Gesundheit

Spirituality circular logic

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- God is good.

+ How and why did you conclude that?

- Everything that is, is good. If it wasn't good it couldn't and therefore wouldn't be. (epitome of circular logic).

+ Okay. How do you know that?

- Because God is perfect and only creates good things. If you are omniscient and omnipotent, what kind of things will you manifest?

+ All kinds of things, not necessarily good things. There seems to be a missing link here. What do omniscience and omnipotence have to do with goodness? What is the relationship between goodness and knowing and power?

- You are not awake, devil.

:P

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If you have no confidence in yourself, you are twice defeated in the race of life. But with confidence you have won, even before you start.” -- Marcus Garvey

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Tautology and Strange Loops intensifies

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Hark ye yet again — the little lower layer. All visible objects, man, are but as pasteboard masks. But in each event — in the living act, the undoubted deed — there, some unknown but still reasoning thing puts forth the mouldings of its features from behind the unreasoning mask. If man will strike, strike through the mask! How can the prisoner reach outside except by thrusting through the wall? To me, the white whale is that wall, shoved near to me. Sometimes I think there's naught beyond. But 'tis enough.

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6 minutes ago, lmfao said:

Tautology and Strange Loops intensify  

What?


If you have no confidence in yourself, you are twice defeated in the race of life. But with confidence you have won, even before you start.” -- Marcus Garvey

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Hark ye yet again — the little lower layer. All visible objects, man, are but as pasteboard masks. But in each event — in the living act, the undoubted deed — there, some unknown but still reasoning thing puts forth the mouldings of its features from behind the unreasoning mask. If man will strike, strike through the mask! How can the prisoner reach outside except by thrusting through the wall? To me, the white whale is that wall, shoved near to me. Sometimes I think there's naught beyond. But 'tis enough.

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32 minutes ago, Gesundheit said:

You are not awake, devil.

At least you got this part right ;)

God is an infinite circle. Circularity is not a bug, it's the main feature.


You are God. You are Truth. You are Love. You are Infinity.

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53 minutes ago, Gesundheit said:

Everything that is, is good.

You can turn this into "everything that is, is evil" and your circular logic would still work.

 

54 minutes ago, Gesundheit said:

Because God is perfect and only creates good things. If you are omniscient and omnipotent, what kind of things will you manifest?

How do you know there is god? Also, omniscient and omnipotent are loaded words. How do you know such thing exists? 

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6 hours ago, Leo Gura said:

God is an infinite circle.

No. That is a just circular concept you created. God is an infinite point, meaning that it's exactly itself. How could it be anything else?

6 hours ago, Leo Gura said:

Circularity is not a bug, it's the main feature.

Another circular reasoning. Maybe circles exist, but to make them a bug or a feature is a bit going too far, don't you think? ?


If you have no confidence in yourself, you are twice defeated in the race of life. But with confidence you have won, even before you start.” -- Marcus Garvey

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5 hours ago, arlin said:

How do you know there is god? Also, omniscient and omnipotent are loaded words. How do you know such thing exists? 

That is good skepticism if you're not convinced. You don't have to take anything for granted. You can verify those things for yourself.

5 hours ago, arlin said:

You can turn this into "everything that is, is evil" and your circular logic would still work.

If I'm determined, who can convince me otherwise? ;)


If you have no confidence in yourself, you are twice defeated in the race of life. But with confidence you have won, even before you start.” -- Marcus Garvey

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1 hour ago, Proserpina said:

Cain & Abel. 

Huh? Is this another meme?

Or are you implying that the story is based on circular logic too?


If you have no confidence in yourself, you are twice defeated in the race of life. But with confidence you have won, even before you start.” -- Marcus Garvey

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All dualities and forms eventually circle back around into themselves.


You are God. You are Truth. You are Love. You are Infinity.

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11 minutes ago, Leo Gura said:

All dualities and forms eventually circle back around into themselves.

But you would still say there's absolute goodness and absolute love?


If you have no confidence in yourself, you are twice defeated in the race of life. But with confidence you have won, even before you start.” -- Marcus Garvey

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@Leo Gura  hey Leo, what do you think of this guy?

The reason why hundreds of people, including "gurus" like Leo Gura, who despite having done hundreds of psychedelics trips and claims to have accessed states of consciousness more powerful than anyone alive, never straight up admitted that he's enlightened is because of one simple reason, he's not there yet lol. If you're still searching and thinking that "enlightenment" is some never ending infinite goal, then you're not "there" yet. That's it! If Buddha or Christ came down from the sky and tell the @being_frank_yang character that, "yo brah, there's more to go", he'll give him a kiss and say, "no thanks I'm good and 10000% content with the present moment", which is that which cannot be simpler! Every nano particle is both infinite, empty, full, and totally awake since day 0! It's what you are right now. Every nano moment of your life is made of of IT! Check out the video in the link in bio if you want to see a live capture of The Thing. #abstractart #Absolute # emptiness #apple.
 

 

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It isn’t the subject of this thread but I’d also like to know Leo’s thoughts on Frank Yang

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You want to distinguish good from bad. God has no distinctions.


Intrinsic joy is revealed in the marriage of meaning and being.

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1 hour ago, Jg17 said:

It isn’t the subject of this thread but I’d also like to know Leo’s thoughts on Frank Yang

True. Had too many tabs open, sorry :) Still like to hear Leo's perspective, wherever he replays.

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