Mind is eternal
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bahman, before I can address the topic of this thread, would you please clear something up for me?
In your thread “Free agent cannot be created,” you stated the following:
Taking a hypothetical approach to this issue, let’s assume that God truly does exist.
In which case, would you consider God as being a “free agent”?
Yes or no?
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It depends if you God is pure actuality or not. The state of decision is a potentiality. Therefore I have no proof for God to be eternal if He cannot decide.seeds wrote: ↑Sun Jan 06, 2019 11:37 pmbahman, before I can address the topic of this thread, would you please clear something up for me?
In your thread “Free agent cannot be created,” you stated the following:
Taking a hypothetical approach to this issue, let’s assume that God truly does exist.
In which case, would you consider God as being a “free agent”?
Yes or no?
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Just to be clear; Is this the one and only 'Mind' that is eternal? Or, Is it each and EVERY one of the at least two 'minds' that is eternal?
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The “hypothetical” God I am speaking of is the one typically envisioned by those of most monotheistic religions (especially the Abrahamic ones).
It would not only be capable of making all of the decisions necessary for creating all of the phenomenal features of the universe, but it would also be conscious, self-aware, and eternal.
In which case (and again), would you consider it as being a “free agent”?
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Sure, given your definition.seeds wrote: ↑Mon Jan 07, 2019 7:08 pmThe “hypothetical” God I am speaking of is the one typically envisioned by those of most monotheistic religions (especially the Abrahamic ones).
It would not only be capable of making all of the decisions necessary for creating all of the phenomenal features of the universe, but it would also be conscious, self-aware, and eternal.
In which case (and again), would you consider it as being a “free agent”?
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seeds wrote: ↑Mon Jan 07, 2019 7:08 pmThe “hypothetical” God I am speaking of is the one typically envisioned by those of most monotheistic religions (especially the Abrahamic ones).
It would not only be capable of making all of the decisions necessary for creating all of the phenomenal features of the universe, but it would also be conscious, self-aware, and eternal.
In which case (and again), would you consider it as being a “free agent”?
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Okay, good.
Then let’s review your reasons for why a free agent cannot be created:
What if our hypothetically existent God was in possession of all of the structured knowledge necessary for fully and completely replicating itself?
Wouldn’t each of the living, self-aware replications of the original “free agent”...
(replications that are in possession of the exact same attributes and capabilities as the original)
...again, wouldn’t each of the (caused and structured) replications be free agents themselves? - thus refuting your conclusion in point number 5?
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No. He cannot.seeds wrote: ↑Mon Jan 07, 2019 8:00 pmseeds wrote: ↑Mon Jan 07, 2019 7:08 pmThe “hypothetical” God I am speaking of is the one typically envisioned by those of most monotheistic religions (especially the Abrahamic ones).
It would not only be capable of making all of the decisions necessary for creating all of the phenomenal features of the universe, but it would also be conscious, self-aware, and eternal.
In which case (and again), would you consider it as being a “free agent”?
_______Okay, good.
Then let’s review your reasons for why a free agent cannot be created:
What if our hypothetically existent God was in possession of all of the structured knowledge necessary for fully and completely replicating itself?
(5) is the result of (3) and (4). So you need to refute (3) or (4) in order to refute (5). I guess that you don't have any problem with (3) therefore what is left is (4). Why (4) is true? Because the behavior of anything which is structured is a function of behavior of parts, parts being irreducible. Why? Because we don’t have anything but the parts. Therefore anything which is structured cannot be free (unless parts are free but that again require the creation of something which is free so we are back to the point (1)).seeds wrote: ↑Mon Jan 07, 2019 8:00 pm Wouldn’t each of the living, self-aware replications of the original “free agent”...
(replications that are in possession of the exact same attributes and capabilities as the original)
...again, wouldn’t each of the (caused and structured) replications be free agents themselves? - thus refuting your conclusion in point number 5?
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Nonsense!
