Is this a blatant example of circular logic?

Argue for and against Christianity

Moderator: Moderators

Post Reply
Justin108
Banned
Banned
Posts: 4471
Joined: Wed Oct 10, 2012 5:28 am

Is this a blatant example of circular logic?

Post #1

Post by Justin108 »

JehovahsWitness wrote: [Replying to post 17 by Justin108]

Truth doesn't contradict truth; scientific truth is simply the correct understanding of the physical world. The bible is a book of truth and so by definition it won't contradict what is true. If therefore the bible touches on science (which it does rarely, but it does on occassion) but one interpretation contradicts what we know to be true about the physical world and the other doesn't, its not rocket science to know which interpretation is correct.

Logic,

JW
- Everything in the Bible is true
- If you find something in the Bible that is not true, it must mean that you interpreted it wrong
- How do we know you interpreted it wrong and that the Bible is not simply mistaken? Because everything in the Bible is true

User avatar
William
Savant
Posts: 16490
Joined: Tue Jul 31, 2012 8:11 pm
Location: Te Waipounamu
Has thanked: 1037 times
Been thanked: 1950 times
Contact:

Post #81

Post by William »

[Replying to post 75 by Justin108]
As a Panpsychist who understands GOD as a conscious self aware intelligent creative entity which permeates the whole universe and divests itself into form for the purpose of experience, I understand that all consciousnesses are aspects of the overall Consciousness and are part of GOD (rather than separate from GOD).
How did you come to this understanding?
Study. Evaluation of my experience of life as a conscious self aware entity. That is the short answer. Sifting through the vast amounts of confirming and conflicting data and putting the pieces together in relation to personal experience.
In relation to communication between me and GOD, this involves the local aspect of the overall consciousness which resides within our planet and is the reason why life forms evolve and exist on our planet.
How did you come to this conclusion?
Through experience. I placed myself in a position where the opportunity for such an entity to commune with me was created- should the entity actually exist, and in doing so discovered it to be the case. Through the communication the entity identified itself as the planet, although there was more detail in relation to the planetary system and the Galaxy, this was in order for me to understand the nature of consciousness in relation to the universe how its sees itself as both the parts and the whole.

The process does not surprise me as it is far more logical to understand biological evolution on planet earth as something which comes about through an intelligent conscious process rather than mindless accident.
The communication comes through various interactive media all to do with my personal subjective experience and interpretation of said experience as a human being. My 'inner voice' is useful as part of that process.
What makes you think your inner voice is anything other than your own thoughts?
Explain 'Makes you think' and explain 'your own thoughts'.

The concept is deceptive as we do not know where our own thoughts originate in relation to owning them as something original in the first instance.
My thoughts help me to self identify and like all thoughts they are subject to questions and answers which are primarily done through introspective means.

Thoughts are like all other forms of data processing.

My thoughts in relation to the various interactive media all to do with my personal subjective experience and interpretation of said experience as a human being are essential to the process because without the various interactive media I mention, my thoughts would be mundane, in comparison.

Please, in as much detail as you can, describe to me what it is like to have God personally inform you of something.
It is liberating and productive, and allows me to look at the world through new understanding and the tendency to be judgmental about the world and my situation within it, is dramatically reduced.
It gives me reason for being and the ability to accept my position without complaint, because this is only a phase I am going through for the experience and relative to the age of the universe, is but a moment and also I understand that all consciousness is eternal, always has existed and always will exist, so when the death of my present form finally happens, I move on to the next experience - and the more enlightened I can be through this experience, the better equipped I am to shape my next one - to have more say in what it is that I require, based upon the knowledge I have gleaned through this present experience.

