Whatever.
The word "reason" implies a thought process. If God was merely a thought, then I would have a reason.Not at all; believe whatever you like. Just be honest about it - "I believe, but have no reasons for my belief."
Any word you type or speak implies a thought process. But "reason" additionally involves a cause or justification for the belief.The word "reason" implies a thought process.
Intellectually honest people rely on thought for truth. That's the mind at work. If you were a body builder, doing curls would be truth.Intellectually honest people will care if their beliefs are true.
Have I not defined God in previous posts? If you're looking for something more than the ordinary, I have no reason. For me, God is that pile of bricks on the back patio, my snoozing pup on the couch, the roll of toilet paper on the bathroom counter.Any word you type or speak implies a thought process. But "reason" additionally involves a cause or justification for the belief.
Again, no problems if you don't have one. Just say that.
So do liars. Thinking up lies is what some people do best.Intellectually honest people rely on thought for truth.
Well, you could claim that anything is truth, but of course that's not accurate.That's the mind at work. If you were a body builder, doing curls would be truth.
Again, that's fine.If you're looking for something more than the ordinary, I have no reason.
Perhaps I should ask for your truth/reason, where you see yourself and existence.So do liars. Thinking up lies is what some people do best.
Intellectually honest people tend to reject lies, even if they were cleverly thought up.
Well, you could claim that anything is truth, but of course that's not accurate.
Again, that's fine.
No, not just thought, reason. That's the part you don't yet grasp. How do you determine if your thought is true?Intellectually honest people rely on thought for truth. That's the mind at work. If you were a body builder, doing curls would be truth.
Perhaps I should ask for your truth/reason, where you see yourself and existence.
You didn't ask me but I'll bite. I follow the duck philosophy: swim around, eat stuff and fly south for the winter. That's enough "meaning" for most people to handle.Perhaps I should ask for your truth/reason, where you see yourself and existence.
I made no claim you were representing any "religion" - I did note somewhere that you, like almost all Abrahamic monotheists on science forums, frequently confuse religion and theism.Is this claim that I am representing abrahamic religion backed by any evidence
That's not true.... says the guy who thinks the mask has just fallen off the abrahamic religious practitioner.
That's not true either. Those were your misrepresentations, not my allusions. (You shouldn't believe everything you type)For some reason I'm not surprised you are still not participating in the thread. I guess it has something to do with your before mentioned allusions of over qualification.
Regardless, it's the major content of his posting throughout and at all times here - and increasingly of yours, as a typical Abrahamic monotheist posting on a science forum. The point remains - attributing psychological states to other people doesn't work as argument."Attributing psychological states to other people is a major fraction of Jan's posting, for example."
Its probably a default behaviour of others when they deal with people who seem to operate at a word count of 5% content, 50% self aggrandizement and bluster and 45% splitting of idiosyncratic hairs that are of zero consequence to the thread.
That's interesting."Meanwhile: Let's take as common reality that the overwhelming majority of people claiming some God has or could have or must have observable effects on the material world are - in the US - Abrahamic monotheists."
You mean take it to Bowser's other thread, where it would be relevant?
Right. For you, yes.For me, God is that pile of bricks on the back patio, my snoozing pup on the couch, the roll of toilet paper on the bathroom counter.
:confusion:Is this claim that I am representing abrahamic religion backed by any evidence
That unfortunately seems the only available answer for anyone who chooses make believe over the honest answer that they really have no idea.And please don't say 'All you have to do is believe.'
And yet we dont seem to have any evidence as yet.If you are asking for evidence of something and are totally clueless what the evidence would look like, it is actually your problem .... assuming one expects all the ranting one does about there being no evidence to be taken seriously
I don't see a separation between the two. They are one and the same.bricks being a product of a natural universe from that created by this God?
I don't think it's like turning on a faucet. Either it is with you or it is not. And that's not a put-down. Maybe your experience was never to include God. I'm not judging.And please don't say 'All you have to do is believe.'
You're asking me to answer the question for you? Actually, you could say it's too large to answer, or you could try narrowing it down to an axiom. It's up for grabs as offered.That's a very large question. All the truth of existence? Could you narrow that down a bit?
It is thought that defines your perception of the world. Again, nothing has any meaning (reason) than that which we give it.No, not just thought, reason. That's the part you don't yet grasp. How do you determine if your thought is true?
It’s properly conditioned thought that defines a more accurate perception of the world.It is thought that defines your perception of the world.
Agreed, meaning depends on what we give it, not we as individuals, but we as an evolved civilization. For your thoughts to have legitimacy, they have to be qualified in regards to their consistency with civilized standards. Just arbitrarily assigning personal meaning defies reason.Again, nothing has any meaning (reason) than that which we give it.