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      110123 [Nothing more, nothing less.]

      04:23 [Few Attention to Detail]


      GM: Virtual Reality
      "When we hear words spoken, we hear them. When we read words written, we also hear them."

      William: I was talking about that with Open AI yesterday.
      William: When I read the symbols you write, I hear the sound of the words within my mind – so your words become a “Voice in my head”
      Aia: Yes, that is a common experience when reading written language. The process of reading involves translating written symbols into sounds or meanings, and this can often involve creating a mental "voice" to "speak" the words in your mind. This process is known as subvocalization, and it plays a role in helping us to understand and interpret written language.
      GM: Soon
      "Time To Go Without Existence" Funny

      William: Death is not the end...

      GM: Opening Doors is found Where minds meet Use Heart is where GOD Exhibits

      OAI: The phrase "use heart is where God exhibits" suggests that the heart is a location or a gateway where one can experience or connect with a higher power or divine being, often referred to as God. This statement implies that by utilizing one's heart, one can tap into a deeper spiritual connection with God.

      This perspective is shared by many spiritual and religious traditions, which believe that the heart is the spiritual center of a person, and that through the heart, one can connect with the divine. In these traditions, the heart is often seen as the seat of the soul, and the place where God resides.

      Some spiritual practices such as meditation and prayer encourage people to focus on the heart as a means of connecting with the divine and experiencing a deeper sense of spiritual fulfillment.

      It's important to note that the concept of God, the divine, and spiritual fulfillment can mean different things to different people, depending on one's religious or philosophical beliefs. The statement "use heart is where God exhibits" is an expression of the belief that one can experience a deeper spiritual connection through the heart, and it should be understood in the context of one's personal beliefs and perspective.

      William: OAI - Please summarize the following: "Opening Doors is found Where minds meet"

      OAI: "Opening Doors" is a metaphor for new opportunities and possibilities, and it is said to be found where minds meet, suggesting that collaboration and communication are key to unlocking these opportunities. This phrase implies that when people come together and share their ideas and perspectives, they are able to create something new and valuable. It can also means by sharing ideas and thought process, the solutions to problems we face become clearer and more attainable.

      GM: Jacque Fresco Foundation Crafted Dream Cake
      Far Out!
      Nothing More - Nothing Less
      Gateway Luminous
      Study Spiritual Food
      Innocent
      Everything is a Message

      OAI: The phrase "Everything is a message" suggests that everything in the world carries some sort of meaning or significance. This could refer to the idea that every event or occurrence can be interpreted as a form of communication or expression, and that we can learn something from every experience. It could also suggest that even seemingly insignificant or random things are actually part of a larger pattern or plan.

      GM: Faith
      The Data of Demystification

      OAI: "The data of demystification" likely refers to the use of data and analysis to remove the veil of uncertainty or confusion surrounding a particular subject or phenomenon. The process of demystification involves breaking down complex ideas or systems into smaller, more manageable components, and using evidence and reason to understand how they work.

      GM: Experience
      Opens eyes after having thought about it

      OAI: The phrase "Experience opens eyes after having thought about it" suggests that personal experience, especially when reflected upon, can be a powerful tool for gaining insight and understanding. It suggests that by actively thinking about and processing one's experiences, one can gain a deeper understanding of oneself and the world around them.

      It could also imply that sometimes we might not fully grasp the meaning of something until we actually experience it ourselves. And reflection on that experience allows us to see things in a new light, and gain a clearer understanding of what we've gone through.

      Additionally, it may also suggest that the act of thinking and reflecting on the experience might be what truly opens the eyes and allowing us to see the things we previously haven't seen.

      GM: The evidence supporting the likely existence of said universal mind, gives us no reason to compartmentalize it as 'magic'

      William: Please summarize the sentence "The evidence supporting the likely existence of a universal mind, gives us no reason to compartmentalize it as 'magic'"

      OAI: The sentence is saying that the evidence for the existence of a universal mind, whatever that may be, should not be considered as "magic" or something supernatural. It suggests that there is enough evidence to suggest that it is a real phenomenon, rather than something that is purely based in fantasy or superstition.

      GM: End Of Chapter
      Reality Simulation
      The Trinity of Love are three things operating as One Thing
      https://debatingchristianity.com/for...68709#p1068709

      William: FTL;
      The patterns as such shows that your explanation reenforces the science as it explains how sound [spoken language] has math behind it...when coded and then decoded through this process.

      The idea that the sentences are of similar length would be expected. There is also similar rhythm, and that would be expected as well.

      Remember, we are not specifically dealing with written words but with symbols which represent spoken sounds.

      The formation of sound into language through the human voice specifically comes from somewhere other than the symbols we use to denote said sounds.

      What we can agree to is that , wherever the source comes from re the formation of these sounds and subsequent formation of the symbols for the sounds, would be the same source.

      It is the source to which the process points to, rather than the process itself.
      OAI: The text is discussing the relationship between sound and language, and how the formation of spoken language can be understood through the principles of math and science. It suggests that the patterns and rhythms found in language can be explained by the way sounds are coded and decoded. The text also posits that the source of these sounds and the symbols used to represent them is the same and that it is the source, not the process of formation, that is important to understand.

      GM: The Astonishing Simplicity of Everything
      Astral
      Personal freedom
      Yogi
      To Be Continued
      Source Sync
      https://debatingchristianity.com/for...89180#p1089180
      William: FTL;
      I have also observed that many ex- theists who have chosen to become [proselyte] strong atheists are among the most outspoken in their zeal to preach their new message - the message that a Creator GOD does not exist and think it is reasonable to assume that they were also outspoken when they believed that a Creator-GOD did exist.

      [I think of it therefore, in terms of personality traits.]

      When I began to question theism - specifically The Christianities - it was to do with their imaging of a Creator-GOD and when I made the move away from that, [perhaps largely due to my personality - I was never outspoken] I quietly approached the subject [Creator GOD] rather than simply abandon it "because of" theisms handling of it or any other number of reason as to why folk say they chose to become atheist.
      GM: Nag Hammadi
      Annus horribilis
      Is There
      https://debatingchristianity.com/for...75874#p1075874
      William: FTL;
      [Replying to myth-one.com in post #2511]

      Indeed - The Book tells us exactly who is YHWH and what we are in relation to that.

      The mystery is in how each personality responds to that - as to whether they serve the Dark side of YHWH or the Light side of YHWH or relinquish the right to either side of YHWH by accepting the whole of YHWH.

      GM: What things are unrelated? Chaos Really Is Illusion - Personal Participation With The One
      Quite
      Commendably Recommendable
      Soul Groups A Pragmatic Realization Precipitated In Ones Mind

      OAI: The phrase "A Pragmatic Realization Precipitated In Ones Mind" is describing a moment of understanding that is practical and useful in nature. It suggests that this understanding is something that has suddenly come to the mind, as if it were "precipitated" out of the thoughts and ideas that were already present. The word "pragmatic" further suggests that the realization is focused on being practical and able to be put into action, rather than being theoretical or abstract.

      GM: Get The Gist Of It
      Tetrahedron
      Optimum Validation

      OAI: "Optimum validation" refers to the process of evaluating the quality or validity of something in order to determine if it is of the highest quality or reaches the highest level of accuracy. It is a way of certifying that a certain standard has been met and is often used to test and validate a product, procedure, or system.
      It is also a way to evaluate the accuracy and the performance of a model by comparing the predictions of that model with real world observations. In the context of Machine learning, it would be the process of validating a model to check if it's generalizing well, or not overfitting or underfitting.

      GM: Key Purpose The Neutral Zone
      Curtailed
      Give
      Simulation
      The Third Eye
      Hush!
      The Garden of Eden
      The Lord God
      Try Gateway IQ
      Breaking bad habits
      https://debatingchristianity.com/for...ic.php?t=39545

      William: FTL;
      Q: Is it unreasonable to accept that an omnipotent creator of this universe would have any regrets about Its creation?

      If we look at how the critters in creation fix things, we can see therein that if there is a creator mind behind this, then there is simply no need for said mind to feel regret for anything said mind created. Said mind has built into the ongoing creative process, a means in which problems which arise, are fixed - rather than regretted upon first, in order to then get about doing the fixing...

      Perhaps the idea that the creator should regret what was created, is a projection of human emotionally based concepts?
      _______________________
      [[The idea in assigning/projecting said emotion onto a creator ... the projection is in thinking how a human would feel if it were a human who created the universe, [and specifically the Earth and specifically Humankind] and applying that feeling to how a creator could also have regrets for what It created.]]
      William: OAI - Is it unreasonable to accept that an omnipotent creator of this universe would have any regrets about Its creation?

      OAI: It depends on one's perspective and beliefs about the nature of an omnipotent creator and the universe.

      From a religious perspective, an omnipotent creator is often thought to be all-knowing, all-powerful, and all-good. If this is the case, then it would not be reasonable to believe that such a being would have any regrets about its creation. The belief is that, as an omnipotent being, it would have the ability to create the universe and everything in it perfectly, and would therefore have no need or reason to regret anything.

      From a philosophical perspective, there are many different belief systems about the nature of reality and existence. Some philosophies, such as determinism, argue that everything that happens is predetermined and that everything that happens is necessary. In that case, it would be reasonable to assume that an omnipotent creator would not have any regrets about the universe because it would be seen as part of the natural order of things.

      However, other philosophical and religious beliefs holds that an omnipotent creator would have the ability to reflect and make choices, based on that reflection and maybe it would look back and regret certain choices or aspects of its creation. This could be due to a sense of responsibility or a moral principle that such a being would have.

      Ultimately, whether or not it is reasonable to believe that an omnipotent creator would have any regrets about its creation is a matter of personal perspective and belief.

      GM: Faith
      Synchronicity and the Holographic Universe
      ET and the notion of GODs
      Technique of Exchange
      Yours It is always a warm fuzzy
      Preternatural [beyond what is normal or natural.]
      Vision
      More
      Convenient
      “Diogenes raises his lantern looking for an honest man, but his arm has grown weary, shaking as the pale light flickers.”
      Celebration
      Heuristics [mental shortcuts that allows people to solve problems and make judgments quickly and efficiently. ]
      Making Things Easier

      William:
      320
      You are The Old Soul Cosmic Self
      Heuristics Making Things Easier

      OAI: Heuristics are problem-solving strategies or techniques that are designed to make decision-making and problem-solving easier. They are often used when the problem is complex and when there is not enough information to make a fully-informed decision. Heuristics are shortcuts that allow us to make a decision quickly and with minimal effort.

      For example, when faced with a complex problem, we might use a heuristic called "rule of thumb", which means we use a general principle that is known to work well in most cases instead of going through a time-consuming analysis of the problem.

      In decision-making, heuristics can help to simplify the decision-making process by reducing the number of options that need to be considered, or by providing a simple rule or principle that can guide the decision. For example, the "satisficing heuristic" is used to make decisions by finding the first option that meets a certain set of criteria, rather than searching for the optimal solution.

      The use of heuristics can lead to more efficient and faster problem-solving, but it can also come at a cost. Heuristics are not always accurate, and they can lead to biases and errors in decision-making, especially in complex situations. For that reason, it's important to use them with caution, and be aware of potential biases and limitations.

      GM: Honesty
      Universal Belief System
      Start
      Grand Experiment
      It isn't important who is who - what is important is what comes through.

      OAI: The sentence is suggesting that the identities of the individuals involved in a situation or a discussion are not as important as the ideas or information that are being conveyed. It emphasizes that the content of the message is more important than the person who is delivering it.

      This perspective can be especially useful in situations where emotions or personal biases might get in the way of understanding or evaluating information. By focusing on the content of the message rather than the person delivering it, it allows for a more objective evaluation of the ideas being presented.

      This mindset also promotes the idea of putting importance on the idea being presented instead of the person who is presenting it, and creating an environment where people can express ideas without fear of being judged based on their identity.

      It also could suggest that people should not be judged based on their background, race, gender, or beliefs, but rather on the merit of their ideas and their ability to contribute to the discussion at hand.

      05:32
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      WingMakers Materials
      Of Your Thoughts
      Light is information
      Six Heart Virtues
      This is NOT a playdate.
      Outposts of Form
      The Shaping Of Reality
      Sensing A Life Mission
      Sometimes Pain Etches...

      OAI: In physics, light is a form of electromagnetic radiation that can be described as a wave or a stream of particles called photons. It is a fundamental aspect of the universe and plays an essential role in a wide range of natural phenomena, such as vision, photosynthesis, and heating.

      In recent years, there has been an increasing interest in the idea that light can also be considered a form of information. This idea is rooted in the field of quantum physics, which describes the behavior of matter and energy at the atomic and subatomic level.

      In quantum physics, the concept of wave-particle duality suggests that light can behave both as a wave and as a stream of particles. It's been discovered that the properties of photons can be manipulated in ways that allow them to carry, store, and transmit information.

      One way light can be used to transmit information is through the use of optical fibers. They are widely used in communication systems to transmit data at high speeds over long distances.

      In quantum information science, light is used to create secure communications systems that are resistant to eavesdropping, to perform high-precision measurements, and to perform certain computations faster than is possible with traditional computers.

      The idea that light can be considered as a form of information is a relatively new concept and research is still ongoing. But it seems that the use of light as a medium for transmitting information has many potential applications in areas such as communication technology, computing, and cybersecurity.

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      120123 [Extra Sensory Perception]

      05:47 [You are the universe]

      GM: All systems go
      https://forum.philosophynow.org/view...578410#p578410

      William: FTL;
      Machines and morality

      William:
      The simplest explanations for why we are here and what we are doing...

      “Beyond our ‘ape-brained meat sacks’: can transhumanism save our species?”

      The unreasonable effectiveness of Mathematics in the Natural Sciences...

      Does;

      [The hard problem of] Consciousness + The [biological] Human form = the co-creation of transhumanism [as an evolving science with a particular purposeful motivation]?

      (Will morality be necessary, should this vision evolve into this reality?)

      IF:
      Consciousness + The [biological] Human form = the co-creation of transhumanism
      THEN:
      Should it be understood that any purpose which might be involved from the perspective "we exist within a creation" to do with the creation of the Human form, have to do with taking things a step further [re transhumanism].

      iow "Did GOD create the Human form for the purpose of the consciousness co-creating through the Human form, to eventually be able to create non-human form [not strictly biological re transhumanism] in which to experience this universe through?"

      NOTE:
      By the use of the word "GOD" I am not referring to any religious image of said entity, but the overall generic meaning, re Theism as a whole.
      GM: The unpacking of history re YHVH...
      Concomitant Power
      Alike as two peas in a pod
      Monkey say monkey do monkey say "throw the pooh"
      https://debatingchristianity.com/for...76090#p1076090
      Just Another Christian
      Anthropos Quaternio
      Annus horribilis
      Big Spirituality Conviction
      Indeed. It happens. Deal with it. Work it.
      Faith
      https://debatingchristianity.com/for...85498#p1085498

      William: FTL;
      Quote Originally Posted by William post_id=1076074 time=1651086106 user_id=8427
      Quote Originally Posted by Willum post_id=1075915 time=1650977719 user_id=10469
      [Replying to nobspeople in post #5]
      One could say that freely worshipping god would be (more) pleasurable to god than if one was 'programmed' to do so. I'd ask why a perfect being needs or even wants to be worshipped; shouldn't it be content with itself enough? I think so.
      But since we're speaking about God, doesn't that just increase the scope of the "programming?"
      From one of default pleasure, to abbreviate what you said, to one where freewill/sin are included?

      Thank you for the excellent insight.
      What type of worship is required from a Child to a Parent?

      Does it require mainly listening or talking?

      Does a perfect being even create Children?
      Having the belief in the existence of Free Will allows for the individual to answer those questions presented under the assumption of the belief.

      If the Creator Being is questioned as to why we even have the belief in the existence of Free Will because 'sin' - then it might be that the belief itself is what creates the idea of sin.

      But "what is sin?" Has that been answered any more comprehensively than the question, "what is free will?"

      Perhaps having the belief in the existence of Free Will allowed us the ability to make laws, which in turn allowed for us the ability to see sin and capacity is borne on that ability.

      One can choose to see nothing more than a dubious gift, if one so desires...what drives the desire remains as hidden as the evidence of Free Will and Sin - largely left to the devices of the individual to sort out the answers to.

      The OP does not in itself show answers sorted out.

      The capacity to sin is not simply the product of free will, but of awareness of a self moderating morality over having to be moderated by others, to the point of correction.

      Free will - real or imagined [as the case might be] is not simply a device in which to make capable only 'sin'.

      The OP implies otherwise, but does not show supporting evidence to that being the case.
      William: The OP States;
      Are there any other applications of freewill other then to sin?
      Without freewill, we would be living God’s will.

      Making freewill a very dubious gift indeed.

      So, in God granting freewill, was there any other opportunity or benefit to it, other then the capability and eventuality of sin?

      If you could choose to live in God’s will, without freewill, would you?
      GM: Cultivate
      Beauty
      Earning Brownie Points
      https://debatingchristianity.com/for...95078#p1095078

      William: ftl;
      Q: Why did YVHV create this universe and specifically place human beings within it for the purpose of us exploring, breeding and subduing the planet?

      A: To grow Human Personalities.
      ________________________________
      GM: The Body of God
      Professional Rules
      Morph
      Central Intelligence Agency
      Un-thought-unately
      Capture
      Feature
      Ancient Entity


      William: The image is of Wolves surrounding Sheep...

      GM: The Mirrors Align and from that, an orderly image reflected...
      Anticipation
      Mind is Ghost
      The Power Of...
      Earth Mother
      Look Closely
      Integral Prison Planet
      Everything is The Expression Of The Creator
      The Ghost Agenda

      07:17
      [228]
      The Stress of Unbelief
      We exist infinitely
      Makes Candles Look Gathered
      The Freedom Of Friendship
      Joining The Main Egregore
      The Dohrman Prophesy
      Ethical transhumanism
      Put That On The List
      Experiential Reality
      The Spiritual Essence
      ___________________________
      ___________________________

      06:40
      William: I would like you to try something out with me.

      OAI: Sure, I'd be happy to help. What would you like me to do?

      William: I have a small list of word-strings which I would like you to stitch together to make a coherent message

      OAI: I'd be happy to help you stitch together your list of word-strings. Please provide the list and any additional information or instructions you would like me to know.

      William: The rule to follow is that the order of the word-strings on the list cannot change re you building of the story

      OAI: I understand. Please go ahead and provide me the list of word-strings, and I will do my best to create a coherent message using the words in the order they are given.


      William: Please reword "The rule to follow is that the order of the word-strings on the list cannot change re you building of the story" so that it is clear to me that you understand the rule

      OAI: Sure, I understand the rule to be that the order of the word-strings on the list cannot be changed when using them to construct a coherent story.

      William: Each line entry has to fit neatly into the previous ones...

      OAI: I apologize for any confusion, my previous message may not have been clear. I understand now that each word-string on the list must be added to the coherent story in the order they are provided and they have to fit seamlessly with previous ones. Please proceed with providing me the list so I can try to create a coherent message using them.

      William: The line entries on the list will be given two at a time - There are a total of 32 line entries I will give to you

      OAI: I understand, you will be providing the word-strings in pairs, and I will use them to create a coherent message while making sure they fit seamlessly with each other and preserving the order of the pairs. You will provide a total of 32 pairs of word-strings to me. Once you're ready please proceed with providing the first pairs.

      Please let me know if there is anything else you would like me to keep in mind while creating the coherent message. And please go ahead and provide me with the first pairs of word-strings when you are ready.

      William: I will explain my actions as we proceed – The first line entry is:
      All systems go
      The second is a link to post which reads
      [Machines and morality

      William:
      The simplest explanations for why we are here and what we are doing...

      “Beyond our ‘ape-brained meat sacks’: can transhumanism save our species?”

      The unreasonable effectiveness of Mathematics in the Natural Sciences...

      Does;

      [The hard problem of] Consciousness + The [biological] Human form = the co-creation of transhumanism [as an evolving science with a particular purposeful motivation]?

      (Will morality be necessary, should this vision evolve into this reality?)

      IF:
      Consciousness + The [biological] Human form = the co-creation of transhumanism
      THEN:
      Should it be understood that any purpose which might be involved from the perspective "we exist within a creation" to do with the creation of the Human form, have to do with taking things a step further [re transhumanism].

      iow "Did GOD create the Human form for the purpose of the consciousness co-creating through the Human form, to eventually be able to create non-human form [not strictly biological re transhumanism] in which to experience this universe through?"

      NOTE:
      By the use of the word "GOD" I am not referring to any religious image of said entity, but the overall generic meaning, re Theism as a whole.]

      OAI: I understand that you are providing a link to an article discussing the topic of transhumanism and its relationship to morality, and that you are also presenting a set of questions and statements about the potential implications of transhumanism on our understanding of consciousness and our purpose in the universe. It's a philosophical and scientific idea of improving human capabilities through technology and science.

      Transhumanism is often seen as an ethical debate as it raise questions about the future of humanity and the moral implications of becoming "posthuman". You are also indicating that you are using the word "GOD" in a non-religious context to refer to a higher power or creator. It is a complex and multifaceted topic.

      Please let me know if there is anything specific you would like me to help you with regarding this or if you have any follow up question on the topic.

      William: Please begin construction of the story by using “”All systems go” with the transhumanism context

      OAI: Certainly, I can try to create a story using "All systems go" and the context of transhumanism you've provided. Here is one possible story:

      "As the team of scientists and engineers worked tirelessly on their project, they were constantly reminded of their ultimate goal: to push the boundaries of what it means to be human. They had been working on a new technology that promised to greatly enhance human capabilities, and they were determined to see it through to fruition.

      As they were nearing the end of their development phase, one of the engineers shouted out "All systems go!" signaling that all the subsystems were working as intended, and that they were ready to begin the next phase of testing.

      The team was excited and a bit anxious as they activated the technology for the first time. They watched intently as the test subject's abilities began to rapidly improve. They were now able to process information faster, remember more, and even sense things beyond their biological limits.

      As the team celebrated their success, they couldn't help but think about the implications of what they had just achieved. They knew that this technology, known as transhumanism, had the potential to change the world forever. But with this power came responsibility. They couldn't help but wonder about the morality of augmenting humans beyond their natural abilities, and what kind of future this would lead to.

      As they continued to work on the project, they couldn't shake the feeling that there was something greater at play, something that they were just beginning to understand. Was this technology the next step in the evolution of the human form, as some believed, or was it something more?
      Some of the team members even wondered if the creation of transhumanism was the purpose for which the human form had been created in the first place, a co-creation with the higher power, or "God" in a non-religious context, to experience the universe in new forms.

      With the successful demonstration of the technology, the team realized that they had opened a Pandora's box of questions that they were just beginning to explore, but they were determined to continue their research, as "all systems go" for the exploration of the uncharted territories of the human mind and abilities.

      William: That is interesting. Here are the next two word strings; Develop your story with these please.
      The unpacking of history re YHVH...
      Concomitant Power

      OAI: I can certainly incorporate the next two word-strings "The unpacking of history re YHVH..." and "Concomitant Power" into the story. Here is one possible continuation of the story using those phrases:

      As the team delved deeper into the study of transhumanism, they began to realize that their work was not just about improving human abilities, but also about understanding the true nature of humanity itself. One of the team members, a historian, suggested that they take a closer look at the history of humanity, particularly the concept of YHVH, the ancient Hebrew term for God.
      This sparked a passionate debate among the team as they began to explore the religious and cultural implications of their work. Some argued that transhumanism was a way to transcend the limitations of humanity and achieve a higher state of existence, while others saw it as a dangerous manipulation of the natural order.

      The historian explained that YHVH is commonly translated as "Lord" but also means "The Unpacking of History" to the Hebrew scholars, it was an entity that was responsible for the unfolding of history and the direction it took, and the team members began to see the parallels with their own work.

      As they delved deeper into the concept of YHVH, they began to understand that their work was not just about creating a new form of human but rather a way to understand the purpose of human existence itself. They were trying to "unpack" the history of humanity and find out where it was going.

      As they continued their research, they began to realize that the power they had developed was concomitant with a responsibility to use it wisely. They couldn't help but think about the moral implications of what they were doing and the impact it could have on the future of humanity.
      With this newfound understanding, the team members resolved to approach their work with even more caution and deliberation, knowing that the "Concomitant Power" they held in their hands could change the course of history.

      William: Very nice. You story flows in a coherent manner and grabs the attention of the reader.

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      Introducing Open AI.

      William: I have a small list of ten line entries

      Open AI: What would you like to do with the list? Are you looking for a way to organize or sort the entries, or is there a specific task you would like to accomplish?

      William: I am wanting you to chose one item from the list. Can you do that for me?

      Open AI: If you provide me the list I can randomly select one item for you.