This is because I understand my self as an aspect of the local GOD (Earth Entity) and I recognize the EE as an aspect of an even vaster entity - it is all the same really - just at differing levels of experience, and as such it sees all of its aspects as part of itself rather than separate from itself.
This is also why I have also come to see everyone as aspects of myself - and equal for that. The separation between us all is an illusion which most of us tend to feed into through our beliefs and perceptions.
You use the word "understand" quite often. How do you distinguish "understand" from "assume" or "believe"? You say you "understand" that all consciousness is eternal. How do you know that this is not just an assumption you made?
Because I was told this directly through communication with the Earth Entity as well as correlating the data of other individuals who share their experiences - specifically to do with OOBE/Astral which point to the conclusion that there is more to life after death. All in all I find it extremely reasonable to conclude that consciousness has always existed and - in one form or another - always will exist and is the reason why things exist.

I acknowledge that the idea isn't easy to grasp from the human perspective, but I also acknowledge that the idea is not impossible to grasp. I am personally not one to sweep the idea aside as ludicrous simply because i decide to think it is ludicrous. The better option for the individual is to investigate for themselves and find out if there is something largely unseen and unnoticed which can reveal itself to them.

I also acknowledge the fear associated with attempting such a thing, the stigma of religious superstition and cultish behavior which is attached to ideas of GOD, and while I understand these reactions - they are easily avoided in relation to allowing the local GOD the right of reply rather than - as organised religion, spiritualism etc do - presume to know based upon mixtures of truth and fantasy and assigning attribution to GOD which are false, misleading and ultimately prove to be damaging.

The local GOD relates with the individual who is willing to stand alone as an individual within that relationship and learn from that interaction, the true nature of the local GOD, not only in relation with the individual but in relation with the universe. There are many entities throughout the universe who are local GODs, all in various stages of evolving in their experiences as planetary creators of biological forms in which to divest into.

While that is important to acknowledge in the grand scheme of all things related to the universe, it is only useful as a means in which to comprehend one's part in the whole, and the vital thing for the individual is to connect with the local GOD - The Earth Entity - in order to understand how one can manifest their understanding into the local environment, because therein is the familiar.

Of course, one is free to live ones life however one wants to do so, and I have chosen to examine the hidden to see if it actually exists - and it has proven itself to me indeed to exist and is not so hidden as to remain a non existent fantasy of human invention. Indeed it is hidden through individual choice to ignore it (in the case of atheism) or dress it up as something it isn't (as in the case of organised religion). It is hidden because of human invention and intervention.

That is the stuff of chaff.
From what I can tell through your explanations, you seem to have experienced "something" and you attribute this "something" to God. Is there a rational reason for doing this?
I experience someone, rather than something and attributing it to being GOD is simply acknowledging the synonymous connection to the word GOD as a title descriptive of a conscious intelligent self aware creative entity - and in relation to this planet, responsible for the biological life forms on this planet which it has imbued its consciousness within for the experience and to assist it with its ongoing creativity and agenda related to that.

In doing so, I find this to be the most rational reason for using the word GOD in relation to the Entity. It is no more or less GOD than you and I, for it derives from the overall Consciousness through the divesting process, throughout the universe. That overall Consciousness does not differential 'self' from 'other' - because it is unable to do so due to its overall position. We, as individuals deep within the divesting process are able to differentiate, but in doing so, we err. That in itself is not a judgement, because it is a natural part of the process as the process cuts us off from direct connection with that knowledge and acts as an amnesia. However we are only cut off from the knowledge through personal choice because there are ways in which we can actively pursue the knowledge and regain the connection because the connection is always there. It has simply been hidden behind curtains of belief and non belief, as the individual chooses. The opportunity is always there to open up the channels of connection, again, as the individual choose to do so.

So obviously, there is personal effort involved in the process, and there is nothing to prevent the individual from doing so, other than the individuals own choices.

User avatar
alexxcJRO
Guru
Posts: 1660
Joined: Wed Jun 29, 2016 4:54 am
Location: Cluj, Romania
Has thanked: 70 times
Been thanked: 220 times
Contact:

Post #82

Post by alexxcJRO »

William wrote:
Google is my friend.

"Your search - Shobolibostrutocamila - did not match any documents."



Q: Wait what, you really google it???! :shock: )
Anyhow its irrelevant.

