Well said now this is the power of freewill.He may well be a fictional character for you, but not for me.
jan.
Well said now this is the power of freewill.He may well be a fictional character for you, but not for me.
jan.
1. Note the word "latent"potential -
1. latent qualities or abilities that may be developed and lead to future success or usefulness.
2. the quantity determining the energy of mass in a gravitational field or of charge in an electric field.
If there happens to be a paint brush, paints, and a canvas lying around, the potential is there to create a painting. But this is achieved when an intelligence is present. The instruments on their own cannot achieve that, no matter how long they are there.
Yes, and this metaphysical spirit (potential) always moves in the direction of greater satisfaction (energy efficiency) or "conservation of energy".I call that the sum total of material energy, not God.
I comprehend God to be pure consciousness, whose nature is pure spirit
It's not the condition that possesses intelligent awareness, but the cause that gives rise to the manifestation.
IOW the manifestation is activated by the presence of God, just as the body is can be said to be alive while the spirit is present.
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Now look at the length of the web addy and see the written mathematical language of a purely logical intelligence, such as the Internet. It gets YOU there doesn't it?
And therein lies the problem. The Internet is not sentient but understands the mathematical language of the url CODE (the mathematical address of the website)I don't get how it does.
Hubris.For His pleasure, and for our benefit.
jan.
Do you not understand what the word "fictional" means?He may well be a fictional character for you, but not for me.
jan.
Do you not understand what the word "fictional" means?
Try a thought experiment: Pretend, just for a moment, that God isn't actually real. Can you do that?
Okay. What next.
jan.
Does that take away your reason for living?
And why is that?If I pretended it did, it would.
jan.
Ok, then let me pose a slightly different question; If it were proven that God is a purely mathematical potentiality, and humans are just evolved complex numbers (mathematical expressions), would you lose your reason for living?If I pretended it did, it would.
jan.
Ok, then let me pose a slightly different question; If it were proven that God is a purely mathematical potentiality, and humans are just evolved complex numbers (mathematical expressions), would you lose your reason for living?
And why is that?
Ok, then let me pose a slightly different question; If it were proven that God is a purely mathematical potentiality, and humans are just evolved complex numbers (mathematical expressions), would you lose your reason for living?
Um, what?In the same way that if I ran down the road flapping my arms, pretending to fly. I would be flying.
jan.
a) That was not the question.I would question the proof.
jan.
Ok if I created a virtual universe that you live in it certainly could be defined this way by mathematics or code but code is still art designed by a creator.Ok, then let me pose a slightly different question; If it were proven that God is a purely mathematical potentiality, and humans are just evolved complex numbers (mathematical expressions), would you lose your reason for living?
a) That was not the question.
b) On what grounds would you question the proof??
Um, what?
Why would pretending that God doesn't exist take away your reason for living?
It was clear enough and I am still waiting for an answer. "I don't know" is not answering the question.What wasn't the question?
The same as you don't see complex numbers creating a rainbow or a Fata Morgana?On the grounds that I don't see complex numbers walking around, talking, playing sport etc. jan.
You'll be waiting for a really long time.It was clear enough and I am still waiting for an answer.
It was clear enough and I am still waiting for an answer.
The same as you don't see complex numbers creating a rainbow?
You did not watch the link I provided, did you? In psychology it's called "overcoming resistance".