Brett

One of the best things, if not the best, I’ve read on this forum.

That’s funny.

I’ve experienced this state of mind once. It was unexpected but I knew enough to understand what was happening. I would also say it is superior to all...

Yes.

It’s a interesting subject in relation to the unconscious mind, but it seems a bit off topic.

You might have missed this.

Really? Someone on a philosophy forum needs a definition for atheist?

Fine, then you’re not a believer who repudiated God, so my question doesn’t apply to you.

What? How could I replace something I never thought existed?

This is something I’d like to know. Those atheists who feel they’ve been aetheists for as long as they can remember, I.e. they did not need to repudia...

If you read my posts you’d have seen that I neither believe or disbelieve.

Which is part of my point. As an atheist you have no proof that God does not exist. So why do you believe that to be true?

So I’m talking to an atheist here?

Which is that God doesn’t exist. Is that the sum total of what has replaced that original belief in God’s existence? What else do they think as a resu...

Okay. Let me be clearer. I was not referring to “truths” about God. I was referring to the idea that God exists exists for believers.

Actually I think there is something that is original, but it can’t be made material, and in fact the effort to make it material destroys the original....

It’s possible there’s something very wrong with my post. But as yet I can’t see it. I don’t think that I’m referring to “truths” about God, whatever t...

Okay. I agree there. Is that the same for believers in God’s existence?

I think this friend of mine is using Quantum theory as some sort of metaphor he can jam into philosophy.

What’s a true opinion? So is this what you disagree with? I can’t go from using the word truth in a religious context to using it outside of religion?

Isn’t it true though that the statement by Xtrix is either true or an opinion?

I’m presuming you’re denying the existence of God.

So are you saying that whatever a believer might think it remains this?

How do we classify this statement?

When I refer to truth in this OP I’m always referring the idea that believers believe God is truth or real. It’s not my truth. My point about the non ...

As I said, not to believers. That’s your opinion, or truth. It doesn’t really matter which one it is, because you dismiss the reality of God’s existen...

How so?

I think the focus on originality has its merits, because, if you’re prepared to, it does make you consider the order in which creativity and the creat...

What would you mean by “correct assumptions”?

In what way do you think I don’t understand schizophrenia? Isn’t this pretty much what my post said?

Are you suggesting then that Measuement/ inference is a human action and so has an affect on the physical world?

Do you mean they are onto something or trying to make the impossible happen?

I’m not sure what you mean by this. The culture that you believe we stopped transmitting from 1958 was what, I presume, created the culture you valued...

You may not like what @"Darkneos" is saying but I think it needs to be considered seriously. Because it raises the whole question of originality and w...

Maybe so, but not to the millions of believers. As far as they’re concerned you’re the one with the problem. This is merely your opinion of something ...

See my post to Tim Wood. No, what it does not say is that a truth has to replace God. I do not say anything has to replace God. I ask what atheists re...

A few things to get out of the way first. Because you had responded to the OP which was addressed to atheists. Though it doesn’t matter to me except t...

Okay I think I take your meaning. “God exists” is either true or false. However I’m not saying that. I’m talking about a belief in God, not an argumen...

Can you clarify who these people might be?

Oooo, I think you’ve been saving that one.

Obviously otherwise you wouldn’t have posted those comments about schizophrenia and my thoughts.

Well the Big T is not the theory of everything. It’s not a code to every question. The Big T may not be nice to look at. It could put fear into people...

You probably do see it as a sensitive issue. Who doesn’t? But what does that have to do with my post?

So even though you said you misinterpreted me you’re back to correcting me. You’ll have to make up your mind.

Perhaps you might just read my post a bit more carefully.

You didn’t misinterpret me. You decided I needed correcting.

First of all you are implying that I don’t understand the term. Second, I did not mention it for no apparent reason, nor was it out of context and inc...

Do you mean your own idea existence or everything? Only theoretically I imagine. And that’s still not the thing.

Fine, then if you insist we’ll call belief a fact, but I don’t think that’s going to work for you.

“ Most theists agree that God is (in Ramanuja's words) the “supreme self” or person—omniscient, omnipotent, and all good. But classical Christian thei...