I am the first of my kind. People need to hear my gospel, the truth.
So here again:
You are wrong sir. The flying pink unicorn the one who created the universe by farting 14 billion years ago reveal to me that you are just making things up. He told me he is a highly evolved energy being 1 million billion years old who resides in a higher dimension outside our universe but can interact with our own and other universes by changing his resonance frequency.
"It is forbidden to kill; therefore all murderers are punished unless they kill in large numbers and to the sound of trumpets."
"Properly read, the Bible is the most potent force for atheism ever conceived."
"God is a insignificant nobody. He is so unimportant that no one would even know he exists if evolution had not made possible for animals capable of abstract thought to exist and invent him"
"Two hands working can do more than a thousand clasped in prayer."

User avatar
Wootah
Savant
Posts: 9571
Joined: Wed Nov 24, 2010 1:16 am
Has thanked: 235 times
Been thanked: 122 times

Post #83

Post by Wootah »

alexxcJRO wrote:
William wrote:
Google is my friend.

"Your search - Shobolibostrutocamila - did not match any documents."



Q: Wait what, you really google it???! :shock: )
Anyhow its irrelevant.

I am the first of my kind. People need to hear my gospel, the truth.
So here again:
You are wrong sir. The flying pink unicorn the one who created the universe by farting 14 billion years ago reveal to me that you are just making things up. He told me he is a highly evolved energy being 1 million billion years old who resides in a higher dimension outside our universe but can interact with our own and other universes by changing his resonance frequency.
Moderator Comment
Hi alexxcJRO,

While I think you made a valid counter argument - we also try not to mock other beliefs here. It is best to 'show our cards' sometimes and spell out the purpose of our argument, rather than continue it.

Please review the Rules.


______________

Moderator comments do not count as a strike against any posters. They only serve as an acknowledgment that a post report has been received, but has not been judged to warrant a moderator warning against a particular poster. Any challenges or replies to moderator postings should be made via Private Message to avoid derailing topics.
Proverbs 18:17 The one who states his case first seems right, until the other comes and examines him.

Member Notes: viewtopic.php?t=33826

"Why is everyone so quick to reason God might be petty. Now that is creating God in our own image :)."

Elijah John
Savant
Posts: 12236
Joined: Mon Oct 28, 2013 8:23 pm
Location: New England
Has thanked: 11 times
Been thanked: 16 times

Re: Is this a blatant example of circular logic?

Post #84

Post by Elijah John »

Justin108 wrote:
JehovahsWitness wrote: [Replying to post 17 by Justin108]

Truth doesn't contradict truth; scientific truth is simply the correct understanding of the physical world. The bible is a book of truth and so by definition it won't contradict what is true. If therefore the bible touches on science (which it does rarely, but it does on occassion) but one interpretation contradicts what we know to be true about the physical world and the other doesn't, its not rocket science to know which interpretation is correct.

Logic,

JW
- Everything in the Bible is true
- If you find something in the Bible that is not true, it must mean that you interpreted it wrong
- How do we know you interpreted it wrong and that the Bible is not simply mistaken? Because everything in the Bible is true
An Evangelical I know told me once that "where science and the Bible contradict, science is wrong".

Yes, the quote in the OP is a blatant example of circular logic.
My theological positions:

-God created us in His image, not the other way around.
-The Bible is redeemed by it's good parts.
-Pure monotheism, simple repentance.
-YHVH is LORD
-The real Jesus is not God, the real YHVH is not a monster.
-Eternal life is a gift from the Living God.
-Keep the Commandments, keep your salvation.
-I have accepted YHVH as my Heavenly Father, LORD and Savior.

I am inspired by Jesus to worship none but YHVH, and to serve only Him.

