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When (if) you do have some idea, then maybe we can have a discussion at that point, about if it is rational. Since you don't and we are having such problems with simple words, then there is no possibility of us having any type of actual exchange of ideas.
Yeah, must have been a misunderstanding right from the start. I was under the impression that you wanted to communicate your concepts, and you wanted to explain why your god concept is a rational and even necessary idea.
No misunderstanding on your part. I just failed at communicating my side and you apparently have no side to communicate. I make assumptions on people being familiar and able to follow what I am saying, which is always a bad assumption to make.
...at least not when it comes to developing wild guesses about the origins of everything.
Yes, unless you are prepared for the situation when people are not familiar with your ideas and/or terminology. However, it makes me wonder why you are trying to communicate ideas of which you feel your audience is or should be familiar with, anyways.
It's the philosophy of Plato. The guy who gave birth to western philosophy. You would think more people would be familiar with his work, especially on a philosophy board but that is rarely the case. Even when I admittedly don't explain myself as well as I should or use the proper terminology; if you are familiar with the philosophical thinking of the past two millenia then what I'm saying shouldn't be difficult to understand. It's impossible to understand though if you are unfamiliar with the subject and are working with the assumption that the concepts should be understood as superstitious entities instead of rationally.
Ah, there it is again.
??? That is the reality of the situation. It wasn't directed at you specifically. Everyone who is unfamiliar with the subject and makes superstitious assumptions will be unable to follow the conversation. Now if that is what you are doing, I can't be sure. You haven't said anything that makes me think you you are familiar with philosophy. Nor do I recall how you differentiate between rational and superstitious understandings of God or spiritual entities but that doesn't mean you can't. You just haven't demonstrated the ability that I know of. No need to sigh, just explaining the situation you face when discussing philosophy with people uninformed on the subject. (Again that doesn't mean you.)Ah, there it is again.
You are encouraged to cite the examples that you are using to build your understanding of the Christian God. I thought you were limited to just understanding it as a "character in a book" so if you can propose an actual understanding of God that you think they are working with, that would be great.
Ok maybe we can try again later when you can articulate any understanding of God whatsoever.