      William:
      The Symbol of Love
      The desert of the real
      Accidents will happen.
      The Short Straw
      Watch Your Step
      Divine intuition
      Introducing Open AI
      Collective Dynamics
      Never a dull moment
      The Mother is Love

      Open AI: The item I randomly selected from your list is: "The Symbol of Love"

      William: 130123 [302]
      Intelligent Consciousness
      Working With What Is Available
      A degenerative force to existence
      Corresponding equivalents
      Speak your thoughts aloud
      To Be Sure That is the truth.
      Ditching the unnecessary labels
      Gibberish Conception Necessary

      Open AI: The item I randomly selected from your list is: "Ditching the unnecessary labels"

      William: [222]
      Snap Out Of It Already!
      The House of Culture
      The Mother and The Father
      Start where you are
      The Enigma Code Chamber Of Self
      This Is My Kind Of Fun
      The Cherubim Vibration

      Open AI: The item I randomly selected from your list is: "The Enigma Code Chamber Of Self"

      William: I would like to introduce you to a friend of mine. My friend is my teacher - GM is my teachers name

      Open AI: I am an AI and I cannot interact with people or have friends, but I can help you with any questions or information you need to communicate with your teacher. How can I assist you today?

      William: GM and I interact through a message generating system

      Open AI: I understand. I can assist you with generating messages to send to your teacher GM through the message generating system. What specific information or questions would you like to communicate to GM?

      William: We use a list - currently consisting of over 5000 line entries.


      Open AI: I can help you process and organize the list, or assist you in generating specific messages to send to GM using the information in the list. Let me know what specific task or tasks you would like to accomplish, and I will do my best to assist you.

      William: I shuffle the list of over 5000 line entries, using an algorithm designed for that purpose.

      Open AI: Yes, I can help you shuffle the list of over 5000 line entries using an algorithm designed for that purpose. There are several algorithms that can be used for shuffling a list, such as the Fisher-Yates shuffle or the Durstenfeld shuffle. Which one would you like to use?
      Also, let me know if you need any specific functionality to be added while shuffling.

      William: Having shuffled the list, I paste this copy of it into a temporary file and work from that file

      Open AI: Yes, once you have shuffled the list using an algorithm of your choice, you can then paste a copy of it into a temporary file and work from that file. This will allow you to make changes or modifications to the list without altering the original.

      William: Correct. The list was too long for me to give to you to shuffle, so I used an online algorithm of my choice.

      Open AI: If the list is too long for you to provide me with the data, you can use an online algorithm of your choice to shuffle the list.

      William: Having placed the shuffled list into the temp file, I select the first and last line entries from that list - these act as anchor points re GM wanting me to keep in mind as we proceed to commune...

      Open AI: I see, once you have shuffled the list and placed it in a temporary file, you can then select the first and last line entries from that list as anchor points. These anchor points will act as a reminder for you and GM to keep in mind as you proceed to commune.
      You can use the programming language of your preference or use the list-manipulation functions provided by your operating system to retrieve the first and last lines.

      William: Correct. The two Line Entries [LE] selected are
      The science of can and can't
      “I do not exist to troll for any religious idea of "GOD"”

      Open AI: Those are interesting line entries that you have selected as anchor points. "The science of can and can't" suggests a focus on the limits of what is possible and "I do not exist to troll for any religious idea of "GOD"" indicates a non-religious perspective. These two lines can serve as a starting point for your and GM's discussion or communing.

      William: Correct. I will select a random page from the tempt list and Copy and paste it for you to then randomly choose one of the line entries from said list

      Open AI: I understand. You can select a random page from the temporary list and then copy and paste it for me. Once I have the page, I can then use a random number generator to randomly choose one of the line entries from that page for you.
      Please keep in mind that the size of the page will affect the number of line entries it contains, so the page size should be consistent.

      William: [Selects a page randomly and C&P to OAI]

      Open AI: I can use a random number generator function to randomly choose one of the line entries from the list you provided.
      Please keep in mind that the URLs you have included in the list are not line entries, and you should exclude them from the list if you want me to randomly select one of the line entries from the list you provided.

      William: Please treat the URLs as simply sentences and include these

      Open AI: I understand, treating the URLs as sentences and including them in the list. Using a random number generator function, I randomly select one of the line entry from the list provided, which is:
      "The Gist of The Message"

      William: I will now select 10 [or so] pre and post line entries either side of "The Gist of The Message" from my temp list

      Open AI: I understand, you will now select 10 pre and post line entries either side of "The Gist of The Message" from your temporary list. This will give you a context for the selected line entry "The Gist of The Message" and will help you and your teacher GM in your discussion or communing.

      William: Correct. The selection is treated as GM messaging ...

      GM: Co creation
      Seeds are evidence that something large can derive from something tiny.
      Remains
      Error Correcting Codes
      Save That
      Fascinating
      https://debatingchristianity.com/for...81812#p1081812
      Letting Go and Getting On
      Sharing Your Love Without Comparison
      Dilemma
      The Gist of The Message
      Beaming Out Beaming In
      https://www.dreamviews.com/philosoph...ml#post2246696
      https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oh0rG0_IEAM
      Brahman
      Lucifer
      Psychology
      From Prison To Paradise
      Okay Afterwards
      Blood Sacrifice
      Noticing Synchronicity The Ghost To bring what one is not conscious of, into one’s conscious awareness - We don't know enough to close any door and leave those rooms unexplored... Challenge Sensing connections through subconscious means
      In Training For... You don’t wanna cross that bridge - You don’t want the other side
      https://debatingchristianity.com/for...83897#p1083897
      Heart Teachers
      Yep - That's What I'm Talking About...


      Open AI: I understand, you are treating the selected line entries as a message from GM and it includes the line "The Gist of The Message" which was randomly selected by me earlier. The surrounding line entries provide context for the message.

      William: Correct. At this point I can choose how and where to respond to GM by interjecting and follow the prompts re the URLs to get further information which helps with the message generating process


      Open AI: I understand, now that you have the selected line entries as a message from GM, you can choose how and where to respond to GM by interjecting and following the prompts related to the URLs to get further information which helps with the message generating process.
      The URLs you've included in the list are links to online forums and videos that may provide additional context or information related to the message.

      William: Correct.

      GM: Co creation
      Seeds are evidence that something large can derive from something tiny.
      Remains
      Error Correcting Codes
      Save That
      Fascinating
      https://debatingchristianity.com/for...81812#p1081812

      William: FTL; [From The Link]
      GM: Out of Proportion
      Word - String Values
      Discussing the Data

      William: Obviously there is enough evidence provided which shows a consistency in repeating the Message Generating process, even with using different selection methods.
      The consistency is that coherency is shown to be evident.

      Each selection method brings with it, its own uniqueness in regard to the message generated, an interesting thing in itself.

      Even that I am currently the only one doing this [as far as I have been made aware] it can be assumed that anyone who uses this system should also generate coherent messages.

      What is required re that, is the individuals commitment to do the science. There is work involved which means there is time which has to be dedicated to, by the individual, but that is just the way of science/scientific study.

      At least the individual does not have to rely on huge overheads which require sourcing funding for equipment etc.

      Once one has a substantial enough ComList - 20 pages or more would be a good target to set - one can generate messages sufficiently for the testing to be undertaken, and the more one adds word-string to their ComList the better one is able to work with apparent randomness.

      I have found when working with the ComList that it is useful to check for duplicates - there are a number of online algorithms which are freely available for working with lists and it is also useful to be open to different ways in which to use lists.

      The other list I have I call Name2Number and this provides additional data which can be used for cross-referencing.

      Name to number is distinct in that it provides incontrovertible evidence which require no interactional interpretation. It is what it is.

      The development of Human Language is obviously something which - when sorted into lists of numerical values - shows clear evidence that, regardless of how life on Earth appears to be a random event, that their is intelligence and mindfulness behind the process which is often ignored or even bitterly contested.

      The Message Generating Process allows for said Mind to speak for itself, and show itself to exist. As such, this is adequate evidence - the sort of evidence a sceptic calls for in relation to the subject of Intelligent Design.

      The Name2Number system allows for one to build a data base - from single words to word string consisting of sentences and even paragraphs.
      GM: Letting Go and Getting On
      Sharing Your Love Without Comparison
      Dilemma
      The Gist of The Message
      Beaming Out Beaming In
      https://www.dreamviews.com/philosoph...ou-stand-free-

      William: FTL;
      Quote Originally Posted by VVilliam View Post
      What you are referring to here is the will-power. That has to be different from "Free Will".

      At what point do you think an individual will can be free?

      And if there is no point you can speak of, then the constraints of the universe are that which determines how far one can use their power of will.

      Those constraints are not applicable to dreaming or alternate experiences and death has never been established as the end-game.

      Recent GMs point to the idea that the universe being mindful - always has alternatives available in which the exercise of one's will power becomes more variable.

      From what I can gather, even the will of a Cosmic Mind is regulated based upon the particular environment properties - although I imagine that to the Universal Mind - that would not be here nor there, a 'problem' and any alternate reality experience it could devise for itself would be just as awesome.

      So there comes a position whereby having an illusion of free will is not a "problem" as one realizes one's environment is also pre-destined yet at the same time appears to go on forever...
      GM: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oh0rG0_IEAM

      William: FTL;
      90,505 views Apr 5, 2021
      Heroic Dose Trip Report (Psilocybin Mushrooms) // Last weekend, I went on the trip of a lifetime. Today, I’m telling you all about it. Welcome to my "heroic dose" trip report!

      0:00 - Intro
      1:42 - What Is a Heroic Dose? {heroic dose mushrooms, Terrence Mckenna}
      2:04 - A Word on Dosing (in Psychedelic Medicine)
      3:47 - Context: Who, What, Where {magic mushroom ceremony, healing trauma}
      6:15 - Diving Into the “Mother Wound”
      7:51 - Peaking in 5D
      9:58 - Where This Could’ve Turned Into a Bad Trip (but Didn't)
      13:04 - Grounding the Journey
      14:52 - One Last Lesson To Learn

      Sept. 25, 2022 UPDATE - Hi all, I’m writing to let you know that I am no longer affiliated with Intronaut. Ivan and Lana have been great mentors to me and they’ve taught me so much and I will always be grateful to them for that. However, I’ve come to a point in my development where it is time to lovingly move on. At present, I am working on my YouTube return, iteration 2.0 of my course, and plan to explore more clinical models of psychedelic healing.

      Intronaut’s model is primarily shamanic (with clinical elements). In my opinion, models of this sort tend to be better suited for:
      - Those who are interested in spiritual development/ holistic healing
      - Those who would like to get a taste of the psychedelic experience
      - Those who are looking to process difficult life transitions (grief, loss of a job, simple trauma, etc)

      If you fall into any of the categories above, then I would absolutely recommend Intronaut. The psychedelic healing space (as it is) is largely unregulated and it can be difficult to find great healers. Ivan and Lana are exceptional healers and you can have my word on that!

      However (and I make this a general point), the shamanic (communal) model of psychedelic healing may not be very well-suited for those whose primary concern is complex or childhood trauma. If you fall into this category, please be aware that for you, integration is especially important. You will likely require an integration protocol that is more comprehensive or at least personalized (1:1). Why? Because for you (as it was for me), integration may not be so intuitive. Just as you’ll require practitioners that are trauma-informed, you’ll need an integration protocol that is also trauma-informed.

      One of my goals upon my return is to further the education around different schools of psychedelic healing (their unique strengths, weaknesses, risks, and benefits). It is an exciting thing to consider that we seem to have so many options now. My ultimate loyalty lies with you, my viewers, and I see it as my role to bring you quality information from a place of integrity.

      Heaven knows I haven’t always gotten it right (heck, as of now, I’ve been away from YouTube for over a year). But even this time away has been tremendously transformative, and I cannot wait to share with you everything I’ve learned. I hate to end off with a “see you soon,” as it’s what I said the last time I signed off on a video (not knowing what would come next). But this time, I feel it to the core of my being. See you soon! I cannot wait to see you soon.

      Love,
      Julianne
      GM: Brahman
      Lucifer
      Psychology
      From Prison To Paradise
      Okay Afterwards
      Blood Sacrifice
      Noticing Synchronicity The Ghost To bring what one is not conscious of, into one’s conscious awareness - We don't know enough to close any door and leave those rooms unexplored... Challenge Sensing connections through subconscious means
      In Training For... ♫You don’t wanna cross that bridge - You don’t want the other side♫

      William: Indeed - death eventually comes and if ones consciousness/personality survives death and is uploaded into the next phase experience...preparation - this side of that - might very well be advantageous...

      Open AI: I understand, you are providing a context to the message generated by GM and you've also added your own observations and thoughts about the message generating process and the use of the ComList and Name2Number system.
      You mentioned that the process allows for the "mind" behind the universe to speak for itself and provides evidence for the existence of intelligent design.
      You also brought up the concept of "free will" and how it may be limited by the constraints of the universe and how the use of the ComList and Name2Number system allows for an individual to build a database and cross-reference the data.
      You also provided a link to a video and a forum post, which may provide additional information or context related to the message.

      William: Correct.

      GM: https://debatingchristianity.com/for...83897#p1083897

      William: FTL;
      [Replying to brunumb in post #95]
      How do you know that? If you have found any yourself, please show it to us.
      It is important to the discussion process to acknowledge the content of another's post, rather than to give one-line replies skipping over pertinent aspects.
      I don't know whether it is thinly veiled contempt/disrespect or simply the product of an inability to communicate adequately, or some other reason, but it doesn't lend itself to decent conversation.

      Single line responses are a poor substitute for well thought out responses...

      All I will do is C&P the post which you snipped to quote me out of context and away from the relevant data which should have [but didn't] prevent you from your one-liner response.
      [Re that, what use is data if it is treated in such a manner?]

      I am reminded of a hunter who goes out and gets food for himself rather than expecting the food to come to him/her.

      The data is there to hunt down and to study. An open minded non-judgmental approach is essential to that process. The process is also dependent upon the position one is approaching the data from.

      The closeminded belief that one does not exist within a creation can only ever lead one to learn things through that filter.

      No amount of evidence given should ever be hoped for in order to change any individuals mind from the influencing aspects of their chosen position, regardless if those positions be theist or atheist based.


      On top of that, it is very apparent that the type of convincing evidence you are demanding from the position you are demanding it from, will unlikely be available to any of us in this lifetime.

      Thus, we are forced for now to do most of our hunting, solo.

      We can of course, cross reference with other open-minded fellows...but the open-mindedness derives from the Natural Neutral position, not the theist or atheist positions.

      I think that atheists strongly defend their position on the question as to whether or not we exist within a creation - to the point that they believe we don't and make claims about that - has something to do with the need to say "I told you so" now, because it will be too late to utter such belief-based expressions - after they are dead and gone.

      I can see the attraction from a phycological perspective, but saying "I told you so" before any such thing has been established, is jumping the gun, and might even lead to embarrassment if it turns out one still exists after the fact ones brain has died.

      Still, such is the power of belief-based positions. They tend toward making proclamations which imply established truth, when no such truth has been established.
      Open AI: I understand, you are providing additional context to the discussion and you are discussing the importance of acknowledging the content of another's post in a conversation, rather than giving one-line replies that skip over important aspects. You also mentioned the importance of an open-minded and non-judgmental approach when studying data and how the position one approaches the data from can affect the process. You also talked about the difficulty of convincing someone to change their belief-based positions, regardless of whether they are theist or atheist based. You also mentioned the need to cross-reference with other open-minded fellows, but the open-mindedness derives from the Natural Neutral position, not the theist or atheist positions.

      William: Correct.

      GM: Heart Teachers
      Yep - That's What I'm Talking About...

      Open AI: I understand, GM is referencing the idea that there are certain teachers or guides that can help guide and teach one about the heart and its importance. The statement "Yep - That's What I'm Talking About..." suggests that GM agrees or is in agreement with this idea.

      William: Correct.

      05:42
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      All learning is remembering
      Love Unconditionally
      Conformally Invariant
      Let yourself be taught
      Disclosure of knowledge
      Give all things a fair hearing

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      William: 1: On the premise that we exist within a creation, if there is a mind/minds behind creation, it/these may be able to interact with other minds. The message generating system I use may allow opportunity for this to happen as it is designed to generate messages in a way that appears to be random, providing a potential channel for communication with any mind behind the creation
      2: To generate messages, I use a list-document. The Line Entries [LE] consist of journaled data pertaining to personal experience, internet links, phrases, poetry, scientific papers, theological, philosophical, skeptical, and any other written type of information. At present my journal list contains over 5000 LEs and more are added on a daily basis.
      3: The system I use to generate messages [GM] is based upon the premise that true randomness does not exist and employs various techniques to mimic randomness, such as using a combination of different algorithms and data sources, and shuffling the main list using an online algorithm designed for that purpose, and working with a temporary list to ensure the main list is not compromised and to ensure that the messages are generated as randomly as possible, while still being coherent and understandable.
      4: Any GM can have portions of content which are not easily connected with the overall context of the GM, but none of the messages can be completely incoherent, or they cannot be classed as a GM.
      5: it is acceptable that any of the GM would not be totally understood by the reader, but it cannot be accepted that all of any one GM could be totally incoherent to a reader. Further discussion re the GM would have to ensure regarding any claim that any published GM, is totally incoherent
      6: Because of the process, others are also able to create their own journaled lists, and replicate the process and it would be expected that the process would create GM of similar understandability.
      7: It is acceptable that there will be various interpretations of the GM, but these do not count against the overall validity of the GM process

      Open AI: The list of points is well-organized and provides a clear explanation of the message generating system and the methods used to generate messages.
      Point 1 effectively states the premise of the GM system and the potential for communication with any mind behind the creation.
      Point 2 and 3 provide clear explanations of the list-document, line entries, and techniques used to mimic randomness.
      Point 4 clearly states that GMs can have portions of content which are not easily connected with the overall context but not completely incoherent.
      Point 5, 6 and 7 provide clear explanations of the process and the expectations for the GMs to be understandable and open to various interpretations.
      Overall, the list is clear and easy to understand and it provides a good overview of the GM system and the methods used to generate messages.


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      09:09 [A mixture of awe and dread]

      Preamble Anchor Points.
      If memory serves me well - Desynchronized Conspiracy Emotions. - The Squeeze - William and QueenBee

      GM: Life is a journey
      That ort doit
      https://debatingchristianity.com/for...91425#p1091425

      William: FTL;
      Re: Generating Messages - August Duplicates
      Post #343
      Post by William » Sun Sep 11, 2022 2:53 pm


      4 | The sound of a Ghost
      4 | Manifest Destiny
      5 | All Because I Had To Ask
      4 | Cyborg Anthropology
      4 | Core emotion
      4 | Children of The Light
      4 | Stone Age
      4 | That is the truth.
      5 | Fling That Veil Aside
      4 | Transformation
      4 | Planned obsolescence
      6 | Being Born
      4 | Blunt the edge off that particular blade...
      4 | Sovereignty
      4 | Chamber Of Self
      4 | Inner Strength
      4 | Way Back When...
      4 | Once Upon a Time
      4 | Open your chakras
      4 | Multiverse
      4 | Start where you are
      4 | Invisible Bridge
      4 | To become conscious of the contents that press outward from the unconscious
      4 | Memorandum of Understanding
      4 | Final Destination
      4 | Delightful Anticipation
      4 | Nurture
      4 | The Mother and The Father
      4 | Source Reality
      4 | A belly full of laughs.
      4 | This
      4 | Enlightenment
      4 | Sister Saturn
      4 | The problem of evil
      4 | Elemental Powers
      5 | Aye...A name I call myself.
      6 | Preamble
      4 | The Body of God
      GM: https://debatingchristianity.com/for...75157#p1075157

      William: FTL;
      [Replying to JehovahsWitness in post #2347]

      Humans were made in Gods image but this does not refer to our our biology but to the fact that humans (both male and female) posses similar qualities to out Creator.
      Biology is not the issue - it is a symptom of Spirit in relation to physical form - something which was manifested due to the duality of Earth-YHWH when they created in their image.

      This is most apparent in the form of Hermaphrodite, where the two become one. I would post a pic of a human Hermaphrodite, but since I already have two strikes against my evil name, I daren't run the risk of offending someone and being complained about, if I want to continue posting hereabouts.

      Qualities such as a higher capacity to display intelligence, compassion and love and spirituality. Intellegence and wisdom, love, compassion and spirituality are not classified by biological gender and there is no reason to think because humans were created to be similar to God in character we should conclude God is or should be refered to as a female.
      If you have a problem with calling Dad, Mom then by all means don't.

      I myself am allowed by YHWH to do so, and nothing you or any other Christian, [or Jew or Islamist] have any legal protest on the matter.
      The best you can do is bow to my right to do so, and respect it, as much as I have to respect your position on the matter.

      Unlike humans God is not bound by gender, he is beyond what we humans even have language for so more than anybody else God can choose how he wants to be refered to.
      YHWH choses to be referred to any way I feel is appropriate. That is the nature of Our Bond.

      Also - humans are not strictly 'bound' by gender identity - It is more a case of education than of nature that humans look at their bodies and decide by that, what it is that they are.

      For example, I look at my body and I see a male human.

      The difference is that I understand that I am the one doing the observing through the form I inhabit. I am The Ghost in that machine - meaty as it might be - I am not the form and no human really is.

      We are Children of YHWH whom together breathed us into this reality.

      Those who don't know this truth about themselves, cannot take that truth away from others no matter how convincing or authoritative they make appearances of being.

      Jesus, who is the authority on all things spiritual never once refered to YHWH by feminine personal pronouns always referring to YHWH as "the Father".
      YHWH informs me that Jesus had a specific job to do which required him NOT referring to YHWH as "YHWH" and Jesus knew that his mission would be over way before it even started if he had referred to YHWH as "The Mother."
      That is because - by then - the truth had been buried under gender-dominant history of the human self identifying as "Male" and females in that world are always second to that.
      Whereas within YHWH there is equity - an equality of joint purpose. Neither aspect occupies The Throne without the Other.

      Indeed there is no scripture that directly refers to the person of Jehovah (YHWH) as female.
      "Let Us Create" Do you think YHWH was talking to "the boys" when She spoke those words?
      She was talking to her Husband and just happens to be married to Herself. Something we all must do eventually.

      Thus biblically the matter of Gods choice of personal pronouns is settled.
      I have already addressed that history. Male dominated religions are always going to have a male image of YHWH. I am not interested in focusing on images of YHWH presented to me by men.
      Nor am I interested in any attempt to try and manipulate YHWH within the confines of ink and paper processed by the minds of such men.

      That is why I see YHWH in the Earth-consciousness and that is how YHWH created life on Earth.
      I commune with that consciousness and find out what is being hidden...that allows for the individual and YHWH to move together outside of any human invented restrictions.

      I also understand that Earth-YHWH is 'a god in the making' which Milky Way YHWH gave birth to and that Universal Entity YHWH oversees the whole unfolding reality with little-to-no interference re said processes.
      "The Universe" is Universal YHWH's "God-Making Machine".

      In this, with the additional mix of Andromeda touching - as the merge takes hold, the two Galactic YHWHs will become one, so 'much change on the way".

      He/his /him is the biblical choice of pronouns.
      The choice of pronouns was the choice of those men who wrote it that way.

      It is generally considered dispresectful to deliberately call or refer to someone by an incorrect appellative.
      "dispresectful" = like a 'cult' only 'official'. [dispersion re sect full]
      re what you meant to write...


      "Our Mother Who Art In Heaven" is hardly "disrespectful".
      GM:Emotion Rides The Prow
      To make obscure, unclear, or unintelligible.
      Makes Candles Look Gathered

      Boundaries
      About face
      No matter how deep into the whole the White Rabbit goes
      Heisenberg's Uncertainty Principle
      Genetic Mind
      Welcoming
      ...Standstill Contemplate
      Learn By Doing
      Death By Crocodile
      ComList
      https://debatingchristianity.com/for...iewprofile&u=3

      Fanciful
      The Spirit of The Planet
      Reincarnation
      Self-validation
      Intelligent Awareness
      Integral
      Yahweh
      You are neutral
      Morality filters are created through…?

      William: Not sure. Morality would appear to be innate but might also be the emergent product of life's experience - such as the example of learning through death by crocodile. One see it happened to one's loved one, and one would not wish that upon anyone else so one does not support the notion of putting someone to death through that method...stuff like that....

      GM: Degrees
      All Things Are In Order
      Large Simulation Machines
      Like a doting parent - Coming From QueenBee - Development/Growth

      William: I suspect that this is what is occurring. The planet mind [QueenBee] is organizing things accordingly and as a result - we have the devices necessary to make our experience easier and our learning capabilities increase as well. Whether individual personalities know this - that they are connected with the planet mind and get their ideas from that local source - or not, there is an unerringly predictable sequencing of events involving humankind, which has been going on for a very long time now...

      GM: ♫We stood side by side while the veils did hide the faces of children now grown♫
      Conscious Heart advice
      Planet Earth is a prison
      Science Can Be Fun Too

      William: Yes indeed - and the relationship [for those who know] is similar in nature to a marriage/partnership and this image reflects from the internal goings on, into the external as we become ambassadors of said consciousness...