Justin108
Banned
Banned
Posts: 4471
Joined: Wed Oct 10, 2012 5:28 am

Post #85

Post by Justin108 »

William wrote:
How did you come to this understanding?
Study. Evaluation of my experience of life as a conscious self aware entity. That is the short answer. Sifting through the vast amounts of confirming and conflicting data and putting the pieces together in relation to personal experience.
Can you perhaps summarize the confirming and conflicting data?
William wrote:
In relation to communication between me and GOD, this involves the local aspect of the overall consciousness which resides within our planet and is the reason why life forms evolve and exist on our planet.
How did you come to this conclusion?
Through experience. I placed myself in a position where the opportunity for such an entity to commune with me was created- should the entity actually exist, and in doing so discovered it to be the case. Through the communication the entity identified itself as the planet
How do you know that what you attribute to communication with the planet is not perhaps something else?
William wrote:
What makes you think your inner voice is anything other than your own thoughts?
Explain 'Makes you think' and explain 'your own thoughts'.
What's there to explain...? If you're going to start asking me to define every word in the English language, then let me know so I know not to waste my time with this discussion any further.
William wrote: The concept is deceptive as we do not know where our own thoughts originate in relation to owning them as something original in the first instance.
Not knowing where our thoughts come from and assuming our thoughts come from some sort of planet god are two very different things.
William wrote: My thoughts help me to self identify and like all thoughts they are subject to questions and answers which are primarily done through introspective means.

Thoughts are like all other forms of data processing.

My thoughts in relation to the various interactive media all to do with my personal subjective experience and interpretation of said experience as a human being are essential to the process because without the various interactive media I mention, my thoughts would be mundane, in comparison.
Can you please highlight where in this paragraph you answered my question of how you know your inner voice is anything other than your own thoughts? Or to be more specific, what makes you think your inner voice is some sort of god?
William wrote:
You use the word "understand" quite often. How do you distinguish "understand" from "assume" or "believe"? You say you "understand" that all consciousness is eternal. How do you know that this is not just an assumption you made?
Because I was told this directly through communication with the Earth Entity
Can you perhaps demonstrate in any way that whatever it is that you believe communicates with you is in fact this "Earth Entity"? If I understand correctly, we are all connected to this "Earth Entity"? If so, should one not be able to use this Earth Entity to read minds? Can you maybe ask your Earth Entity what my last name is? I'm expecting some sort of excuse for why you can't.
William wrote:
From what I can tell through your explanations, you seem to have experienced "something" and you attribute this "something" to God. Is there a rational reason for doing this?
I experience someone
How do you know? Have you ever considered the possibility that the voices in your head may be attributed to schizophrenia or some other delusion?

User avatar
William
Savant
Posts: 16490
Joined: Tue Jul 31, 2012 8:11 pm
Location: Te Waipounamu
Has thanked: 1037 times
Been thanked: 1950 times
Contact:

Post #86

Post by William »

[Replying to post 84 by Justin108]
Can you perhaps summarize the confirming and conflicting data?
It is the same for most people and I am assuming it is the same for you. Think of the data stream which is the greater part of your subjective experience as a human being and therein notice what confirms and conflicts with that data of experience.
How do you know that what you attribute to communication with the planet is not perhaps something else?
Please give an example as to what you mean by the 'something else'.
Explain 'Makes you think' and explain 'your own thoughts'.
What's there to explain...? If you're going to start asking me to define every word in the English language, then let me know so I know not to waste my time with this discussion any further.
Well it is not simply a matter of English language, but also how it is used and in that, what meaning is meant to be conveyed.

I will set that to one side for now, and perhaps - if this interaction proves to be going somewhere interesting for both parties, we might revisit it at another time.
Not knowing where our thoughts come from and assuming our thoughts come from some sort of planet god are two very different things.
That is an interesting claim.
But are they really two different things?
Remember where I stated this:
This is because I understand my self as an aspect of the local GOD (Earth Entity) and I recognize the EE as an aspect of an even vaster entity - it is all the same really - just at differing levels of experience, and as such it sees all of its aspects as part of itself rather than separate from itself.
Therein, the overall consciousness represents the 'vaster entity' and the EE -in regard to the size of the universe is, in relation to that, 'merely' "a speck of dust suspended in a beam of sunlight", yet from the position of consciousness within a human being, that speak of dust is an awesome thing to behold and a complexity in and of itself - a vast thing to comprehend and in that comprehension, to fully understand. We as human beings are attempting to understand it, but largely as a 'thing' and consideration for the possibility of it being a 'someone' is mostly overlooked in that process of understanding it.

