"Annoying" Philosophical Questions

[Godlovesmetwo]

Buddhists have the weirdest definition of enlightenment. Instead of, as in Christianity, realizing Truth, they do all the can to ignore it and move around it.

I'm not sure that is fully correct either. maybe they feel "truth" is impossible to pin down, as we western thinkers like to do.

 

[Left]

I believe you. You seem aloof. But I bet you can tell when new philosophical ideas enter the forum, can't you?

Maybe.

I'm new to this whole "caring" thing. As an example of this, I considered my best short relationship ever to be with a girl who didn't believe in displays of affection or in drama.

 

[Emli]

Yes, Buddhists are strange in that regard, and it makes me glad that the Christian meaning of knowledge and wisdom is, to some degree, a matter of connecting to God as He is and being imparted with a relationship to God that is not simply the divesting of one's individual identity. As Christians, we are just a drop in the Ocean that decides to jump back into the Ocean, melding away to become nothing more than "one" with the Ocean. We have Christ, and He made us to be who we are....and as we will be.

And by the way, if I haven't already said so, "Welcome to CF!" (...and CF is not the Machine).

Peace,
2PhiloVoid

Yes, exactly. As Christians, we become someone new, someone better, something more, not less, than we was before.

Thank you for welcoming me.

The forums are great. I came here in a blind, irrational panic, seeking help, got into some arguments (which God used to help me deal with my issues), and then I got stuck! I feel like I'm addicted to this weird and wonderful place already.

 

[Emli]

I'm not sure that is fully correct either. maybe they feel "truth" is impossible to pin down, as we western thinkers like to do.

That may or may not be true.

 

[Left]

I'm addicted too. I just need to have more positive emotions and less negative ones...

 

[Emli]

Maybe.

I'm new to this whole "caring" thing. As an example of this, I considered my best short relationship ever to be with a girl who didn't believe in displays of affection or in drama.

I was also new to caring about people until a while back. It was kind of dead inside, so I know what you mean.

Here is some wisdom for you:
"A quarrelsome wife is like the dripping of a leaky roof in a rainstorm; restraining her is like restraining the wind or grasping oil with the hand." Proverbs 27:15-16

 

[Godlovesmetwo]

I feel like I'm addicted to this weird and wonderful place already.

enjoy the honeymoon period but there are side effects to CF addiction unfort.

 

[Left]

I'm thinking about making the Recreation Room (Forums games, in other words) my new haven instead of philosophy and theology subjects. It's so much more lighthearted to do so.

 

[Godlovesmetwo]

I'm thinking about making the Recreation Room (Forums games, in other words) my new haven instead of philosophy and theology subjects. It's so much more lighthearted to do so.

I guess we will all have to follow you over there then.
no sarcasm intended btw

 

[Emli]

enjoy the honeymoon period but there are side effects to CF addiction unfort.

Like what?

 

[chevyontheriver]

Some outside world which the people call "offline".

Rumor has it there is also a 3D world out there somewhere. I wouldn't know how to get there.

 

[Left]

Rumor has it there is also a 3D world out there somewhere. I wouldn't know how to get there.

Seriously though, if we ever called the world 3D on here, we would have people arguing it's 2D, 4D, etc.

 

[Godlovesmetwo]

Like what?

well, I had a dream the other day about Theory of Forms for instance
cant get him out of my head

 

[chevyontheriver]

Seriously though, if we ever called the world 3D on here, we would have people arguing it's 2D, 4D, etc.

Your Baptist might go for 2D, Methodist for 4D, Catholic for 17D, Orthodox ....
And then the deniers, who would say none of that is in the Bible so there are no D's at all.

 

[Left]

well, I had a dream the other day about Theory of Forms for instance
cant get him out of my head

Aw, that's so sweet. I dream about you too haha.

 

[chevyontheriver]

well, I had a dream the other day about Theory of Forms for instance
cant get him out of my head

Perhaps he really IS in your head. Have you considered that one? To me, that would be one of the most annoying philosophical questions, the questioning of any and all reality. Philosophical Realism has it's advantages.

 

[Emli]

well, I had a dream the other day about Theory of Forms for instance
cant get him out of my head

Now, that is some serious side effect.

 

[Godlovesmetwo]

Now, that is some serious side effect.

I know several posters have lost sleep, tossing and turning about bettercallpaul. "I just wish he would say he loved me"
These are just some of the drawbacks to being a CF rockstar. Its a huge responsibility.

 

[Mountainmike]

What is the most irritating, mind-numbing philosophical question a person can ask?

Does it exist before you observe it?

 

[Left]

I know several posters have lost sleep, tossing and turning about bettercallpaul. "I just wish he would say he loved me"
These are just some of the drawbacks to being a CF rockstar. Its a huge responsibility.

Yep. Man after man clawing your door down, wanting an autograph. Must be difficult.