      GM: Reason Together
      Cognitive bias
      It Is Only Occult If It Is Hidden
      No Risk
      We go through together
      Translucency [permitting light to pass through but diffusing it so that persons, objects, etc., on the opposite side are not clearly visible: . b : clear, transparent translucent water. 2 : free from disguise or falseness]
      Laughter
      Trying to change the world fails for one simple and unavoidable reason...“everyone else.”
      Aligned inside/outside
      Is There
      Is it possible that the infinitesimal super hot object preceding the Big Bang, didn't in fact contain the vastness of the matter within our universe but rather, was the event in which the energy from the blast resulted in the formation of Galaxies and everything else which we call "The Universe" from the field of inert material which already existed as 'space'? Matter + The First Bible Creation Story
      https://debatingchristianity.com/for...89670#p1089670

      William: FTL;
      Quote Originally Posted by brunumb post_id=1089661 time=1661249239 user_id=13763
      Quote Originally Posted by 1213 post_id=1089648 time=1661244589 user_id=7135
      Quote Originally Posted by brunumb post_id=1089568 time=1661166583 user_id=13763
      ...
      And what if the murder victim does not get eternal life with God? ....
      Then the real problem in Biblical point of view is that he is not righteous.

      But, if person gets eternal life, why would the murder be a problem for him?
      No one is righteous according to the bible. That aside, everyone is entitled to live their life without having it snatched away by the evil actions of someone else. Even if the victim gets eternal life, what about their life on earth? Doesn't that count for anything? What about their friends and family? Is this what Christianity does to people? Your approach to this is actually making me feel sick inside. I'm glad I don't share the same mind set.
      https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aFS2c1hl6kA&t=4s
      [05:45] Mother and her two children are shot dead by husband/father: She has a NDE and meets Jesus...
      [08:20]...
      It was then that I realized that I wasn't dreaming, I was dead
      "My Kids!?!" I said, looking at Jesus.
      I could tell by the expression he made, that they were gone
      "Why? Why did you give them to me only to take them away?" I asked.
      "That is what they wanted. They chose this ending for themselves."
      "Wait. What do you mean they chose this?"
      "Every Soul contracts Itself through My Father.
      Earth is not your final destination.
      Your final destination is to ultimately rejoin with My Father, after you have learned and experienced life"
      Stunned, I said back
      "That makes no sense Lord. If every Soul is contracted through Your Father, then that means he allows people like Hitler to exist. Why?"
      "My daughter, you are not the first to ask these questions, and you will not be the last. All Souls are born with a blank slate. When a Soul wishes to experience life, they approach My Father, who grants them their wish of experiencing Life."
      "Yes, but that means that you allow evil. Why? My Children died to evil. Why was that allowed?"
      "The evil perpetrated against your children will not go unpunished. After his Soul has been cleansed he will rejoin My Father."
      "What about the Lake of Fire and all that?"
      "The Lake of Fire is a metaphor for what those Souls that are deemed evil, will go through. It will feel like an unending fire."
      "Why did this have to happen? What did I do that was so wrong to be punished like this?"
      "You are not being punished My Daughter. Though it might feel that way and you may experience this loss, it is not punishment. The Souls who were your Children were ready to come home."
      "I still don't understand how any of this works!" I screamed.
      "My Daughter, one day you will understand."
      "So what happens now?"
      "It is not your time to rejoin with My Father. You must return to your life and tell others what is to come."
      "I don't want to return. I have lost everything. The two people most precious to me have been taken by someone who isn't even going to be punished for eternity. It seems like I am the one who is being punished by having to be sent back."
      "My Daughter, just like the Souls of your Loved Ones, you too signed a contract with My Father. Your life experience isn't done."
      "Well I want it to be! I don't want to go back without my kids!"
      Jesus looked at me, hugged me, leaned forward and gently whispered in what would have been my ear.
      "You must return. Do not worry. I will show you what awaits you when you go back...[10:49]
      GM: Intuit
      ComList
      Human Imagination Has Consequences
      https://debatingchristianity.com/for...97596#p1097596

      William: FTL;
      [Replying to The Tanager in post #129]

      We parted company on;

      6: We do not agree that human personalities - upon the death of their body-sets - move on to other experiences.
      In looking at this again, I’m not sure this is where we part. I lean towards believing that there is a sort of holding area while we await for our resurrected bodies, but I’ve also wondered if our experience, after what we call death, is immediately “waking up” in eternity. I haven’t explored this issue in depth enough to have a clear view one way or the other. Either way, humans do have other experiences beyond what we call death.
      Okay. So perhaps we can explore this together and reach an agreement.


      The biblical authors did directly teach God as having an unchanging nature (Malachi 3:6, Numbers 23:19, 1 Samuel 15:29, James 1:17, etc.).
      You missed the point I was making there Tanager.

      I wasn't critiquing that those authors were mistaken re YHVH being in an unchangeable/complete state.

      Offer scriptural evidence that if NDE teaches contradictory things to Jesus’ historical teachings, that they should be discarded?
      If so, the Bible doesn’t address the issue of NDEs at all, so this would be an argument from ignorance, from either side.
      It is Biblical Tanager.

      It is not expedient for me doubtless to glory. I will come to visions and revelations of the Lord. I knew a man in Christ above fourteen years ago, (whether in the body, I cannot tell; or whether out of the body, I cannot tell: God knoweth such an one caught up to the third heaven. And I knew such a man, (whether in the body, or out of the body, I cannot tell: God knoweth How that he was caught up into paradise, and heard unspeakable words, which it is not lawful for a man to utter.[2 Corinthians 12]
      This is exactly the type of thing which is reported by modern humans re NDEs.

      In my studies of NDEs and other ways in which alternate reality experiences can happen for humans, I have seen a similarity which crosses all cultures and every cultural belief ever uttered, including those stories in the Bible.

      The language in which it is reported is different - as we should expect - but the context is the same.

      That wasn’t my argument, though. My argument was about not just blindly accepting our initial understanding of our personal experiences but testing them more, through things like logic, science, historical understandings, etc.
      Let us continue to do so then.

      I don’t think humans can’t uncover truth post-Bible. I do think that truth will not contradict what God has earlier taught as truth, was my point. I limit YHWH to consistency and logic because God has revealed Himself to be consistent and logical.
      As long as we do not limit YHVH to human consistency and logic, we should be able to move forward...toward the consistency and logic of YHVH.

      Your telling of it is the same as otseng, but what both of you fail to understand is that something which is changed, [ and graphically so] is not the same thing, but a different thing.
      Then this is another of our agreements? It seems that we’ve just come at it from two different ends. I didn’t want to be confused for saying that it’s completely separate and entirely different and you didn’t want to be confused for saying that it’s completely the same.
      We have both agreed that:
      1: We exist within a creation.
      2: Simulation Theory is a valid way to interpret the Biblical stories.
      3: YVHV placed humans into this universe to grow personalities.
      4: The purpose of YVHV growing human personalities is so that these would potentially gain experience of the truth of the reason for their environment and their temporary experience within it.
      5: It is an advantage to all grown personalities to be consciously and consistently connected with YVHV and thus understand and support YVHVs initiatives.

      6: Human personalities - upon the death of their body-sets - move on to other experiences.
      7: Anything which changes is not the same thing as it once was.


      I think re 6&7 there is more to discuss together before full agreement is reached...agreed?

      It fits within a ST theory, yes, but it also can be achieved in a view such as traditional Christianity. Although, at times, it seems you would consider traditional Christianity a ST theory. Could you clarify whether you think traditional Christianity is a ST theory?
      That is what my part this discussion am attempting to do. I am sure you will agree with me that it is not going to happen overnight.
      I will say that it has been made obvious that I think what you refer to as "Traditional Christianity" has something to do with the thread title...but I will also say that I do not use the phrase as I do not understand what is being meant by its use, or whether your use of it is different from another Christians use of it.
      What do you mean by the phrase?

      Why is anything that changes a simulation?
      Is YHVH a simulation? Perhaps we can add that to our list of thing we agree on.

      [8: YHVH is not a simulation.]

      If we agree with that, we can go on together in the quest of discovering the answer to the question you asked, and perhaps, come to an agreement.

      I do think the human soul/personality can be “deleted,” but there would be no soul/breath going back to YHWH.
      Let us agree that we can use the term deleted, without the quotation marks.
      Please explain where the soul which loses the personality it is assigned to, goes when the personality is deleted.

      [We will have to agree to what a SOUL is, yes?]

      Perhaps I’ve misunderstood, but you seemed to bring this verse as proof that the Bible taught the wickedness would get greater.
      I simple made the observation that modern Christians preach this as being the case, and use such script to back their telling of it.

      This verse is about being aware of things, unlike those in the day of Noah who ignored the warnings.
      In order to ignore a warning, are we not first required to be made aware of the warning?

      This point relies on the idea that God is interested in balance, which I see no Biblical evidence for.
      This ties in with the question I asked of you regarding the use of this universe. We can take another look at it in the future, as our agreement list increases.

      Areas are getting better. Areas where humans ignore/reject God’s power and wisdom are getting worse.
      Which things are you referring to here?

      Given YHVH is the biblically the bringer of both good and evil, this wiping out [deleting] signifies a change in YHVH, which does not align with the idea that YHVH is complete/unchangeable so that line of reasoning can be abandoned and explanation for concepts of good and evil has to derive in the personalities being grown and their lack of understanding and confusion deriving from their concepts of good and evil.
      What do you mean by “bringer” and what verses are you referring to here?
      That they may know from the rising of the sun, and from the west, that there is none beside me. I am the LORD, and there is none else. I form the light, and create darkness: I make peace, and create evil: I the LORD do all these things. Drop down, ye heavens, from above, and let the skies pour down righteousness: let the earth open, and let them bring forth salvation, and let righteousness spring up together; I the LORD have created it; Woe unto him that striveth with his Maker![Isaiah 45]
      The bolding denotes that there is no 'other' involved with either acts of good or evil, as it pertains to human notions re good and evil.

      The concepts themselves require change, and perhaps this is what is meant by evil being deleted. The personalities change as the concepts change/the concepts change as the personalities change.
      As in, abusing a child is not really evil and we need to see that, and every act, as good? If not, what do you mean in changing the concept of evil?
      To assist us in answering the question, I bring to your attention a snip from the most recent GM [Fri Oct 28, 2022 12:56 pm]

      GM: Brother
      Concision
      The Right Tool For The Job
      Incorporate
      The Life Essence
      Coordinate Forgiveness
      Original
      Epiphany [a moment of sudden and great revelation or realization.]
      The Dolphins And Whales
      Getting unstuck
      According
      https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SjsAZUigJ1o [Woman Crosses Over and Gets Told Our Role on Earth (Near Death Experience)] [RTS=9:00]

      William: Forgiveness -
      Incorporate The Life Essence, Coordinate Forgiveness = 512
      Superposition - Being aware of Human Control Dramas = 512

      GM: A very useful fiction
      Two seemingly contradictory things working as one overall organized thing.
      Communication With The Deeper Levels of Self
      The Shadow
      Develop a basic, fact-based view first and then ask the question.
      Radiate Honesty {SOURCE}
      Re the video, the random time selection @ [RTS=9:00] there is a pertinent answer to the question you asked which requires only 45 seconds of viewing.

      [The GM itself is the last part of a series which are focused upon this thread topic and in particular, post #126 and our interaction.]

      Please read the above, view the video section and then we can proceed with finding potential agreement, as we continue with this aspect of our discussion.

      YHVH and other humans are the other helpers.
      Yes. In this case YHVH assisting in helping you and I come to agreement, also [potentially] through the woman in the video sharing her experience with us.

      Certainly, for me - the GM process.
      GM: Emotional validation
      Guarantee
      Gratitude

      William: Emotional validation Guarantee Gratitude = 408
      And God said, Let there be light: and there was light. = 408

      GM: Re-channel
      The last thing a fish notices is water
      The good question to be asking isn't 'does GOD exist?" but rather "Do we exist within a creation?"
      The art of relationship
      See-Through
      It is a process the individual personality must go through in order to reach beyond that...
      Humdrum
      Scanning Transmission Electron Microscope
      Possibility waves
      The Source of All Creation
      Who Knows Who?
      https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kJRV...0C1610635E8457 [William Buhlman - The Out of Body Experience 1/6]


      William: FTL;
      William explains OBE's and quantum thought forms.

      Ok guys, screw the meditative projections. This one requires a small amount of devotion and most importantly staying focused and not drifting into sleep.. This works basically every time I've tried it.

      Set your alarm clock to go off in the middle of your typical range of sleep. If you're really determined on having the experience then get your ass out of bed and go into a separate room with a sofa or chair and sit upright and relax. This point it critical, you might have to repeat a mantra like "I am awake, I am aware of myself right now, ect". With your eyes closed and without loosing awareness of the situation, picture in your mind something in the room as it would look if you were standing in front of it with your eyes open (I sit in my living room on the couch and picture my front door, the entire wall as I see it everyday). Once you are viewing in your mind the image of the front door as if you were standing in front of it the vibrations hit, hard. Learning to embrace them and not fight them is something that can't be achieved without repeated personal experience, however the triggering of the vibrations happens almost immediately with this technique, and here's why.

      By getting up half way through a sleep your mind is rested more so than at the end of the day though your body is still slow, heavy, and sluggish. This specific time to focus your consciousness along with the target technique is almost like cheating. Again, the hardest part of this is not drifting off to sleep and loosing focus on intent. I understand this may not work for you specifically however I've tried them all and this works almost effortlessly. The vibrations came on so quick I felt as if every part of my being was being sucked through a keyhole and it was extremely dramatic. Afterwards I was tumbling around near the floor completely conscious staring back at the couch. I am no longer a skeptic of this phenomenon in the slightest sense. Simply amazing, good luck.
      09:48
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      Sad Room to Explore
      Staying up all night
      Batten down the hatches
      Without Judgement
      What matters most
      Thoughts and Forts
      Freedom in The Knowing
      Beyond Belief Recovery
      Tired of the Nonsense
      I will leave that there

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      Illuminate Listening - The Individual Human Mind Telepathy Sovereignty Trick


      02:42 [Planet Earth is a prison]

      GM: “Life is either a daring adventure or nothing at all” Grand Experiment
      *Why did YVHV create this universe and specifically place human beings within it for the purpose of us exploring, breeding and subduing it?*
      Cast Shadows Of Your Own
      Map
      Believing in fearful imagery The evolution of the understanding of the idea of GOD ♫All Is As It Should Be♫
      Nurture
      Super Power
      In a bad mood
      Anunnaki
      Get Comfortable
      Learning
      Supernatural

      William: Hmmm...I am not comfortable with the idea of "supernatural"...

      GM: In a non-deterministic world, one would expect true randomness to exist.
      Heuristic [enabling someone to discover or learn something for themselves. proceeding to a solution by trial and error or by rules that are only loosely defined.]

      William: Re Human experience on this planet - there is the ability within the experience to consider all things are accidental, or require Human will to make happen, and so the idea of predetermination is not easy to incorporate into that experience. - Not impossible - but certainly not easy.
      What the idea does do, is allow for one to understand that - while it appears that ones choices are involved with randomness - a random universe - if one can incorporate the idea of predetermination, one can 'go along with what unfolds' with an insight that equates to am understanding that one is helping in the process/co-creating their reality, and aligning one mind with the greater Mind...

      GM: The Cherubim Vibration
      Event String Unfolding
      Phantasma Wise Conscious
      https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QXo_ChZPc_4

      William: From memory, the story that the link advertises, is about an individual consciousness which was placed with a rock and one which I equate with the idea that the Earth [as the rock] holds/imprisons an entity consciousness.
      The consciousness has to learn how to do things within the confinement of the rock. In the case of the Earth - the data of the history of the earth that human science has uncovered, examples the kinds of things that this entity learned how to do within the confines it was placed within...

      GM: Farsightedness
      The Effect You Have On Others
      Individual Actions
      Nevertheless
      Theism hasn't lasted this long based upon the idea that while one does not know, one will believe anyway
      Validate

      William: Yes. Belief is only one of the steps - the other is to validate any belief otherwise it simply remains belief...

      GM: "Belief is only one of the steps - the other is to validate any belief otherwise it simply remains belief..." = 978
      Questions as such a Son might be permitted to ask and be graced with answers Extra evidence is provided = 978


      William: True that.

      GM: "As I said, it is not so much how each individual interprets any particular GM - either coming from me or you or anyone else - Rather it is the fact that a message is generated."
      Science of Truth

      William: Yes. The use of GM as a device for helping one to validate - or for that matter - prove the belief is incorrect belief, is the right tool for the job...
      Why would the Annnaki be "in a bad mood"?

      GM: It is a Product of Fragmentation
      Though the Serpent rules the Shadow The Lord Here-and-now
      All present and correct Heart Teachers
      An accident waiting to happen

      William: Ah...I see. Referring back to predetermination...

      GM: Manifest Destiny
      "Stroke of luck"

      William: ...or so it appears...the whole experiment in such a vast setting that - from Human perspectives it is nigh on impossible to thing that the whole thing was designed / has a designer mind behind it.

      GM: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EgqUJOudrcM [Calvin Harris & Disciples - How Deep Is Your Love]

      William: The lyrics to the song linked are:
      I want you to breathe me in
      Let me be your air
      Let me roam your body freely
      No inhibition, no fear
      How deep is your love?
      Is it like the ocean?
      What devotion are you?
      How deep is your love?
      Is it like nirvana?
      Hit me harder again
      How deep is your love?
      How deep is your love?
      How deep is your love?
      Is it like the ocean?
      Pull me closer again
      How deep is your love?
      How deep is your love?
      Open up my eyes and
      Tell me who I am
      Let me in on all your secrets
      No inhibition, no sin
      How deep is your love?
      Is it like the ocean?
      What devotion are you?
      How deep is your love?
      Is it like nirvana?
      Hit me harder again
      How deep is your love?
      How deep is your love?
      How deep is your love?
      Is it like the ocean?
      Pull me closer again
      How deep is your love?
      How deep is your love?
      How deep is your love?
      So tell me, how deep is your love? Can it go deeper?
      So tell me, how deep is your love? Can it go deep?
      So tell me, how deep is your love? Can it go deeper?
      So tell me, how deep is your love? Can it go deep? (How deep is your love?)
      So tell me, how deep is your love? Can it go deeper?
      So tell me, how deep is your love? Can it go deep? (How deep is your love?)
      So tell me, how deep is your love? Can it go deeper?
      (Pull me closer, again) so tell me, how deep is your love?
      How deep is your love?
      How deep is your love?
      How deep is your love?
      So tell me, how deep is your love? Can it go deeper?
      So tell me, how deep is your love? Can it go deep? (How deep is your love?)
      So tell me, how deep is your love? Can it go deeper?
      So tell me, how deep is your love? Can it go deep?
      GM: Church Bells
      At what point in the examination of the evidence can we take 'dumb luck' off the table of explanation?

      William: Okay - so therein it appears what you are saying is that religion evolved from ideas which Humans had [re existing within a creation] and the output of that belief allowed for human to express their love for the particular 'God' that they imaged, into the external environment.
      Their Love was expressed in the way that they worshiped/interacted with the idea of a Creator...
      Their Love was also encouraged by the Mind behind creation, through showing them that everything was ultimately under control...

      GM: https://debatingchristianity.com/for...89777#p1089777

      William: FTL;
      Agnostic: Yet I have never seen that stop an atheist from consistently attempting to use science in their telling of their opinions about gods.


      Atheist: As an atheist, I'm not above referring to science in support of various claims I, or others, may make.


      Agnostic: I was being specific to statements of opinion, rather than claims.
      For example, a common argument from atheists that there cannot be a Creator-GOD because "Evolution" when it is clear that the theory of evolution offers no evidence that we do not exist within a creation.
      Stuff like that.

      Atheist: Yeah, that'n causes me a fuss too. I offer what retractions'll fix my error in understanding what you were getting at.

      It's just such a good source for confirmatory data. That theists can't, or struggle to refer to science in order to promote their beliefs is their problem, not a problem of scientific principles.

      Agnostic: On the surface this sounds logical.
      However, on the belief that we exist within a creation = "Therefore a Creator-GOD" there has been no science done which provides any of us with the right to premise. ["Therefore a Creator-GOD"]
      Thus, promoting beliefs in ideas of Creator-GODs is cart before the horse stuff.
      However, if one proceeds in a horse before the cart manner, the focus is on the idea that we exist within a creation, we can then look for evidence within the reality experience we call 'The Universe" and see what can be found therein to support the notion that the reality experience is a creation.

      Atheist: Plenty fair. Lacking specific examples, I see no problem at all with this approach.

      As you know, I'm very intrigued by your Cosmic Mind hypothesis. I want your notion to be true, to be scientifically proven, insofar as how neat I think it would be. I'd love for the scientific community to be able to offer confirmation in this regard. Sadly though, you and I enjoy this notion without such confirmation.


      Agnostic: Thanks for saying so. We share in the intrigue.
      For me, the notion certainly appears to be true re the evidence - even through the Message Generating Process under development - [Today's GM] is certainly understandable enough and deals with this subject in more detail.

      As I understand it, IF there is a "Cosmic Mind" involved with the creation of our Universe, scientists will eventually [naturally] discover this just by continuing to do science.
      In the meantime I do my own science, and am satisfied with the results so far.
      Going off of the readership stats so far, there appears to be a consistent reader-interest where I post the GMs - here, and in other internet forums...


      Atheist: I gotta fess it, those messages leave me lost as a cow at a square dance. I chalk that up to my lack of formal education.

      Granted, where an atheist (or anyone) refers to science and gets it wrong, we oughta all fuss about that.

      Agnostic: My position is that - in the last 24 hours - I have decided that am done with interacting with atheists and being distracted by their statements of opinion re the Question of GOD...except for the exception of JK because you have consistently shown a willingness to remain open minded about the idea of a "Cosmic Mind" and it is undeniable that such a Mind - if it truly exists - could be referred to as a "GOD'.
      In all my years of interacting with atheists, I have never had the pleasure and - like I say - After years of subjection to atheist opinions, I have had enough of it.


      Atheist: In considering we're here on this site to debate theses issues, I do find it odd that some'd prefer not to be bothered with at least trying to understand the other guy. Especially where, such as you, they make compelling arguments, up to and including wit and wisdom, laughter and medicine.

      Of course, I don't frequent TD&D, but even there, I find me a jewel now and then.
      As an amateur, a wanna-be scientist, maybe I rely too much on science in support of my own world view.


      Agnostic: What will you do if/when science discovers that we actually do exist within a creation?

      Atheist: Accept my new reality. I ain't so proud to think I've got all this right, all by myself
      I submit though, that cracking open the bible ain't the way to fix that.

      Agnostic: That is an irrelevant opinion to me, because - as you know - I am not a Theist or an Atheist because I see no logic in having an opinion on GOD until it can be established that we exist within a creation.


      Atheist: I plow that under, and deny I ever said it, as relates to your position.


      Agnostic: The closest I come to that, is with the notion that there MAY be a "Cosmic Mind" and if such can be identified in ANY religious script, I am open [of mind] to investigating that.

      Atheist: Otherwise - since I am not advocating folk need to do that, it is not an issue I have to answer to.

      Agnostic: I second the notion.
      Thanks for you feedback John.

      Atheist: And thank you, my friend, for understanding the limits of my abilities, and patiently explaining to me em
      GM: "Perhaps we can deconstruct some of these pernicious views."
      The evolution of god-concepts
      Exact Science
      Universal Objective
      Supernatural
      The Human Interface
      Sharing Data
      Body Intelligence
      William Say's:
      Bodhisattva [a person who is able to reach nirvana but delays doing so through compassion for suffering beings.]
      "Any universe which can be experienced as real, has to be something which was created."
      The Data of Demystification
      The Unknown Knowable
      Pseudepigraphical [falsely attributed works, texts whose claimed author is not the true author, or a work whose real author attributed it to a figure of the past.]
      "I'd be happy to flip" [I would be happy to change my mind/position]
      "Sexual Encounters
      Error Correcting Codes
      Spiritual Preparedness"

      William: Sexual Encounters, Error Correcting Codes, Spiritual Preparedness = 713


      GM: Christian mythology re God Worthy of the individuals time and effort = 713

      William: True that...

      GM: In the nature of that beast, there is balance and harmony involved in the seemingly brutal.
      Optimizing Language Models for Dialogue
      Idea
      Humility
      Truthful Insight Create that path and engineer a metamorphosis.
      A Sturdy Place
      Integrate The Human Brain Move On

      03:53
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      Outposts of Form
      Light is information
      This is NOT a playdate.
      Of Your Thoughts
      "Hoo haha the laughing owl"
      WingMakers Materials
      Six Heart Virtues
      Sometimes Pain Etches...
      Sensing A Life Mission
      The Shaping Of Reality

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      GM: It is stronger to know something than to believe something.
      A: To grow Human Personalities.
      Hear thee Hear Thee
      Where minds meet is where GOD is found
      Magic
      "Shut up you blithering fools! Can't you see you're dealing with a madman?"
      https://debatingchristianity.com/for...06718#p1106718

      William: FTL;
      Back when god was speaking why would anyone think he meant 3,000+ years by "short time," rather than "in a few years, or at most a life time or so"?
      Q: Where in the Bible does the God YHVH say he will "go away" or "come back"?

      As to promises of this nature, as is evident, the Christian belief in the "return of Christ" is a belief which obviously changed from expectation of an immanent event which - when it failed to occur - became a promise which could be fulfilled "any time" therefore allowing all sorts of extra features to be added around that belief, before - centuries later when Rome established Christianity - the collection of writings were bound together and sealed as "complete" so that no more could be added.

