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The essence of Christianity is 'I am the Way.' The Tao is the way. So is Buddhism. Enoch, in genesis, 'walked with God'. There is a way of being and t...

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That depends on what you mean by Christian. If by that you mean a person who lives according to God's Will - and indeed, if I live by God's Will - I g...

I read the first few pages. The writer judges God by human lights and that is suspect from the beginning. The problem of evil is concerned with free w...

Not necessarily. Logic and truth are not the same thing. A statement can be - or seem - logical but it may not be true. Premise: Elephants fly. Logic:...

What then about proofs that are independent of the subject? Proofs in Number Theory that are demonstrably true? For example \phi(n), \tau(n), d(n) etc...

It depends on whether M causes P. If M does not happen and as a result P does not happen then P* does not happen and M* does not happen. This means th...

I think a non physical event can supervene/intervene in a physical chain of events- https://thephilosophyforum.com/discussion/4458/determinism-and-mat...

You seem to be talking about Boolean algebra.

But you are talking about subjective value: something that can be open to disagreement. How can there be disagreement about the cardinality of a finit...

Infinity is not endless counting 1, 2, 3,... It is a set. The set of all numbers simultaneously in one set. Eternity is all time.

An infinite universe does not have to contain everything. You can have an infinity of even numbers 2, 4, 6,... but that infinity does not contain any ...

I don't see it that way. Numbers are sets that arise out of iteration and partition. Start with / Iterate // Reiterate /// etc ///////////////////////...

Can you give an example of how mathematics is a value judgement. I suppose they are very few.

Exactly. Science is concerned with primitive knowledge because it is concerned with matter which is primitive. Science cannot make informed judgements...

In practical terms they are equivalent but energy precedes matter in the sense that you cannot have matter unless you have energy.

Matter is an image of energy. Energy is more real than matter. The material world is an image of real things. Things of the mind and spirit. These are...

Eat an orange. Now you know what an orange is without rational knowledge. You have knowledge by way of taste. There are many categories of knowledge a...

I think there are far more compelling reasons than mere confirmation bias etc. Our reasons for believing are very complex and varied.

I agree with the general drift of your argument. Evil is often about rigid control whereas the good allows the world to be free: instead of possessing...

Is there any part of the world that is demonstrably non mathematical?

It only leaves a physical trace effect when it is being detected. Otherwise we don't know where it is, because it is nowhere (in physical spacetime). ...

Yes, but I'm speaking only about geometry/spacetime. Spacetime is a geometric concept. In real terms everything is 'here' but in geometric terms there...

It is located in 4d spacetime.

The spot is in this physical universe. That is, its location is in terms of 4d spacetime. The thing that made the spot/trace effect, is no longer obse...

As I understand it there are two spacetimes (from a geometric point of view that is.) If the mathematics of ordinary physical spacetime is different t...

Another complication involves the word 'where'. Where is the particle? Particles exist in quantum spacetime which is mathematically different from ord...

I think the collapse of the wave function is only a manner of speaking. Nothing collapses in real terms. The wave function is only an abstract way of ...

True. Detection only requires the particle to collide with a physical system. All this 'observer determines outcome' is bunkum.

Generally speaking, good tends towards life and being. Evil tends towards nothingness. Augustine defines evil as an absence of good/being. The loss of...

Existence is the eternal positive. Existence cannot be a property of any previous state. Proof Assume X has the property 'existence'. We assume X and ...

There is a distinction between nothingness and no-thing. Nothingness is absolute nothing. It is so vacuous it is not even there. It is not even an 'it...

For me it is fairly simple if we can agree to read from the same page. In the beginning as have a lump of bronze (existence: that which is). The bronz...

It is very hard to have a discussion when the words are used in different ways. 'Being' and 'existence' are often confused with each other. It has to ...

If we define existence as the 'thereness' or presence of what is eternally and define being as a more developed form of mere existence (life) we can s...

Less intellectual but not necessarily less conscious. Consciousness goes waaay beyond the intellect.

The analogy of the television has been given. The television projects sound and vision so if we did not know better we might imagine the television pr...

A causes X B causes X C causes X... X Ergo A and/or B and/or C,...

The mind exists in God. When the mind thinks it moves through God/eternity. Thought is an exploration of possibility. The brain, like a television, is...

Nothingness cannot be conceived because the very act of thinking about it involves your own participation and that is not nothingness, it is thinking....

We are new creations because we are properties of existence/God. Our essence is God, our being is created. This is what is meant by 'In Him we live an...

Existence is God. If God and existence are separate things then God is not existence so how can God exist? If God exists God and existence are one thi...

That depends on how you define existence. I am using to word to signify that which is; the eternal positive that is just there. In the beginning there...

The eternal existence that is, is existence. It is not that God exists as if existence is a property of God. God and existence are the same thing. Exi...

Yes, even mass is understood to be a process, not a substance. See Higg's Field.

The twin paradox - if that is what you mean - is part of Special Relativity, no need for acceleration/gravity.

I'm paraphrasing Simone Weil. It is obvious when you think about it!

If God created the universe He must be very smart indeed and have something that our word 'mind' approximates.

The main point I'm making is that matter is a mathematical reality and this is evidence for God's existence since a mathematical concept needs a mind ...

Morality is based on the recognition of the value/sacredness of life.