LOL... Thanks to Artemis for that lucid example. Ok, so was it true you were driving or true you were not driving, while computing math in your mind? ...
In a similar or somewhat related vein, what do you think about the 'escoteric nature' apart from lower species about why we wonder, including laughter...
Sure Taoism is alive and well viz. Yin-Yang. Did you know that you yourself are illogical? Think about the fact that you can drive a car and negotiate...
Well thank you kindly for the gracious compliment I'm not worthy. On the other hand poetic universe inspires me every time I read his poems... !! You'...
Daniel first of all you may want to seriously consider, as well as define the concept of ' facts'. Many psychologists turned philosophers like Maslow,...
...in fareness to others on the forum, as well as the forum itself, that defensiveness and/or anger is unfortunately a microcosm of where much of soci...
Maureen, if I read you correctly, I would caution you from focusing on objectivity too much. Or to a lesser degree even subject-object methods of perc...
Yep good points! It's like saying I know the mind of God ( and his/it's nature). In a secular sense, we sure feel embarrassed when we make certain ass...
Sorry for not getting back to you sooner. In the context of our discussion about Fundy v. Atheism, think about what the OP was asking, and why he was ...
....sure, just a postscript to your concerns about the word qualia, I used the word for a couple of reasons: 1. I wanted to learn and understand the p...
I want to thank everyone for their amazing contributions. Thus far I want to focus just a bit on the phenomenon of qualia. Before moving on to other m...
I'm totally inspired Poetic Universe! I love it! In a similar vein, what would science be without a sense of wonder(?). In fact that begs the question...
Are you sure about that? In my travels I've seen atheists get pretty angry. And in my travels I've seen fundies get pretty angry. However I would shar...
LOL, well let me help a little bit. The ontological argument for the existence of God posits God's existence through a priori reasoning alone. Atheist...
Yep, you got it Poetic Universe!! You know someone said that all things are relative in life.... and your sentiments speak to that. in a similar way i...
Sure in logical terms it's called positive atheism. For example when an atheist makes a statement to declare that God doesn't exist they put themselve...
My musical theory and performance experience without sounding big headed is pretty extensive (I was a music Major and I also play by ear, which is bas...
Right on my brother ! Yeah there are so many threads going around in my head I don't know where to begin. I feel strongly about doing the tree of life...
For sure there are exceptions. I'm not denying that. I probably should have clarified appropriately. However in this instance, 911 comes to mind . We ...
Another great point! Being in the engineering field and a musician (not to mention a part time athlete) 'language' kind of captures a large part of it...
I'll just make one salient point and you can run with it. The Christian Bible has misinterpreted and mistranslated or otherwise is in error on its con...
Ironically enough I was contemplating doing a new thread called the dangers of extremism: atheism versus fundamentalism. Meaning unfortunately if you ...
Would you or anyone care if we explore a possible 'new paradigm' ( in another thread perhaps ? ). Not that it's necessarily a new paradigm mind you, i...
Just checking in, and I'm not ignoring any one. Thank you for your contributions...I'm still pondering this... . Indeed I am having difficulties squar...
Yeah it's a so-called vexing problem being pretty much insoluble. There is a thread in the Philosophy of Mathematics forum here that is quite long, wh...
Will certainly wait for Bitter Crank's answer to your concerns. There is one item where I share your concern. Accordingly I had a similar issue that I...
Sure, we can safely say our consciousness breaks many rules from say formal logic. For instance, statements about self-reference is one unresolved par...
Not a useful leading supposition that well promotes continuing communication, but demotes. " I agree, but too many philosophers engage in extraneous d...
PU, this is what I previously said and I quote: "I can unequivocally state, but not prove to you, that transformation and revelation exists in conscio...
"No. Jesus said, "Perhaps people think that I have come to cast peace upon the world. They do not know that I have come to cast conflicts upon the ear...
I can appreciate you sharing your wisdom about half truth's. To this end, I will take the challenge and ask you: What I'm about to say is a false. Is ...
I share in some of both your thought processes', however, I only have time to take issue with one element. In Christianity there is a conscious phenom...
Hello GCB! I see that you are a little upset, from what I can infer from your posts to me (& other's). I'm intrigued with Gnosticism. I propose to tak...
"And another naive judgement that death/mortality is a ‘bad’ thing..." If I might add, that death/mortality is the existential fact of life. However, ...
And I will make my case even further persuasive. Think about it, the Catholic Bible includes the book of Sirach (part of the Wisdom books) which is a ...
"This makes the punishment unjust especially since God is supposed to be omniscient and omnibenevolent. God should've known we didn't get it and he sh...
Please send me a PM and I'll be happy to try and schedule that in, I'm on the east coast. This is not a political statement either. The original OP po...
LOL, yep it's no secret I'm highly critical of the Fundies. In many ways religion needs a new paradigm as the sciences and humanities have uncovered a...
Your point with respect to the fundamentalist view is well taken. But that's problematic and the source of religious wars and/or extremism. Why couldn...
GCB, I don't want to mis-read some of the banter. Taking it purely from face value, are you saying that it's prudent to have eatin from the tree of kn...
I agree with your notion of self-awareness for sure! It could almost be substituted metaphorically: the tree of self-awareness (self-consciousness & c...
Your interpretation brings to mind two thoughts; one being fear based, and another relating to self awareness of having wisdom or knowledge. Consider ...
Awesome analysis I must say (along with the other contributions)! I'll add to the mix of things : Mathematical Realism v. Idealism. The question is, d...
Unfortunately no one person can answer the question as to why we are barred from perfect wisdom here. (I wish I could!) Accordingly, from an Existenti...
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