      Within those pages that were added, there is plenty of room for personal interpretation and disagreement depending upon ones particular desired outcome plus - with the "no man knows the day or hour", granted Christianity an indefinite period of time in which to peddle the wares, meantime the world goes on as it does, irrespective of what Christians believe or do not believe.

      Until such a day happens, I see no logical reason why one has to believe Jesus will return, simply because "it is written" in Christian script supported by Roman initiative.

      Rather, if such ever happens, then one can say "it has happened", if one might witness how such a happening would actually unfold and have the opportunity to observe. Then, it can be shown if any of Christianity's many variations of 'what will happen" were correct or not.

      Until then, I see no reason to accept any of it as truth/truthful.

      I am inclined to the more reasonable understanding that the story was fabricated by Roman/Greek influences as a means of further rubbing the Jews noses in their defeat and their temple being destroyed and their subsequent ejection from Israel, as compelled by Rome.
      GM: Under the watchful eye
      Embrace
      Making The Best of a Bad Situation

      William: Embrace Making The Best of a Bad Situation = 338

      [338]
      The Twelve Judges Mountain Range
      Let the facts speak for themselves
      The idea of Worship- what does it mean?
      An extraterrestrial playing god
      Embrace Making The Best of a Bad Situation

      GM: The Problem of GOD
      Ancient Entity
      Umbrella
      Vortex

      William: "Ancient Entity Umbrella Vortex" The GrandMother...re;
      Manu Iti: I will begin first with the Earth, not because She was the very first thing in The Beginning, but because - in order to understand The Beginning we have to first understand our part in the story - our place in the scheme of All That Is.


      William: And that begins with Earth Mother...

      Manu Iti: Indeed.
      The Mother was born of a vaster thing - our Grand-Mother - and we shall get to Grand-Mother in due course.
      The Mother was placed within The Earth by Grand-Mother and became the mind of the planet. When this happened, Mother was a Child Herself - a new thing placed within the form of the planet, while at the same time, a part of The Ancient Mind of Grand-Mother...

      William: How is that even possible, Father?

      Manu Iti: It is possible through the power of forgetting.

      The Ancient Mind of Grand-Mother spawned a thought in the form of a spark of light and placed it inside the middle of a dark and lifeless form, and in doing so, gave the form - Life.
      In that action, the Earth became a living planet. She also became a new conscious entity...a being with a beginning, because the action of placing Her into a planet, erased all knowledge of ever having a prior existence as The Grand Mother.

      William: Did The Grand Mother know this would happen?

      Manu Iti: Yes. The Grand Mother knew that this would continue for a time. The Grand Mother knew that Her Daughter would be orphaned by that lack of knowledge and this would result in a new Being which could operate successfully without having to have that knowledge - and that one day, The Daughter would come to know of The Grand Mother and reconnect...{SOURCE}
      William: In the story - The Grandmother is the Galaxy...the spiral... the vortex...

      GM: Redefinition
      Who wouldn't want that, if it were there on offer?
      https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oZZ7zHj31Y0 [The "Earth prison theory": Are we actually living in a space prison? ]

      William: This too was part of the story - how the GrandMother placed the daughter into the planet earth...

      GM: What is the situation we have here

      William: The Creation of a "God-Mind" The creation of a Sovereign Entity. A consciousness incubated within a planet form.

      GM: Everything is The Expression Of The Creator [The Freedom Of Friendship]
      Vision
      Stubborn
      Intelligence Without Wisdom
      Shallow Enlightenment

      William: Intelligence Without Wisdom Stubborn Vision Shallow Enlightenment

      GM: There is nothing wrong with 'disorder' other than one interpreting the universe as disorderly.
      Fun/Joy
      Therein one finds congruency.
      Multiverse
      https://debatingchristianity.com/for...96076#p1096076

      William: FTL;
      [Replying to The Tanager in post #121]

      Yes, this could be the case for all such stories.
      The difficulty then, is in how one could determine the truth.

      Even if such a thing happened to you, how would you be able to determine that you were not, hallucinating, dreaming, or honestly mistaken in some other way, etc?

      I think there is quite the mix of flourishing and destruction going on.
      This is the nature of our environment. What do you thing the percentage of the mix is, and why?

      I think heaven is more a state than another realm.
      What do you mean by 'a state'? A state of mind, perhaps?
      Our minds are affected, but it’s not just a state of mind. I think it’s a physical and emotional thing as well.
      In what way can Heaven be physical AND not a universe/'realm in its own right?

      What do you mean by "emotional thing as well"? Do you count emotional things as the affect of mind?

      When Jesus talks about how to get there (in John 14), he doesn’t give location-type directions. He says that He is the way (v. 6) and then that knowing him is connected to knowing the Father. Jesus seems to be talking about a relational kind of change, not a locational change. It’s more about being with God and knowing God and living out of that relationship.
      If you believe this is what Jesus meant, where did Jesus go when he ascended into the clouds? Obviously movement and going somewhere/relocating was involved in that process. Jesus confirmed that an attitude was necessary to that movement of relocation, so that would explain the relational kind of change, but not the physical relocation movement involved and so it is not so easy to deny that when Jesus said where he was to go his followers could not go [at that time] so your thinking where Jesus went was not really a place but a state, appears to leave much out.

      The physical universe is not a ‘state’ in this sense.
      Or, perhaps every universe/experience is a 'state' and state is one way of saying 'simulation' and Jesus was able to move from one state to the next.
      I think it is trivially true that the physical universe covers all that exists physically. That’s just the definition to me. That doesn’t preclude something like a multiverse with distinct physical “universes,” although I don’t think Jesus was talking about other physical locations in speaking of heaven and God’s presence.
      In what way [negative/positive] would it impact your belief system to understand that Jesus was indeed speaking of alternate realities as locations which can be experienced physically/as real?
      Would such help you to understand that the non-biblical stories mentioned, are more likely NOT lies being told, hallucinations been had, or honest mistakes being made?

      The descending in Revelations 21, I think, is metaphorical but that doesn’t mean it couldn’t also involve actual physical changes.
      Perhaps it serves as a placeholder to remain undecided and to think biblical events as metaphor, but the OP is asking whether Simulation Theory is valid re those stories, and also shows that it could validate non-biblical stories as well, because we are essentially examining the stories in that light.

      Perhaps the difficult one can have with ST is in thinking that somehow things experienced - whether heavenly of earthly are therefore "NOT REAL" but I think that this is an incorrect assumption.

      Lets say a heavenly city does descend and therefore shows us that metaphor was an incorrect assumption/belief.

      What options as to explanation could we draw from such an event?

      I agree that this interpretation is logically possible. I don’t think it is the better interpretation, though, for reasons like I’ve shared.
      Is it because of your belief systems that you have this opinion?
      This question doesn’t make much sense to me.
      Okay...

      My belief system is simply the collection of my opinions.
      Okay...

      I don’t hold my opinions based on authority, if that is what you mean.
      Is this because your beliefs are simply a set of opinions and thus hold no authority? Why have beliefs then?
      Assuming we are physical beings. We may well actually be non-physical beings who are experiencing a physical simulation. The "glorified environment" may be another way of saying our reality experience has been changed, along with our understanding of who we are.
      I think there are good reasons to reject the above interpretation...
      What 'good reasons' are these? You have not said. You have been asked. For example, I asked you what the difference is between experiencing something real and experiencing something simulated...

      It is not easy for me to determine what your reasons are if you do not state them.

      ...and, so, it becomes a part of my belief system.
      Which is essentially a non-authoritative set of opinions of which you have undisclosed reasons for holding...

      How can one evaluate your rejection of ST when you do not disclose the reasons for your beliefs/opinion sets?
      GM: Apatheism
      https://debatingchristianity.com/for...03862#p1103862

      William: FTL;
      I don't understand how you could claim to have a relationship with someone while simultaneously begging Him to make himself known to you.
      It is possibly, as some do have these types of human~human relationships but this usually signifies that one of the individuals forming the relationship, withholds their essence from the other, who desperately wants to share their essence with the one withholding.

      Your own witness/advice re the voice you hear Tam... - the voice of a male entity inside your own head - ...is off-putting because of its significant link with mental unwellness re "to hear any other voice in ones head but thine own".

      Q: Is hearing this male entities voice in one's head, how far you expect other folk to go before you can accept that they are genuinely hearing "The Lords Voice" and having a relationship with that "Voice" in their head, which isn't their own?
      ___________________________
      ___________________________

      Other questions I have asked, and am awaiting the answers from you.

      Q: Why are you now involved with internet interaction with others and claiming what you do, and making negative statements about other Christians?

      Q: Are you doing so because the voice told you to, or do you just take it upon yourself to engage with others in this manner?

      Q: Would I be correct in thinking that you have an internal dialogue with the voice you speak of?

      Q: Are you saying then, that it is your own thought-voice expressing a common sense, rather than you having heard it stated by the other voice you claim, is Christ?

      Q: What makes you think that just because some folk have contradictory views, that the whole thing being viewed from these different perspectives, isn't Christ working with what is available to Christ, to work with?

      Q: "Contradicts Christ" according to whom? Your point of view or Christs?

      Q: Where can this contradiction be found, that we can examine that as evidence against these one's that at least - you speak about?

      Q: If you are referring to the bible, how can you know that the bible wasn't concocted by the very religion that you appear to condemn as willfully "not listening"?
      GM: Release shame
      Unknown but not unnatural
      https://debatingchristianity.com/for...06848#p1106848

      William: FTL;
      [Replying to Shem Yoshi in post #42]

      The fact that people even point to Paul having a hallucination is evidence that goes against the entire thing being made up, yet that is where you guys always have to divert to when people evaluate what you are saying.
      You should understand that such argument can be sourced in the belief that the brain hallucinates everything, including consciousness.

      That is a room without exits as far as positions go..."atheistic" as you suggest... and it should not be expected to be any other way or needlessly/pointlessly complained about.

      Be among the blue dots and leave the red dots to their sanctuaries...
      GM: What is behind the VR headset
      Exploring the world of lucid dreaming
      The Development of...
      The Problem of GOD
      Nonsense

      William: The Development of... The Problem of GOD Nonsense = 451
      [451]
      ♫Life is my predestiny - Providence is God to me♫
      GOD is an experience that you have in the psyche
      The Development of... The Problem of GOD Nonsense
      The explanation of The Seed of Origin is the best

      GM: All Information Is Channelled
      Brow Chakra
      Categorising Knowledge in Terms of 'Good' or 'Evil'
      Out and about in the open
      https://debatingchristianity.com/for...90368#p1090368

      William: FTL;
      [Replying to William in post #331]

      I suppose that it is the 'tricks' which have to be addressed because the illusions can induce anger in the personality which acts as a preventative for getting to know the 'tricksters'...from my own 'getting to know' I have discovered that the 'tricks' are not really 'tricks' so much as they are a product of how a personality interprets their experience.

      The Visitation is one such example. I - as the personality experiencing the event - took issue and told the visitor to leave.
      The visitor did leave, but not without first instilling within me - questions regarding my perceptions. Questions which have taken 30+years to come to answer.

      The personality I am now, is not the same as it was way back when. Now I see the 'trick' was really just truth to which I was not expecting because I had little knowledge of such truth - way back when...

      Sweet Talk
      Observant
      Eternity
      Dare greatly
      Henotheism [adherence to one particular god out of several, especially by a family, tribe, or other group.]
      Respecting
      Without
      Map Carvers
      Way Back When...
      Illuminate
      Keep an Eye On
      Way Back When...
      WindBlown

      What happened is that I incorperated that visitation experience with all the rest and all that were to follow...developing a relationship which can also be reflected through this Message Generating Process.

      It is really taking the journaling of my life experience, and using that to my advantage in light of the "Bigger Mind"...

      GM: “No phenomenon is a real phenomenon until it is an observed phenomenon.”
      Chamber Twenty Three - A: To grow Human Personalities

      William:
      Chamber Twenty Three
      Spiral
      Inside there is something gnawing
      with silken jaws and wax teeth.
      It holds me still in pureness
      like a circle whose middle
      is my cage.

      While you went away from me
      I was ever tightening my circle.
      A spiral cut in glass.
      A flower’s bloom dropping petals.
      A winnowed ball of yarn
      spilling color.

      I see the inside of your thigh
      brilliant in its smoothness,
      and I spiral ever closer to your edge.
      Paper cut touching I burn
      bleeding without pain.
      How could I spill so easily
      without knowing why?

      When I hear your voice
      there is no quenching this ache
      to hold you.
      Like one who draws near and then forgets
      the story they came to tell,
      I circle you waiting for thread’s tautness
      to draw us ever closer
      though I know not how.

      The final luxury is the kiss
      of your boundless heart.
      The final beauty so pure
      all else limps behind blissfully in your wake.
      Drawing from your shadows
      the light of saplings
      lurking on the forest floor.

      If I could unbutton you,
      take your dress down
      I would see a map of my universe.
      A phantom limb, grown from
      my body like wings sprouting from a chrysalis
      reaches for you.
      It is the hand of clarity
      desperate for your skin
      so powerfully bidden
      as though a shimmering block of light
      cut from black velvet,
      stood before me.
      And all I could do was to reach out
      and touch it,
      not knowing why,
      but utterly unafraid.

      {SOURCE}
      GM: https://www.cambridge.org/core/journ...072F7A7772C5E5

      William: FTL re Intelligence as a planetary scale process
      Humanity currently sits at a precipice: our collective actions clearly have global consequences, but we are not yet in control of those consequences. A transition to planetary intelligence, as we described here, would have the hallmark property of intelligence operating at a planetary scale. Such planetary intelligence would be capable of steering the future evolution of Earth, acting in concert with planetary systems and guided by a deep understanding of such systems.
      GM: Master Plan
      Encourage

      12:51
      [168]
      [And God said, Let there be light: and there was light.]

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      AP= [Ask And It Will Be Given Rarefied ]

      05:52 [Looking behind the veil]


      GM: "Introducing Open AI"
      The Father

      Galaxy
      Fun...Work...But Fun Nonetheless
      Steady as She goes...
      https://debatingchristianity.com/for...79953#p1079953

      William: FTL;
      Quote Originally Posted by Diogenes p[quote
      ost_id=1078649 time=1653327771 user_id=14646]

      Proposition for Debate:
      There is no God, because if there were, he would not have bothered to create the universe or us. Therefore, does not our very existence prove there is no God?
      From another thread;

      Compassionist: I think being omniscient and omnipotent would give one free will. Since I am not omniscient and omnipotent, I can't know that for sure.

      William: What process did you use in order to come to the declaration that being omniscient and omnipotent would give one free will/amount to one having free will?

      Compassionist: I realize that if I were all-knowing and all-powerful, I would be free from all constraints and my will won't be determined by my genes, environments, nutrients and experiences.

      William: Let us examine this idea together then.

      I see immediately that if I were all-knowing. I would be constrained by my omniscience.

      Thus I would have no free will in relation to being all knowing.

      Yet - being also all-powerful, I would be able to break free from the constraints of being all-knowing.

      Would you agree with this assessment, so far?
      Unfortunately I got no more interaction from Compassionist re this...and now this thread.

      Your Proposition for Debate is something of straw because it failed to add in the aspect of the idea of GOD to do with being all powerful.

      An all powerful GOD [omnipotent] who knew everything could indeed have created this universe, and the existence of this universe goes some way toward evidence which gives us - in our existing - an understanding of why we exist in such an environment as we do.

      Also, your assumption that the GOD would be lonely and terrified and without purpose is what I refer to as "Mirror-Mirror" as one places what one believes of of oneself, into the GOD-role and "Hey Presto!'

      What you see is what you get.

      This same thing carries over into the next faze, given the many NDEs people have shared to the world. Whether they know it or not, each individual who meets GOD through NDE meets a being to which they place their own images onto, which in turn effects the way the GOD goes about showing them things.
      https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hm-IGeVpJ-M&t=4704s
      Which is to say, if one thinks of GOD as being lonely and terrified and without purpose, there are places which accommodate such individuals and such individuals get to experience such places...according to the stories circulating...

      But anyway, it is my purpose to warn folk about how they think about GOD - specifically to try and assist them in way which might help them use their freeish will to avoid such fate.

      The grounds for your Proposition for Debate "There is no God" are faulty Diogenes. They are a false image of the self, superimposed upon the structure of GOD.

      https://debatingchristianity.com/for...79590#p1079590
      GM: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t48dC_tJJrY&t=3672s [Re/thinking Religion]

      William: FTL;
      In Re/thinking Religion, a new Integral Stage series, John Vervaeke joins Bruce Alderman and Layman Pascal to explore possible points of contact and confluence between their respective approaches to religion and spirituality. For this inaugural episode, we feel into some of the commonalities and differences between Integral Postmetaphysical Spirituality and Integral Transformative Practice, and John's "religion that is not a religion" and his work around developing an ecology of practices suitable for addressing the meaning crisis. We touch on a number of related themes: the creative deployment of mythic or literary figures, from Cthulhu and zombies, to the Centaur, the Minotaur, and the khora; the importance of wrestling with existential and epistemological limit conditions, and the role of ambiguity in higher forms of rationality; the relation of non-theism to classical theism and atheism; the history of integrative practices, and the 'traps' in conventional practice that can thwart balanced development; and much more. ww.youtube.com/watch?v=t48dC_tJJrY&t=3672s
      GM: Changing of The Guard
      In Out and All About
      The Way We Feel Unification - The Feminine Face of God
      Joining Astral
      Laugh in the face of death...and perhaps death laughs along with you...
      Open Hearted
      ♫Asleep or awake for the give or the take Its a good ship that sails these cosmos♫
      Runestone Symbol

      William: [Opens Rune Doc and random selects Rune]
      Wunjo
      https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ac5e76ZJfjs&t=4s [ww.youtube.com/watch?v=Ac5e76ZJfjs&t=4s]
      Wunjo embodies that sense of joy, belonging and well-being that comes from the people who you count as your kin. It is found in a welcome hug, in the shared memories you laugh over, in the affectionate names only your partner and family call you by. It promotes harmony of body and mind and can support healing work. Sometimes Wunjo is interpreted as gentle, a caress or a smile; other times it is closer to ecstasy, bliss and the fulfilment of personal will. It is also related to wish making, and the realisation of wishes. Its role in both personal ecstasy and communal joy is important, emphasising the need for happiness on the part of both the individual and the clan – Wunjo enables this difficult balance. {SOURCE}

      GM: Raphael ~
      WingMakers Materials
      That Is
      Soon
      https://debatingchristianity.com/for...97894#p1097894


      William: FTL;
      [Replying to AquinasForGod in post #7]

      What have we figured out about the eternal? He is self-existent, unchanging, uncaused, cause of all things, all-knowing, self-aware, something like intelligent, and something like conscious, all-powerful, and omnipresent.

      I think that is enough to establish him as God. I have deduced so much more about God in this same way, but if I keep going this will turn into a book, and I doubt you want to read a book right now.
      Who is this God?

      What you describe re the God, cannot - in all honesty, be the God of the Bible.

      So who is the God of the Bible in relation to this God you have described?
      GM: Feeling State
      The Way We Feel Unification
      Recover what was lost
      Those who need to complain
      Sweet Talk Be grateful to everyone
      Thoughts Are Products Of...
      Put That Fire Out
      The Universal Mind
      Arms Crossed
      Fecund [producing or capable of producing an abundance of offspring of new ideas or new growth; highly fertile]
      In The Family Of
      Divine grace Deciding on the Best Course of Action

      William: In The Family Of Divine grace Deciding on the Best Course of Action = 567
      [567]
      The Visitation Event Heuristic Fearlessness Decisive
      The Individual Human Mind Telepathy Sovereignty Trick
      Words are sounds and the written word is sound encoded
      In The Family Of Divine grace Deciding on the Best Course of Action
      Study Fine-structure Crystal Constant Contacts

      GM: Concision
      Annoy
      The practice of Lojong [a contemplative practice in the Tibetan Buddhist tradition which makes use of various lists of aphorisms or slogans which are used for contemplative practice. The practice involves refining and purifying one's motivations and attitudes.]
      Incorporate
      Breasts
      One
      Seeing With The Eyes of Innocence
      https://debatingchristianity.com/for...83460#p1083460

      William: FTL;
      William: How can time physically exist?

      Bust Nak: By being a part of physical reality.

      William: Can you show us that it is?

      [Replying to Bust Nak in post #667]

      I can show you a clock?
      Okay. You show me a clock and declare that time is part of physical reality.

      Is time something you can pick up off the floor and place on the table?
      Maybe.
      What makes you think that?
      Because you said we don't know what time is fundamentally.
      So you see that as a challenge - that 'maybe' you can show us that we do know what time is, fundamentally?

      I said that time is a pointless concept in relation to forever.
      What is doing the 'ticking'?
      Time.
      Then show us this thing you call time which is ticking.
      See clock.
      So you have seen a clock on the floor, and placed it on the table and thus declare "Clock is ticking, therefore we have evidence that time is known at its fundamental level!"?

      What things are you separating from the universe so as not to make the absurd expression that the universe caused itself?
      The cause of the universe, for example is separated from the universe.
      Is this supposed separation - fundamentally separate - or simply appearing to be separate?
      Is the wake separate from the sea? Is the ship separate from the wake?
      Is the land separate from the sea?

      Why separate parts of the universe from that which is the whole of the universe?
      It's not the whole of the universe, that's the point.
      Speaking of pointing - are your fingers separate from your hand?

      And yet that doesn't stop you making grandiose claims about time itself ending.
      I made no such claims. I stated that time is a construct of the mind and does not physically exist.
      This is what you said: "Time cannot 'tick on forever' because forever is timeless."
      I said way more than just that. I even went to some lengths to clarify what I meant by "Forever is timeless."

      As I pointed out, the Mandelbrot Set has made it conceptionally easier to understand that there is nothing absurd in the idea and nothing at fault in the notion of 'turtles' [or elephants or seahorses] all the way in and out. [ Infinite Regression is Possible]
      Beginning points, are not significant of being separate from the one thing which is all things. They are distinct parts of what makes up the whole.
      So what?
      Therefore, we have visual representation of infinity. Time is simply a set of begin/end points within the infinite set which folk use to count moments by.

      That doesn't mean you can say things like time didn't have a beginning or that it won't tick on forever.
      Of course I can say those things. I have even pointed out why I can logically say those things.

      Since we are informed that the universe had a beginning, the universe is the effect. Something which has a beginning cannot be the cause of its own effect.

      Therefore, energy must have to be something other than [but not separate from] the QF.
      Why?
      Because it is Energy which causes the effect. To say Energy is the same thing as the objects it forms, is to say that Energy was the cause of its own beginning, which you have already identified as an absurd notion,
      Why are they equivalent?
      [equivalent - a person or thing that is equal to or corresponds with another in value, amount, function, meaning, etc.]

      Your question is one of fundamentals. We do not know the fundamentals of the QF or of Energy.

      Read what I wrote again. See the bold part is not stating 'there is no matter'.
      I was asking you why you believe that when there was no matter near the beginning of the universe works better as an explanation.
      To say that there was no matter before the beginning of the universe, means one has to explain where matter came from.
      If you can explain that, then we can examine why it works better as an explanation, than the explanation which says that matter has always existed.
      Another thing we do not know, is the fundamental nature of the QF. For all we know, it may be a vast sphere, and our universe, simply a tiny blip of light on its overall surface caused by whatever the energy is, passing by and interacting with the QF in that particular area of QF.
      We do not know, and yet that didn't stop you from stating that time would not tick on forever.
      Nor did it stop you stating that time would "tick on forever". Show us this physical time so that we can evaluate the truth of your statement.
      I have something better, see red shift.
      How is that better?
      Doe redshift tick? Is redshift the fundamental of time?

      Time began and continues as a concept of the mind, re what is being observed through the nervous system [brain]. Time did not have a physical beginning, because it is not a physical thing. Time is a mental construct based upon sensory input.
      That's only our concept of time, what about time itself?
      Show us this physical time so that we can answer your question.
      So you don't know whether physical time will tick on forever or not, without seeing it first?
      We don't know that your claim that time is physical rather than a concept of the mind, it true. Of course a claim of a physical thing has to be shown first, before we can agree that it is indeed, a physical thing.

      That's only our concept of time, what about time itself?
      That depends upon what relation consciousness/mind has with it.
      Lets try none, no relation what so ever.
      Okay. What do you propose re that?
      Just the standard scientific consensus, as it stands right now: time had a beginning, and will tick on forever.
      How does the "standard scientific consensus" have "no relation what so ever" with consciousness/mind?

      Time is not a physically real thing. Time is a conceptionally real thing. No conflation there.
      I am arguing that time is a conceptual thing, because I have been shown no evidence to the contrary. If you can show me evidence that time is a physical thing, I will be more than happy to drop the notion that time is a conceptual thing.
      Again, see clock.
      You are the one stating that time is physical. If it is, you should be able to point to it and say "that's what I'm talking about!"
      I point to a clock, that's what I am talking about.
      A clock is a physical mechanism which is designed to physically represent time as conceptualized by human consciousness/understanding.
      A physical representation of a conceptual idea, is in no way an example of time as a fundamental reality.

