Devotion · Semo-Regulars
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Great. It was all good stuff. Your presentation is quite clear and concise, at least sentence by sentence. However, I feel the knowledge is poorly introduced, you just kind of start off in the middle of nowhere. I can understand the particular things you are talking about, but fail to grasp the "bigger picture" of your…
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It is a mistake to think that expressed traits (phenotype) correspond directly with a singular gene (genotype). My understanding is that this is not how our encoded programming (genetics) work i.e. everything is causally determined in a single way. For example, the occurence that we give the name "homosexuality" may or may…
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If psychactives count, then yeah, overuse is going to reduce efficacy.
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Sure, the rock is an actual occurence. Everything that exists is an actual occurence. That doesn't mean all actual occurences are the same. In this case I am making the distinction between spiritual being, and material doing. Material can do, but only spirit can be; though both these things are actual occurences. That's…
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I think what he means by "self-evident" is not that it is obvious or in plain view, but rather if you explore your "self", you can find the answers within your "self". I'm sure we all have had the experience of knowing and not knowing. It is silly to say because everybody is not born knowing, or that many people do not…
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But is "To do is to be"? I make a distinction between being and doing. A rock can do, a rock cannot be. At least not in the same manner as you and I.
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If you wish to be pedantic "Be what though wilt" is truer a statement than "Do what though wilt".
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"Be what though wilt" is closer to the truth.
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Hmm. It seems alot of people who are anti-religion/ non-religious feel that the existence of "aliens" and religious, errr, teachings are ireconcialable. Perhaps because this means that there is no "personal God answering your prayers"? In terms of Christianity, one could argue that both Yahweh and Yeshua are aliens. Yahweh…
