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I don't consider myself knowing of anything. My knowing isn't of one thing but many different possibilities. And I have never pretended or claimed to be humble. I am terribly arrogant. But you still haven't provided any crimes that Trump committed. Call me aspirant'arrogant, but you don't seem to ha...

I just don't believe in the big lie. If Trump's own daughter and his bootlicking attorney general (no friend to the Democrats) both say there was nothing to this lie that Biden's win was the greatest fraud perpetrated on the American people--I tend to believe them. The fact that Trump and his lawye...

Mr. Trump has been known to run in religious circles. Has anyone every asked Donald Trump, "Do you feel a need to repent? Or, "If you were detached from reality, how would you know?" :o I am almost an expert at reality. And forgive me for being so arrogant and bold as to claim that. Reality is perc...

What are your thoughts on Bigfoot and the Loch Ness Monster? Lots of legends and possibilities, but I really haven't given them any thought for years. But here is some evidence for consideration. https://fivethirtyeight.com/features/where-did-all-the-bellwether-counties-go/ According to this site, ...

Like bearing a testimony, repeating something over and over again does not make it true. I wrote out a three paragraph reply but lost it. Just as well. Just like Clinton lost in 2016, and Trump lost in 2020. It's gone. Let it go. No contested states were overturned. Especially not Arizona. Saying i...

I think the truth is pretty basic. Ultimately our system works pretty well. Trump won legitimately, then Biden won legitimately. The rest is politics and polemics. Perhaps truth is more basic than even that. I do not look at truth as black and white, but ass possibilities and probabilities. Observe...

As you don't believe in facts,the content of the post can be dismissed as nonfactual. Is that a fact? Just because I don't believe in facts doesn't mean that my opinion doesn't add to the overall balance of reality. My opinion cannot be dismissed it is part of existence itself. Or if it is not, the...

Whatever Trump's disorder or diagnosis, he was considered the Pinnacle of the American dream. Then he said he was going to run. And then everyone started to hate him. And then he said that he would outsmart them all and everyone laughed at him for being so stupid. And then he won the election and ev...

And how does one know or come to know this. I claim to know nothing. It's simply easier that way. I'm believe a whole lot of stuff though. When I first left the church I thought I knew a lot of things. It was so difficult to accept new ideas because they might contradict things that I already knew....

Since you view belief as prime, do other people and things exist independent of your belief in them?n Are they believed into existence by something else instead? God is the root consciousness. I imagine there are dozens of different layers of existence that must be in place before creatures like me...

Being a form of godliness, is knowledge conscious? In a way, yes. That is sort of like asking, "could the binary code that creates artificial intelligence be conscious?" God is sort of like a Sandy Beach, and knowledge like the footprints in the sand. The very shape of the footprints is the knowled...

In your view what differentiates faith from knowledge? Knowledge is encapsulated belief and faith. It's the "form of godliness but denies the power thereof." Say I practice my faith and come up with a method is making a sandwich. Out of àn infinite number of possible recipes, I define one. I write ...

That's a very strange definition that sounds more like how the term free will is usually used. No. Without faith, why would you try? You could be dying of thirst and have a glass of water in your hand. If you didn't believe it would help, you wouldn't lift it your lips. Belief is like a mental path...

I don't provide evidence because, well, you wouldn't accept it. You might humor him with some evidence and let him consider it, rather than deciding for him in advance how he would handle. Withholding evidence isn't a very good way to show confidence in your argument. Withholding weak evidence or n...

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Mon Apr 25, 2022 2:57 pm

Faith is a belief without evidence or reason; coincidentally that's also the definition of delusion.

Richard Dawkins

This is stupid. Faith is the power to act. Belief is the reason you trust that effort.

Delusion is thinking anyone can act with belief.

You're welcome to think about anything of course. But if you can't offer substantive reasons and evidence, I'm not interested in pursuing them. They need much more development. I don't provide evidence because, well, you wouldn't accept it. So many times, someone will make a point and link it to Wi...

Here's another. We went to a beautiful interfaith Christmas choir concert. About 6 or 8 local churches were represented and they were kind enough to include an LDS choir. Each choir began their program by talking about Jesus and the symbolism of Christmas. The Mormon representative's message was. W...

Besides the fact that it is me saying it? There is no reason. If you don't have evidence to support your premise, why should we take it seriously? With 100,000 years of human civilization, if you had asked for evidence for any number of things, I,e., computers, airplanes, water heaters, pumpkin pie...

There are two basic elements to the universe, or existence itself. Consciousness, who is mother God, and infinite possibilities and ideas, which is Father God. Why should I think so? Besides the fact that it is me saying it? There is no reason. If you have a different model we can work with, I'll t...

Can I get an amen for the atheist? There are two basic elements to the universe, or existence itself. Consciousness, who is mother God, and infinite possibilities and ideas, which is Father God. In the beginning, there was pretty much nothing. But when Consciousness takes upon itself an idea, it ca...