Wouldn't that merely be space?That things change is obvious, but what allows them to is less so. — AJJ
How would you interpret the resurrection of Lazarus then?There are references to "soul" in the Old Testament, and none in the New Testament. None refer to a soul being immortal. — Relativist
Very well.I think it's a misleading statement. A door is a door. It allows passage, or it allows access to a passage, but it is not in itself a passage. Having (effectively) zero thickness, the one thing a door is not is a passage. A passage has length; it takes you from one place (one end) to another (the other end); it traverses distance. — Pattern-chaser
I'm sheathing the door, hoping it fits.Now you're investigating the different meanings that "open" and "clear" can carry? — Pattern-chaser
Nothing important - moreso I'm just following through.Now I am completely and utterly lost.
What is the point of this diversion???
What are you trying to tell/show us??? — Pattern-chaser
Pardon me, if my explanation is shoddy.I really don't understand this. The modeler has created the weather model to allow her to predict the real weather. They are no more the same than the word "weather" is the same as the rain and clouds. — T Clark
And that's the - problem, maybe?I wrote elsewhere, I can't remember if it was in this thread, I don't believe that objective reality exists. That's not quite right. What I really believe is that it is not a very useful way of thinking about things in many situations. As I've said many times, the existence of objective reality is a metaphysical question and, as such, it doesn't have a yes or no answer. — T Clark
Do you drive through the garage door or do you move it?Next time try driving through the wall as they are the same thing right. — Sir2u
Now you're getting it.But a door offers extra function, just to confuse us. :wink: — Pattern-chaser
Thus framed, the point is the will of the wisp.Is there a point to the mystery we're creating here? A door is a movable barrier. What are we chasing here, Shamshir? :chin: — Pattern-chaser
If there is no objective truth, is there subjective truth?I do not believe that absolute or objective truth exists. — T Clark
Would you like to be bullied, puppet?If a person who worships lies (ie. "believes" something that is not true) hears a truth that undermines their "belief", they will hate the person speaking the truth and accuse them of hate speech because it is how they themselves feel: hatred. — A Gnostic Agnostic
And there are doorflaps within doorflaps.they install doors in them — Sir2u
And thus - we come around again — Shamshir
A bad name? What name? No name.It's sad because he gives Gnosticism a bad name. — 3017amen
What of faith in evidence?Now that I brought it up, what about "faith"? Isn't that belief despite lack of evidence? — TheMadFool
Not food, nor water, nor air - yet surely, reason he has denied you.Have you denied your children what they need to survive?
God did. — Gnostic Christian Bishop
If it is impossible to predict whether a tortoise will fall on your head and the impact will kill you, then do not leave your home, lest fortune claims your life.If it is impossible to get consent and a future action leads to unknown suffering that affects an actual person, then do not procreate that person who will be affected by being born and who will experience unknown suffering. — schopenhauer1
What of the insects?Suicide hasn't been observed in non-human animals as far as I know. — TheMadFool
Generally this is not so.Generally there is no purpose to human existence. — schopenhauer1
What's not symmetrical?Horrible only to the extent required by symmetry which is mathematical. — TheMadFool