. That’s what I’m trying to get at. What does that statement mean? What religious baggage does reincarnation carry? . Is it that, because you’re an At...
No one's saying you're the same person next time. In the new life, you're not the same you, but you're still you, by virtue of continuity of experienc...
Of course it was Sam26 that you asked, but I'd like to say my answer: (First, it's emphasized that neither I nor Sam26 claims proof that there's reinc...
Would you clarify that distinction between what you don't believe about reincarnation? I think we agree that there is probably reincarnation, but we d...
A computer-simulation can't create a world. Infinitely-many possibility-worlds are already "there", as possibility-worlds, complex systems of inter-re...
I agree that metaphysics can be more than opinions, and that it's possible to say definite things about metaphysics. I claim that the metaphysics that...
"Exist" and "Real" don't have definite metaphysical definitions, do they? So, whether something exists or is real depends on how you define those word...
I suggest that you're too generous in your assessment of Western academic philosophers. Isn't the evidence most consistent with the theory that their ...
But I should add this: Obviously, because those people who reported the NDEs were resuscitated early enough for resuscitation to be possible, the NDE ...
Sam26-- My apologies. You did give an argument based on testimony. That's what happens when I reply without reading more of the thread. Yes, there's g...
Sam26, you didn't give an argument based on testimonial evidence. Anyway, since this is about survival after the end of the body, it would be difficul...
First, replace "statements" with "facts". ...because "statements" misleadingly implies that I'm speaking of an utterance. Of course an if-then fact co...
Alright, that term "Infinite eternal multiverse" is a term that I got from someone else. In that usage, "eternity" is being used to mean an infinite a...
You wrote: . . There might not be eternal Heaven and Hell. …other than that Eternity itself can be regarded as Heaven. . . The established official We...
Are you sure it doesn't have truth-value? That means you're saying that it can't be true or false. But of course it obviously can be false, as we've d...
From the David Albert quote: Yes, that's one of (metaphysical) Physicalism's (Materialism's, "Naturalism" 's ) problems. "Why is there be that physica...
As visitors will notice, we have, as exemplified above, at this forum, a few people whose referentless angry-noises are a reminder of our grunt-animal...
Yes, that's what i was saying in the first part of my answer too. But, because the OP was interested in explanations and the matter of what's real--a ...
I’d said: . You replied: . You’re confused. I capitalized Skepticism because it’s what I’ve named my metaphysics. (…because a brief name is convenient...
The statement: "All statements are false" is false... means: Some statements are true. That's completely uncontroversial and unproblematic. Saying tha...
I think you have too much faith in those philosophical writers and academics. They aren't qualified to tell you how it is. Remember that they don't ag...
Even if different ancestry had made this world better, I guess it wouldn't have done me any good anyway. I think we were born into a world like this b...
But might that not depend on the character and quality of the species? If the KT collision hadn't happened, then maybe Velociraptors, instead of monke...
I’d said: . . You replied: . . I’ve heard that sentiment from some others too. . Well, it just seems to me that there probably is reincarnation, but o...
I’d said: . . You replied: . . Yes. In 1964 or 1965, I stopped at a local business to get a banana-split. The proprietor was quite drunk, and, when he...
I’d said: . . You replied: . . A few hundred years ago that law was discovered, and found (and repeatedly confirmed) to have been in operation for bil...
I haven't replied to your previous message to me yet, but first I'll answer this comment: The word "Nature" tends to be, intentionally or unintentiona...
But I remind you that no one's saying that that's so, because people are saying that the statement isn't true. Yes, if the statement is true, then it'...
If "All statements are false" is false, then either 1) all statements are true, or else 2)some statements are true and some statements are false. Of c...
But that depends on how vanishingly unlikely it is for life to start, even on a favorable planet. The fact that we're here doesn't say anything about ...
But I don't like the quarantine theory either, because it would be uncompassionate. Surely an advanced society could spare a few robots to come and ba...
Yes, maybe they never last long enough to become advanced. because the un-advanced grunt-animal stage that our species is in is so full of self-destru...
I'd said: You replied: Yes. But, according to Hinduism, though it will eventually be there for everyone, nearly all of us are still many lifetimes awa...
No one's claiming that the Egyptians accepted, described or uttered the modernly-known physical laws. Only you are defining a physical law as somethin...
I’d said: . . You replied: . . I’ve repeatedly clarified and emphasized that I’m not saying that a physical law that obtained a billion years ago is a...
The volcanic eruption would be less destructive overall. But it doesn't seem a likely choice for a super-advanced civilization to offer. I'm not one o...
Certainly there are lots of parents who shouldn't be allowed to be parents. And that usually has nothing to do with their relationship with eachother,...
I’d said: . . You replied: . . But you don’t think that the laws could have obtained until there were physicists to create them. So you’re speaking of...
Maybe the most familiar short story (made into a film) about that is "An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge", by Ambrose Bierce, in which someone getting ...
Overcomplication happens a lot in philosophy. But it seems that it would be more helpfully-answered by just saying, "You're making it more complicated...
And I hasten to add that, even if we just go to sleep at death, and it's just like what we remember about ordinary going to sleep, that doesn't sound ...
Human aggressive tendency can be accounted for in that way. But suffering also general throughout the animal kingdom, and is recognized in Vedanta and...
I don't believe that consensus or convincing anyone is necessary. Of course often other people's opinions are of interest, maybe pointing out missed a...
I don't think that there's any rule about that. If any individual feels that suffering, physical pain, or disability due to an injury or disease is su...
There's agreement, from all the religious and religious/philosophical traditions, with your premise that, ultimately, Reality is free of suffering, an...
As I mentioned at the other topic where this came up the other day, "It is what it is", is a meaningless truism, conveying no information, saying noth...
Ordinarily, at the forum, I reply no later than the following morning--and sometimes the same day. But today and yesterday are extraordinarily busy, d...
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