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You are going to have to accept that if you express you belief to me, then I'm going to pick at it, and see if it falls over.
Fine. But understand that when you talk philosophy, the rules are different then just plain facts. Different Philosophies are held by different people and hence, they are more opinions then they are facts.
The material argument of "does god exist" is one thing...but the philosophical argument of "does existince even matter to an individual" is one that you can't have with the same tactics as the old creationist "evidence" vs evolution evidence.
Hearing someone say "well, I for one find intuition to be a better way of looking certain things then reason" is a philosophical statement that one might indeed hear on a "religion and PHILOSOPHY board".
Fine. But understand that when you talk philosophy, the rules are different then just plain facts. Different Philosophies are held by different people and hence, they are more opinions then they are facts.
The material argument of "does god exist" is one thing...but the philosophical argument of "does existince even matter to an individual" is one that you can't have with the same tactics as the old creationist "evidence" vs evolution evidence.
Hearing someone say "well, I for one find intuition to be a better way of looking certain things then reason" is a philosophical statement that one might indeed hear on a "religion and PHILOSOPHY board".
I really don't care. I'm still going to see if you claim is true.
I think this is why a lot of bag ladies mumble to themselves and have delusions of being a princess. It just feels better for some people to pretend. I don't really have a problem with that. Whatever floats your boat.
But why stop at pretending there is a God? wouldn't it be even better to pretend you ARE God?
I think this is why a lot of bag ladies mumble to themselves and have delusions of being a princess. It just feels better for some people to pretend. I don't really have a problem with that. Whatever floats your boat.
But why stop at pretending there is a God? wouldn't it be even better to pretend you ARE God?
From a human perspective that could be a pretty terrible burden. A princess is often a figurehead who gets to enjoy pony rides and vacations without any actual burdens of power. (Well okay there are plenty of burdens to being royalty, but I'd still wager it's less than Obama or Harper face) However God or "a god" may have massive responsibilities. I'm hesitant to use this example, but comic books sometimes deal with the burden of being godlike.
I cannot show you my "gut feeling" because it is in my head, and I don't think you have the ability to read minds...
I am saying is I prefer inuition and emotion over logic and reason. Why is it so hard for you to just shrug and say "okay, I think it's dumb, but it's your preference."?
Why do you believe intuition is separate from logic? What do you think makes your mind develop a gut instinct to a certain stimulus if not it's ability to reason out a scenario?
I think this is why a lot of bag ladies mumble to themselves and have delusions of being a princess. It just feels better for some people to pretend. I don't really have a problem with that. Whatever floats your boat.
But why stop at pretending there is a God? wouldn't it be even better to pretend you ARE God?
*Looks around for Lionpainter
I could be making a mistake, but I believe victorianpunk has made similar claims in the past in a "GOD is an emotion within me therefore I am GOD" kind of way.
I think with a Gnostic it's different. They're more saying "God is within" or "We're all God." It's a bit more like a pantheist maybe. A pantheist could say "Therefore I am God" but they're not saying they have any unique or special quality as they believe you're God, I'm also God, that tree over there is God, etc. God is everything or everything is part of God or what have you. (Although I think Gnostics focus more on people being part-God, not sure they necessarily believe trees and rocks are also part-God)
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