BrianW

So there's nothing inconsistent with a supposedly perfect God acting in ways which we know to be less than perfect... ? Like I said, to some extent we...

Why make excuses for what is clearly unacceptable behaviour regardless of who or what does it? Can't we just demand the perfection promised?

That's the point I'm making - that, the 'do as I say' teaching is inadequate when the teachers don't do as they say. None of them claim to be perfect ...

So how long do we still have to wait until the peace is achieved? Also, is God involved in this peace process and why isn't He working faster? (He jus...

My apologies, my bad. Anyway, the significance of the question remains, I hope. Again, it's like God is seeking some kind of validation and He isn't c...

Also, isn't a supreme being supposed to do the greatest good? Save all mankind including his son?

This then raises the question, "can't he save souls without the sacrifice?" Coz He (God) is the one performing the sacrifice. Then, He (God) is the on...

No need, I get it.

What do you mean by "it doesn't matter"? All existence, all energy, all life is defined by activity, among other fundamental qualities. Activity deter...

Anil Seth (from the link given above): The Oracle (from the Matrix Reloaded movie): I think the whole "brain-predicts our reality" thing is just anoth...

I have a question or two which, to me, represents why the problem of consciousness cannot be solved by a scientific consciousness-brain explanation an...

War and killing people is not ok. What Krishna taught is that you can't avoid the consequences of one's own actions. If good people don't fight off ev...

Not "necessary". War is portrayed as inevitable because the course had already been set in motion.

Usain Bolt (and many others) had/have achieved certain running speeds that some people (not necessarily unfit) cannot. Michael Jordan (or Vince Carter...

From The Bhagavad Gita (Translated by Vladimir Antonov): So, basically, anger is a reaction to our own shortcomings misguidedly directed at others. By...

Legs -> Walking -> Movement. Brain -> Awareness -> Consciousness. If legs are restricted, it is impossible to walk. However, movement is still possibl...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xum35-XplNY

Depends on the perspective you use to refer to victim. We can even be victims of our own misguided endeavours. Therefore just by being a participant i...

I'm referring to the scales or spectrum in which those light frequencies belong to. Red or violet isn't the only 'light' frequency with an infra/ultra...

Ok. But what is the relation between the stream of photons whose frequencies are in the 'visible' spectrum of light versus those in the infra and ultr...

This is the point of misunderstanding - I'm implying that the significance in materiality is derived from spirit hence "the love of money... " quote. ...

Are we kidnap victims or prisoners of our parents?

I've been there before. It began 10 years ago when my dad was sick and then it turned into a really intense bout of depression when he died in about a...

:rofl: That just makes us sound really dumb. I'm laughing but I'm also terribly ashamed (on the inside) because I know it's true.

It could be done on a large-scale, maybe continent-wide scale if not country-wide. That way the costs could be better distributed to the consumers.

You mean like, "I honestly believe I deserve that," or, "I honestly believe the ends justify the means," etc, etc. Yeah, we've really enforced such. T...

Organs are distinct and separate parts of a body. On the other hand, semi-circles are not necessarily distinct and separate parts of a circle. This is...

What is logic as its own distinct identity? What is logic before we or anybody else imparts any limitations to it? What is logic before it was a part ...

I mean in the sense that scientists have determined to do away with metaphysics (the "un/super-natural" kind) in present-day science. This is because ...

In bold and underlined are other "things" which Bohr should not have used as definitive and yet he did. The argument about the non-definitiveness of r...

I believe everything is within the purview of nature (reality's mode of operation), otherwise we wouldn't be able to recognise them. Also, if logic is...

Yeah, but it's different for us now, thanks to them. I'm asking what "consciousness" they're talking about. Even if they don't know what consciousness...

Does this refer to sensory awareness? Is thinking carried out by the brain or consciousness? If the brain is the centre of sensory input and processin...

I think as Newton implies, we should consider "science" as referred to in these modern times, as the experimental part of philosophy. And I think scie...

What do you mean by this, "indication... aware of themselves as beings"? And what designates or determines consciousness to be in some but not others?...

Somewhat true I think. However, it's quite definitive as to what psychology attempts to achieve - the study of the psyche. Science is also a kind of p...

I think we share similar lines of thought with respect to what belief is. However, I have this question I've wanted to ask someone, so here goes - oft...

About causation, maybe we can't see it but we can perceive and conceive of it. It's like a disease, all we see are symptoms (effects) and micro-organi...

More valuable, how? What is that value and how is it determined? If it's in how beneficial we are to others, there's the question of what those others...

God(s) represent the bigger picture; they represent the part of life beyond normal human activity. Therefore, they played the part of providing inspir...

Your theory misrepresents the identity (definition) of who/what God(s) are. In religions, God(s) were not created or invented by humans. In religions,...

This is your own conjecture, it does not become fact or determine the way of doing things. And suppose he gave no evidence, merely just stated his obs...

True enough. Though quite surprising when it's just about a philosophical argument.

So you say. which are 'obviously' worlds apart from the processes of belief... hmm, very curious :chin: It certainly seems so. Well, I shall question ...

This is a play at semantics. It's about the mode of expression instead of implied meaning. Also, the blind guess is still predicated by the law of "wh...

First, I'm not troubled, I find it quite interesting to see where this particular rabbit hole leads to. Secondly, a person doing "X" and calling it "Y...

Definition of belief (Merriam-Webster) 1 : a state or habit of mind in which trust or confidence is placed in some person or thing. 2 : something that...

What's in a name? A rose by any other name...

Then it's our own understanding which necessitates the use of empiricism as crutches when we are unable to walk the path of logic without such assista...

Then we're back to truth being limited to humanity (in concepts, ideas, etc) which I refute. Because, again I ask, wasn't there truth before the rise ...