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Originally posted by sumydidBut failing tests is the joy of being human. 😵
Stay on topic. ðŸ˜
You're failing the test! ðŸ˜
Originally posted by josephwWell I certainly did not mean to discourage you.
Not offended. Discouraged.
Originally posted by josephwThere is no evidence for one.
This is a test to see if any can stay on topic, and to see who can use objective reason and logic without resorting to innuendo, insults, personal attacks and other emotionally driven invectives. No resolution to the topic is required. Just sincere, honest and respectful debate. Off topic replies will be considered as an admission of defeat.
Good luck! He ...[text shortened]... e for, and the creator of all that exists, whether it be visible or invisible, know or unknown?
Originally posted by whodeyIt isn't the forum that discourages me.
Well I certainly did not mean to discourage you.
One thing I have expereinced is that when we take forums a little too seriously, which we all have at times, discouragement is right around the corner.
Just a little advice Joeseph.
Originally posted by josephwNormally the putative creator is considered to have created all but itself, because self-creation seems irrational or incoherent. So by this logic, there would not be a creator of "all that exists," or at least, the idea that it exists or existed when it did its creating work, conflicts with the idea that reason and logic can be applied to the subject. This might seem to be a nit, but there are different issues raised depending on the creator's "back story."
This is a test to see if any can stay on topic, and to see who can use objective reason and logic without resorting to innuendo, insults, personal attacks and other emotionally driven invectives. No resolution to the topic is required. Just sincere, honest and respectful debate. Off topic replies will be considered as an admission of defeat.
Good luck! He e for, and the creator of all that exists, whether it be visible or invisible, know or unknown?
Originally posted by googlefudgeThanks google. I appreciate your reply.
There is no evidence for one.
But no way to rule out the possibility.
However the only creator of any relevance is one that actively cares about us and intervenes
either by taking those who die to some sort of afterlife or by actively interfering with the world
we live in.
As there is no evidence of such a creator, and no explanatory value of ...[text shortened]... I see no reason to be solipsistic... [I may have just invented
that word but it works for me]