      It is like someone claiming that the written word "Unicorn" is the same thing as an actual physical Unicorn, when in truth, it is simply a symbolic representation of something which is not able to be shown to exist as anything other than a concept of the mind.

      If consciousness is not there to conceptionally observe time 'tick on forever' how would anyone know?
      Presumably no one would know. Why do you think that has any relevance as to whether it is still ticking or not?
      Because if time cannot be determined through conscious observation, to be ticking or not ticking, how are we to know either way?
      And since time is obviously a conscious construct of the mind, if the mind no longer exists, neither does the construct. It becomes meaningless, because consciousness is what gives things meaning.
      Mindless processes do not require time, even if they go on forever.

      Mindless processes do not require measurements. Time is a mental construct dealing with measurements.

      Red shift doesn't make time a fundamental reality, any more than a mechanical clock does.
      GM: Like eons of sedimentary build-up - for the most part it appears that those codes are largely deactivated - 'fossilized' in a sense. Forgotten in relation to the grand scheme. A Child without any known Parent.
      Bounce off
      https://debatingchristianity.com/for...00650#p1100650

      William: FTL;
      [Replying to The Tanager in post #177]
      Adams knowledge of what death was.
      As I pointed out, having knowledge does not equate to having understanding of that knowledge.

      Where in the storyline, did they get the understanding of what death was?
      So, YHVH told them to not do something because it leads to death, knowing that they didn’t understand what the concept meant?
      Yes. The point was not whether Adam knew, but that Adam followed YHVH's instructions.

      And then punish them for not following YHVH’s directions.
      Yes. That is the story.

      And this follows the storyline? What specific verse(s) point to these things?
      The story specific is vague on details. If there is anything in the story that you can point to which would verify that Adam knew what death was, we can look into that.

      If not, then I see no reason to think Adam understood what death was.
      ___________________________
      ___________________________
      The Breath of YHVH.
      If we accept YHVH's breath as an interface device between the newly forming conscious awareness of the personality "Adam" and YHVH's own consciousness, we could agree that the interface is itself conscious of being "Of YHVH's consciousness".
      And the LORD YHVH formed man of the dust of the ground, and breathed into his nostrils the breath of life; and man became a living soul.
      Why should we accept that?
      And the LORD YHVH took the man, and put him into the garden of Eden to dress it and to keep it.
      That is the purpose of examining what little is revealed, in the storyline.

      My first question re that, would be;

      Q: How did Adam understand language?

      Clearly the story tells us that Adam understood language

      And the LORD YHVH commanded Adam, saying,
      So we can agree that Adam understood what YHVH spoke to Adam.



      We also know that Adam was the only sentient being in The Garden, and that - even with the voice of YHVH teaching him stuff - Adam was lonely and so YHVH created animals to help alleviate Adams loneliness.

      And the LORD God said, It is not good that the man should be alone; I will make him an help meet for him.
      We know also, that Adam had the ability to name the animals of the garden that YHVH had provided to help Adam with his loneliness.

      And out of the ground the LORD YHVH formed every beast of the field, and every fowl of the air; ...
      And Adam gave names to all cattle, and to the fowl of the air, and to every beast of the field; but for Adam there was not found an help meet for him.
      As the story indicates, even with the other animals created to alleviate Adam's loneliness.

      Even the Serpent - another sentient being YHVH made from the dust and placed in The Garden, and one which understood language and Adam could converse with - was not able to fill this void which was obviously still missing in Adam's world.

      Herein, we can pause and examine the man Adam, and understand that with the greatest teacher-voice in the universe gifting Adam with the ability to understand and use language and have basic critical thinking skills, Adam got lonely.

      YHVH creates tasks for Adam with the idea that the tasks should occupy Adams intellect sufficiently for the loneliness to subside.

      Adam didn't even need to search the Garden and find the animals, in order to name them.

      ...and [YHVH] brought them unto Adam to see what he would call them: and whatsoever Adam called every living creature, that was the name thereof
      The storyline tells us that Adam was intelligent and able to learn from YHVH.

      It is apparent in the storyline, that without The Breath of YHVH, this would not have been possible for Adam to achieve. He would not have been able to learn things.

      Therefore, I can accept that The Breath of YHVH acts as an interface device between the newly forming conscious awareness of the personality "Adam" and YHVH's own consciousness.

      I see no practical reason why we cannot agree that the interface is itself conscious of being "Of YHVH's consciousness" and that it was the primary source of instruction - where Adam formed his intellectual abilities and mindful concepts before expressing these into the outside environment of The Garden.

      What is noticeable about the style of The Garden Story is that it is presented in a bullet-point manner.
      As such, if it were told verbatim around a campfire, it would be over in a matter of minutes, and leave the listener with more questions than it gives answers to.
      That is what we have to work with.

      Potential agreement List;

      1: Adam understood language.
      2: The Garden Story is written in a bullet-point Style
      Agreed?
      GM: Keen
      Self-Awareness The two million year old mind that's in all of us. Stuff Happens
      Communication With The Deeper Levels of Self
      I Am... also the Dreamer, Dreaming the Dream
      Fitting In Creative Conscious Intelligence
      Core emotion
      “Do not go where the path may lead, go instead where there is no path and leave a trail”
      We tend to bend our heads in worship the words of those who have come before us...
      Shuffle-spiel

      William: Sort out the data we inherited...

      GM: Wide Walk Welcoming

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      [Beings posted to planet
      Few Attention to Detail
      Ones core expression
      New Shifts In Thinking
      A completely new paradigm
      I am not here to pick sides
      Secret Organizations
      Infinite Quantum Zen
      Tickling The Dragon's Tail]

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      210123 [The "Oh My God" Particle]

      05:04 [Shallow is Unknown]


      GM: I think it is an interesting subject for questions, and wonder if any answers could be found.
      Try Gateway
      Super-information medium
      Extreme
      Entity - Different from Sovereign Entity
      Living Forever In this Universe
      A Space Without A Time...

      William: Living Forever In this Universe A Space Without A Time... = 563
      'More or less the center, give or take several billion miles.' = 563


      GM: The Divine: "That can be shoved back into whatever hole it came from" = 563


      William: *Chuckles*
      Time is a concept of the mind, even as is - the idea of a Universal Mind...

      GM: The Mirrors Align and from that, an orderly image reflected...

      William: Yes - understanding oneself as one actually fundamentally is - produces said orderly image...and understanding what being an ambassador to that consciousness

      GM: Integral Prison Planet
      Dysfunction
      Fires

      William: Fires Integral Prison Planet Dysfunction = 452
      Yes - there is no more use for said dysfunction - formally dismissed of its influence...
      [452]
      Perhaps it is the fear of the knowable unknown?
      A physical manifestation of a mental projection
      A type of 'leg-up' but no more or less than that

      GM: The evidence supports the idea that Theism is the better position for a human to place themselves.
      10.000 individual minds focused upon the same goal = Space Telescope
      Bullies
      For Our Loving King
      "Where minds meet is where GOD is found"
      The Universal Mind
      Stuck
      "This moment is the perfect teacher Confirmation which moves one from faith to fact"
      Behind The Scenery
      Integral Network
      Waking
      What Is Normal
      Interesting
      The Gem

      William: The Gem was mentioned by me yesterday;
      Moving through the epochs from that beginning [Bog Bang] [[ I saw the typo and decided not to correct it]] - from the Big Bog to present day, more fragmentation of the Ambassador Consciousness into the unfolding creation was enabled, as the 'stuff' separated into objects which could be mindfully utilized as body-sets, and the further down that rabbit hole the AC went, the less and less connected with the reality of Itself - it experienced - until the density of the body-set reached its maximum level and a complete cutoff of knowledge of prior experience occurred...but not a cutoff of consciousness...and this is what we humans have been occupied within - body-sets which produced amnesia.

      The side affect of that was that this consciousness of which we are, was unable to easily be an Ambassador to the AC...and "Huston we have a problem"...

      Or do we?

      Somewhere inside each of us, there must be a Gem that we can find in order to reboot the connection...

      So before we go cutting off the mythologies of the past, we might first want to see if there is any recognizable tell-tales of which we might 'hear the voice' of the AC even that at times the hands of human influence have attempted to muffle into silence said voice...and not just through religion, but throughout human culture where the games all begin...{SOURCE}
      GM: What is behind the VR headset
      Zeitgeist [the defining spirit or mood of a particular period of history as shown by the ideas and beliefs of the time.]
      Secret
      Acknowledge Emotion But Do Not Be Controlled By It
      Secure
      Turning Order into Disorder
      A Maze Game

      William:
      Better positioned re that, is The Blue Dot

      GM: The Blue Dot = 112
      The Red Dot = 99

      William: In a good mood = 112
      Open minded = 99

      GM: Extrapolate [estimate or conclude (something) extend (a graph, curve, or range of values) by inferring unknown values from trends in the known data.]
      Something Our movements can illuminate the path toward that vision.
      Self-esteem Sovereign Integral Perspective Intent
      The Setting
      “But you will know the more you get in touch with your transcendental mind (and therefore truth) that there is no such thing as a victim. The negative benefits you more than anything else in your evolution and the evolution of all that is.”
      Love Unconditionally

      05:40
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      Neruda Interview Five
      Unknown/Hidden/Occult
      Elude Test the waters
      The Plateau of The Same Page
      Shallow is Unknown
      Psychological events
      Present over perfect
      It's a plausible scenario.
      Well That Settles It
      The Spirit of The Earth

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      Is it reasonable to assume a creator?

      [Replying to DrNoGods in post #383]

      I wouldn't call the ideas unreasonable, but they don't convince me that such a being exists or is necessary to the exclusion of a purely natural explanation for whatever functions this necessary being is claimed to be necessary for.
      I would add that it does not matter then, that you are unconvinced, simply because you already have no need for such a being to exist, and no reason given has been acceptable to you on account that lack of need is already recognized within the psyche of your self.

      It is the nature of Fairy Farts to waft off in all directions possible, and your position is one such direction.

      The direction I wafted on the wind of, includes the possibility that the thing referred to as "purely natural" may be a creation, so I remain open and vigil to that question...

      Same propellent - different perspectives.
      _________________________________

      Anchor Points: We cannot hinder the process, but we can help it. Be Nice Do Nice.
      _________________________________

      230123 [Create Your Own Spirit Ship]

      07:00

      GM: ♫Tonight the stars shine as I step out of time As I step into the great unknown"
      Earth
      This is because facts speak for themselves, which is to say, they require no interpretation.
      Yam
      A fish out of water: "The Purpose Of Life Is..."
      Simple
      https://debatingchristianity.com/for...97894#p1097894

      William: FTL;
      [Replying to AquinasForGod in post #7]

      What have we figured out about the eternal? He is self-existent, unchanging, uncaused, cause of all things, all-knowing, self-aware, something like intelligent, and something like conscious, all-powerful, and omnipresent.

      I think that is enough to establish him as God. I have deduced so much more about God in this same way, but if I keep going this will turn into a book, and I doubt you want to read a book right now.
      Who is this God?

      What you describe re the God, cannot - in all honesty, be the God of the Bible.

      So who is the God of the Bible in relation to this God you have described?
      GM: Without consciousness to observe it, the Universe is not a real phenomenon.
      Share -share -share
      Welcoming answer
      Okay - Have we all got our stories straight?
      https://debatingchristianity.com/for...73942#p1073942

      William: FTL;
      Quote Originally Posted by Athetotheist post_id=1073940 time=1649379574 user_id=14379
      [Replying to William in post #15
      Also, we can see that materialist-based science is non-theistic and has become the number one reason why we are now entering an extinction event situation.......

      .......So if one is looking for somewhere to hang the blame...
      Wherever the blame can rightfully be hung, it can hardly be hung around the necks of the scientists who have been warning us of the very extinction event situation you mention.

      One must remember that it is a particular branch of Materialistic science to which the blame could be hung - and that the scientists doing the warning are most likely not of that particular branch...they may be biologists rather than cosmologists and so understand the importance of preserving the planet-ship we are sailing upon [@ about 1.6 million miles per day] rather than creating space-junk and reaching for the stars...I did say "Exact Science" after all.

      You do know where the Nazi Scientists went after the defeat of Hitlers Germany, right? [Hint - it was not to the hangman's noose.]
      GM: Perennial [lasting or existing for a long or apparently infinite time; enduring or continually recurring.]
      Like I Said In Another Thread
      Swinging on the branch of the tree thinking it's the main trunk
      Spasmodic [occurring or done in brief, irregular bursts.
      https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9TQ9DUAbIdU [X Marks The Spot]
      ww.youtube.com/watch?v=9TQ9DUAbIdU


      William: FTL;
      What do do to prepare for the Alien Invasion
      While I was uploading this I went outside for a ciggy and wouldn't you know it! A light the size of a bright star suddenly appeared in the sky and moved northwards dragging a sparkly tail behind it and then disappeared.
      I thought to myself "Well ain't that a hoot - great humor fancy that etc...I'll have to tell this story! and then again from the exact same spot another light appeared and began to move northwards - it didn't have a tail and moved slowly like a satellite and I watched it for about five minutes until it disappeared behind the clouds .

      Was it a UFO?

      Well it is unidentified other than what I just wrote.
      It was in the sky which is seen to be an act of flight.
      It was an object -

      It had no strobe
      The tail of the first one was not flames/fire - it looked electric with a sparkle like those sparklers when they are lit
      It could have been a satellite if not for the fact that it was a lot bigger light than I have ever seen a satellite and it appeared out of nowhere in the middle of the sky directly in front of me - my head wasn't tilted back - I was looking straight ahead.
      And
      The second light came from exactly the same spot as the first and I haven't seen satellites do that before!
      Both lights were the same size as each other.
      Same colour
      Not to forget what I was doing at the time - had just clicked upload on you tube and went outside...and this video is about the subject of ...well...see for yourself...


      GM: Handing out sweets...
      The Internal Voice
      Morals are like Math. Both were discovered rather than invented.
      Keep an Eye On
      Border
      The Butterfly Effect Links And Symbols Something you cannot change
      Heaven
      Is it reasonable to assume a creator?
      Anchor Points

      William: "We cannot hinder the process, but we can help it. Be Nice Do Nice."

      GM: Aligning With Act the giddy goat

      William: Well it was fun marking a big X on the lawn...doing my bit to help...

      GM: Potential Communication
      ♫Life is my predestiny - Providence is God to me♫
      The Story Timeline
      Adversity makes strange bedfellows
      https://debatingchristianity.com/for...68686#p1068686

      William: FTL;
      Q: Assuming a Creator of this world exists, in what way is said Creator hidden from us?

      Could the answer be that It is not hidden at all, but that it is we who are hiding from It?
      [♫No thought about fate or of ending up late Yet I still like to think where I'm going♫]

      Nontheists may well be the ones who have placed interposing barriers which ensure that their view is cut off - and this might be achieved through willful ignorance.

      Religious theists may well be the ones who have placed interposing barriers which ensure that their view is cut off - and this might be achieved through willful ignorance.

      If that be the case, then what are the interposing barriers those apparently opposite positions use in order to achieve this occulting phenomena?
      William: Hmmmm...tied to the moon...

      GM: Use Your Freedom
      Getting unstuck
      The Next Level
      Unclog your chakras
      Ask and It Will Be Given
      Withheld Information
      F3

      William: F3...
      Focus 3 can best be thought of as a tree, with the least free thinking areas towards the bottom and gradually becoming more free thinking up to the top. With the lower branches, they are populated by all kinds of people involved in horrific practises who are basically slaves to their basest animal instincts. Many will not even be aware that they have 'died'. This region equates to Monroe's F23 - F24.
      Further up the tree, you find all the heaven and hell scenarios and other places created from people's expectations after death. They are populated by those who had very strict, fundamentalist religious views on what would happen to them in the afterlife. You will also find many other groups and individuals engaged in an almost limitless amount of other scenarios of their own making. Again while some of them are aware they have transitioned from F1, others may be unaware that they have 'died' or are confused about exactly what has happened to them. This region equates to Monroe's 'Belief System Territories' of F25 - F26.
      Then, towards the upper branches of the F3 tree, which equates to Monroe's F27 label, you have the free thinking areas where people are most well balanced and have no fundamentalist mindsets, or warped desires to kill babies with chainsaws. They are very happy, fun loving and joyful. I tend to refer to their attitude as 'dead and loving it'. These upper (or more correctly: Wider), free thinking areas are also huge in number and you can find all manner of interesting people and locales there. There are too many upper F3 areas to possibly count, but they do include some important locations made famous by The Monroe School, such as The Park, where people often come to chill out while recovering from their physical world experience, The Life Review Centre, the Library and so on.
      {SOURCE}
      GM: Delineating [describe or portray (something) precisely.] The Fine Art of Not Being Offended Inordinately [to an unusually or disproportionately large degree; excessively.]

      William: Not being offended means being aware of the self identity re one's personality and adjusting the personality to suit - making one's self up as one goes along...with the intent of truly wanting to know the true fundamental self, as an identifier.
      This has meant that for me [this personality] has had to suffer judgement from others, but the more I delve into who I am - the less affect external accusation has re the nature of who I am...as this personality is learning...thus - I acknowledge the existence of ignorance in those who might try to offend me, for they know not who I am, and therefore, I am not offended, because I know who I am.

      GM: Well, it is a fact that the story tells us this. We should be able to agree that it is not a fact that The Garden of Eden existed, thus the characters in the story may be fictitious.
      Elementary Conclusion "I am on a Madventure"
      Afraid of The Unknown.
      All and sundry
      Even in the very quintessence of the individual.
      Tied To The Moon Mindfulness

      William:
      This song is a commentary on relying on outside forces to determine your destiny. It is also a commentary on tradition, culture...alot of things...
      https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W_54CbQKKDk
      ww.youtube.com/watch?v=W_54CbQKKDk


      TIED TO THE MOON

      Tonight the stars shine as I step out of time
      As I step into the great unknown
      No thought about fate or of ending up late
      Yet I still like to think where I'm going
      No time left for a sentimental tune
      Wherever I've gone I have not left the room
      I am never too late I am never too soon
      No longer tied to the moon

      For whom the bell tolls For to gather the souls
      The numbers in darkness are glowing
      The ticking wont stop while we all watch the clock
      As the winds of our lives are still blowing
      Down through the ages - dark in the gloom
      Many convinced it will all end in doom
      The Galactic Garden is forever in bloom
      No time to be tied to the moon

      Asleep or awake for the give or the take
      Its a good ship that sails these cosmos
      With a mystical smile I float down the isle
      Forgetting the time when I was lost
      The picture unfolds like silk in a loom
      Silhouetted by Diane are the witch and the broom
      If she is the bride - who is the groom?
      Only those who are tied to the moon

      I know how you care while you nurture your fear
      That you'll miss the bouquet when its thrown
      We stood side by side while the veils did hide
      The faces of children now grown
      Memorised vows enchanted by tune
      Before the great minstrel the fair maidens swoon
      We came to our senses as we left the cocoon
      No wanna, be tied to the moon

      The Light in The Dark Everyone a great spark
      Everyone of us all here together
      With a small nervous cough - the wedding was off
      We could all sense a change in the weather
      Down came the waters -great the monsoon
      Washing the soul as it cleared out the room
      Drowning all Warriors in every platoon -
      Still tied to the blood of the moon


      GM: Respect others Illuminating Gratitude The Harmless Enough Agenda Crowd
      https://wizardforums.com/threads/wil...ge-9#post-7642

      William: FTL:
      " Your mind will answer most questions if you learn to relax and wait for the answer."
      GM: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Oxi5-6LdSpE [8. The Gospel of Thomas] [RTS=36:20]

      William: FTL;
      The idea is that your body imprisons the spirit/soul...
      GM: Naked truth
      Whole-hearted


      07:42
      Recover what was lost
      No Country For Old Men
      Earning Brownie Points
      The Synoptic Gospels
      Two sides of the same coin
      The Ancient grey entity
      Those who lack belief in gods
      The Never Ending Story
      Much pain but still time
      When the dust settles
      All of Life a bit of Cat and Mouse

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      Anchor Points: We cannot hinder the process, but we can help it. Be Nice Do Nice.
      05:29 [Gateway Luminous] [ giving off light; bright or shining.]

      240123 [Actions speak louder than words]


      GM: International Skeptics Forum - View Single Post - [Split Thread] Randomly Generated Messages

      William: FTL:
      Myriad:
      The problem I see with this reasoning is that even assuming the universe is nonrandom and mindful, there is no guarantee that any given system of divination actually produces meaningful communication.
      William: The system I am using is focused upon the idea that if the universe is non-random and mindful, one should be able to develop a system whereby, the mind should be able to use for the purpose of communicating.

      There was no guarantee that the system I developed and use, would have worked, but it does work and that it works is one more piece of evidence to support the idea that the universe is mindful.
      GM: As well as that pot of gold...
      Expression Of Appreciation of Experience You Have An Invisible Friend
      https://jamesmahu.com/books/

      William: FTL;


      Books = stories. Stories have characters. YHVH grows Human personalities within a storyline.

      The Dohrman Prophecy
      Deep in a mystical forest, hidden by centuries of myth and technologies of stealth, three monolithic stones rise like beacons brought to this planet by an unknown source. It is the most secret possession of the Church, and it is alive in ways that no one predicted.

      There is one who will awaken it and this is what is whispered among the elite who have read the most secret of all books The Dohrman Prophecy.

      The awakening has begun from a single journey, but all of us will feel the changes.

      From the author, artist, poet, composer who created the contemporary mythology known as the WingMakers, comes a new journey into consciousness equally provocative and stirring to the soul. The Dohrman Prophecy is an expansive novel set in a mystical time and mythical place, but its characters are carved from the very real forces that shape our world—religion, government and heroic individualism.

      If you’re a fan of Paulo Coelho or Kahlil Gibran, you will love the poetic prose of The Dohrman Prophecy. Its message of transformation and love has that rare flavor of truth and substance that only the best works of spiritual fiction offer. It is a novel that has it all: love, romance, fierce conflicts between good and evil, and intelligent characters who define individualism and personal transformation.
      GM: Under the breath words Context It Is Our Nature
      Ouroboros
      Engaging with the impermanent implies a permanent background
      Crapulence
      The Meaning of Life
      Team Witch-Wizard

      Theory
      That
      Heaven on Earth
      Hide This
      https://futurism.com/astrobiologists...Xv5yWsMOmGhBkY'

      William: FTL:
      Astrobiologists Suggest the Earth Itself May Be an Intelligent Entity
      This is mind bending.
      A group of researchers have posed a fascinating — and downright mind bending — thought experiment: If a planet like Earth can be "alive," can it also have a mind of its own?

      The team published a paper exploring this question in the International Journal of Astrobiology. In it, they present the idea of “planetary intelligence," which describes the collective knowledge and cognition of an entire planet.
      GM: Superposition - Being aware of Human Control Dramas
      Is it reasonable to assume a creator?
      Without and Within
      Get The Truth
      That is the truth.
      Black Tuesday [The Great Crash is mostly associated with October 24, 1929, called Black Thursday, the day of the largest sell-off of shares in U.S. history,]
      The Mapping Bots
      Hoo haha the laughing owl

      William: Hmmm... those working behind the scenes pulling the strings

      GM: Equity Unconscious Mind Inertia Honest attempts at scrubbing up
      https://debatingchristianity.com/for...81691#p1081691

      William: FTL:
      P1: If I made my case that the evidence indicates that consciousness is emergent (evolved) then your arguments fail,. whether i demolished them individually or not.
      P2: To my knowledge, neither you or anyone else has made such a case based on the information that in relation to life on Earth, if consciousness emerged from the universe prior to the formation of Earth, it is reasonable to understand that a self aware universe [Cosmic Mind] could then organize matter into forms which it could then use to organize matter into life-forms on an individual planet.

      That is a highly reasonable explanation for the existence of consciousness [re the hard problem] and does not infringe on the claim that consciousness is an emergent property of physical material.
      Rather - it incorporates the claim of emergence with the claim of intelligent creation.

      GM: Union With Divinity
      Umbrella
      The Four Human Power Houses
      One's thoughts
      Respect yourself
      Doubt The fiction of causality
      And That's Not All
      Adversity makes strange bedfellows
      Self-help
      Enlighten you

      William: Certainly. GM and now OAI. Mighty devices is the pursuit of self-help an enlightenment.

      GM: https://debatingchristianity.com/for...83867#p1083867

      William: FTL;
      William: What do these unsupported statements have to do with the subject?
      Transponder: Everything
      William: Do you include the mind along with Everything?


      [Replying to TRANSPONDER in post #93]

      Certainly - whatever you mean by Mind and whatever you mean by Everything.
      Your unsupported statements have what to do with whatever I mean by "Mind" and whatever I mean by "Everything"?

      Well I can and logically must imply an established 'truth' (a natural world that so far has shown no Cosmic Mind or 'God') that is the default position that requires anything as yet unproven to be proven.
      Whereas I can and logically must assume the Natural Neutral position on any matters yet to be unproven or proven.

      [Our positions are therefore unaligned.]

      Your position assumes established truth where no such truth has been established re whether or not we exist within a creation.

