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And, 'you' ARE AWARE and AGREE THAT there ARE MANY dictionaries and ALL have and hold DIFFERENT 'definitions', right? Is an 'assertion' more of what IS 'a fact' or more of just what one 'thinks or believes is true'? Or, an 'assertion' can be both, and it is ONLY ON FURTHER 'investigation' what the ...

Let us see if I can help you out here. A so-called "atheist" either BELIEVES that there is NO God or that there is NO God existing, in the Universe, or DISBELIEVES that God exists, in the Universe. 'This' more or less is the whole perspective on an "atheist". Does this give you ...

So, 1. What IS the ACTUAL IRREFUTABLE Truth? And, 2. WHY NOT just SAY the ACTUAL IRREFUTABLE Truth, INSTEAD, especially when it is FAR SIMPLER and FAR EASIER to just SAY and EXPRESS the ACTUAL and IRREFUTABLE Truth, ANYWAY? ... In reply to the previous entire post above this one as partially quoted...

WHY did you start this sentence here with the word 'if'? I did that to write the sentence as a logical argument. If I said "God is omniscient and omnipotent, therefore God has maximum information and maximum abilities.", that would be a faith-based argument. But NOT 'if' 'it' IS True. Whi...

What do you mean here? When does a 'human' start, EXACTLY? And, if a human so-called 'dies' one second after 'that start', for example, are you saying that 'they' died of old age also? If it is the latter, then could this be because 'that' is all they really know anyway? What are your minimum condi...

But the one and ONLY True 'governance' that can and DOES work NEVER needs/needed ANY piece of paper to be signed. In fact NO ACTUAL 'agreement' HAD TO be sought NOR reached, for ANY one to 'sign' NOR to 'agree with'. But 'governments', themselves, are NOT even needed. As it is 'self-governance' tha...

Is 'this' an actual fact, or just what you think or believe is true? This is a fact to the degree that dictionary definitions of the terms used are facts, rather than just what I think is true. And, 'you' ARE AWARE and AGREE THAT there ARE MANY dictionaries and ALL have and hold DIFFERENT 'definiti...

What do you mean by 'this world'? Thanks for your reply. By "this world" I mean the observable universe as a scientist would call it. What in this world is original? I am not sure what you mean by 'original' here. The two 'things', which exist in the 'observable universe', and thus in the...

I have little understanding of an atheist perspective of the universe. Let us see if I can help you out here. A so-called "atheist" either BELIEVES that there is NO God or that there is NO God existing, in the Universe, or DISBELIEVES that God exists, in the Universe. 'This' more or less ...

It is immoral and unethical to punish someone in any way at all for being obese. It is only moral and ethical to revoke a right when it is abused to harm others. Morbid obesity is a risk of harm to one's self, which is a natural right. Unless the likelihood of an adverse health condition to the chi...

All of science is expected to be expressible mathematically. All of mathematics is rooted in axioms. Axioms are "self-evident". "Self-evident" is a deference to intuition outside of logic. Intuition is non-logical form of reasoning. God is sometimes said to be "self-evident...

In understanding the perspective of another person, one temporarily ignores one's own perspective to some extent. That is another way of putting what the Swami in the OP is referring to. If God is both omniscient (all-knowing) and omnipotent (all-powerful) then God has maximum information and maxim...

3. Is anything of this world entirely original or is it a remix of ideas outside of the observable universe or a past state of the universe? What do you mean by 'this world'? If so, please tell me about an original entity of this world. Thanks for your reply. By "this world" I mean the ob...

Do you mean "government" or "the government"? Perhaps a government that actually had the full consent of the governed as a signed written social contract, with provisions of common contracts like a cancellation process, would not result in these problems. How can an organization...

Science and psychology have refuted direct perception, so it's a non-starter. In what way has science refuted direct perception? It seems like the brain can directly perceive electrical signals, so in that sense a brain can directly perceive electrons, and the mind therefore directly perceives elec...