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It is also least prone to bias because it's role is (supposedly) impartial in it's interpretation of facts. The subjects themselves are no less interp...

No, I don't see any problems with the definition. Could you explain the problems you see? Thank you.

I like the definition that says "truth is the quality or state of being true", and from the definition given here: https://www.yourdictionary.com/trut...

I don't think I can agree entirely with that, but I agree that essentially the objective view is least prone to bias. It doesn't mean to say that a pr...

The way I understand truth, is that it is a solid, robust, real thing. Then, because there can be different views (interpretations) of it, those views...

This is the best angle of investigation. There is something about the truth that makes people want to suppress it, oppose it, forge it, manipulate it,...

Psychiatry is an alternative discipline to spirituality, for treating people who are struggling with demonic assault. Psychiatry is a secular (non-rel...

Dogs can learn that though. I teach them the words "yucky" and "yummy". So when teaching a dog where to do his yuckies, I show him the poop and say "s...

I don't think the human mind is as capable as that, and I say that because I know I have understood things in the past that I have then forgotten and ...

.. I'd like to say something about this. When a person is being mean and nasty, they are transgressing the ultimate law of morality: "do unto others a...

Neither the past nor the future exist. All that exists, exists in "the now", and the now is the present reality. Everything that ever happens, happens...

It is the one thing that you own but that belongs solely to the mother of your children.

When we begin asking questions about religious matters, we are really asking for the truth in the name of the highest authority. So what happens when ...

So, what is the critical difference? It is wisdom, and what is essential to wisdom? Knowledge, understanding (discernment) and authority. Humans are f...

I'd like to understand that better, in case I might have wrongly assumed why. Could you please explain? I admit that I have extrapolated the image as ...

There is a difference between mistake and sin. People can make mistakes while being blameless, and so they are entitled to mercy (but I reflect true j...

People are habitual creatures, because habits help us to reduce effort for repetitive, mundane tasks. But it is when a person grows to depart from the...

A nice person will write for the reader's benefit, and that means to write as simply as possible. A person who complicates their language is, of pride...

It is beautiful poetry, deeply inspiring, and I love the grace of your spirit as you write, but you would be stronger if you were anchored rather than...

You are on target by focusing on this issue :up: I hope you have every success to find how Christianity can be reconciled with the obvious truths, tha...

How can a person possibly think that a mind is not immaterial? (maybe we have different understandings of the definition of "immaterial"). https://www...

Yes, immaterial will do. I will use that in future. That's an interesting idea. What makes you so sure of that?

For that purpose, I would argue that taking part of the brain away and disposing of it, is in fact not dividing the brain for the purpose of the expre...

Both 1 and 2, I think. I said that before.

Mind is a metaphysical thing, while brain is a physical thing. But the relationship between brain and mind is such that the mind relies upon the brain...

Well, it does matter. Because if it is not put into an environment where it can be sustained as a living thing then it decays. It is no longer a brain...

This one: .. if you just answer that question, it will lead to the next, and so on. I will lead you to see the problem.

If you will not answer my questions, you are forcing me to attempt to show you in absence of facts. Is that what you want to do?

I actually know there's an error. The challenge is to bring it to you (as a detective) when you are acting as the judge who is also the defendant, and...

Ok, I can show you where the error is. You say that a brain can be divided by mere fact that if you cut a piece off it, then it has been divided. The ...

Well, if you want my help, you will need to work with me on it, because as I said earlier, you are drawing views from a philosophical ground that I do...

Actually, you are wrong about that (so far as the field of spirituality goes, which is fundamental to psychology and philosophy). The more I learn abo...

Alright, here we go: How do you envisage that it might be possible to divide your brain but not your mind? Take for an example, that you can divide a ...

All I can suggest, is if at some point you read again what I have written, it should make more sense. I also have not said that the mind is the brain,...

I was reading and I noticed Psalm 49:16 because it spoke a new insight to me while I am reflecting upon our conversation. It says "God will redeem my ...

It's interesting to consider that view against the backdrop of my view of these things! I also thought, while waiting for your answer, that a state of...

Could you explain what a "conscious state" means? I almost replied to say I would name the body as an object that has conscousness, but I then saw tha...

This soul concept.. what is it? My answer to that question is from the ancient Hebrew word: naphesh, which is translated as "soul" in English. The nap...

Hi , that's quite a name you have chosen! .. thanks for reaching out, I'm sure you've argued these points well and truly to your heart's content with ...

Well, it is simply my vocabulary :) :up: Tone changed, that's for sure! (Much as yours did to me after my response to your first post). Still, beware ...

By nature they tend to believe what their book says and then try to rationalise it, instead of examining whether they understand it well, and then whe...

Wonderful resources! Thank you :) Yes, rhetorical questions really invoke thought. I think the best knowledge is discovered that way, as you can see t...

OK, foolso4, I perceive that our conversation cannot be constructive as long as you are viewing me the way that you do. You have thought wrongly of me...

Thank you Coben. Those examples are something new for me. In reading them, I don't know whether it is possible to make the point that He makes by them...

Amity, look what I have found! .. I owe you some answers! At first, it didn't seem to have anything particularly new for me, so I wasn't really compel...

I would have chosen TLV (that's the one I read), or KJV or NASB. Still, this whole Isaiah 1:18 is quite off-topic though. The scripture was not given ...

No, humble service to me! No you read me wrong. You asked if a carefully constructed rhetorical question might help, to which I advised you to not be ...

OK, thanks for that explanation. FWIW, the NIV doesn't have the keywords that I was relying on "let us reason together". So perhaps that is where the ...

Thanks for the clarification. A sad truth that is, (while it is). There is potential for unity though, if men are loving the truth enough. When truth ...

Nice to meet you, thanks for your contributions! Did you read the background to that observation? It shows that a rhetorical question is only effectiv...