Posts by Halcon

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Is Jesus the Creator?

by Sea Breeze in

that's what the word says.

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colossians 1:16. for by him all things were created, both in the heavens and on earth, visible and invisible, whether thrones or dominions or rulers or authorities—all things have been created through him and for him..

Halcon

Do they, really? I strongly suspect that, if I asked people even in one geographic region, I would get many different descriptions of what that means. And this assumes they belong to the same religion and acknowledge the same god.

To this you can add how they feel about themselves on any given day. A person who considers himself a sinner one day may feel despondent in regards to God. A person who considers himself obedient will feel better about God.

But none of it changes the fact that they will tell you that they feel God in their hearts.

Or how about the person who is inexplicably happy over the loss of someone or something? Or the person who is sad over gaining something and can't tell you why, they just are?

Would we tell them that they are feeling the wrong kind of happy or the wrong kind of sad, and base our argument on testable claims and reliable data?

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GB Update - Meet the new GB members

by eyeslice in

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i overheard my wife listening to '2023 governing body update #2, presented by kenneth cook jnr.

a few points i got from it.. new hour requirements.

quote "with the new hour requirements for pioneers, many us us can share in the pioneer work.

Halcon

Interesting, what are the new pioneer hourly requirements now?

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Is Jesus the Creator?

by Sea Breeze in

that's what the word says.

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colossians 1:16. for by him all things were created, both in the heavens and on earth, visible and invisible, whether thrones or dominions or rulers or authorities—all things have been created through him and for him..

Halcon

Jojo-Now I feel like a burger. Just writing this produced a neuro-chemical reaction that made my mouth water.

But wait, wasn't the thought of a burger what triggered your neuro chemical reaction?

Yet rivergang and yourself claimed that the metaphysical phenomena of thought and emotion always follows the chemical reaction.

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Is Jesus the Creator?

by Sea Breeze in

that's what the word says.

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colossians 1:16. for by him all things were created, both in the heavens and on earth, visible and invisible, whether thrones or dominions or rulers or authorities—all things have been created through him and for him..

Halcon

Across societies and nations, people can agree on how it feels to be happy or sad.

Across societies and nations, people can agree on how it feels to have God in their hearts.

Why is my statement above any less true than yours?

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Is Jesus the Creator?

by Sea Breeze in

that's what the word says.

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colossians 1:16. for by him all things were created, both in the heavens and on earth, visible and invisible, whether thrones or dominions or rulers or authorities—all things have been created through him and for him..

Halcon

You where the one arguing that your feelings and inner thoughts met the standard for objective truth/reality. As I said that is the domain of theoretical pure religion.

Interesting how you categorize thoughts and emotions the same as theoretical pure religion. This is what I was referring to when I responded to tonus, you either legitimize all metaphysical phenomena or are forced to discard it all.

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Is Jesus the Creator?

by Sea Breeze in

that's what the word says.

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colossians 1:16. for by him all things were created, both in the heavens and on earth, visible and invisible, whether thrones or dominions or rulers or authorities—all things have been created through him and for him..

Halcon

Do you wish us to equate your belief in God/s to be equated with fantasy?

Perhaps you would attempt to do this the same way you would equate jealousy and envy to fantasy. If not, why?

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Is Jesus the Creator?

by Sea Breeze in

that's what the word says.

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colossians 1:16. for by him all things were created, both in the heavens and on earth, visible and invisible, whether thrones or dominions or rulers or authorities—all things have been created through him and for him..

Halcon

I'm not sure if legitimizing is the right word. If the human brain is the source of all of our gods and related beings and worlds, that wouldn't necessarily make them real.

Then the brain, a very physical thing with all its chemical reactions, cannot be the ultimate determiner of which metaphysical phenomena is real or not.

The question would be, are there any that are real? How would we confirm that, if we have defined them in such a way to make it impossible to do so?

Good questions, if the brain can't, who or what makes the ultimate decision on wether something like desire, longing, melancholy is actually real?

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Is Jesus the Creator?

by Sea Breeze in

that's what the word says.

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colossians 1:16. for by him all things were created, both in the heavens and on earth, visible and invisible, whether thrones or dominions or rulers or authorities—all things have been created through him and for him..

Halcon

Is there any way to demonstrate metaphysical phenomena that are not the product of the physical world? After all, if the one property of the metaphysical that we can define is that it is the product of the physical world, then that would necessarily apply to all metaphysical phenomena until shown otherwise.

This is a good question. Because now we are legitimizing all metaphysical phenomena since it comes from the physical brain. Or not.

But if not, why? Shouldn't the brain be sufficient to legitimize all thoughts and emotions?

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Is Jesus the Creator?

by Sea Breeze in

that's what the word says.

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colossians 1:16. for by him all things were created, both in the heavens and on earth, visible and invisible, whether thrones or dominions or rulers or authorities—all things have been created through him and for him..

Halcon

However, they are closely related to physical in the sense that a physical event may cause feelings of fear, anxiety, arousal etc. The 'feelings' we experience are caused by neuro-chemical reactions.

The feelings of empathy, kindness and consideration are simply byproducts of a chemical reaction?

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Is Jesus the Creator?

by Sea Breeze in

that's what the word says.

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colossians 1:16. for by him all things were created, both in the heavens and on earth, visible and invisible, whether thrones or dominions or rulers or authorities—all things have been created through him and for him..

Halcon

But love can also be an illusion if not positively evidenced.

If not positively evidenced? How would this be done?