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Mooke wrote I'm sure many people hold the same views as Emma. However, I find those views antithetical to serious philosophy. Kierkegaard produced an interesting thought experiment, and if I'm permitted to draw my own conclusions from his work, I would say he ended up showing how ridiculous Jewish ...

.......and because all this conscious-ness takes me away from God and the familyI love this is my last post.I enjoyed your company for a while

Ahh you've now told me a lot about your life on the other post..See how jabbing with a fork brings out much. To understand the argument you have to know the arguer.I turned my back on Judaism years ago and while I know it captures the essence of God somewhere within, Christianity is a good developme...

..The rest I can let go but my ego couldn't resist this one There is no anger when I insult you. I'm doing it to prompt a particular reaction from you; sometimes the most effective way to see a person's belief about something is to jab them with a fork. They may resent you for it, but sometimes the ...

You have won and I have lost I will go and seek some guidance

Evan wrote I myself disagree with the idea and viewpoint. While a good idea the problem is who defines wrong? If a decision is based off of morals than who is to say that their choice actully benifits more than it does injure? The best system is belief in God and Truth, not morals, but no system exi...

You do not like talking about your life .yes keep it cold, logical and unemotional........That way you can hide your hypocrisy when you state in another topic you are logical, reationsl etc and then proceed to illogically insult Jews.... And at the same time hide what could be attacked in return. Bu...

Two other points to accomany the reading of the above. meditation may be called a semi-conscious state but perhaps that's why so many fail. It is the transition from the conscious to the unconscious. This conscious state stops us from realising The Truth . Our logic, our rationale is finite and only...

KS said on another topic Unconscious people cannot be consistent over time because they are always reflecting their immediate surroundings - which are always changing. They have no "I", no character, no soul, and no genius. Liars find it impossible to be consistent over time, because lies ...

Mooke Your Truth lies in the reason why you have become so emotive to me instead of ignoring my posts. You know as I know as everyone who thinks knows, that you have a choice worldly matters of Faith . Those who are chained to the former hate the latter group, while the latter sometimes fail when th...

M What are you doing in a philosophy forum? If this is your real attitude, go write poetry. I do and I write books that nobody wishes to read...The path is lonely and hard as we have disussed in another post M I measure my thoughts with a ruler, not a gut feeling. How do you measure thoughts with a...

I don't like talking too much in forums -- so when I speak, it's usually because I have a good reason -- in this case, it's because you deserve a good, general, all-around smack. Of all the regulars, I'm having the hardest time taking anything you say seriously, because I don't even think you take ...

Many thanks Pye..............I read K many years ago but it was DQ who rekindled my interest in him. Many others believe in what K believed in I could necer understand the story of Abraham and Isaac, but there are big clues there as to what faith is as K points out . Odd as well that to Muslims and ...

.You may reach the other side safely with all your planning and even think that you have conquered the danger ..but in fact with your safety first, logical approach you have merely echoed what many before you will have done.....dull/boring/useless

M wrote Can you give a metaphor for your leap of faith that doesn't sound like idiocy? Reason and logic will get you to the edge of the cliff, the rest is a leap into the unknown . I'm sure that sounds like idiocy to you .When yiou are older you will be the first to laugh at new brekthroughs in thin...

E I feel God therefore God exists for me. M That's a pitiful argument. How do you intend to convince anyone that your opinions are worth taking seriously? I know that I will convince no-one.doesnt stop me saying what I feel E because I believe in God and serve God God does not close his mind to me ...

.and in a way following the Tao is an unconscious act whilst following my definition of God has to be conscious

KS I think what you describe is the Tao . beware of chinese peddlars Ebay is full of them and taoism was reputed to have been used to keep the plebs in check : KS: You are thirsty because you feel thirsty. emma: there is God because I feel God Mooke This is the most baffling use of the word God I've...

Well actually I may have been hasty (one of my faults ) God is the Totality, I can accept this but ho does this fit in with "passion and feeling" which according to Kierkegaard are necessary to be in touch with God and how does such a concept impact on our lives?

No, I've defined God to be the Totality. The All. Yes got that Kevin, but even though it does not mean anything to me I still read your posts ..... Seems like you are unconscious when you consider what is GOD ie this Totality ...It is not rational to consider a God that plays no role in our lives a...

I wrote: There are things which we feel to be right.....and they are just so. KS How do you know that what you feel is right? For example, let's say you feel thirsty. How do you know you are thirsty? You are thirsty because you feel thirsty. That's reason. ergo there is God because I feel God and y...

KS wrote Reason is necessarily the means by which we know everything we can possibly know. Without reason, there is just meaninglessness. Incorrect. reason just shows the limit of the reasoning mind. There are things which we feel to be right.....and they are just so. I totally reject the possibilit...

KS wrote You keep talking about God as though there were some separate being called "God" - something other than yourself. So long as you keep talking like that no-one will understand what you are on about. err you've lost me here .what don't you understand, God is a separate being and is ...

So Tharan what's your building (besides ridiculing the beliefs of others which you do so well, a great skill, much needed)

KS wrote

Give me an example of something that can't be answered by reason.

God cannot be answered by reason. If you like the tao the God that can be understood with reason is not God.....reason plus passion gets you further