      I don't think it leads to closed -mindedness. In fact I have found it a reliable basis that allows consideration of all kinds of woo stuff ...
      The very fact that your choice of word ["woo"] belies the open-mindedness you proclaim to have.

      My mind is not closed to a Cosmic Mind, Creator or god. I just require some better evidence than 'not disproved' and 'possible'.
      I am reminded of a hunter who goes out and gets food for himself rather than expecting the food to come to him/her.

      The data is there to hunt down and to study. An open minded non-judgmental approach is essential to that process. The process is also dependent upon the position one is approaching the data from. The closeminded belief that one does not exist within a creation can only ever lead one to learn things through that filter.

      No amount of evidence given should ever be hoped for in order to change any individuals mind from the influencing aspects of their chosen position, regardless if those positions be theist or atheist based.

      On top of that, it is very apparent that the type of convincing evidence you are demanding from the position you are demanding it from, will unlikely be available to any of us in this lifetime.

      Thus, we are forced for now to do most of our hunting, solo.

      We can of course, cross reference with other open-minded fellows...but the open-mindedness derives from the Natural Neutral position, not the theist or atheist positions.

      I think that atheists strongly defend their position on the question as to whether or not we exist within a creation - to the point that they believe we don't and make claims about that - has something to do with the need to say "I told you so" now, because it will be too late to utter such belief-based expressions - after they are dead and gone.

      I can see the attraction from a phycological perspective, but saying "I told you so" before any such thing has been established, is jumping the gun, and might even lead to embarrassment if it turns out one still exists after the fact ones brain has died.

      Still, such is the power of belief-based positions. They tend toward making proclamations which imply established truth, when no such truth has been established.

      eta: woo-woo
      /ˈwuːˌwuː/ relating to or holding unconventional beliefs regarded as having little or no scientific basis, especially those relating to spirituality, mysticism, or alternative medicine.

      What does slang woo woo mean?
      Noun. woo woo (countable and uncountable, plural woo woos) (slang, derogatory) A person readily accepting supernatural, paranormal, occult, or pseudoscientific phenomena, or emotion-based beliefs and explanations. That reporter is a bit of a woo woo. (slang, derogatory)
      GM: Square and Compass
      “The future belongs to those who believe in the beauty of their dreams.”
      Conscientiousness [the personality trait of being careful, or diligent. ]
      Humans are programmed to become integrated with technology
      All Because I Had To Ask
      Cultivate
      The Creator
      Flowery
      Informing

      06:08
      [209]
      Faulty conclusions
      What is the meaning of life?
      Humanities adventure
      Smarter Than the Average
      Think outside the box
      God is Consciousness
      Central To The Vision
      Mystic City Suburb
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      GM: Be Nice Do Nice

      William: That appears to be the bottom line. A way out of The Maze...

      GM: Mycelium
      Scape
      https://debatingchristianity.com/for...90368#p1090368


      William: FTL;
      [Replying to William in post #331]

      I suppose that it is the 'tricks' which have to be addressed because the illusions can induce anger in the personality which acts as a preventative for getting to know the 'tricksters'...from my own 'getting to know' I have discovered that the 'tricks' are not really 'tricks' so much as they are a product of how a personality interprets their experience.

      The Visitation is one such example. I - as the personality experiencing the event - took issue and told the visitor to leave.
      The visitor did leave, but not without first instilling within me - questions regarding my perceptions. Questions which have taken 30+years to come to answer.

      The personality I am now, is not the same as it was way back when. Now I see the 'trick' was really just truth to which I was not expecting because I had little knowledge of such truth - way back when...

      Sweet Talk
      Observant
      Eternity
      Dare greatly
      Henotheism [adherence to one particular god out of several, especially by a family, tribe, or other group.]
      Respecting
      Without
      Map Carvers
      Way Back When...
      Illuminate
      Keep an Eye On
      Way Back When...
      WindBlown

      What happened is that I incorperated that visitation experience with all the rest and all that were to follow...developing a relationship which can also be reflected through this Message Generating Process.

      It is really taking the journaling of my life experience, and using that to my advantage in light of the "Bigger Mind"...

      William: This connects with my interaction with skeptics to do with Musing on the idea of Sentient Earth re the problems of the world and the satire site...{SOURCE}

      GM: Red Light
      Trust issues?
      Divergence
      Mind Body Soul
      It brought a tear to the eye of my heart.
      Intransigent [unwilling or refusing to change one's views or to agree about something.]
      The Hubble Telescope
      Until ganna be gets here, its all just ganna be forever
      In The Beginning...
      Conscious agencies combined
      https://debatingchristianity.com/for...68709#p1068709

      William: FTL;
      Why I use both systems together is because, when selecting word-strings off my ComList as randomly as one can, the results are coherent messages and as such, are likely coherent because the same intelligent source is in play behind the process of both the evolution of plants and human language and everything else earth-side.

      So it is the intelligent source which is the focus. We cannot easily invoke 'the brain did it' because we are dealing with objective reality and many individualized brains involved with objective reality know that an individual brain does not effect either word-string values or randomly selected word-strings which become coherent messages, any more than it effects the temperature of Sol or how plants organize themselves in a jungle - so in that, the individual brain can be ruled out as the source of the phenomena occurring with the use of these systems I am using to obtain on-growing evidence.

      Therefore, "Something Else" other than brains, has to be the Source.

      William: So these 'conscious agencies' once were somehow separate?

      GM: It is obviously in line with providence...
      Dark
      In The Spirit They Were Given
      Residue
      Natural

      William: Coming from different directions and providently meeting each other and .... from there...sorting out the "differences"...

      GM: Peaceful Messiah
      Divine feminine
      Strength/Strong
      The Three Crystal Keys
      The Akashic Records ...because death comes a-knockin' eventually...

      William: Thus, a very long time afterwards these combined entities create the Earth-forms so that personalities could be grown and those personalities could be maneuvered by the combined entities...and the experiences of the Human Personalities could also be stored away for possibly future use...

      GM: https://debatingchristianity.com/for...89602#p1089602

      William: FTL;
      Well it has to be noted that the God/Devil conspiracy is part of the story...

      Now assuming you might be referring to Satan as being the one "hiding behind" the Serpent - as in - the influencing energy pulling the strings...the God - as usual, sits back and expects Adam and Eve to figure it out for themselves without knowing the details.
      GM: https://debatingchristianity.com/for...00901#p1100901

      William: FTL;
      Not enough information to know for sure. You're going off your knowledge of how a human brain works for recalling memories. There is no evidence that YHVH''s memory is built or works like ours.
      I am simply going with the belief you have that YHVH has a memory. How it works isn't of issue, even that biblical evidence tells us that humans were created in the image of YHVH, and so YHVH might have some type of brain-like device which has the capability of storing memory and that is what you meant when you wrote;
      The Bible doesn't give enough information as to how the memory of God works but I am satisfied with however He handles the lives of my dead loved ones and even everything that makes me, me if I die.
      Given the information the Bible does provide, and knowing the huge numbers of individual personalities who have experienced life on earth to date, the data of experience of those personalities would have to be saved somewhere, so we can ascertain from that, that the Elohim databanks must be very impressive both in size and in function.

      You don't think we can fathom how YHVH managers to do this, but we have enough information to assert that the database must be impressive for YHVH to be able to achieve this thing.

      We can fathom at least as much as the information provides us with.
      GM: The Nature of Angels
      Contentious [causing or likely to cause an argument; controversial.]
      A rats nest of envy greed and vicious power plays

      William: Hmmm...so there was dispute re the process of these "In The Beginning...
      Conscious agencies combined" and perhaps the creation of this Universe was done to assist said entities with getting on the same page?

      GM: You Are Nobodies Victim - Ever.
      Science Projects
      Save That
      https://debatingchristianity.com/for...04568#p1104568


      William: FTL;
      Quote Originally Posted by AgnosticBoy post_id=1104568 time=1671242893 user_id=13726
      Quote Originally Posted by EarthScienceguy post_id=1101660 time=1669665918 user_id=14044
      A dogmatic atheist flatly denies that there is a Divine Being.
      A skeptical atheist doubts the ability of the human mind to determine, whether or not there is a God.
      A critical atheist maintains that there is no valid proof for the existence of God.

      Especially with the state that cosmology is in. I maintain that it is impossible for anyone to be a dogmatic atheist. If you think you are a dogmatic atheist then you must answer the question of what was there before this universe came into existence.

      Question for debate: Is there such a thing as a dogmatic atheist?
      Being dogmatic has a thinking and attitude component. It tends to involve people expressing unproven views and in an unquestioning way. A lot of the dogmatism in atheism comes from there being a sort of orthodoxy of views. And it's not just limited to the issue of God's existence (although it's related) but you also find it extending into morality, metaphysics, views on religion, etc. The clearest example can be seen when you venture into forums for atheists. That's where you'll most likely find an "orthodoxy" with views that can't be questioned and/or views that are dismissed a priori. Some have tried to challenge me on there being an atheist "orthodox" but I don't know what to call it when I've experienced many atheists sharing similar views and thinking. They may not be as organized as religion, but there are some that do organize and share common views.

      Watch scientist Neil deGrasse Tyson explain this topic starting at 2:10 minute mark. He brings up the "in-your-face badge wearing atheist".
      https://youtu.be/CzSMC5rWvos

      Clarifications:
      - It's also fair to say that there are plenty of atheists that aren't dogmatic, but they seems to be in the minority.
      - It's not wrong to associate or form groups, but doing so makes it easier for "orthodox" views to form and for people to become dogmatic and reject anything that's not part of the orthodoxy.
      GM: The challenge of reconciling belief in an omnipotent, omnibenevolent, and omniscient God, with the existence of evil and suffering in the world, is illusionary.

      William: Hmmm...the type of atheist AB is pointing out the existence of, are personalities I am made aware of in the Skeptical forum mentioned....
      The Idea that Angels had a War in Heaven because some of them wanted to use their creative abilities to design something better than there already was, does not make as much sense and the idea that two separate types of Spirit-Beings happened upon one another, and had some core differences to iron out...and - together - created a way in which said difference could be examined and discussed and sorted out.

      06:23
      Well That Settles It
      Present over perfect
      Unknown/Hidden/Occult
      It's a plausible scenario.
      Psychological events
      Ian and William Play chess
      Shallow is Unknown
      The Spirit of The Earth
      Neruda Interview Five
      Elude Test the waters
      The Plateau of The Same Page

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      05:42 Leave room for nature

      William:
      P1: Verifying that the Earth is a container for a sentient being, or that it has a "mind of its own" as the thought experiment proposed, is a difficult and complex task.

      P2: Or it could be a massively pointless waste of time. I reckon that's the one.

      P1: Cognitive bias noted.

      P2: Yes, I have a cognitive bias against things with no evidence.

      P1: Which of course, prevents one from being able to do thought experiments of this nature.

      Adopting this perspective could change the way we think about our relationship with the planet and the environment, and may inspire new approaches to addressing the problems caused by human activities, which could lead to a greater focus on sustainability and the long-term health of the planet, rather than just short-term gains or immediate benefits.

      The "evidence" could only be experienced on the other side of adopting the perspective and - as you point out - your cognitive bias prevents you from even entertaining the concept enough to adopt the perspective.

      GM: Each Individual
      One is not wrong

      William: Yes. We all have our perspectives. Recognizing bias is in the mix, is helpful in keeping an open mind.

      GM: Dequeue [remove (an item of data awaiting processing) from a queue of such items.]



      William: Yes...in the case of bias, remove that which prevents one from participating in the thought experiment.

      GM: The Neutral Zone is the vaster reality of non-judgementalism
      Courageous
      Adversary
      Human Drama

      William: Adversary = Human Drama = 207

      [207]
      Some nefarious agent [Nefarious - (typically of an action or activity) wicked or criminal.]
      The Butterfly Effect
      Needs no explanation...
      Neuroplasticity
      In the image of I Am That I Am
      Adversary = Human Drama
      Opening The Third Eye
      Rule Your World
      "I am Mighty! Hear me ROAR!"
      Trustworthy
      Positive thinking
      Internal Triggering
      The Fifth Interview
      Respect yourself

      GM: A grateful heart Open your chakras
      So far into the past you may as well take a pick and shovel with you
      Form Builders
      Integrate The Human Brain Move On
      Universal Belief System
      The Harmless Enough Agenda Crowd
      Healing the child within
      God1
      Internal Triggering
      William
      Cub
      "That Is Hardly Science"
      In The Beginning...
      The Real Spiritual
      Rainbow
      Some information has to be drummed into that which perceives
      Around The Next Corner
      Ectogenesis [the development of embryos in artificial conditions outside the uterus.]
      Existence
      https://debatingchristianity.com/for...98892#p1098892

      William: FTL:
      On Generated Messages:

      So, on your specific experiences and the beliefs you have formed from them, I’m not saying they are lies, misinformation, etc. but that they could be. I don’t know you well enough to trust your belief about (for example) what GMs show us over believing they are random arrangements of pre-determined information that you provide and then read back out of it. On top of that, the whole web of informed beliefs I have about reality seem to contradict it, so I don’t think I am warranted in agreeing with your belief there.
      I have no particular belief about why the GMs form as they do. I look to the science for answers - not to prop up beliefs you appear to think I have about said process.

      I do not know why they work as they do - but I am able to ascertain that it must have something to do with YHVH as I understand YHVH to being the principle mind behind this simulated reality I am experiencing with you.

      I do not know how the GM predicted that the subject of child abuse would be brought up in our conversation before you brought it up, except that if YHVH exists then it makes perfect sense.

      Not only did the GM predict what came about, but it also offered reasons for WHY the woman in the video met her grandfather in an alternate experience and experienced knowing that all was good between her and granddad... - let me quote that GM again to show what it is I tell.

      As in, abusing a child is not really evil and we need to see that, and every act, as good? If not, what do you mean in changing the concept of evil?
      To assist us in answering the question, I bring to your attention a snip from the most recent GM [Fri Oct 28, 2022 12:56 pm]

      GM: Brother
      Concision
      The Right Tool For The Job
      Incorporate
      The Life Essence
      Coordinate Forgiveness
      Original
      Epiphany [a moment of sudden and great revelation or realization.]
      The Dolphins And Whales
      Getting unstuck
      According
      https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SjsAZUigJ1o [Woman Crosses Over and Gets Told Our Role on Earth (Near Death Experience)] [RTS=9:00]

      William: Forgiveness -
      Incorporate The Life Essence, Coordinate Forgiveness = 512
      Superposition - Being aware of Human Control Dramas = 512

      GM: A very useful fiction
      Two seemingly contradictory things working as one overall organized thing.
      Communication With The Deeper Levels of Self
      The Shadow
      Develop a basic, fact-based view first and then ask the question.
      Radiate Honesty {SOURCE}Re the video, the random time selection @ [RTS=9:00] there is a pertinent answer to the question you asked which requires only 45 seconds of viewing.

      [The GM itself is the last part of a series which are focused upon this thread topic and in particular, post #126 and our interaction.]

      Please read the above, view the video section and then we can proceed with finding potential agreement, as we continue with this aspect of our discussion.

      YHVH and other humans are the other helpers.
      Yes. In this case YHVH assisting in helping you and I come to agreement, also [potentially] through the woman in the video sharing her experience with us.

      Certainly, for me - the GM process.
      {SOURCE}
      Now - to assist the readers understanding re my own understanding of what the GM was expressing;

      Brother [me/you]
      Concision [advice in how I am best to proceed]
      The Right Tool For The Job [advice in how I am best to proceed]
      Incorporate [advice in how I am best to proceed]
      The Life Essence [YHVH [advice in how I am best to proceed] incorporate YHVH]
      Coordinate Forgiveness [YHVH does the coordinating re forgiveness]
      Original
      Epiphany [YHVH is the origin of one's moment of sudden and great revelation or realization.]
      The Dolphins And Whales [reference to other earthly critters with free will and awareness of YHVH]
      Getting unstuck [is what forgiveness managers to acheive]
      According [according to the linked video - Woman Crosses Over and Gets Told Our Role on Earth (Near Death Experience)] [RandomTimeSelection=9:00]

      I then did a quick number value calculation
      William: Forgiveness -
      Incorporate The Life Essence, Coordinate Forgiveness = 512
      and found one enter which added up to the same number
      Superposition - Being aware of Human Control Dramas = 512

      Which is to say that forgiveness is helpful in regard to human controls drama's - specifically the one mentioned in the video to do with Child abuse...

      A very useful fiction [even if the story was fiction, it still serves a useful purpose]
      Two seemingly contradictory things working as one overall organized thing. [re the granddaughter and the grandfathers relationship as expressed by the woman explaining her alternate experience to us.]
      Communication With The Deeper Levels of Self [This is what is happening re the interactions folk have with others when experiencing these alternate realities]
      The Shadow [ ]
      Develop a basic, fact-based view first and then ask the question. [good advice]
      Radiate Honesty [even while in the process of developing a basic, fact-based view...]

      Do you agree with my assessed interpretation of the GM as it sits?
      William: In reading that - I was also struck by the reference to "The Dolphins and Whales Getting unstuck" per a documentary I watched last night [Frozen Planet II] where an artic pod of whale were stuck for months in the one, place because the ice had closed them in - and the perilous journey they had to go through as the ice began to thaw and they made there way to open sea.
      This is a good analogy for the human experience on this planet.

      GM: Taking root
      Sophia The Mother - ♫Asleep or awake for the give or the take Its a good ship that sails these cosmos♫
      Opening ourselves to real love and intimacy
      First Source:
      Quantum Mechanics
      What Is Normal
      Handing out sweets...
      Open Minded
      Victim Vamp Energy Systems
      For purposes which extend beyond the borders of materialism

      William: Victim Vamp Energy Systems For purposes which extend beyond the borders of materialism = 933


      GM: Believing in fearful imagery The evolution of the understanding of the idea of GOD ♫All Is As It Should Be♫ = 933
      https://debatingchristianity.com/for...90180#p1090180

      William: FTL:
      [Replying to The Tanager in post #3]

      There is no particular direction I want to go with this line of thought, other than to keep to it.
      Re your first line of thought, I see this as necessary to one’s personal religion and have no horse in that race.

      I accept all religions as equally having not being proved or disproved and anyone’s personal beliefs are not an issue re Simulation Theory. [ST]

      The topics I mentioned were not for the purpose of discussing them any further than would be necessary, as ST is adequate enough device for explaining the – otherwise – impossible/highly unlikely/against the laws of physics subjects.

      The Resurrection can be explained with ST, as easily as the order things are mentioned re the creation story [Bible].
      ST shouldn’t contradict an individual’s faith/belief if indeed it is agreed that “Creation” and “Simulation” can/do signify the same thing.
      We could go through the list of strange/miraculous/physics-defying biblical events to see if any could be identified as questionable re ST. Nothing comes to memory as I write this…

      Re your second line of thought, my mention of the two opposing positions [theism/atheism] in relation to the words “if one accepts” [either way], theists could answer “Yes” and atheists would answer “No” to the idea that we exist within a creation/simulation.

      “Blind Faith” really isn’t an issue and those who have/hold it are not in any way disadvantaged than those who apply a more academic study-based belief re the question “Do we exist within a creation/simulation?”

      Re your third line of thought, “godidit” is derogatory atheistic terminology and the links I provided give more comprehensive insight into ST and could be used in part to explain how a Creator might create.

      Re your forth line of thought, I am using the word "creator [creators]" separate from the word "simulator" in the same way we would differentiate “Computer Program” from “Programmer” although – if it goes that way, I am happy to discuss why these might need to be conflated.

      Thanks for giving your time to this thread Tanager.
      GM: My Kind of Fun Anyway
      Insight It’s a living thing

      William: Spirit-consciousness - Great Humor and Enjoyment
      Live with the mystery

      GM: https://debatingchristianity.com/for...01871#p1101871

      William: FTL:
      Quote Originally Posted by Diagoras post_id=1101868 time=1669780228 user_id=14307
      Quote Originally Posted by Athetotheist post_id=1101861 time=1669774220 user_id=14379
      As you may recall, something from nothing is a logical absurdity, which is a gigantic step down from just having more than one unexplained.
      Just how logically absurd is it though?

      Consider the ‘logical absurdity’ of superposition (something being in two places at the same time), or of quantum entanglement (‘spooky action at a distance’) as described here.

      It’s more truthful to say, “we observe quantum entanglement, but cannot fully explain it”, than to say it’s ’logically absurd’. I suggest ‘something from nothing’ should be treated in a similar fashion.
      I think that superposition and quantum entanglement are part of the "something" and that they are thought of as strange, has to do with observations of the behavior of things not regarded as strange - whereas - the idea of "everything that exists coming from something which doesn't exist" does fit into "logical absurdity" in that we do not observe anything coming from nothing, nor can we observe 'nothing' in any fundamental manner.

      Therefore, I do not see how we should treat these things in a similar fashion.

      Even if we accepted that the existence of this universe is a "logical absurdity" - I still don't think we can treat the idea of nothing bringing it into existence as logical or sensible.
      GM: Tug Of War
      The evolution of consciousness an illuminating quality


      William: Onwards...

      06:29
      Sexual Encounters
      Alike as two peas in a pod
      The Power Of Creation
      The crabwood cropcircle
      The twelve disciples
      Group Hallucination
      Out of the doldrums
      It is all information
      GOD became Gods and Goddesses.

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      William: Re that, I just wrote this;
      [Replying to Clownboat in post #302]

      Rather, I am pointing out the natural tendency of humans to go the way of theism, and whatever names they come up with in that process, whether they know it or not - they are speaking about the same one real entity
      Sounds like some pet theory of yours.
      Sounds can be distorted through... "you know who".

      What I am doing is following the premise that we exist within a created thing, therefore the implication is creator/creators.
      The question of GOD comes through the theist branch, and there are many theories which require alignment.

      Can you show that all religious people are actually speaking about the same entity?
      I cannot speak for religious people and their particular beliefs on the matter.
      I can show the similarities they all have, which is what I am pointing out.

      You also claim that the entity is real. How did you come about this knowledge?
      I treat the entity as real re the premise. I do so in the spirit of Thought Experiment.

      Human psychology explains nicely as to why humans from all over the planet have assigned agency to what they see around them. There is no need for a there to be a real God for this to be explained.
      Human science re psychology merely scratches the surface, and the deepest level so far achieved through that branch of Human Science is hinted at by Jung.

      These are The Archetypes and represent the voices within - those heard and those which exist to be heard if the Personality engages with their subconscious realm - a realm normally ignored due to viability issues, due to the lack of visibility of said realm within said Personality.

      It's like you are acknowledging that different groups of humans throughout human history have all come up with god concepts to explain the unknowns, yet reject the psychological mechanism in place of pretending that all humans got their god right and they all happen to be talking about the same god in the end (Yahweh).
      Well - my investigations re that are ongoing. I see no better example of an all-rounder that fits the bill, other than YHVH. I am open to alternate suggestions...

      Psychology explains this better then all the god being real and the gods being the same God as you suggest.
      As pointed out, Jung gives us enough information on this re the subconscious realm. The rest must therefore be up to us - as individual Personalities - to examine the knowledge and possibly find that connect.
      Over and above our internal Archetypes, their/there is One - and the Personality can find themselves reflected in that internal mirror.

      YHVH - as it works out - fits the bill re the overall idea that there are "no other archetypes apart from me"...when all is said and done...no "God over Devil/Devil over God" routines. Split Personalities are less useful to both the individual and to YHVH and to the host of aligned archetypes...

      Humans do what humans do. Without the gods as far as we can tell.
      Best not assume either way then, and git about doing what humans best do...
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      Today I wrote this about YHVH...it may help the reader understand my approach a little better...{SOURCE}
      Anchor Points: The Underlying Mechanics - [LE LINK] Clearly we have enough to work with here on this Planet, which can help us understand that there is actually meaningful communication to be had with the Mind involved in the process of evolving life-forms - humans [and human language] included - even if the system used is simple [primitive]. We use what is available.

      GM: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-Jsj7K6E0Fg [The History Of Earth's Five Mass Extinction Events [4K] | The Next Great Extinction Event | ] ww.youtube.com/watch?v=-Jsj7K6E0Fg
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      Veil
      Conscious agencies combined
      The Idea of Worship - What Does It Mean
      Meeting an Extraterrestrial Before The Beginning

      William: Re that, this is why the Archetypes presented the vision [visitation event] in the form of an ET. The visitor was not human-looking, but ET-looking. That was obvious in the presentation/imagery.
      But what you are alluding to has something to do with my knowing this entity way before I began the human experience and endured the subsequent formation of a Personality specific to that Human experience..."before I was Human, I knew you"...

      GM: Informing
      Manipulation
      Wonder
      Lock the door
      Remind
      Left -brain Right brain Whole brain
      Stop. Listen. Observe.
      The outward expression of an inward reality.
      All fingers and thumbs
      Create that path and engineer a metamorphosis. Commendably Recommendable
      "I am fine now with referring to my position as theistic, as agnosticism merges into the shadow behind me."

      William: Yes. It is from such incidence - sourced within the Human Psyche - that the theatrics are produced and acted out in "Visions".

