I'm comfortable with half-truth's existing. — 3017amen
a nice poem on God, a mottled color of truth — 3017amen
So, you're saying God should not be understood as a physical entity, but as a metaphysical concept? — Echarmion
Which would be the correct attribute or relation to describe metaphysical concepts, if "existence/nonexistence" cannot be used? Truth/Falsehood? — Echarmion
"... why should a human have goals? For what purpose?" --3017amen
There are no shoulds or purposes other than thinking about things in those terms. So you're looking for an answer that can't be had--it's a category error. People do think in terms of normatives and purposes and so on. It's simply a contingent fact of brain evolution. There's no purpose, there's no "should" to brains evolving as they did. — Terrapin Station
Do theists understand what it is they think exists? — Janus
I think, through practice, you 'understand' it in your bones. You might not be able to spell it out, say what it is, but you understand it by exemplifying it. — Wayfarer
In any case can a human eradicate their goals and purposes? — 3017amen
The subject has compelling evidence for the existence of god. — ZzzoneiroCosm
Is that Nihilism? — 3017amen
Why not? Couldn't one have a goal of Nilhilism? — 3017amen
That's what I'm left with if you say that humans have no goals. — 3017amen
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