We can't know there are no gods — Tom Storm

I struggle to understand how you fail to see that The Trinity, centuries before QM, claimed the superposition of three entities, one of them flesh and blood. — ucarr

It all depends on how it's done I guess. — Vera Mont

What it means for an individual's sense of wellbeing if their beliefs are overturned. Personal, psychological and political. [ ... ] The short stories and fiction can raise philosophical questions in a more creative, perhaps acceptable way ... — Amity

I think it would work really well as an 'episode' in a novel of linked short stories.

The mythology is interesting, though I don't quite follow all of it. There is some wonderful description and imagery. — Vera Mont

I can definitely see this in a larger context - I suppose the novel would have to be about the adventures of the heroine and her mercenary, so this would be at the beginning.

Is that nit-picking?

I've been rereading the Black Company because I think Cook does a good job at this, even though his story and setting are much less complex. — Count Timothy von Icarus

I might ask, is it possible that darkness could ever be considered good? — chiknsld

I did not claim or imply that your "argument is unintelligible"; rather that the implication of 'compatibility of your supernaturalism with fundamental conservation laws' is not even false.
— 180 Proof

Your pseudo-scientistic supernaturalism, ucarr, is unintelligible – mostly word-salad – to me.
— 180 Proof

How do you reconcile the two above quotes? — ucarr

In a previous portion of this thread, the energy was referred to as "Kundalini" from ancient Hindu traditions. Which is most certainly known of by science. But would be rejected as "woo woo" by most materialists. — Bret Bernhoft

In truth, there was only one christian and he died on the cross. — Friedrich Nietzsche

One need merely say 'Tübingen Seminary' to understand what German philosophy is at bottom: an insidious theology. The Swabians are the best liars in Germany: they lie innocently. — Friedrich Nietzsche, 1888

Heidegger lies notoriously always and everywhere and wherever he can. — Hannah Arendt (1950ish)

One can forgive many Germans but there are some Germans it is difficult to forgive. It is difficult to forgive Heidegger. — Emmanuel Levinas, 1974

[W]hat is the difference between empty space and nothing? — NotAristotle

If paired-particles are instant communication across unspecified distance, that range exceeds the measureable space within a physically closed universe. — ucarr

This argument might be false, as suggested by your specific counter-narrative; it is not unintelligible.

My claims[speculations] are falsifiable... — ucarr

Since you're dismissing the metaphysics of my super-naturalistic universe as fiction — ucarr

The supernatural? If so, that's just not good enough! For many many reasons, including the fact that the supernatural or super-nature or god, are unfalsifiable proposals. — universeness

The amount of wisdom [insights] that can be sussed out from the Hindu traditions is mind boggling. — Bret Bernhoft

A good word for it is "Kundalini". — Bret Bernhoft

There are obviously forms of energy that strict materialists don't embrace. — Bret Bernhoft

If it's incorrect to consider your acceptable universe an example of naturalist monism, then please explain why. — ucarr

I'm sure there are many fantastic arguments in the world against materialism, but I suspect they mostly come from people who [don't] know what materialists think. — flannel jesus

In fact, religion limits [retards] moral development. — praxis

Is causally closed somewhere in the neighborhood of necessarily closed? — ucarr

Is speculative, causal, non-closure in the neighborhood of necessarily open?

Do you think my supposed quest for a necessarily open universe is a quest for establishment of cosmic sentience?

Do you think a causally open universe implies an increase of mass_energy that violates the 1st law of thermodynamics?

Do you think a causally closed universe entails a partially deterministic universe?

Conjecturing a causally open universe that is transcendent non-ontically, what do you imagine such a universe would look like structurally speaking? Would it be consistent with conservation?

Do you see that one implication of your statements is that atheism is predicated upon a monist metaphysics?

Do you see that an implication of monist metaphysics is that the metaphysics of theism, with its dualism of mass_energy/spirit, propounds a false binary?

Are you asking how an open network of subsystems configures conservation within its domain? — ucarr

Do you perceive a conflict between conservation and and something implied by an open network of subsystems?

What does it mean to talk past someone?

Why should not the general public talk about the concept "universe"?

What did you think I was saying about the concept "universe"?

Why was your impression of what I might be saying about the concept "universe" of interest to you?

I wonder what happens to reality when we sleep. — Cidat