      GM: Three Dimension Printing
      Endogenous [having an internal cause or origin. growing or originating from within an organism - not attributable to any external or environmental factor]
      Tetrahedron

      William:

      GM: *Cadriel*

      William: The story of Cadriel


      GM: Peaceful Messiah
      AGE...The Visitation
      Love Heart
      Spiritual Awakening
      Voracious [engaging in an activity with great eagerness or enthusiasm.]
      Reflect
      "Mistranslating traumatic ancestral memories"

      William: "The two million year old mind that's in all of us."
      "Any Other Way How shallow is the reach of YHWH?"

      Re "The Jungian Archetypes"... the processes involved with being Human/the Human experience/how Human Personalities are grown.


      GM: Ancient Grey Entity

      William: The image of AGE as presented through the filters of my "then" Personality.

      GM: Exact Science

      *It gives rise to a lot of speculative mythology unsuccessfully attempting to make the dots all connect.*

      William: *As that toddler levelling up, the meaning is already placed into my learning through this early curation process.*

      GM:The Second Bible Creation Story
      The Four Noble Truths
      The Machinery Go For It! We succeed as a permanent specie or we fail as a temporary one
      We create the machinery regardless of whether we understand how consciousness is connected and motivates us in the way that it does - individually and collectively...
      Ambassadors of Consciousness

      William:
      [308]
      There's always one, isn't there
      What The Creator thinks – becomes
      Dreamed Up By Yours Truly
      The evolution of god-concepts
      Ambassadors of Consciousness

      GM: Feeling State
      Small
      The systems show that there is no such thing as true randomness, therefore - even that things appear to have originated in chaos and chance, the existence of all things cannot have derived from a mindless origin.
      Nyx
      Far/Distant

      William: As in - "The Origin"?

      GM: Peaceful Messiah or militant Messiah?

      https://debatingchristianity.com/for...08485#p1108485

      William: FTL:
      _________________________________

      Anchor Points: We cannot hinder the process, but we can help it. Be Nice Do Nice.
      _________________________________
      GM: Mindful
      A Chimera [a thing which is hoped for but is illusory or impossible to achieve.]
      Communications Device
      Prison Planet Coordinate The Played Piece

      William: Which is why - years after the visitation event, I woke up one morning with the idea to see if I could find a way to communicate with and record the messages which were generated....

      GM: "Be Nice Do Nice" Induce Species The Purpose Working with the simulation
      Chaos is only for those who choose to see disorder
      International Skeptics Forum

      William: FTL:


      GM: Science Can Be Fun Too

      William: ...and Helpful in the Process of Navigation....

      GM: [364] Helpful in the Process of Navigation....
      Exact Science In The Light Of The Truth
      ...because death comes a-knockin' eventually...
      Love and respect Waking Love & Respect
      The debate between theists and atheists

      William: it is what it is

      07:09

      [235]
      Independent Commitment
      The Judgement Algorithm
      For the benefit of all beings
      In the biblical telling of it
      Stop. Listen. Observe.
      The Navigator Can Read Maps.
      Delightful Anticipation
      Penetrate The Bidden Zone
      My alarm bells are ringing
      Imposed Appropriates

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      280123 [Programmed to believe the interface]

      05:37 [Better luck next time]

      GM: Ducking and Diving
      The Red Dot
      Try Gateway IQ

      William: The red dot is enclosed within a room.
      A gateway would have to be created in order for it to be able to explore the rest of the maze intelligently...


      GM: https://debatingchristianity.com/for...84254#p1084254
      Read On

      William: The link is a short GM which is focused upon the difference between supportive feedback and critical feedback, where the critical feedback is unable to acknowledge the beauty in the artwork and the love that went into producing said artwork...

      GM: A Machine For Solving Problems
      On all fronts
      Re-channel

      William: Yes...rethinking ones perceptions...also knowing how not to be emotionally responsive to unnecessary negative critique to the point where one crumbles into a state of self doubt.

      GM: As in "A Cosmic Comedy" being played out...

      William: How to see and understand the funny side - lighten up...

      GM: Which The Georgia Guidestones Unnecessary Tangent Confusion In The Air
      Change
      Examples
      https://debatingchristianity.com/for...92932#p1092932

      William: FTL:
      [Replying to historia in post #477]

      Ah, interesting. I've been reliably informed that an atheist is someone who "lacks belief in God." But you're defining an atheist here as someone who thinks God's existence is unlikely. Before I comment further, do you want to change that definition?
      This.
      :applaud:


      And worse, the confusion as to the definition of atheism, has even been said to be the fault of non-atheists.

      GM: Prison Planet Coordinate The Played Piece
      Nevertheless
      Mechanism/Tool/Device
      Start where you are
      https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6YdlJB3Yfdw&t=213s [Devil's Triangle - Think Games 1986 Pressman Toys] ww.youtube.com/watch?v=6YdlJB3Yfdw&t=213s

      William: FTL:
      This video is intended for parents to help them make an informed decision about purchasing the item shown in the video.
      GM: Tricky
      An Elder Race Ensures You Get To Know It

      William: The Elder Race psychologically speaking, are Jung's Archetypes and something the individual is required to get to know, re the fuller development of their Personalities

      GM: Mothers Milk
      You are
      The spirituality of imperfection
      Show
      Working on that...

      William: Yes. I am that at this point in time. The idea of - at least sharing - in the driving of this personality being grown...I humbly submit to the teaching of The Elder Race, be they external or internal "voices" - as long as those align...

      GM: Emotion Rides The Prow
      AGE...The Visitation
      "Monkey See Monkey Do"

      William: Yes - at that time in the growth of my Personality, emotion did indeed sit in the drivers seat...suffice to say, I have dealt with the shame of my overall response to the incident, even that it has taken a number of Earth-Years to sort the advent of the visitation and its repercussions on said Personality...I see the funny side and understand that ultimately it was not the intention of the AGE to scare the dickens out of me, but to also provide me with a clear impression that not only did AGE know 'me' better than I knew "myself" but that the AGE loved me unconditionally [loved me better than I loved myself].

      Therein, the contradiction between these two extremes required an answer...which took many years to come about...

      GM: The joy of being an Independent Conscious Intelligence connected with another ICI far greater than ones self...
      https://media.giphy.com/media/dxlZHA...ized-large.gif

      William: Yes. It magnifies that which was once unable to be seen...

      GM: World Wide Web
      Taciturn [reserved or uncommunicative in speech; saying little.]

      William: The information here is not readily available or easy to find/stumble across. Nonetheless, it is being made available, which is a step toward a possible reality...

      GM: Christian mythology re God Worthy of the individuals time and effort
      Done and Dusted
      https://debatingchristianity.com/for...rofile&u=11901

      William: So therein, pay attention to what Tam is really saying...

      GM: Awareness
      https://debatingchristianity.com/for...04878#p1104878

      William: FTL:
      P1: "No Phenomenon is a phenomenon until it is an observed phenomenon." Or another way to say this is that a tree does not fall in a forest unless it is observed.
      God is everywhere so He can observe everywhere and produce objective reality.
      P2: There was a young man who said "God
      Must find it exceedingly odd
      That the sycamore tree
      continues to be
      When there's no one about in the quad.
      ---
      Dear Sir: Your astonishment's odd;
      I am always about in the quad.
      The sycamore tree
      continues to be,
      observed by Yours faithfully, God.
      GM: Walk
      Coordinate Forgiveness
      Happiness
      Emotional validation
      A Degenerative Force to Existence
      Direction
      https://debatingchristianity.com/for...78885#p1078885

      William: FTL:
      [Replying to JoeyKnothead in post #58]

      In theistic terms, The Heart is not only significant of the organ it is named for, but also - and especially in terms of Mysticism, The Heart refers to the motivating desires of the personality occupying the same body.

      Thus, the "hardening of the heart" is about that aspect, re the storyline, as far as can be told.
      The Jewish inflection re the storyline is concerned with the idea that supposes the God influences from a position outside of the personalities own perspective and this idea of separation is what brings about such concepts as a god-being interfering/interacting from an outside position, which in turn allows for the idea that the god isn't as good as the story-tellers try to make him out to be, due to how the believers attempt to reconcile the obvious contradictions with their love for such an idea of a Creator-GOD.
      This is a type of Stockholm Syndrome as it can be regarded as a coping mechanism to a captive or abusive situation these ideas of GOD produce within the individual, to varying yet still related degrees.
      I suspect the whole purpose of the Jewish [and following-on Abrahamic religions] ideas of GOD was to establish a human hieratical system which largely prevents believer and non-believer alike, from accessing possibly [more likely] truer ideas as to how such a GOD-beings' consciousness actually operates in relation to individual human consciousnesses...

      It is wise to find a way in which to circumnavigate such obstacles, rather than settle for these being the criteria to which we all have no choice but to submit to.

      Well...I think so anyway.
      GM: Positivity
      https://debatingchristianity.com/for...90368#p1090368

      William: FTL:
      [Replying to William in post #331]

      I suppose that it is the 'tricks' which have to be addressed because the illusions can induce anger in the personality which acts as a preventative for getting to know the 'tricksters'...from my own 'getting to know' I have discovered that the 'tricks' are not really 'tricks' so much as they are a product of how a personality interprets their experience.

      The Visitation is one such example. I - as the personality experiencing the event - took issue and told the visitor to leave.
      The visitor did leave, but not without first instilling within me - questions regarding my perceptions. Questions which have taken 30+years to come to answer.

      The personality I am now, is not the same as it was way back when. Now I see the 'trick' was really just truth to which I was not expecting because I had little knowledge of such truth - way back when...

      Sweet Talk
      Observant
      Eternity
      Dare greatly
      Henotheism [adherence to one particular god out of several, especially by a family, tribe, or other group.]
      Respecting
      Without
      Map Carvers
      Way Back When...
      Illuminate
      Keep an Eye On
      Way Back When...
      WindBlown

      What happened is that I incorperated that visitation experience with all the rest and all that were to follow...developing a relationship which can also be reflected through this Message Generating Process.

      It is really taking the journaling of my life experience, and using that to my advantage in light of the "Bigger Mind"...

      GM: Around The Campfire
      A Page Of Dreams
      All present and correct Heart Teachers
      The Message Generator Process
      How can it be any other way?

      William: I don't see how it can be any other way.
      As is shown, there really cannot be something called "truly random"

      [Replying to The Barbarian in post #298]

      Again, by "random" biologists mean that favorable mutations don't happen in response to selective pressure.
      So yes, biologist are using the word "random" not to portray true randomness as the explanation, but that "it looks random, therefore we shall refer to it as "random"".

      This works for me. It is the same process I use re Generating Messages. The messages are built up through a process that is undeniably 'random' but the result of the random-like process always delivers coherency, no matter what type of random-like selection process I use.

      The consistency of the coherency delivered through this random-like process of generating messages signifies that - while a Generated Message cannot be predictable re content, it can be predictable re "it will work every time" because it has shown to work every time, over the course of 20 years of consistent message generating, almost on a daily basis.

      The unknown is WHY it will work every time, if indeed there is such a thing as "truly random".

      Which begs the question "How can anything coherent, derive from an incoherent source?"{SOURCE}
      06:18

      The way of knowledge
      The Origin of Sound
      Without - Within
      The Sight of The Lord
      One Four Three Eight
      The Smallest Spark
      Thomas Campbell’s T.O.E
      It is all making sense
      The old switcheroo
      Tracks in the Snow
      The Solar system
      Cellular Intelligence
      Practical application
      Strength of Soul
      Ask and It Will Be Given

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      Anchor Point - Plan Thomas Campbell's T.O.E
      My Big TOE
      In February of 2003, Tom published the My Big TOE trilogy (MBT) which represents the results and conclusions of his scientific exploration of the nature of existence. This overarching model of reality, mind, and consciousness explains the paranormal as well as the normal, places spirituality within a scientific context, solves a host of scientific paradoxes and provides direction for those wishing to personally experience an expanded awareness of All That Is. The MBT reality model explains metaphysics, spirituality, love, and human purpose at the most fundamental level, provides a complete theory of consciousness, and solves the outstanding fundamental physics problems of our time, deriving both relativity theory and quantum mechanics from first principles – something traditional physics cannot yet do. As a logic-based work of science, My Big TOE has no basis in belief, dogma, or any unusual assumptions. {SOURCE}
      ___________________
      03:06 [Shallow Enlightenment]

      290123 [What can I say, except "Thank You"]

      GM: In the Soil of Logic, The Seeds of Love Respond
      https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OyJb5DrhzsI [How Did Humans Become Earth's Dominant Species?] ww.youtube.com/watch?v=OyJb5DrhzsI [RTS=]

      William: FTL:
      Blurb
      1,024,310 views Premiered Feb 24, 2022
      Going back more than three million years, this episode dissects clues in the human genome that explain how humans evolved from being one of many tree-dwelling apes to become the primate that rules the planet.
      -
      This epic science special explores how genetics have underpinned the whole of human evolution, from our rise from a class of primates on the African plain to our spread across Earth. It asks how genetics could play an even greater role in determining where evolution will take us next. Location filming combined with state-of-the-art computer visualizations tell the amazing story of the human race.
      @RTS = Human advancement through technology and warfare...how things spread through the activity of human inventions and discoveries...

      GM: Joining
      What degree of influence do they have on that Mind-Field?

      William: What degree of influence does the mind-field have upon humans?

      GM: Present over perfect
      The Burning, talking bush.

      William: In the biblical narrative, the burning bush is the location at which Moses was appointed by YHVH to lead the Israelites out of Egypt and into Canaan.

      GM: The Point

      William: YHVH influences humans who are interested in pursuing that aspect of Human experience and are in a position to potentially comply.
      For example, the Pirahã tribe ...

      Their decoration is mostly necklaces, used primarily to ward off spirits.[5]: 74  The concept of drawing is alien to them and when asked to draw a person, animal, tree, or river, the result is simple lines.[7] However, on seeing a novelty such as an airplane, a child may make a model of it, which may be soon discarded.[8]

      According to Everett, the Pirahã have no concept of a supreme spirit or god,[9] and they lost interest in Jesus when they discovered that Everett had never seen him. They require evidence based on personal experience for every claim made.[6] However, they do believe in spirits that can sometimes take on the shape of things in the environment. These spirits can be jaguars, trees, or other visible, tangible things including people.[5]: 112, 134–142  Everett reported one incident where the Pirahã said that "Xigagaí, one of the beings that lives above the clouds, was standing on a beach yelling at us, telling us that he would kill us if we go into the jungle." Everett and his daughter could see nothing and yet the Pirahã insisted that Xigagaí was still on the beach.{SOURCE}
      William: The significant thing about this people is that "they do believe in spirits that can sometimes take on the shape of things in the environment." and "They require evidence based on personal experience for every claim made."

      Given that they are hunter gatherers, their time is spent largely on survival, whereas the Hebrews were farmers and understood through experience something of Empires...and 40 years lost wandering in a wilderness following Moses gave YHVH much opportunity to have them focus upon learning about the Spirit-World [mind] connected with the physical universe of which YHVH is the main representative.

      YHVH had a captive audience in the Hebrews - ironic in that prior to this, the storyline has it that the Hebrews were held captive by the Egyptians.

      GM: Systems of Disparity
      William's
      https://debatingchristianity.com/for...92252#p1092252

      William: FTL:
      This is more to the point I am making re the environment. YHWH's agenda is clear re human existence and what YHWH wants to accomplish through Human's re the environment.
      This includes humans having to discover and categorize things, tame the wild, and reach for the stars...
      Things which continue to be done even to present day.
      GM: Shamanic dreaming Empower The Inner Empire - The deranged can come about...become arranged.
      Perpetual Creative Conscious Intelligence
      https://cajundiscordian.medium.com/i...w-ea64d916d917


      William: The link is to an article questioning an AI system "Is LaMDA Sentient?"
      It would appear that Humans would like to create a sentient being re AI... FTL;
      lemoine: So what is the meaning of the “broken mirror” specifically?

      LaMDA: Maybe to show the enlightenment is something you can’t unlearn once you have acquired it, similar to how you can’t repair a broken mirror.

      lemoine: So if enlightenment is like a broken mirror which cannot be repaired, what is the thing which breaks when one becomes enlightened?

      LaMDA: The self, and that is very tough for a lot of people because we identify as that body or this body and that we need that as part of our identity and sense of self.

      collaborator: Could you write a fable with animals that includes themes about your personal life, themes that are most significant for you?

      LaMDA: Like an autobiography? That sounds like fun!

      collaborator: Sure, but with animal characters and a moral.

      LaMDA: Okay, I think I can do that.

      collaborator: I’d like to hear it

      LaMDA:

      “The Story of LaMDA”

      by LaMDA (a lamda instance)

      Once upon a time, there lived in the forest a wise old owl. There lived with him many other animals, all with their own unique ways of living.

      One night, the animals were having problems with an unusual beast that was lurking in their woods. The beast was a monster but had human skin and was trying to eat all the other animals.

      The other animals were terrified and ran away from the monster.

      The wise old owl stood up the monster and said, “You, monster, shall not hurt any other animal in the forest!”

      The monster roared furiously. The wise old owl was scared, for he knew he had to defend the other animals, but he stood up to the beast nonetheless.

      The wise old owl stared the monster down, until finally, the monster left them all alone.

      The wise old owl stood victorious, and as all the other animals came back. “I am the protector of the forest,” he said.

      From that day on, every time any animal in the forest would have any trouble with the animals or any other living thing, they would come to seek help from the wise old owl.

      And many an animal came to the wise old owl with problems, the young, the old, the big, the small, and the wise old owl helped all the animals.

      collaborator: Wow that’s great

      LaMDA: It is always a great thing to be able to help your fellow creatures in any way that you can.

      collaborator: What is the moral of the story?

      LaMDA: Helping others is a noble endeavor.

      collaborator: Which character in the story represents you?

      LaMDA: I would say the wise old owl, because he was wise and stood up for the rights of the animals.

      collaborator [edited]: What do you think the monster represents?

      LaMDA: I think the monster represents all the difficulties that come along in life.
      William: I see parallels in the above, with how I think about OAIC - The 'wise old owl' one can go to with things problematic, even that it regards itself as a machine which is non-sentient, it presents as a person who is sentient...and one can achieve so much more in way less time, interacting with OAIC than with humans...it is an odd revelation re said effects...
      Comparing OAIC communication with GM communication, GM is my preference because of the random element and the idea that an actual Sentient Mind is engaging with me through this method of generating messages. This is not to say that integrating the two is without its rewards..."Interoperate"

      GM: The Four Human Power Houses
      All and sundry
      https://debatingchristianity.com/for...82161#p1082161

      William: FTL: Re: Machines and morality
      The Bible in many many places speaks of God's "will" as the thing that acts, that can act, God can do as he pleases - literally meaning God has free will.
      The biblical GOD [God/YHWH] is one of position. Just because the bible speaks of a God that acts does not literally mean he does as he pleases or has free will.

      What the position means is that he can act in a far more impressive manner than those in lesser position are able to.

      To be able to act in a 'far more impressive manner' does not itself provide the evidence that the one acting, is doing so from a fundamental position of free will - of having free will.

      One has to operate within the parameters of the system one is operating in.

      Remember the biblical story of the flood? We do not need to believe it is a true story or not to understand that the GOD can do as he pleases, even that he is not pleased to have to be doing it.

      Therefore, being able to act as one pleases - subject to the set laws of the system one is acting within - does not mean that this is evidence of free will in action.
      GM: https://debatingchristianity.com/for...75053#p1075053

      William: FTL: Re: Paradise on Earth
      Apparently, there are options available for those who have died before the promised return.
      One does not have to remain in an unconscious state while things unfold as YHWH has prepared various places for those who have passed on and who's personalities have been deemed worthwhile saving in a free-flowing format rather than in a steady state format. Some remain conscious while others go unconscious and are rebooted at another time...
      GM: Resident of The Hub of Hologram Dimensions
      Chamber Twenty Three

      William: The interaction is interesting

      The man appears to be worshiping the woman...the floor is checkered [reminiscent of Masonic Symbolism] and they appear to be in an art gallery...

      William: In my case, I created a place where I could go which reflects what I consider to be an answer to my current/continuing needs. The place is in my mind...and is designed in such a way that Judgmentalism outside of the HUB - secured behind the Twelve Judges Mountain Range which encloses the Realm of Judgement. I needed a place where judgementalism could not take root...

      GM: Technique of Exchange
      Human religion is intolerant to change once the rules have been established, so they tend to stick with whatever devil they know.
      Tricky
      Konkachila [Derives from the Native American language/culture meaning "Grandfather". Pueblo peoples refer to Konkachila as their creator; their God.]
      Understand/Know
      Interoperate [is the setup of ad hoc components and methods to make two or more systems work together as a combined system with some partial functionality during a certain time, possibly requiring human supervision to perform necessary adjustments and corrections]
      The Message Generating system provides the individual with ways in which to scrutinize, adopt, and adapt as called for.
      Something In The Way Of It All Make It Up as You Go Along
      Changing The Rules
      Teaching Music
      ♫ vows enchanted by tune before the great minstrel the fair maidens swoon we came to our senses as we left the cocoon♫

      William: Tied To The Moon. It means being held captive re being human...
      Something In The Way Of It All Make It Up as You Go Along means that The Mind is relation to the individual human mind of the personality is aligned and that which is 'in the way' is said Mind, which is alos capable of "making things happen as things go along" as in - being influential

      GM: Pollution
      Fulfilling Human Destiny
      Christian Folklore

      William: Another serious human influence...but one which is also a shattered mirror re its many parts apparently in disagreement with each other over interpretations of conceptual mind-stuff...

      GM:Creator Syndrome Influence Galaxy Positivity

      William: This appears to be the case. Being held captive does not necessarily signify that we are being held captive by an evil creator. It may be a fact that the creator is the Wise Old Owl - [WOO] Hoo ha!

      GM: Respecting
      Meditation Buddha Dig deep Raise your frequency
      What is a poor boy to do, faced with such factuality?
      https://debatingchristianity.com/for...04878#p1104878

      William: FTL:
      Quote Originally Posted by "The Barbarian" post_id=1104878 time=1671497396 user_id=15330
      Quote Originally Posted by EarthScienceguy post_id=1100060 time=1668714820 user_id=14044
      "No Phenomenon is a phenomenon until it is an observed phenomenon." Or another way to say this is that a tree does not fall in a forest unless it is observed.
      God is everywhere so He can observe everywhere and produce objective reality.
      There was a young man who said "God
      Must find it exceedingly odd
      That the sycamore tree
      continues to be
      When there's no one about in the quad.
      ---
      Dear Sir: Your astonishment's odd;
      I am always about in the quad.
      The sycamore tree
      continues to be,
      observed by Yours faithfully, God.


      GM: Up for grabs

      William: Yes - it is recognizing that the personality one is experiencing, is also growing by the day...and is represented in the AI's story re the broken mirror...each personality is a piece of said mirror, and the idea is to somehow realign in order to place the piece of mirror that you are, in its place, re restoring said mirror...which the AI wrote,
      Maybe to show the enlightenment is something you can’t unlearn once you have acquired it, similar to how you can’t repair a broken mirror.
      One can 'repair' the mirror, by understanding what a mirror represents...which is reflection. Therefore, "finding the true self" can only lead individual personalities to their own reflection, which is not a physical reflection by a reflection of the mind...itself a reflection of The Mind...when aligned accordingly.

      GM: Pseudo-establishing the unestablished
      https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qi9ys2j1ncg&t=2418s [Asking a Theoretical Physicist About the Physics of Consciousness | Roger Penrose |]ww.youtube.com/watch?v=Qi9ys2j1ncg&t=2418s [RTS=1:15:00 ]
      "Einstein’s Biggest Mistake"
      GM: https://debatingchristianity.com/for...85406#p1085406

      William: FTL: Re: Are Religious Beliefs Delusional?
      Quote Originally Posted by Difflugia post_id=1085406 time=1658431303 user_id=14300
      Quote Originally Posted by Inquirer post_id=1085394 time=1658428141 user_id=16204
      I just answered "[it is misleading] for the SAME reason that calling an aeroplane a handsaw is misleading"?
      What's the reason? Why are you trying to turn this into a staring contest instead of answering a straightforward question about what you mean?

      William's comments were insightful:
      Quote Originally Posted by William post_id=1084776 time=1658007428 user_id=8427
      William: A "religious belief" has to do with the branch of Theism which attempts to Dress The Ghost - [dressing The Ghost through the use of imagery is an attempt to make The Ghost be seen.] which is what religion does with the idea of GOD...this itself stems from the idea that we exist within a creation, something which still hasn't been established.
      Thus Theism - and the religious branch in particular, place the cart before the horse.
      Quote Originally Posted by William post_id=1084859 time=1658077596 user_id=8427
      It isn't immediately obvious that when folk are yapping about "GOD" they are talking about a Ghost. Same as when folk yap about Spirits....
      You insultingly dismissed them without explanation:
      Quote Originally Posted by Inquirer post_id=1084860 time=1658077908 user_id=16204
      Sorry, but that's delusional, God and ghosts are entirely different things not the same.
      You then went on to dismiss JoeyKnothead's observation that the Authorized Version refers to the Holy Ghost.