Now I will remind you of what I stated at the opening statement in answer to your question directed to JW.:
As a Panpsychist who understands GOD as a conscious self aware intelligent creative entity which permeates the whole universe and divests itself into form for the purpose of experience, I understand that all consciousnesses are aspects of the overall Consciousness and are part of GOD (rather than separate from GOD).

In relation to communication between me and GOD,this involves the local aspect of the overall consciousness which resides within our planet and is the reason why life forms evolve and exist on our planet.

I see planet entity as the local GOD and one to which a constructive relationship can be achieved with.
I have used bold to accentuate the relevant-to-your-claim aspects in order to answer as concisely as I find possible.

When consciousness creates form and then divests an aspect of itself into those forms for the experience, that aspect of consciousness becomes a lens through which its experience is then transmitted back to the overall entity, for analysis etc...meanwhile the consciousness experiencing - in this case - being a planet - is autonomous unto itself (a natural enough state since it is the default state of the overall consciousness) and in that, it perceives its existence, not only in the context of having a beginning, but also as it evolves as a seeming independent entity, as in relation to its position and experience of being a planet with the capabilities of being able to use the planet to create forms, and its abilities to divest an aspect of itself (consciousness) INTO those forms, again, for the experience...

Those are the capabilities of the Earth Entity. GOD-like.

The thread which runs through these processes of creating and using the creation for conscious experience throughout the different layers, is that the consciousness is THE SAME THING, just having different experiences and those experiences act as a lens by which the consciousness within said different forms, are seeing the experience as different rather than understanding it as similar.

The Categories:

1: The same though the lens perspective of the Source Reality (overall consciousness);

2: Similar through the lens perspective of those who are being enlightened by diligent observation and investigation - no matter what form they are within, other than any form which is unable to be used for that purpose - and;

3: different though the lens perspective of those who can go there but who chose not to do so.

So back to your claim;
Not knowing where our thoughts come from and assuming our thoughts come from some sort of planet god are two very different things.
Someone who thinks these are from different sources belongs in category 3

I am category 2: which is also the default category of 1:

Our thoughts come from consciousness. They are formed through the lens of our perceptions. Thus our perceptions create the form that the thoughts take.

In your case, the thoughts see 'difference' and in my case the thoughts see 'similar/same'

I have seen no reason why my ability to see sameness is erroneous and/or egregious.
Can you please highlight where in this paragraph you answered my question of how you know your inner voice is anything other than your own thoughts? Or to be more specific, what makes you think your inner voice is some sort of god?
See my above explanation.
Can you perhaps demonstrate in any way that whatever it is that you believe communicates with you is in fact this "Earth Entity"? If I understand correctly, we are all connected to this "Earth Entity"? If so, should one not be able to use this Earth Entity to read minds? Can you maybe ask your Earth Entity what my last name is? I'm expecting some sort of excuse for why you can't.
Fallacy.

Lets break that down.

Q:
Can you perhaps demonstrate in any way that whatever it is that you believe communicates with you is in fact this "Earth Entity"?
That is not possible because we would have to be together in the same room and I could use a mediation device for that purpose.
Even if we could be in the same room, and having used the device and through that, getting conformation, for example:

Q: "Are you, the entity we are speaking with, the Consciousness of the Earth?"
A: (spelled out through the device) "Yes, I am"

This would not constitute evidence that it was in fact the Earth Entity communicating with us through that device.
What it does constitute is that someone (a conscious entity) is communicating with us through the device and wants us to think that we are interacting with the Earth (planet) as an conscious self aware intelligent entity.

Or: You are free to add your own belief as to what it is which is really communicating with us.
Q:If I understand correctly, we are all connected to this "Earth Entity"?
A: Through the lens perspective of the Earth Entity, yes indeed we are. Through the lens of the individual, as I have explained above, no - we are not all consciously connected to the Earth Entity.
Q:If so, should one not be able to use this Earth Entity to read minds?
A: From my own perspective, having been in an ongoing relationship with the EE for the better part of my life, I find the question hilarious, as does the EE.

