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['Member']Joined: August 19, 2018 at 15:25Last active: September 17, 2018 at 19:362 discussions14 comments

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You said "So you couldn't be happy in a world in which people weren't suffering horrible fates? Does one person's enjoyment or happiness depend on som...
August 31, 2018 at 00:46
"The goal of art is not to create paraphraseable imagery, but to create something to which no paraphrase ever does justice." In my opinion, that sums ...
August 30, 2018 at 02:49
I intend to come back through and reply to those who have replied to me. I will admit, I'm not quite sure how to respond, in some cases. For now, a qu...
August 30, 2018 at 02:12
Ah, sorry. The corruption purity thing is due to the fact that I equate those terms with negativity and positivity, respectively, and use the terms in...
August 28, 2018 at 22:42
"You are also referring to the ontological argument, the idea that because the idea of perfection exists, the ideal or form of perfection must exist, ...
August 21, 2018 at 04:35
I wouldn't say that, even in such a scenario, the creator would be completely blameless. He still gave the creatures that choice. I'm not arguing that...
August 21, 2018 at 04:25
Oka-ay, Thanks for giving the original question. Now, onto the subject matter? :P
August 21, 2018 at 04:21
At it's most basic, the concept of "Time" implies change. For if there was no change in anything, ever, there could be no time, and no being to contem...
August 21, 2018 at 04:11
Oh, okay :) I will then elaborate. First, the thesis statement. For a creation to be temporal, that is, capable of change and therefore interaction an...
August 21, 2018 at 03:39
Which bit? The phrase "corrupted data", or the inevitability of corruption thanks to time? As to the latter have you never heard of entropy? It's not ...
August 21, 2018 at 02:55
Well, andrewk. Firstly, I'm not a theologian. I'm a metaphysicist. Secondly that's not "Evil", that's corrupted data. Which is an inevitability for be...
August 20, 2018 at 23:26
Firstly, please don't presume to lecture me on the importance of perception, okay? I know more than most how perception is effectually godlike in powe...
August 20, 2018 at 00:16
To get to the bottom of this we must ask ourselves what the definition of Conscious light is. Which would be the light that is perceived by the mind, ...
August 19, 2018 at 16:10
I have yet to read all the comments yet but in my opinion you overcomplicated things. A much simpler(but more importantly, truer) diagram, is as follo...
August 19, 2018 at 15:35