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But whatever it is I am doing is not something that feels "good". I am depressed, demoralized, sad, melancholic. And if I did something else, I would also likely be depressed, demoralized, sad, and melancholic. No person can tell themselves they feel all those depressing emotions, that on...

I disagree. Being * IS * an effort, even when you become accustomed and habituated to it. The problem is ignorance. You are ignoring the energy and effort required for your upkeep. You aren't self-conscious of it, very much. That doesn't make it disappear. It only means that effort in addition to t...

But sex is not like that. It's not a construct. ...what's the principle difference? The difference between something objectively defined by a particular belief, and something that has nothing to do with any belief at all, but is an objective, scientific and unchangeable reality. The appearance of d...

So miracles don't "work," if by "work" we mean "permanently prevent all the skeptics from scoffing." But that's hardly surprising. You've often mentioned the ''causeless cause'' of all that is. Put another way ''The infinite reality of existence'' is this immediate cau...

To be yourself is very easy, you don't have to do a thing. No effort is necessary. Just being for a moment is not difficult unless one wants to continue to be for longer than that. continuing to be requires effort. Otherwise, we'd starve to death from not making the effort to eat. Continuing to BE ...

Well, yes; that's what you keep saying. But also, that's wrong. It's very much about whether or not there's ANYTHING you would EVER accept as proof of God's existence. If there's not, then the game is over. And the reason you've lost it is not for lack of evidence, but for lack of anything you woul...

What exactly will the answer to this question tell you? Maybe we were created by chance, or maybe someone orchestrated this "accident". Anyway, here we are. Or do you have something to say to whoever organized it? My answer will tell me nothing. It’ll tell me unknowing is all I can know. ...

WHEN 'these people' ALSO COME-TO-SEE, and REALIZE, what the ACTUAL Truth IS, EXACTLY, the WATCHING and OBSERVING OF 'this' UNFOLD WILL BE Truly BEAUTIFUL.

Beautifully tragic.

Who made the grass, the flowers and the trees and the birds and the bees and the people who made the crop circles? :lol: 'This' would ALL DEPEND ON WHEN A 'who' CAME-TO-EXIST, and, ON what A 'who' IS, EXACTLY, TO 'you'? According to knowledge known by people. The answer to what or WHO made the crop...

Who made the grass, the flowers and the trees and the birds and the bees and the people who made the crop circles?

What am I doing right now? Thinking about it, it may be a hopelessly vague question. The possible answers seem almost endless and almost boundless in some respects. Or perhaps they are bounded by only being those things that I am capable of thinking that I am doing. Anything that I am incapable of ...

So you should ask yourselves...why do you care about public opinion and approval so much? There are only 2 careful considerations for you to think about, regarding other people's 'opinion' of you. Number 1: Is it true? If the answer is YES then just accept it. Number 2: Is it false? If the answer i...

Wizard22 wrote: ↑Fri Dec 29, 2023 10:09 am What kind of 'fun' are we talking about here?

Your kind of fun will do, nothing is off limits, and no restrictions. Whatever fun you find entertaining. All varieties of fun are welcome.

attofishpi wrote: ↑Tue Dec 26, 2023 12:39 pm

Age wrote: ↑Tue Dec 26, 2023 12:37 pm No.

atto out.

No, you’re not out till you’re out; keep drinking until you’re well and truly passed out.

You’re here to bolster your ego against an autistic person. Have another drink you are failing to fall out and fall down.

Immanuel Can wrote: The Theist says, "There's evidence," and the Atheist says, "There's none." And the Theist cannot beat the Atheist's strategy, because how can you argue with somebody who simply refuses the evidence before him? The only evidence for God’s existence is in the t...