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surreptitious57 wrote: ↑Sat Nov 10, 2018 3:02 pm Say what you want and let it be and stop being concerned about whether I will like it as it does not matter

Of course. That is what I was doing! I spoke of God - the cause of everything that exists.

But you made a conscious effort to ask me to stop using that word. What must I make of this?
If the word didn't bother you then you wouldn't have asked me to not-use it in the first place!

But you did ask. And I am left with an open question: why?

One hypothesis was "to improve communication and minimise misunderstanding", but you didn't offer a better word, so you actually hindered communication!

So the question remains unanswered: Why did you ask me to stop using the word 'God'?

TimeSeeker wrote:
So the question remains unanswered Why did you ask me to stop using the word God

I have already answered this and as there is no more to be said here I will leave now

surreptitious57 wrote: ↑Sat Nov 10, 2018 3:25 pm

TimeSeeker wrote:
So the question remains unanswered Why did you ask me to stop using the word God

I have already answered this and as there is no more to be said here I will leave now

Well, sure. But your answer only added to the confusion.

If you say you "don't care what words I use" and you are giving me your blessing to "say what I want without concern" and "not censor myself" while on the other hand you also ask me to "not use a word" one might be forgiven for thinking you don't know what you want

There is also the other open question: Why do you accept 'energy' but reject 'god' when the arguments and evidence for both are identical?