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  1. Everybodyknows

    This has to be reported

    Tear pages out of Bible Mix pages in a large bowl Serve new religion while hot
  2. Everybodyknows

    My Interglacial Challenge

    Checked freezer. Yes.
  3. Everybodyknows

    staying in a marriage where spouse is violent on a regular basis?

    I wouldn't recommend this. The problem is that the partner suffering the violence will be the one initiating the counseling. The violent partner will see this as a confrontation and may well escalate the violence. It's better for her to get out to a safe place first
  4. Everybodyknows

    I cheated... feeling guilty

    The real problem is the betrayal of trust of one you supposedly love I would think.
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    I cheated... feeling guilty

    :scratch: This is just silly. Ask yourself how does it feel for her? Does she feel cheated on?
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    I cheated... feeling guilty

    Marriage will solve nothing. Whatever problems you have before the marriage you will bring into the marriage. Sorry to be blunt, but many young and naive people seem to think that there is some kind of magic that happens when you get married and your issues just disappear. It might feel like...
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    Is my "soul" me in any meaningful way, and why should I be concerned?

    Welcome to the philosophy forum, the place where you are free to ask any question and 100 people will tell you that you are wrong
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    Reality vs Atheism?

    The first video is not available in my country. The second is old news that has been known for about a hundred years.
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    Question about waves

    I think you will find your answer in Quantum Field Theory.
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    Is my "soul" me in any meaningful way, and why should I be concerned?

    In a way this is already possible via genetic cloning. The result of the copying is essentially an identical twin just as aware and conscious as yourself. It gets tricky when we get down to the level of recreating thoughts and memories. I don't know enough about this to be certain, but going...
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    Is my "soul" me in any meaningful way, and why should I be concerned?

    It's an interesting thought experiment. I was addressing your implied suggestion that this kind of technology is a few years off. In a sense this kind of thought experiment is not that different to time travel paradoxes in that if we allow for violations of the laws of physics we end up with...
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    Is my "soul" me in any meaningful way, and why should I be concerned?

    The no cloning theorem and no teleportation theorem rule out copying or transfer of unknown quantum states. To clone a brain we would not only need to replicate every cell, but we would need to copy the exact quantum state of every particle.
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    Determinism, Compatibilism, Libertarian Free Will

    We must establish moral responsibility in the first place before we can even discuss fairness of punishment. Under hard determinism we are not responsible for our moral actions in any way so any punishment at all would be technically unfair. You seem to be a Hard Incompatiblist, wherein you feel...
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    Did God determine his own nature?

    Yes ok, there is no process of him becoming God, that would mean he's not eternal. But logically if he is the reason for his own nature then he exists in an eternally perpetual state of self determinism. This would be option 1 from my post #162. Otherwise if he just is what he is because he has...
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    Did God determine his own nature?

    When I started the thread I hadn't really thought about it to hard. I didn't realise the philosophical can of worms I was opening. I think the answer is probably beyond human comprehension, but it's been interesting to see different views nonetheless. Are you essentially saying that God is self...
  16. Everybodyknows

    Did God determine his own nature?

    I'm not thinking of God within time, nor am I saying that he changed in any way. Answer me this question: Is there a reason for God's Nature?
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    Did God determine his own nature?

    Well originally I was thinking there are three possibilities. God determined his own nature Some factor outside of God determined his nature There is no reason his nature is what it is. It's essentially just random. One is obviously circular, so we may as well say God created himself. Two...
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    Determinism, Compatibilism, Libertarian Free Will

    I think there are two separate issues here. The first is the question of whether the universe is deterministic or non-deterministic. Quantum mechanics leaves open the possibility that that reality is non-deterministic. Look up bell's inequality as a proof that there is no underlying...
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    Did God determine his own nature?

    What about a universe without time? Cause and effect require time, a timeless state would be static. Randomness also requires time. I bring this up because most Christians view God a being outside of time. If the supernatural realm has laws that govern it and God exists within this realm, would...