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That's crap.

A better one is this: Marxism is based on the false premise that a bureaucrat with absolute power to seize and distribute resources will do so impartially - or competently.

What I am asking is how can one determine whether a premise about reality is true if one is questioning the very way in which any such premise can be proven/disproven - perception. It's the nature of perception and it's relationship to consciousness that you should be exploring. There is consciousne...

Any knowledge of a reality outside the mind is based on perception, but because of this there is the possibility that that perception is deceitful, in terms of the solipsistic position. Some thought should be given to the question that if this is the case, what produces consciousness and perception ...

I would describe it like this: Interaction is a fundamental prerequisite to existence. To affect and be affected allows an observer to ascertain whether a phenomenon can be considered "real". But to be under such a condition of constant interactivity necessitates constant mutability; a phe...

Heraclitus' Flux is the earliest expression of that idea. But since for me this is incorporated into an infinite regress (and progress) where as you've seen causation is not broken into distinct events like cause-effect but is instead a constant flow and flux, it must also exclude the possibility of...

'just'...another link in the chain? It is the chain. For you even to have a grounding of cognition, it quite possibly had to exist. So... you've conceded that ex nihilo god as creator of the universe is impossible. Then you redirect into god being causality itself. Or the "force" behind, ...

So do you agree that a 'God' could be a result of causality? No. Because you would then have to show me god. A god which is subject to causality and therefore not really god. Why would you not consider an entity to be God if it was as a result of causality? That's just quibbling over a definition. ...

We've been over this, moron. :lol: Have we!? But I think I owe my apologies to the 'dog' as it seems you are TJH and apaosha was the style I recognised. Tis true, we're hunting for retardation. Look who bit. Is Mtymnd1 still here? "We" :lol: Try the detergents forum for the retarded. I do...

No. But one inescapably finds that this preconception is very common among them, though not as developed as my treatment of it here. So do you agree that a 'God' could be a result of causality? No. Because you would then have to show me god. A god which is subject to causality and therefore not rea...

This interactivity constitutes Time, which is a measure of change. Not necessarily. It might just seem that way. What if there is no change, other than a change of perspective? Any moment in time is both past and future, depending on our point of view. The distinction between past and future is mad...

Arising_uk wrote:Weren't you banned?

We've been over this, moron.

But I see you're still following the goat around. *bleat* *bleat*

Tis true, we're hunting for retardation. Look who bit. Is Mtymnd1 still here?

I see it differently. Firstly I distinguish between Isness and existence which reveals the logic of first cause. God IS and the Universe EXISTS. Are you saying that god is not subject to time? If so he does not change, meaning he could not have created the universe. The states of non-creation and c...

Yours are exactly the concerns I've addressed, such that I agree that this is the main consideration as to the efficacy of 'free' will. But I see that in fact it is not insurmountable. Much work and time is required, yes, but the possibility has not been necessarily negated. Especially as seen thro...

Since my reply was not approved until 2 days after I posted, I'm going to quote myself: Seems like people enjoy dismissing any influence the past might have on us. Consciousness is the effect of the brain organ. When this organ is damaged the mind is damaged. It follows that the condition of the min...

If we are to construct a metaphysics there are some things that we must start with. Firstly, the acceptance that we can only perceive reality through the medium of our senses, meaning that we are removed from a direct, absolute perspective, and that these senses are limited. To be perceptible howeve...