Let me ask you this. As an individual conscious self aware intelligence, would you like to be used simply because you have abilities which might be useful, but prove not to be, time and again?
Q:Can you maybe ask your Earth Entity what my last name is? I'm expecting some sort of excuse for why you can't.
A: [lol] Problem: Expectations and anticipations formed through the bias of individual autonomous thought processes, act as dysfunctional devices inhibiting the process of coherent and useful dialogue between those individual aspects of overall consciousness.
Potential solution: Understanding and agreeing together that is the case and working around that in order to attempt to find solution.

Lets say that I ask the entity and the reply is 'Smith' and I say so and lo and behold, that is the correct answer to the demand-for-evidence-constructed-as-a-question.

Then what?

How would you respond?

The nature of your response will determine the reply I then give.

One way you could answer is, 'that was just a coincidence' or explained another way - such as - that I conceivably might have access to your details and can ping back the correct answers to your questions regarding your personal details, none of which can satisfy that...:

A: The entity IS indeed, the conscious self aware intelligence within the planet.
B: That there is an entity who is communicating with me correct personal information about you, cancelling out "A",

...are indeed evidence which can be linked positively to my claims.

Therefore, you are correct when you state "I'm expecting some sort of excuse for why you can't." and if you look closely at the reasoning behind my excuse, you should be able to agree that, in any case, the request was a pointless one for that and needn't have been asked in the first place.

Not to leave it hanging there, it is every reason WHY it is necessary for the individual to make their own investigations into possibilities related to the experience they are having within this reality rather than to expect that others should provide them the evidence. In this case, if YOU want to know if there really IS an all enveloping consciousness pervading the universe, you simply cannot see just by looking at what is see-able, because in fact there is so much more to the universe than what meets the eye, and you won't ever know that if you insist on experiencing it through any second hand lens of hearsay or the erroneous demand for 'evidence'.

The reason for this being necessary is in the process itself, so understanding the process is critical to that.

You personally need to seek in order to find. Hearsay along the way can help or hinder and thus has to be challenged but never should be used as an excuse not to make all personal effort to do so. It simple cannot be done FOR you.

So, whomever YOU are, the EE does know all about you, but if YOU want me to know all about YOU, that is YOUR job to tell me. My relationship with EE has no direct interest in finding out about YOU through IT. Indeed, IT likely sees you for who you are, not for how you might presently see yourself, so therein the data would be different anyway, and debatable for that.
I experience someone
How do you know? Have you ever considered the possibility that the voices in your head may be attributed to schizophrenia or some other delusion?
You have conflated my actual words with something existing in your own mind which is not what I said.

I have not ever mentioned hearing 'voices in my head'. You have me confused with someone else perhaps, but whatever, the delusion is yours regarding that.

User avatar
alexxcJRO
Guru
Posts: 1660
Joined: Wed Jun 29, 2016 4:54 am
Location: Cluj, Romania
Has thanked: 70 times
Been thanked: 220 times
Contact:

Post #87

Post by alexxcJRO »

William wrote:

The local GOD relates with the individual who is willing to stand alone as an individual within that relationship and learn from that interaction, the true nature of the local GOD, not only in relation with the individual but in relation with the universe. There are many entities throughout the universe who are local GODs, all in various stages of evolving in their experiences as planetary creators of biological forms in which to divest into.

What a bunch of convoluted nonsense! :shock: :-s :?
Anyone can make use of imagination and say anything.
But without any evidence to back up the claims what we have are just baseless assertions.
And what can be asserted without evidence can be dismissed without evidence. 8-)

Q: Do you have any evidence for your positive claims?
"It is forbidden to kill; therefore all murderers are punished unless they kill in large numbers and to the sound of trumpets."
"Properly read, the Bible is the most potent force for atheism ever conceived."
"God is a insignificant nobody. He is so unimportant that no one would even know he exists if evolution had not made possible for animals capable of abstract thought to exist and invent him"
"Two hands working can do more than a thousand clasped in prayer."

