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The problem is human behaviour. This arises from a problem with human beliefs, which is that they all believe different things. This problem may be traced back to the philosophy department. So I would suggest the first step towards a solution is to insist that professional philosophers to do their j...

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It's just as crazy as it sounds.

Some strange comments on Hegel here. As an absolute idealist he would naturally endorse Kabbalism, but this would not make him a Kabbalist. He would naturally endorse the Upanishads, but without becoming a Hindu. etc. The OP is interesting but doesn't seem to invite comments.The diversity in philoso...

Go for it. Many people set out to discover the 'top node' and succeed.

The method is called Yoga, the art of union with reality.

Seems like a fair summary to me. 2035 seems a little pessimistic but close enough for jazz.

Oddly enough, I blame the philosophy department.

So there seems a real problem here. Yes. I think it is that I'm trying to explain a subtle metaphysical view that is better explained in the literature at much greater length. Clearly I'm not doing well. The Perennial philosophy is tough to explain and I don't really understand your objections so a...

Besides not clearing up this up for me, could 'monotheism' be some thing like your One, or Unified? It might be seen as 'something like' it, but it's very different. But it is just an 'analogy', and not thee actual True and Right answer, correct? If you consider the relationship between waves an oc...

Even just a century ago Schrodinger ran into trouble with his Christian publisher for suggesting we are all God. He probably should perhaps have run into trouble with his logician instead. :wink: I notice the 'wink' but must comment that I see no reason to doubt his logic. It seems spot on to me. B...

From what you wrote here it sounds like you have YET to come across an idea of 'God', which makes sense to you. Is this correct? Not quite. It would be true for anything like monotheism, but 'God' may be used differently. This is very true and correct, in a sense. But, there a words like 'persons',...

Then you are saying nothing, since there is only one animals that you can say for sure "tries" to survive, since you can only assume that a creature capable of articulating such a complex concept can be said to know that they are doing that. Is this really what you think? How unexpected. ...

from the piece... some may support Trump...to introduce chaos into the system bingo Yes, This was the only reason I could find for supporting his election and it seemed like a good one at the time. I hadn't realised he's a petulant and profoundly dishonest schoolboy with an ego larger than the US a...

What I mean is that they take experience, intensity of emotion and mystical enthusiasm as the certification of genuine religiosity. One thing common in Pentecostalism is a skepticism about any religious expression that is too calm, to knowledge-based or too dispassionate. They take that for 'dead' ...

Yet they do, everything they do is about their survival. Yes. but you're suggesting they know they're doing it and do it on purpose. I was speaking of creatures who deliberately try to survive. I think I made this clear. Of course, you may be right about viruses but you don't this, so best to stick...

Sculptor wrote: ↑Tue Sep 15, 2020 12:27 pm You've obviously not heard of viruses and bacteria

Do you really think they try to survive? It's possible, but it's not a view endorsed in the sciences.

These question did NOT assume this at all. In fact the very opposite could be said. Okay. My bad. The idea that God could spend all eternity wanting to be listened to, heard, accepted and recognised is common but I can make no sense of it. This is because you do NOT YET KNOW what God actually IS, c...