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- Sat Apr 21, 2018 3:23 pm
- Forum: Theology/Bible
- Topic: The age old question
- Replies: 26
- Views: 49090
Re: The age old question
The Soteriological Drama theodicy makes more sense to me as a species of a broader category. It seems that all of the evil in the world, only a small fraction of which effects people, has to be due to a more basic relation between God and creation. Maybe evils are the consequence of a necessary prec...
- Fri Apr 20, 2018 1:42 pm
- Forum: Theology/Bible
- Topic: The age old question
- Replies: 26
- Views: 49090
Re: The age old question
I would say that in Xianity, suffering is the consequence of an evil which is turning away from God. Suffering can be a good or a neutral thing; it can be ennobling, build character, encourage empathy, discourage arrogance and self-righteousness, etc.
- Wed Apr 18, 2018 1:48 pm
- Forum: Adventure of Faith (Religion/Spirituality)
- Topic: reallyt arrogant stupid racist guy
- Replies: 1
- Views: 4637
Re: reallyt arrogant stupid racist guy
These guys don;t have to be coy anymore or speak in code. trump has given them permission to let their asshole flags fly.
- Tue Apr 17, 2018 5:06 pm
- Forum: Theology/Bible
- Topic: The age old question
- Replies: 26
- Views: 49090
Re: The age old question
I think the garden of Eden story is a metaphor for the human propensity for evil. It's about free will which includes the capacity for screwing up. Since free will really didn't become a "thing" until over a millennium later, this had to be couched in a myth about original sin. Buddhism is largely a...
- Fri Mar 30, 2018 4:56 pm
- Forum: Adventure of Faith (Religion/Spirituality)
- Topic: against Physicalism
- Replies: 24
- Views: 38156
Re: against Physicalism
Good points, met.
- Fri Mar 30, 2018 1:37 pm
- Forum: Adventure of Faith (Religion/Spirituality)
- Topic: against Physicalism
- Replies: 24
- Views: 38156
Re: against Physicalism
But then space and time wouldn't be physical? Nor photons, and other sub-atomic stuff?
- Thu Mar 29, 2018 2:00 pm
- Forum: Adventure of Faith (Religion/Spirituality)
- Topic: against Physicalism
- Replies: 24
- Views: 38156
Re: against Physicalism
Are your experiences something other than your brain, though? This is basically the p-zombie question, unless I misunderstood you. It's not clear what you mean when you say that my experiences are my brain or brain events. In what sense? My cat 'is' sub-atomic goings on but that seems to be so in a...
- Tue Mar 27, 2018 1:55 pm
- Forum: Adventure of Faith (Religion/Spirituality)
- Topic: against Physicalism
- Replies: 24
- Views: 38156
Re: against Physicalism
Good response, QT. Just a couple of remarks: Even if a flock's behavior is impossible without the physical stuff that comprises it doesn't necessarily mean that the physical stuff is sufficient for understanding the flock's behavior. I couldn't be having these thoughts and experiences I'm currently ...
- Mon Mar 26, 2018 3:59 am
- Forum: Adventure of Faith (Religion/Spirituality)
- Topic: against Physicalism
- Replies: 24
- Views: 38156
Re: against Physicalism
If you accept that even purely mental processes have a physical component, e.g. signals propagating through the brain, then it's clear that whatever identifies itself as I is a physical thing. I don't see how a non-physical mind comes into the process of thinking and existing, at least not in a mea...
- Sun Mar 25, 2018 2:22 pm
- Forum: Adventure of Faith (Religion/Spirituality)
- Topic: against Physicalism
- Replies: 24
- Views: 38156
Re: against Physicalism
Great to see you back and new posting on here again!