I see what youre getting at but not necessarily. Perhaps human agency (free will) is at the pinnacle of their determination of what is good for us. Fo...
Exactly what I was getting at. I deliberately removed the omnipotence aspect of the typical three omni paradox in the OP because it was more interesti...
Your diagram interesting looks very similar to one I created myself many years ago. I did approach it from a different angle but it has all the same m...
A smartphone would seem miraculous to cavemen. If you were to go back in time possessing one I'm sure you would be revered and feared as nothing short...
Very true. A shame in one way, but then again if we were handed every solution, many would feel they had their autonomy of knowledge acquisition stole...
Very true. I guess there is a time and a place for such revelations. Or perhaps no place or time. Maybe it's best if everyone shares the journey of kn...
It's interesting that that we both considered how someone with seemingly god like abilities would be subjected to persecution and at least inhumane ex...
Omniscient in this sense I guess would be understanding the totality of human knowledge on how nature works, life etc - science, philosophy, maths mec...
I suppose if they demonstrated it by showing how to resolve dozens of our greatest problems, revealing discoveries, providing inventions inmovations e...
Yes one would imagine they'd be quite terrified. However that brings into question their omnibenevolence no? In so far that teaching, education and kn...
Absolutely. And religion is the most often used mode of this manipulation because many people both revere their religions, yet fear consequences throu...
having a unified language means having unified semantics and understanding of all words used. That is to say the values, associations and meaning of w...
I think any religion loses merit if it is not allowed to be practiced by choice and free will, but by fear and coercion. After all if you cannot choos...
True. So things that are occurring in the present moment are certain. Like London being the continuing capital of the UK. What I was simply saying is ...
you make a good point. I guess self preservation is inherent to all lifeforms. Otherwise they would simply succumb to entropy and not be organised liv...
could self be considered as how a consciousness acts out its consciosuness/awareness? That way we could assume that different living things must inher...
I agree. I would coin this alpha with the term "potential". As potential is inherently defined by itself. It "is" that which can "do". Potential is as...
I have to agree. Necessity is the mother of all invention and I'm sure consciousness is no exception here. I would love to witness another animal make...
Interesting. I would argue that if something can experience fear, pain and adversity, then that must come from a sense of self to which such condition...
I agree. I think consciousness is far broader a term than we give it credit for. We too often coin the evaluation of consciousness as how it relates t...
I would agree. Like the buddhist concept that the same river can never be stepped into twice. Everything changes from moment to moment. So when we tal...
Ah yes, 100% certain by any human lifespan I'm sure. However as we tend to expand our search to great magnitudes as astronomers do searching the stars...
That's a very apt point. I have encountered many people who would adamantly insist on their virtues of self reflection and yet I couldn't shake the fe...
I would be inclined to agree. Remove the layers of dogmatic jargon, dig deep and at the heart of most religions and spiritual beliefs is humanity itse...
That is beautiful. As someone who is naturally introverted I often find solitude of great solace. And you're right, the psychologically is certainly o...
I think there's great wisdom in this extract of your response. I do on a personal level believe i too often intellectualise what could be "simply do a...
I think we can know with 100% certainty that within an existing universe, change will always occur. In a way that's like saying the most certain thing...
"what" God do atheists not believe in? Meanwhile everyone else is actively either trying to define a God (theologians), open minded to a reasonable de...
I think of it in terms of potential and probability. Potential doesn't require any prior existent. The ability to bring about existent things is a pro...
But you cannot observe without being conscious. And granted if you're conscious in a sensory deprivation tank then yes maybe all one has to "observe" ...
that's a very good point. Sort of like a branching tree. We have the branch point before which it is the same (like a common ancestor) and after which...
From my understanding, nirvana is the state of just "being". Because "being" is not confined to definitions. Who, what, why, when, where, and how thin...
It certainly is. It gives context to life. Just as the potential for failure gives context to success. Opposites are required for contrast, definition...
Agreed. How exciting to witness the spreading of life to the far reaches of the universe. If we were immortal I'm sure agenda number one would be to g...
Me too tbh. I love gardening. The prospect of having endless time to grow the reach of my horticulture plans and watch ot mature into a stately forest...
Interesting. And suppose we have those that do not want to die ever. Financially and economically they're at a great advantage. Would we need some tax...
I agree. I think there is need for the flexibility of mind conferred by forgetting. If one is to adapt to the ever changing conditions if life, an end...
good points. Life is definitely for me, as it seems also for you, more about quality than quantity. If experience is the measure of a life well lived,...
all very good points Vera. I agree. If we could prove energy is innately conscious, than really we don't need to do anything at all. Death loses its t...
Indeed, agreed. If the conscious "I" is universal to all living things and the "self identity" or "ego" is simply a thin ,temporary veil of separatene...
Scientific dogma= being testable, being repeatable through time as a measure of veracity. Objectivity has restrictions just like subjectivity does. Sc...
And yet you offered me a choice between 2 scenarios with quite different conclusions. If the argument itself is nonsense as you say, why bother offer ...
So what do we say for things that have such a rare exception that they have been assigned "fact" status, but over time the probability of the rare exc...
Not sure it's as cut and dry as that. Every widely accepted fact began as one or a handful of people's opinions or beliefs based on the evidence they ...
absolutely Pantagruel. Excellently articulated. Beliefs are like a sea, some are fleeting and superficial splashes here and there, ripples, a vanishin...
Please elaborate. I find lack of argument in favour of "just so" arguments weak. If you want to go with gobbledegook then please explain exactly why i...
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