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"The temptation to belittle others is the trap of a budding intellect, because it gives you the illusion of power and superiority your mind craves. Re...

I'm afraid all that you and yours are worth is f*** you! And barely that. And I can remove the asterisks too. — tim wood It will seem harsh, but given...

Forgive me I'm really not following what you're saying there, can you make your argument clear? Oh my, are you one of those angry atheists? From time ...

I'm not following that. Having a sense of final purpose confers no biological survival advantages. What's your point in wondering about purpose? Okay,...

Oh, I see. So I think what I'm hearing from you is that you can't explain how you got here (your own existence) yet you're making a judgement about a ...

You are completely insane That's sort of another irony, now that I think about it. Didn't historical accountings of Jesus, as it were, suggest accusat...

Okay. What then explains existence? What do you mean by complexity? Is that like a sort of metaphysical phenomena? I'm not following that... What kind...

Well ironically enough, in Christianity, Jesus was once a boy. :chin:

Don't be shy 180 step up to the plate. If you're scared say you're scared LOL

Well let's parse one thing at a time carefully. Are you saying that mathematical formulas cannot explain the nature of your conscious existence? Or ca...

Couldn't be further from the truth. In Christianity Jesus had a conscious existence. Just an observation, you seem to be conflating politics with some...

Are you sure? You're implying that mathematical truth correlates to the reality of consciousness. Is there a mathematical formula that explains consci...

I'm a Christian Existentialist and have more questions than answers. But I am awfully glad you joined the discussion because it appears, or at least I...

I think that is an excellent question. The philosophy of language, theories about language learning/acquisition and the nature thereof are quite broad...

Are you acquiescing already?

Nice! Let's dive into mathematics, are you ready?

Oh, forgot to add: Philosophy of Religion: God Ethics & Political Philosophy (separation of church and state/In God we Trust).

Logic/epistemology: 1. logical possibility 2. logical necessity 3. a priori v. a posteriori 4. synthetic a priori knowledge 5. binary v. dialectic rea...

And so your point is...? I though we were discussing English language. (To be honest, your OP is poorly written.) Okay, what does that mean then? Yes ...

In English, we have a noun Nothing. But this noun is special, in that really it is a contraction of logical-NOT and thing. So, for example, the senten...

In Christianity, was Jesus Italian? (For some reason I thought he was Jewish.)

Over 75% of Philosophical domains invoke God, Ummm, no? Theoretical physicists invoke God, in some way shape or form (causation), no? Cognitive scienc...

Indeed. Just like there are many angry theists, there many angry atheists. It's a people problem. Well said.

Some people do, and some people don't. The irony is that Philosophy itself, posit concepts of God. And of course science does as well (theoretical phy...

No exceptions taken TMF. Perhaps it's some sort of Kantian intuit. Nevertheless, a subjective, existential thing of some sort that just is...

You are making a case for concepts. Your last several posts speak to it. You go into extraneous detail about potentiality. But that's not what we're t...

TMF! The illusion/paradox of time is real for sure (twins, time zones, relativity, etc.), but also the perception of time is just as intriguing. Like ...

Plato the got many things right his philosophy but unfortunately he wasn't a hundred percent perfect. Unless you are arguing emotions are both a prior...

You stand corrected; you would be unsophisticated in that case :chin: Unless of course your emotions get in the way LOL

Squaring circles would be logically impossible. Maybe this will make better sense: Chair and anti-chair (your analogy) is the same as saying something...

Love you brother :cool:

It's an incorrect analogy for the reasons I stated. Hence; something and anti something. Correct. The concept from unity of opposites bears that out. ...

Computers: a priori Consciousness: a posteriori and synthetic a priori

The so-called correct, and sussinct answer is that they are Existential (Wisdom Books/Ecclesiastes). Accordingly, abandonment only occurs from within ...

Ironically enough... , come join the discussion over on the something v nothing thread. Metaphysician Undercoverer and other's are parcing the notion ...

By using a priori logic there is... . It is logically necessary to eventually have sadness in the place of happiness. However its necessity doesn't pr...

Correct. Thus chair and no chair. Just like something and nothing. Incorrect. See above. It's not that you need the opposites, it's that the opposites...

I'm afraid all that you and yours are worth is f*** you! And barely that. And I can remove the asterisks too. — tim wood It will seem harsh, but given...

I think what you really mean is that" something" would be inclusive of temperature both hot and cold. Similarly, I think "something" would be inclusiv...

I think one way to parse the distinctions would be in an a priori type fashion: For example 'upward' cannot exist unless there is a 'downward', they a...

I do, but I'll pass on sharing the information. You may want to study those videos a little bit, otherwise, you can study this one LOL https://youtu.b...

Good stuff! I'll check it out!

Thanks EricH! I think we're going to be okay. After all, the title of this thread is "What are your positions on the arguments for God". And just as a...

Just wondering, please don't take this the wrong way, but have you guys thought about an anger management course? I mean, it does seem contradictory t...

I agree for once, imagine that! Even angry atheists, every once in awhile, get lucky LOL

Indeed, sounds like another mystery associated with time and change. I would never consider such nonsense :blush: Okay, Aristotle too? Alternatively, ...