Allegedly...
(aside from not being able to create square circles or anything similar)
...there is absolutely nothing that the hypothetical God of the monotheistic religions cannot do, which includes replicating itself if it wanted to do so.
Therefore, it is quite clear that for the sheer sake of trying to win your argument, you have arbitrarily placed a limit on God’s capabilities.
From where did you gain the understanding and authority to do such a thing?
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From my argument. Do you have problem with it? Which part?seeds wrote: ↑Mon Jan 07, 2019 9:16 pmNonsense!
Allegedly...
(aside from not being able to create square circles or anything similar)
...there is absolutely nothing that the hypothetical God of the monotheistic religions cannot do, which includes replicating itself if it wanted to do so.
Therefore, it is quite clear that for the sheer sake of trying to win your argument, you have arbitrarily placed a limit on God’s capabilities.
From where did you gain the understanding and authority to do such a thing?
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seeds wrote: ↑Mon Jan 07, 2019 9:16 pmNonsense!
Allegedly...
(aside from not being able to create square circles or anything similar)
...there is absolutely nothing that the hypothetical God of the monotheistic religions cannot do, which includes replicating itself if it wanted to do so.
Therefore, it is quite clear that for the sheer sake of trying to win your argument, you have arbitrarily placed a limit on God’s capabilities.
From where did you gain the understanding and authority to do such a thing?
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Your argument is constructed to support your personal assumption of why a “free agent cannot be created.”
However, I have given you a hypothetical scenario wherein God...
(a Being that you agreed is a “free agent” under the terms that I laid-out)
...is able to replicate itself, thus causing a new free agent (just like God) to come into existence.
In other words, with specific and structured knowledge (as is possessed by God), a free agent can indeed be created.
Therefore, your argument is thus refuted, period, full-stop.
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Seeds, replication is not a possibility for a free agent (according to the above) because "any caused thing is structured", and anything that is structured cannot be free. So the alleged god is either structured, in which case it can't be free, or it's free, but then it is not structured as per the above; therefore god has no knowledge, therefore it can't create anything.
(A) God is not structured: (3 and 4) or else god is not free (4)
According to the above 1 through five, god either lacks the know-how (since it has no knowledge) or it lacks the freedom (since it is structured).
So, at any rate, this god of Bahman's can't reproduce, can't create, because it needs both knowledge and freedom at the same time and in the same respect to do so, and either it can have freedom, (as per the above 5 points) or else it can have knowledge (as per the same points) but NOT BOTH at the same time and in the same respect, because according to the above, anything that has knowledge is structured, therefore it is not free, and anything that is free, is not structured, therefore it has no knowledge.
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There are other problems with the definitions / hypotheses that form the basis of Bahman's argument. However, there is no need to worry about them, since according to the Bahman, the Creator was completely and irrefutably argued out of His potential to create anything.
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You almost got it all. Congratulation. The only thing that you missed is that a being is made of many minds so it could have knowledge. One mind however, which is the basic element of reality cannot have knowledge.-1- wrote: ↑Tue Jan 08, 2019 12:34 amSeeds, replication is not a possibility for a free agent (according to the above) because "any caused thing is structured", and anything that is structured cannot be free. So the alleged god is either structured, in which case it can't be free, or it's free, but then it is not structured as per the above; therefore god has no knowledge, therefore it can't create anything.
(A) God is not structured: (3 and 4) or else god is not free (4)
According to the above 1 through five, god either lacks the know-how (since it has no knowledge) or it lacks the freedom (since it is structured).
So, at any rate, this god of Bahman's can't reproduce, can't create, because it needs both knowledge and freedom at the same time and in the same respect to do so, and either it can have freedom, (as per the above 5 points) or else it can have knowledge (as per the same points) but NOT BOTH at the same time and in the same respect, because according to the above, anything that has knowledge is structured, therefore it is not free, and anything that is free, is not structured, therefore it has no knowledge.