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InfiniteZero

['Member']Joined: September 17, 2018 at 11:40Last active: September 24, 2018 at 16:351 discussions11 comments

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I guess one could say the essence of an object or a substance is its identity particular dispositional powers. And identity particular would refer to ...
September 20, 2018 at 22:50
I assure you I do not jest, why must one assume there is a necessity in having to pick any one of these religions? If science tells us the physical wo...
September 19, 2018 at 20:11
Yes, I agree to the fact that we may know what type of answer we may come to have from asking our question. However, it is the token content of the an...
September 19, 2018 at 17:56
I think, we are in principle never going to be in a position to see the answer to our question. The question is asked from a position that demands an ...
September 19, 2018 at 01:01
If the commitment is made because the framework for living that is provided is judged to be worthy, then how does on justifiably judge one framework f...
September 19, 2018 at 00:41
But why make a commitment when something is inconclusive? and how do we then justify that commitment to the particular faith in the second instance an...
September 18, 2018 at 23:20
I do not think this only applies to religions. It would also apply to any type of deterministic view where one may claim that "whatever happened, happ...
September 18, 2018 at 15:09
I can sympathize with that of course, but most people would propagate a religious view that has epistemological value regarding the three fields I men...
September 18, 2018 at 13:47
But if one removed all phyiscal mass and energy, both the visible and dark, wouldn't empty space simply be infinite vacuum? Would you then believe tha...
September 17, 2018 at 23:22
But do you think you might as well have been a Zoroastrian, Wickan, or Shinto for instance if influences from these religions came into your life and ...
September 17, 2018 at 22:51
But that's is my point to begin with, all these people have arbitrary reasons to choose the religion they choose. They may choose to stay in the relig...
September 17, 2018 at 22:39