Ah yes indeed. I see where you are coming from. You're right in that abstraction and objectivity are not exactly the same thing. There is division her...
Yes indeed. The mind of a child is perhaps one of the purest ones there is. I think children remind us of what we lose along the way - curiosity, inno...
Interesting. I've never come across fitches paradox. But if by "alien" we mean a conscious being that is "other" - different from us I think you'll se...
Both are correct depending on the perspective of one's reasoning. You cannot exist in any time but now that much is clear. "There is no time like the ...
Okay let me explain it another way :) Imagine for a moment that you are god as the entire universe. As a single entity - all of time, all of matter, a...
Yes you know its truth from the present moment. From the reference of now. You remember you went to the concert. The memory you formed is currently st...
We can only know truth from the present - this moment in time. The truths of the distant past and the truths of the distant future get progressively l...
Well that is a matter of time. The passage of time elucidates the truth of things as they happen. For us objects bound by linear time - we cannot know...
I disagree. If A (electricity) is B (energy) then B (energy) is A (electricity). But this is not strictly true. Because heat, light potential and chem...
Yes this is true for a human. All knowledge and happenings throughout the entirety of the existence of the universe at all points in time and space ca...
Well you can. When you reach the truth you are in a process of subtraction (of inaccuracies you previously believed) Descartes got very close with "I ...
Because we have logic - that which connects the delusional (changeable/erratic and ineffectual systems) to the Truth. It's the bridge we have tread ma...
Pure ignorance does not want the truth. It doesn't feel it lacks the truth because it is so ignorant it thinks it already has the truth. Pure ignoranc...
Yes "our" (regular people who don't believe or understand how or why they are God). If god is a person then their system of logic wouldnt contradict o...
God would allow contradictory things to happen. Most paradoxes(of time, of self reference) only exist from the perspective of the most objectified sel...
Yes our system of logic can't cope with contradiction... But that is a matter of self- perception. It's relative to .self". The human awareness of sel...
Haha an excellent question. Because the ultimate truth is the same/contant and unchanging for any and all people once elucidated. When one is not "God...
Of course human logic is faulty. Humans are flawed. Otherwise we would be perfect and godly. The fact that contradictions exist means contradiction is...
Only if he/she is always aware of the truth about who they really are - there true nature. If they simply forget the truth on occasion, they are power...
Doesnt everyone deserve a chance to change their ways though? Doesn't everyone no matter how much hurt they caused deserve the free will to start anew...
Sounds sort of fun. To live powerless for a while and allow others have the power and then resume control when needed - for example when there is too ...
Could god not be both a person and the universe simultaneously? I mean we are not separate from the universe as a system. The human body is an "open s...
Well isn't there two scenarios here...pathologize your thoughts not being your own or spiritualize it? For example if you told someone " My thoughts a...
For me when I ask myself what is "real".. I think of that which is "true". That which exists. 1). I know my subjective experience is true. I have feel...
Yes I agree. Positing the question and being curious about it in the beginning is a very good place to start. My advice would be establishing the boun...
In my opinion the two are mutually dependent. What is a subject but an "object that observes" , and what is an object but the "subject of observation....
I agree. I think it's reasonable to know a good person by their deeds and not just what they say. Actions speaker louder than words. Hypocrites use wo...
Maybe you will. :) maybe you won't. I guess we will see won't we, and I admire the effort. A truth seeker to the true nature of things is always a bra...
Wouldn't it make sense then to explore thoroughly all the possible reasons why such a god could indeed exist? If it would ameliorate the bitterness of...
I dunno. I don't like the idea of giving up hope. Hope for a better future is so important to our survival. I think it's important to stay hopeful its...
It is an odd thing to say yeah you're right haha. Almost sounds like a prayer. If god is truly good I suppose they would only intervene when the truly...
That's a terrible shame. I do agree that probably most people at this stage in time would have to "see it to believe it" rather than blindly trust tha...
Precisely. God could choose of their own free will to spread the truth (reveal themselves and their omniscience) and extinguish the power of deceit/li...
Exactly. He or she would have to demonstrate it instead of just saying so/dictating. They would have to show everyone what it means to be ethical (goo...
Are we referring to God as a person here or god as the universe? Because god as a person could be just. They have free will to make good or bad decisi...
If god is omniscient then he/she would be the ultimate truth of all things no? Because all knowledge (omniscience) pertains to what is true - what is ...
I'm not sure I agree. I think it is a philosophical question. If psychiatry and philosophy are both referencing the quality of thought, behaviours and...
Yes I agree. If you truly see eachother as being valued, if you really think other people deserve the same protection and care that you receive/ or ou...
Ive heard this too.. The devil being the most masterful/artful liar and appearing like an angel. It worries me that such a level of deceit could exist...
Is this because childhood is commonly viewed as a state of innocence and therefore unaccountability? If you cannot be held responsible for your action...
Interesting indeed. But what say you of a person who believes they are the only thing that exists (solipsists) - one who believes their "self" is unan...
good summary I think we are both on similar lines of thinking. Follow up question for you; having defined it now what would you think motivates such p...
I find this an interesting tale and I too am inclined to believe that both groups will certainly try to explore beyond the domes. Their reasons or mot...
Yes granted they do but the point of the experiment is there is no information about what's outside the dome. In your case they are fed the "American ...
Why so? Is a simulation not at its broadest definition a set of conditions that restricts and directs the ways in which a person believes reality exis...
Okay put it this way. Consider you're born with locked in syndrome - you're paralysed and can only think and receive input from your senses. Luckily I...
For me it comes down to something simple - choice. The living can choose to go on living or they can choose to die (suicide). The dead cannot choose t...
That is an interesting take. I hadn’t considered it from this point of view. If we then take a person out of the construct of society, are you saying ...
Would that mean that ok a fundamental level all of our fears and anxieties come from the concept of “impermanence” or the fact that things may be “los...
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