by definition is the creator of the creation from nothing.

Cool. So doubts are real and this means that options are real as well. We however don't know the source of doubts.

Then options are real if you don't know the consequences of your actions.

Interesting article. It however does not explain what is the source of doubts.

Sure.

By substance, I mean something that exists, such as matter, and has a set of properties.

A few issues are here: 1) How can a timeless agent act within time? 2) How can a timeless agent know what time is? 3) Your scenario requires that God ...

Are you saying that we cannot contemplate when we are mortal? What do you mean by contemplation then? Elsewhere in this thread, you mentioned that we ...

Change reqires time whether the change is psychological or physical. If by real you mean the physical time is a substance then one has to study Hole a...

Thanks for the comments on Hegel's ideas. I will read it tomorrow since it is very late now and the text is dense. I will then comment on it if I unde...

I am not familiar with Hegel and his work. Do you mind elaborating? So you only enjoy intellectual activity!? I do but I also enjoy other things as we...

They are real because I have had doubts in many situations in my life. It could be a feature of maps rather than territories but then we have to deal ...

What do you mean by a subject here? But the article you mentioned is only about the image of God and the act of creation of humans in it.

I talked about a situation when you are not certain, by this I mean you do not the the consequence of your decision.

Are you talking about the beatific vision?

God is a substance. By change, I mean a change in the substance.

If God is the creator of the creation then there is a situation in which creation does not exist. God exists. Therefore, there is a situation in which...

Correct. I don't understand what you mean by eternal being and state. If the act of creation is necessary then the scenario in which the existence of ...

As intellectual agents, I don't think that there is anything to be known once we figure out everything. We could still have fun, have sex, drink fine ...

Life after death although is a very interesting topic it is beyond the scope of this thread. An eternal life requires an incorruptible substance thoug...

Having a thought requires an entity to experience it, what I call the mind. Putting this point aside, we are returning to my former point: How could w...

Yes, we are not all-knowing, which is why we are unsure in certain situations. We don't know whether it is better to do something or not. That means w...

I use two concepts here, the unmoved mover and God, the unmoved mover is the ultimate cause of everything whereas God is the creator of the creation. ...

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Does God understand His essence? If so, then God's essence is also comprehensible to humans.

That is the uncaused cause (what I call the Mind for the reason I have) that is simple and not God. I define God as the creator of the creation from n...

There are several arguments for that. Please see @"Count Timothy von Icarus" post here. By change, I mean going from one state to another state. I am ...

I understood your point but it seems that you didn't take my point.

What do you mean?

So you agree that we are uncertain on many occasions. If the existence of options is not what causes us to be uncertain then what it is?

First of all, I would like to ask your opinion about my argument: P1) God exists and is the creator of the creation from nothing P2) If so, then there...

I asked for the argument for God being unchanging. I didn't ask whether God is immortal or not.

What is the argument for God's essence to be immutable?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DelhLppPSxY https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0jgrCKhxE1s

By territory, I think you mean matter and forces, and by representation, you mean thought. However, that does not answer my question. How could we hav...

What do you mean by map and territory?

How are thoughts created in the brain? What is the source of the information and how the information could be processed in the brain? All we know is t...

When it comes to a situation, you are either sure or unsure. This is a valid dichotomy. You do what you want to do if you are sure. But what about whe...

Then you can always choose to do otherwise if you agree that options are real. The example of a maze is one. Think of a situation in which you have pl...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8jzDnsjYv9A https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vEPgDNwykbA

Yes, several verses in the Bible indicate that God even changed his mind: Exodus 32:14 for example and there are more.

Sure options are real. Have you ever been in a labyrinth?

Not at all. I just defined the act of creation in D1. The act is due to God. The type of act is defined as an act of creation of the creation from not...