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To me everything in the universe experiences. How so? Please explain how everything in the universe "experiences"? Well, I have to provide you with the argument for the mind which is based on the fact that change exists. Well, the idea is that any change needs the mind to occur, and to do...

_______ (Continued from prior post) Ok, I knew that but that is not my concern. That is your concern. You are applying the (Nothing -> Something) function to cosmology, and ultimately whether reality could've come from Nothing. Could reality come from The NIhil? Zero. Does 1 proceed from 0? Logician...

I don't think that we will end up in a parallel universe but become omnipresent. You still don't seem to understand the theory I am promoting. We don't end up in a parallel universe. No, what I am suggesting is that we each have been imbued with the ("seed-like") potential of creating a n...

Well, God cannot be older than spacetime. Spacetime has a beginning therefore God is as old as spacetime. I agree with you, bahman, the Creator of this universe (God) cannot be older than that which we call the "fabric of spacetime" associated with this particular universe. However, I sug...

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That original something is caused. Please see my proof of the existence of God here . Why in the world do you think I need to see your proof of the existence of God, when God's existence was already proven to me in my "burning bush-like encounter with God" that I thoroughly described in m...

To elaborate, we are dealing with two states of affairs, in which first there is nothing, and then there is something. But this requires time to happen because of then . But there is no time in nothing! Therefore, nothing to something is logically impossible. On the other hand, "something from...

To elaborate, we are dealing with two states of affairs, in which first there is nothing, and then there is something. But this requires time to happen because of then . But there is no time in nothing! Therefore, nothing to something is logically impossible. On the other hand, "something from...

So, there you have it. The simplest explanation for the existence of consciousness is that it is an experience being created, by our bodies, but not for us. We are qualia-generating machines. Like characters in Grand Theft Auto, we exist to create integrated audiovisual outputs. Also, as with chara...

I cannot agree more! Yet you keep trying to reason with him anyway. As the old saying goes... https://quotefancy.com/media/wallpaper/3840x2160/4742661-John-Heywood-Quote-There-are-none-so-blind-as-those-who-will-not.jpg And what is known is that by initially (and violently) expelling the Palestinia...

I don't give a damn about Hamas's Leaders. My main concern is about Gazaians who are dying for no good reason. Both Israel and Hamas are responsible for this. Come on now, bahman, you can't reason with a person who has already accepted the notion that sometime in the future, he will be "perfec...

Hamas just rejected a ceasefire in return for the rest of the hostages. Hamas really cares about the people of Gaza which is why it doesn't want ceasefires. Perhaps it's because all the hostages are dead. Perhaps Hamas thinks the rest of the world will give a shit-- especially Nazis like Sculptor. ...

Ok, I got your point but what do you mean? You asked us to "imagine a situation" in which the perceiver does not exist, and I provided you with one such situation. Well, actually the perceiver exists as far as there is a change. I call the perceiver the mind. Yes, many of us are guilty of...

And that, in essence, is the Bible's vague and inimitable way of stating why the truth of reality cannot be "...made totally plain..." to us, and is thus protected by that metaphorical flaming sword "...lest we put forth our hands, and take also from the tree of life, and eat, and li...