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I am a collection of chemicals that interact with one another and that interact with other beings.
Thanks, just to drill a bit deeper; accepting that, which I do, would you affirm that humanity including every individual human, possesses the characteristic of self-transcendence?
Not necessarily. It could be space aliens.
And you are limiting God here. If God exists, there nothing to prevent God from planting wishes into people.
eudaimonia,
Mark
It would seem to be your own no matter what.
No. You do not know how does the brain work. It works differently with God or without God. That is how God talk to His people.
For the Christian God, something He simply won't do. I think any other god would have a similar property.
Thanks, just to drill a bit deeper; accepting that, which I do, would you affirm that humanity including every individual human, possesses the characteristic of self-transcendence?
A quick question, if I may. How are you defining/describing the "characteristic of self-transcendence" here?
The quality of 'going out from oneself'.
The quality of 'going out from omeself'.
No. You do not know how does the brain work. It works differently with God or without God. That is how God talk to His people.
The only reason I haven't asked another questionis that I am not really sure what to ask. You're views seem similar to the ones I once held and also seem similar to my wife's.
Care to qualify that with research? Because researchers would beg to differ.
If your god told you to kill someone, would you?
No, for the juvenissun God, something He simply won't do. I doubt that all Christians would agree with you.
eudaimonia,
Mark
No. You do not know how does the brain work. It works differently with God or without God. That is how God talk to His people.
You can do an experiment: Put two identical twin (just born or even in the womb) in exactly the same environment for one day. Then test what have they learned from the environment.
I bet they learned different thing.
Can you explain why?
How exactly do you go about testing what a new born has learned?
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