[troll]You have to agree with fustakrakich. The concept of magnetic north is clearly a social construct meant to enhance tribalism and enforce conformity. Because there is no object truth anywhere.[/troll]
The vertical line of God interacts with time we see along the line of our lives.
Hard to discern, you'll agree, as through The Valley we've trod, dodging the Evil One's knives.
Could we our futures foresee, as each of us forward strives, the same path should we have trod?
And who among us conceives, if our will truly be free, a brutal trip to the sod?
No, we would rather have wives; kids by a dozen shoes shod; bouncing them all on the knee.
Swimming among the world's cod, world to make meaning contrives: to locate the core of "be".
Those who're forgiven stand awed, realizing they've no plea: God only real meaning gives.
I figure that if God were interested in dropping a closed-form mathematical proof, there are any number of simpler ways to go about it than a few dozen Jews and the odd Greek composing The Bible.
Wait. That's like saying the scientific method is a tool, characterizing the "what" of existence, leaving the "why" to others.
You're not going to get any kind of shooting war going with a rational approach like that, sir.
Maybe the body, mind, and soul, are three orthogonal existential "dimensions". That's where I am on the point, and that's why I can hang out with the most hedonistic materialists and hardcore monotheistic types with equal aplomb.
Your attention is drawn to Nagel (who savages the theists as well as the atheists).
Tl;dr: "How, precisely, did we move from inorganic chemistry to thought, again?"
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whatever you believe is the 'objective truth'
So, you've equated "subjective" and "objective"?
That's one (or more) way(s) to play, I suppose.
Well, by all means: define this objective truth for all, then.
"René Descartes was a drunken fart: 'I drink therefore I am.'"
"A brutal trip to the sod" means a lousy, violent end to life, in this context.
Very nicely done.
What's estoppeling you from further discourse, pray?
"What is it that you think you know?" said turtle AllTheWayDown.
[troll]You have to agree with fustakrakich. The concept of magnetic north is clearly a social construct meant to enhance tribalism and enforce conformity. Because there is no object truth anywhere.[/troll]
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The vertical line of God interacts with time we see along the line of our lives.
Hard to discern, you'll agree, as through The Valley we've trod, dodging the Evil One's knives.
Could we our futures foresee, as each of us forward strives, the same path should we have trod?
And who among us conceives, if our will truly be free, a brutal trip to the sod?
No, we would rather have wives; kids by a dozen shoes shod; bouncing them all on the knee.
Swimming among the world's cod, world to make meaning contrives: to locate the core of "be".
Those who're forgiven stand awed, realizing they've no plea: God only real meaning gives.
So, does that argument support theism, atheism, or neither?
Sure. Just like the course you steer while underway on a ship.
Or, a disinterest in anarchy.
Even had one access to YouTube video of all of the above, the definition of free will must always leave a little booty room for the heckler.
I figure that if God were interested in dropping a closed-form mathematical proof, there are any number of simpler ways to go about it than a few dozen Jews and the odd Greek composing The Bible.
Wait. That's like saying the scientific method is a tool, characterizing the "what" of existence, leaving the "why" to others.
You're not going to get any kind of shooting war going with a rational approach like that, sir.
Oh, come on: James Taranto is funny, informative, and worth your time.
Maybe the body, mind, and soul, are three orthogonal existential "dimensions". That's where I am on the point, and that's why I can hang out with the most hedonistic materialists and hardcore monotheistic types with equal aplomb.
Dude, you're never going to sell any books with THAT simplification.
Sweet, sweet Emacs. To the Deuce x 3 with all ye vi cretins!
Your attention is drawn to Nagel (who savages the theists as well as the atheists).
Tl;dr: "How, precisely, did we move from inorganic chemistry to thought, again?"
"Shut up," said the turtle on the bottom of the stack.
God, like an unseen hair
Untouched by intellectual stare
Refuses bending to mortal will
Yet teasing the human soul still
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To say nothing of a beowulf cluster.
Memory bristles
Like Scottish thistles
Make operation tough
Plus the interplanetary stuff
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Bikinis.