User avatar
William
Savant
Posts: 16490
Joined: Tue Jul 31, 2012 8:11 pm
Location: Te Waipounamu
Has thanked: 1037 times
Been thanked: 1950 times
Contact:

Post #88

Post by William »

[Replying to post 86 by alexxcJRO]
Q: Do you have any evidence for your positive claims?
Please provide examples regarding what you call my 'positive claims'.

User avatar
alexxcJRO
Guru
Posts: 1660
Joined: Wed Jun 29, 2016 4:54 am
Location: Cluj, Romania
Has thanked: 70 times
Been thanked: 220 times
Contact:

Post #89

Post by alexxcJRO »

William wrote: [Replying to post 86 by alexxcJRO]
Q: Do you have any evidence for your positive claims?
Please provide examples regarding what you call my 'positive claims'.

Seriously?! You really dont know?!!! :shock: :? :-s

You said there are many entities throughout the universe(Local Gods) who are part of an overall God.
You said that you communicate with one of these entities, one local GOD.

One can come and say too that he/she communicates with some high energy being trillions years old that created our universe and who told him/she that they live outside our universe as separate entities in other dimension.
This is somehow in opposite to what you said.
So who is wrong?! You or he/she or both.
Thats why evidence is vital when one makes claims and wants to be believed.

Q: Can you be kind enough to provide evidence for your claims?
"It is forbidden to kill; therefore all murderers are punished unless they kill in large numbers and to the sound of trumpets."
"Properly read, the Bible is the most potent force for atheism ever conceived."
"God is a insignificant nobody. He is so unimportant that no one would even know he exists if evolution had not made possible for animals capable of abstract thought to exist and invent him"
"Two hands working can do more than a thousand clasped in prayer."

User avatar
William
Savant
Posts: 16490
Joined: Tue Jul 31, 2012 8:11 pm
Location: Te Waipounamu
Has thanked: 1037 times
Been thanked: 1950 times
Contact:

Post #90

Post by William »

[Replying to post 88 by alexxcJRO]

Please provide examples regarding what you call my 'positive claims'.
Seriously?! You really dont know?!!!
I am not a mind reader.
You said there are many entities throughout the universe(Local Gods) who are part of an overall God.
So, you regard this as a 'positive claim'?
You said that you communicate with one of these entities, one local GOD.
Sure I did. These things were stated in the context of religious/philosophical ideas in relation to my subjective experience as a human being.
One can come and say too that he/she communicates with some high energy being trillions years old that created our universe and who told him/she that they live outside our universe as separate entities in other dimension.
This is also part of my own understanding as per various ways in which the data has been communicated to me. However, my focus is on this particular (local) universe and the existence of conscious self aware intelligent creative entities herein. The conscious self aware intelligent creative entities in other dimensions are also connected through the overall consciousness in relation to all that. Patterns within patterns...think 'fractals'...
This is somehow in opposite to what you said.
I don't see that myself, and you haven't elaborated so I can't really comment further until you do.
So who is wrong?! You or he/she or both.
From what I can glean from what you are saying here so far, my answer is 'neither'. If you elaborate I can expand on my answer.
Thats why evidence is vital when one makes claims and wants to be believed.
Why do you presume I want anyone to believe what I shared re the Earth Entity, my idea of GOD or other such related ideas? I do not share because I am motivated to get other people to think the same as I do.
Q: Can you be kind enough to provide evidence for your claims?
A: I assume you are asking for scientific evidence. If so, please read this recent post I made in answer to another demand for burden of proof as it will apply to you as well.

Assuming this is what you are demanding - scientific evidence re my positive claims, here is a snippet from that post - I quote myself:
Not to say I do not understand the rational behind the statement itself, but I do not accept how you are using the statement so inappropriately.

For example, IF I were someone who was claiming that every Sunday without fail, people congregate around me because I have the power to cure all sickness and other ailments, THEN you could claim that such a claim can be scientifically tested, and I imagine you could come up with some ideas on how to do that in order to back up your claim. Right?

But not in relation to my claim,...

Post Reply