GENIUS FORUMS

Anyway, I think I've got you on the run Webb...so lets look at a few arguments, which I think will cover most of the points you've raised. Firstly, it is often suggested that god - inside or out - values free will, which allows human beings to misuse their freedom and so generate evil, injustice and...

nitty-gritty wrote:I don't get it.

I don't blame you for not 'getting it' .... I was just goofin' with some nonsense.

Then you are left with this: who constructed the construct? Round and round we go...'believe' is the operative word here. You can 'believe' anything, but it doesn't prove a thing...'Consciousness embued with the powers of creation', now that has a ring of truth about it ( which should not be mistak...

Webb's argument has more holes in it than a spaghetti strainer! He certainly knows how to tangle himself up. Lets sort him out, by using our, to quote Dostoyevsky, 'earthly Euclidean mind i.e. our ordinary faculty of Reason. When I look at his tapestry of clever statements in the 'light' of this Re...

Webb's argument has more holes in it than a spaghetti strainer! He certainly knows how to tangle himself up. Lets sort him out, by using our, to quote Dostoyevsky, 'earthly Euclidean mind i.e. our ordinary faculty of Reason. When I look at his tapestry of clever statements in the 'light' of this Re...

If there are any Christians here.. I would like to see your logical view on how God with his (Supposedly) Infinite power can possibly exist in this universe of logic. I cannot recall any compelling system of logic that can logically conclude the existence of God without first presuming it. Howsoeve...

Quote... I got on a pink bus where the sign said " Only pink buses go to City Hall" and the driver is going in the opposite direction ??? !!! I will need that pizza because I think that we are going to the suburbs! End Quote. While I was on the pink bus of the "Only pink buses go to C...

JohnChasWebb, My reply is that "no, not all reasoning is constructed with the basic building blocks of logic"! Because "logic" is applied to a given field of information or situation so logic alone is without any value without a field of information to apply it. I don't see how ...

zarathustra wrote:Nietzsche once wrote that 'wisdom was inspired by the smell of carrion...'

Hence the quote, "I stink, therefore I am"!

I assume you mean; 7. I will value eating pizza even less frequently. Rhett! I can't answer now... I got on a pink bus where the sign said " Only pink buses go to City Hall" and the driver is going in the opposite direction ??? !!! I will need that pizza because I think that we are going ...

Is all reasoning constructed with the basic building blocks of logic? What, at bottom, is logic? Answer the latter and you answer the former. Hmmmm... the master has given us a zen koan....... :) My reply is that "no, not all reasoning is constructed with the basic building blocks of logic&quo...

I see what you mean, however... I haven't had pizza in a while, I think that I will order out for a pizza It's the same thing. It's logical for the person to eat out, because... 1. They are hungry. 2. Some external+internal factors lead them to think about a restaurant. 3. Memories. 4. DNA ...And m...

"Logic" is a subset of "reason". Not all reason(ing) is logical. For instance. "I haven't had pizza in a while, I think that I will order out for a pizza". That statement is not logical but is reasonable. Quote... "As abilities grow, so does the ego." (End Quo...

What does one think of when one thinks of time, Is it not a constant.I view time as a form of SPEED,In the sense that time has and always will be at ONE speed.What is Time.Time is a form of speed that runs at a constant speed.It cannot be changed. The reason that an atomic clock will slow down when...

"Genius" is the natural result of self transcendence.

It is possible that all reality is just a thought to ourself. Although improbable. Through observation we certify somethings existance whether it be imaginary or physical. I am reminded of the person awakening from sleep who dreamed that she was a butterfly... later she could not recall if she was ...

One finds "surrender" of self/ego through being still. Eventually the mind-chatter subsides and one realizes the universal witness, consciousness itself, that which/who IS AWARE... transcending what we are aware of, including all concepts, which all orbit around the illusory concept, &quo...

Isn't that why in Buddhism the ultimate release Parinirvana is only upon death. There is physical death and ego death. Physical death keeps you on the wheel of life and death... ego death contains the keys to a more permanent release. 'Death' is (can be) also a description of a never ending process...

Pain pushes us forward. Whether we feel depressed, empty or confused, all bad feelings appear in order to make us think about their reason and purpose. In our world, we see only the outward shell of reality. We do not see what is hidden behind nature, society, a person or the cosmos, and we cannot ...

At best, I see John's post as material for rank beginners. At worse, as yet another recycling of populist material that has already been cliched to death.- After examining all of the various 'philosophies' it seems advisable to embrace one and to apply it. The notion of the 'uncarved block' is, in ...

I'm in the middle of trying to connect pieces to the puzzle of "things don't exist". So far it is my understanding that: Things exist in the sense that the mind cannot help but to cut up the world into practical chunks, such as the bed I'm sitting on, the chair I'm looking at, the mountai...

Steven Coyle wrote:Some great information there John. Thanks.

Thank you, Steven, for your kind words.
John

The sage follows Tao, and is one with the Universe. S/he watches the ten thousand things, takes part in the ten thousand ages. Beneath the ten thousand things is Tao. My question: Is Tao a creative principle, underlying and uniting both humans and Nature (?) The Tao Te Ching proclaims that any atte...