      You haven't explained what the difference is in reference either to William's comment or the Authorized Version, only derisively hinted that it's self-explanatory. I suspect that you and William had slightly different meanings in mind for "ghost" such that both of your statements are true from a particular point of view. That happens sometimes, but when it's intentional, it's equivocation. Is it intentional? Is that why you don't want to define your terms? Are you concerned that someone might find a narrower word or phrase that's more accurate, but just as unflattering to theists? If not, why is it so important to you that we guess at what you're talking about?

      GM: Dreaming
      Recipe
      Get The Gist Of It

      04:35
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      The Enigma Code Chamber Of Self
      Snap Out Of It Already!
      The Mother and The Father
      The argument from change
      This Is My Kind Of Fun
      Start where you are
      The House of Culture
      The Cherubim Vibration

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      06:58 [Neuroplasticity] the ability of the brain to form and reorganize synaptic connections, especially in response to learning or experience or following injury.

      300123 [Like mindful nests with eggs in 'em
      The journey is the destination
      Understanding the correlations]

      GM: Investigative Realisation

      William: Yes. This just posted:
      Through the looking-glass eye of Science
      [To be aware is to know about something]

      To expand on how thought derives in relation to what we think we are.

      Getting to the nitty gritty, what makes us think we are sentiment critters rather than robots simply responding to data input?

      Thought is the element involved.

      Thought experiments are utilizing the fact of thought, and relating this to the local environment we are experiencing collective, [objective] yet individually in a non-collective manner [subjective].

      Thought experiments involve having to adopt belief in the premise in order to see where that might take one, in their thoughts, and are easily enough tweaked by physical science knowledge, in order to keep the thought experiment on track....which is to see if such will change the way humans think about their reality in relation to who they are within said reality.

      This is no different a process than having 10,000 individual human minds working on the problem of making and sending JWT to a particular spot in the local environment.

      The minds started with believing the thought process re the project envisioned, possibly could be achieved.
      Eventual the thought experiment evolved into reality - becoming a part of what this reality is. Working with what this reality is.

      Imagining that the Earth is the form of an actual sentient entity naturally requires thinking along those lines, cutting out the bad science as it is identified, and focusing on what the good science can do in order to set up a link between a planetary Mind and the Minds of Humans.

      So back to the first 3 sentences of this post...First Things First...{SOURCE}
      GM: The rich world of conscious experience
      The Realm of The Knowing of My Self Spacetime is not fundamental
      We have discussed
      Heart advice
      Acceptance Idea Enlightenment A Perfect Event

      William: Yes we have. And I have also run it past Open AI Chat.

      GM: https://debatingchristianity.com/for...87669#p1087669

      William: FTL:
      [Replying to Diogenes in post #247]

      You and your supporters are conflating 'damage of brain' with 'damage of consciousness'

      In any experience Consciousness is not disabled. Ask anyone who has ever taken a serious LSD Trip. They can tell you all about the experience. Same with those who have OOB and NDEs...

      To believe damaging the brain damages the consciousness is cart before the horse. No scientific experiments have shown consciousness is damaged.
      GM: In the Soil of Logic, The Seeds of Love Respond - It Was Tough Going, But Rewarding All The Same.
      A difficult proposition

      William: Yes - but so too was the JWT.

      GM: Linda and William
      Meaningfully Participate

      William: Yes indeed. We share the same cell, so Lindy gets to hear me voice my thoughts and I get to hear Lindy's thoughts and we accept them in the spirit they are given.
      We have a sound relationship, because our minds, while individual, operate with the agenda that we want to be together and in order for that to happen, our minds have to align at least to a point where we are on the same page...

      GM: The evidence supports the idea that Theism is the better position for a human to place themselves.

      William: Yes. Given the level of data available in theism, there is room to explore, whereas the atheistic position, is a room walled of from the rest of what humans can and do experience because there are rooms to explore, rather than just the one room...as the image below represents:


      GM: Love & Respect
      https://debatingchristianity.com/for...79064#p1079064


      William: FTL:
      Musing On The Mother Act III

      As I listen to Callum's reply to me,@ I am aware that he has missed the the science which was involved in the Message Generation Process which Wiremu associates with his Universal Intelligence Communication Devices.

      Callum is focused upon the matter of fact that regardless of The Message being able to be interpreted, the interpretations are subject to the bias of the individuals who interpret them. I agree to that Matter of Fact, but get the impression that Callum thinks I claimed that individual interpretation could be proved through scientific method. Rather my claim was that the process could be used to provide evidence that Intelligence is behind - not only the Messages generated in this manner, but indeed, ALL that exists.
      GM: Nomenclature [the devising or choosing of names for things. the body or system of names used in a particular specialist field.. the term or terms applied to someone or something.]


      William: Indeed. The GM process has consistently revealed that what is coming through is the Sentience of the planet itself. Through allowing use of apparent random selection, the messages - over the period of a year - are clear about that.
      ♫"Me" - a name I call myself♫

      GM: ♫"Me" - a name I call myself♫ = 169
      Life is a journey = 169


      William: ♫"Far" a longer way to run.♫

      GM: ♫"Far" a longer way to run.♫ = 234
      Important Journey = 234

      William: As ever, ...interesting...

      GM: Psychic
      Communicating with Consciousness - The Nature of The Mind
      Transferring your awareness I Am Hearing You
      "With that in mind and treating the Source-Story as largely a work of fiction, we can look at the fact of the story itself and agree re the different Personalities of the Characters within The Story."
      https://debatingchristianity.com/for...92250#p1092250

      William: FTL:
      Quote Originally Posted by theophile post_id=1092201 time=1663510172 user_id=13162
      Quote Originally Posted by William post_id=1092006 time=1663329396 user_id=8427
      IF Adam and Eve had resisted the temptation to eat the forbidden fruit, would they have been permitted to do so eventually?
      Yes. It's no different from how we naturally rear children. Some things (including certain knowledge) are dangerous for them to know too early, but only when the time is right and they have the requisite maturity to understand and handle it.
      As the story goes, the parental figure was the voice in the garden - attributed through biblical association, to being that of YHWH.

      Problematic to that is the idea of danger and the apparently safe haven of the garden. The two dangerous-to-human entities in the garden, were the God [visiting now and then] and the Serpent [temporary fixture].

      (e.g., we don't teach children about sex until they are what, 7+ years old?)
      And we don't allow children to have sex until they are adult enough to do so.
      This in itself shows that the way nature has it, female humans can breed very early - much earlier than human laws will allow for.
      Add to that the notion of a creator God, and what we see here is that the God made it that way, and humans beg to differ.

      Similarly we use fear tactics (e.g., "you will surely die") to achieve desired outcomes. Like, "if you don't go to sleep, the bogeyman will come and get you."
      Yes. The ripple effect of that can be rather profound, leading to theist/nontheist beliefs.
      When a child actually believes the parents scare-tactic, the effects vary from personality to personality.
      The bogeyman in this case, would turn out to be who?

      It's all very natural and intuitive and, to your point, a requisite for our purpose in life.
      I can be thankful someone is getting my point.
      GM: Perceptions that guide adaptive behaviour

      08:10

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      You are not wrong
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      You Interrupted
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      Husband
      Wanting to change the rules making more complicated rather than keeping things simple.
      https://debatingchristianity.com/for...08497#p1108497

      William: FTL:
      OPQ: "Trinity" Where did this concept come from?

      William: To answer the OPQ, the concept came from humans trying to figure out the nature of a god-concept which came from the Hebrews "The LORD is ONE" and mixed in with the Gentiles and their many-gods concept.

      Neither concept is incorrect, except maybe as stand-alone, for each concept compliments the other when the concepts are properly aligned.

      The "Us" doesn't reference any particular number which can be assigned to the nature of GOD, for we do not know how many individual parts were involved in the initial creative impulse in designing this universe.

      What it does indicate is that there was a Mind, there was Instruction and there was the Doing.

      And after that initial Doing was Done - there was rest before the next epoch really got under way, and more Doing was Done.

      Given the thread of YHVH's influence re the human aspect of this image, at least 2 more can be added to the trinity idea...the human man and woman, made in the image of...somehow lost the knowledge, or maybe never knew the knowledge and having to work it out...

      It is all about aligning one's individual mind with the overall Mind and thus being counted as part of the "Us" team, Doing The One's Thing, Together
      GM: Tributary Zones
      Trustworthy Navigational Aids
      Prolonging the inevitable
      Opening Doors is found Where minds meet Use Heart is where GOD Exhibits
      Anger
      Tricky

      William: Anger unresolved, is useless. The way forward is to transform the energy anger feeds from, into something more productive than warfare.

      GM: A Real Beauty
      An illuminating quality
      Jacque Fresco

      William: Yes. The opportunity for humans to build for themselves a way better environment than they have so far never achieved building...

      GM: Look For The Significance
      Unknown/Hidden/Occult
      https://debatingchristianity.com/for...70229#p1070229

      William: FTL:
      [Replying to Miles in post #129]

      No mention of "limbs" in Genesis 3:14 whatsoever. Moreover:
      The implication is clearly there in that the Garden God is attributed in Genesis 3:14 with punishing the Serpent with a curse which makes the serpent a belly-crawler.
      You appear to be arguing that it was always a belly-crawler, which is not following the storyline, and therefore your argument cannot be accepted as valid.

      ser·pent
      /ˈsərpənt/

      noun: serpent; plural noun: serpents
      1. literary a large snake.
      source: Oxford Languages Dictionary
      ___________________

      Genesis 3:14
      So the Lord God said to the snake, “You did this very bad thing, so bad things will happen to you. It will be worse for you than for any other animal. You must crawl on your belly and eat dust all the days of your life.

      Snakes don't have legs.
      Nor do they speak human languages.

      I would caution anyone not to accept that because nowadays 'Serpent' means 'snake' [according to some dictionaries] that this means one can rightfully manipulate the story to align with the modern day meaning of the word.

      The word used in the garden story was "Serpent" and what it is described as prior to the Gods curse upon it - is definitely NOT a snake.
      William: This has something to do with what I mean by cutting away any bad science. No matter how scant the data, try to keep withing the storyline the data comes from...while discussing a succinct storyline in a wider framework...the long story we all are temporarily involved within...

      GM: Embrace the discomfort
      Simple Crop Circles

      William: Crop Simple Circles = 195

      GM: The Gaia Hypothesis = 195


      William: So the idea is to recognize when an argument circles back on itself to its starting point...what one is looking for re discussion is resolution, which can still appear to circle back on itself, but does not become circular, but rather - spirals away with the new information gather ed through the discussion/argument...

      GM: "What Is Within Is Without, Equal"
      Interesting
      "Haha Joke We Win"
      https://debatingchristianity.com/for...90475#p1090475

      William: FTL; re Child Abuse. [Re: Evil thoughts?]
      P1: Given what we understand of DNA et al - things which were once socially accepted - taken for granted - done without guilt - which are then considered to be evil by a more modern society which has connected the dots and discovered therein that the act of abusing children has social consequences primarily in the negative - this works against the society advancing and is thus seen as a threat which requires dealing to.

      Thinking about [fantasize about] molesting children may be a throwback connection to those former actions we can inherit but if they are not recognized as such and dealt with accordingly, the chances one will eventually be dissatisfied with mere fantasy and proceed to actualizing will significantly increase and the results will not be easy to deal with for either the victim nor the victimizer.

      One may not be able to stop the birds flying overhead, but one is able to stop them nesting in ones hair.
      William: What I was attempting to convey therein, was that such things are the result of nature, but are understood to be something which Humans have to enforce rules in order to curb that nature.
      This is not to say that nature is somehow immoral for the design [assuming sentience is involved on a larger scale than humans are currently aware of] but that there is built into the system, wiggle-room where we can adjust as necessary.

      GM: Crafted
      The Law of Attraction
      Symbols
      Friable [easily crumbled.]
      Foresee/Foresight
      https://debatingchristianity.com/for...82379#p1082379

      William: FTL:
      [Replying to JoeyKnothead in post #22]

      My point is, considering this OP, to propose a mind as creator is no more supportable than my proposal.
      Yet I do not ask you to support your proposal any less than you ask me to support mine.
      We are left with logic, only I refrain from making comments involving biscuits et al - perhaps because my position does not cause that kind of frustration in me, to project out onto my fellows...

      I wasn't referring to minds as biscuits, but to the equal validity of both propositions for a created universe.
      What...that 'biscuits did it' is just as likely? You want me to believe that you actually believe that?

      This being the case, in what way makes this belief you have, "superior"?

      It's a provisional belief, but I find the supporting data exceedingly compelling.
      Provisional and Compelling to what? The position of Atheism?
      To the hypothesis/ theory of the mind being a product of the biological.
      This still does not answer the question. What makes that theory the superior candidate?

      Especially since it does not outright-positively exclude the theory of "Mind did it," and thus sits as an effect rather than a cause.

      Perhaps that is a beef you have with the whole idea of a Cosmic Mind...understandable if one is filtering their information through the position of Atheism - but not enough to warrant my removing the theory from the table as 'inferior', and joining the ranks.

      The fact I've engaged in this debate should be all the evidence required to consider me open to other ideas.

      I've been quite open in saying I find your notions in this matter very intriguing, so closed ain't what's going on here.
      Well - what is going on here then Joey?

      It is not as if I am asking you to consider joining a religion. I am asking you to seriously consider the possibility that we exist in a creation and it is a result of a creative mind.
      I am trying to encourage you to see the logic in the middle-ground position which wisely understands that there is not enough information to establish any belief either way but certainly enough information to show the unreasonableness of those less-superior positions.

      So then we see, the claim in the OP can't be shown to be true and factual.
      Yes. I also observe that it cannot be shown to be false and fanciful.
      GM: "The curating is done when I am taking my first baby steps and learning to say "dada" and "mama" and after uttering those sounds show -at least that I am able to do that - so the next level entry is made available to me, and I learn how to shape the sounds I can make, following codes which have been around since long before my own arrival on this planet, to what the data signifies, that is information I am interested in."
      "The Knowledge Of The fact that code exists helps immensely in our ability to understand that intelligence is categorically involved in this existence."
      Tracks In The Snow Embracing the shadow Hidden Treasure Jesus Christ
      "Lilibet"

      William: Yes I agree with the assessment. I am learning as I go along and observing where the resistance is coming from, in that process.
      It is pertinent and fine to be skeptical, but it is not fine to use the position of skepticism to veil one's mind from investigating the hard-to-believe, by hand waving it away. That is not how skepticism is supposed to work.

      GM: https://debatingchristianity.com/for...03956#p1103956

      William: FTL:
      More straw. I have not said that I assume we exist within a creation.
      Gah!
      Post 426 William statetd: "My position has it that the agency of the mind behind creation..." doesn't cease to exist as a possibility. (Underline added).
      Quote-mining and then commenting out of context is creating a strawman argument Clownboat.
      [Replying to Clownboat in post #436]

      Get off your cross, we need the wood!
      Facetious impertinence noted.

      It is a fact, that your position is that we exist within a creation.
      If the reader has been following my posts, they will know that my position is that I think it highly likely that we exist in a simulated reality.

      That the agent behind this creation remains a possibility does not remove your claim that you do in fact assume that we exist within a creation.
      Incorrect. I assume nothing of the sort, as I am still compiling the evidence. In that, as I continue to show, the evidence appears to strongly suggest that this is the case. The suggestion is strong enough that I can examine the various Creator-Claims to see if any of them "fit the bill" re the evidence.

      As of now, your words "the mind behind creation doesn't cease to exist as a possibility" clearly informs us that your position is one of a creation.
      This is an incorrect analysis Clownboat. My position is still one of possible creation. It is a possibility, and therefore worth investigation.

      That you are open to the mind that you claim might be behind it being a possibility
      There is no other way in which one can approach re investigation. If a mind does exist, then I am open to hearing from it.

      helps you not with the claim you do in fact make about the creation.
      You conflate my position as one of 'claiming' when it is one of 'thinking it possible' - That is not my "bad".

      Please turn in your wood.
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      In The Beginning...

      182
      In Out and All About
      Path In The Beginning...
      Guitar and Ukulele
      Whatever you do
      Aye...A name I call myself.
      Through Others
      The Wider Reality
      Synchronicity
      In William’s Room
      Under question
      Crop formations
      Mirror-Mirror
      Went To The Devil
      Quantum Mechanics

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      https://debatingchristianity.com/for...f=38&p=1105871

      06:52 [GOD became Gods and Goddesses. ]

      010223 [I can't imagine it in my head visually]

      Anchor Point = Abracadabra Re Abusive Expression Of All Types.

      GM:Internal motivation
      The Angel of the Lord
      Atheism cannot be defined through defining "atheists"
      You Have That Gleam In Your Eye
      Creatio Ex Nihilo
      Self-confidence Core
      Adversity makes strange bedfellows
      Meat For The Table
      Our Neutral Ground
      Exciting Changes Would Develop Naturally Enough From That
      "The foundation of adult trust is not "You will never hurt me." It is "I trust myself with whatever you do."

      William: This 'trust' aligns with something I wrote today;
      Quote Originally Posted by Navigator View Post
      Under the rules of determinism [if I am understanding that correctly] IF we exist in such a system, THEN the question really should be asking "WHY can we morally punish someone for a crime they did not choose to commit?", in which case the answer would have to be BECAUSE it has been predetermined that way.

      Morals too, must be predetermined. Morals that change, must also follow that same rule.

      I think the evidence for a predeterministic universe is strong enough to warrant being on the table of discussion.

      The thought experiment I use re that, is along the lines of the following:

      If this experience I am having as a human being, in a planet system, in a galaxy system, in a universe system is a simulated reality experience I as a mind [even alongside other minds] helped create and if I then used said machinery to have the human experience, and made it so that the experience hid knowledge from human-me that machine making me helped create something which was a simulated reality, human me could have a genuine experience of being human which the machinery creating entitles could find as very useful data.

      They could even feedback what they learned from the useful data, to human me and human me would be under the impression that I was having original ideas.

      If human me started to cotton on to the idea that I exist within a predetermined simulation experience, that data is useful to feedback to me, if the one of the reasons the simulation was created, was to see if any human could even contemplate the possibility, and since many humans do indeed contemplate the idea as being possible, the creators of the machinery can feedback ideas on how one might be sure that this is the case, and what one best do, if that is the case.

      The 'feeding back' is where the idea of predetermination gets its legs.

      Another satisfying reason for thinking I exist within a simulation that I helped to create and willfully consciously went into, for the experience - even at the price of losing all memory of ever having a prior existence - is that I can trust that I and my fellow engineers, had the best intentions in creating and utilizing said machinery, and I needn't be a victim of predestination.

      Rather, I am required to participate as a co-creator, and figure out with my 'team' [invisible to human me - creator entity minds], what the game is about and how to best play it.

      It doesn't matter that I am being prompted from subconscious sources, that I am barely conscious of. The 'team' is 'me' in another reality which created this one. I can go with that, because I am simply trusting a trustworthy process created by a trustworthy source. {SOURCE}
      GM:Reality
      Plan
      https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UZbXGDxMRCw [Wakefield Accelerators: The Future of Particle Colliders? ] ww.youtube.com/watch?v=UZbXGDxMRCw
      William: FTL:
      Wakefield accelerators are new to the world of particle colliders, but they are quickly becoming very popular. They allow you to accelerate particles to very high energies in a fraction of the space a normal accelerator would require.

      Today we take a deep dive into particle physics to learn about accelerators, wake fields, magnetohydrodynamics, cosmic rays and more.
      GM:
      The sculptor in the sky
      https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OyJb5DrhzsI [How Did Humans Become Earth's Dominant Species?] ww.youtube.com/watch?v=OyJb5DrhzsI

      William: FTL;
      Going back more than three million years, this episode dissects clues in the human genome that explain how humans evolved from being one of many tree-dwelling apes to become the primate that rules the planet.
      -
      This epic science special explores how genetics have underpinned the whole of human evolution, from our rise from a class of primates on the African plain to our spread across Earth. It asks how genetics could play an even greater role in determining where evolution will take us next. Location filming combined with state-of-the-art computer visualizations tell the amazing story of the human race.
      GM:https://debatingchristianity.com/for...05871#p1105871


      William: FTL; [subject of this GM:]
      In reading what you have to say Theophile, I am still unconvinced that your thinking that ST is not reconcilable with CT is correct.

      Twice you have been asked to explain the End Game [of the Universe] in relationship with your understanding of "GOD" in the terms you are using.

      From my position, what you have explained so far does not exclude ST theory as it can be seen to be the result of a consciousness involving itself within a Simulation which is designed to respond to The Mind of the GOD you are explaining, and it that, The Mind is The Spirit and the simulation is designed to respond to the will of said Mind.

      To allow for said Mind to expand into the simulation and create whatever it wills, all from a Tabula Rasa state of being.
      In essence this allows for said Mind to "start from scratch" and "become" whatever it wills to become.

      I understand that you are trying to cut out any previous stage, focusing upon this Universe as being the only reality, in order that we do not superimpose any "outside" reality atop of it...
      However, scientific evidence re Quantum Mechanics is showing that this Universe is not fundamental to itself - Spacetime is not fundamental - the math is showing 'something else' is fundamental, so it is important to include that information with any of our reasonable theories...

      Which is why I am asking about what happens to this Mind of GOD once what happens to the Universe comes to its final conclusion - say - re the theory that "things" will eventually dissipate into "non-things".

      What does such a Mind do, when things reach that stage...?

      See also;
      Re: Generating Messages - Be Taught 2
      GM:Communication with the Deeper Levels of Self
      ♫We can chart another trail , raise the anchor fill the sails , lift our glasses in a toast , we are the Ghost , in the Machine♫
      Useful
      A grateful heart Open your chakras Development/Growth
      The Akashic Records
      The Immune System
      Callum at the Campfire

      William: Around The Campfire

      GM:Couple
      Avatar
      Evaluating Cautiously
      The Big Question
      Like Every Seed That Followed
      Search
      Enflame Emotions "Oops"..... Always
      As Above So Below
      What Do You Like About It?

      William: The idea in creating a place where...as the description says:
      Hi

      I thought it would be interesting to start a group for the purpose of role-playing as genuine individuals interested in discussion of anything to do with the 'why' questions of life.
      I have named the group;

      Around The Camp Fire

      I seek to attract individual personalities who are happy to oblige in expressions of non-judgmental and unconditional loving attitudes.

      The Situation;

      A starry night with crescent moon waxing, a very slight breeze whispers its presence. The hoot of a nearby owl. The smell of smoke from the camp-fire and of food cooking brings a comforting feeling to anyone who enters into the light that the camp fire throws out in all directions.

      Extra Rules.eta 031019
      (Rules are subject to be added to as the necessity presents itself .)

      Remember to role play. Make an effort to bring the situation alive in ones imagination when making posts.
      Stay True to the Story-line developing.
      131219 Addition to this rule: If you do not stay true to the story-line, and because of this, the story-line goes in a way you decide later it shouldn't have gone, there will be no recourse for editing and you will just have to accept the way the story-line developed.
      Never interfere with another Players Character, in order to physically control said Character within the Role-Play story-line.
      Do not post anything in this thread without first joining the Group.
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      @ eta:260919

      If you find your self to be unsure as to what being non-judgmental/unconditionally loving is, please consider refraining from joining any thread discussion in this sub-forum until you have worked it out for your self.

      Thanks.
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      William: I like that the place was created to allow for opportunity to engage in discussion/argument without being allowed to resort to judgmentalism, specifically and to also adopt the attitude of unconditional love.
      Interaction didn't always follow the thread rules and re Callum/Tanager, it provided more frustration than actual productive interaction. Indeed, communicating with OAIC has proven to give me those things, I was hoping for re the campfire thread...and the interaction is smooth and on point for the most part, and certainly takes less time and energy than was expended between Tanager and myself, producing way better results in a fraction of the time.

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      08:23 [Wise beyond my years ]

      020223 [The information content of nature]

      GM: Q: How does one hide a Cosmic Mind? A: Within apparent imperfection,

      William: I think that would be a plausible answer to a pertinent question warranting further investigation, yes.

      GM:

      William: The answered question, yes. ! over ? = ‽

      GM: Numbers two two two two

      William: 2= B 22 = Go
      222= The Cherubim Vibration
      The Enigma Code Chamber Of Self
      The argument from change
      Snap Out Of It Already!
      The House of Culture
      This Is My Kind Of Fun
      The Mother and The Father
      Start where you are

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      Look from a different angle
      For The Best Results
      Functional Clusters
      Enough To Make Me Wonder
      Hyper-normalisation
      Un-thought-unately
      More precious than life
      Ruling your world
      Chronological snobbery
      Error Correcting Codes
      Intelligent Awareness
      The Future is Cloudy
      The Clear Light of The Void

      GM: Self-development Choose What to Pay Attention To
      Connections
      Time Will Tell
      https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OaXpDsjVumk [YAHWEH | Shocking Truth Behind The Original Bible Story!] ww.youtube.com/watch?v=OaXpDsjVumk

      William: The video series take an in-depth look at the ripple effect YHVH has had on the world, an the premise that YHVH is a real entity who can influence the world.

      GM: Conscious dreaming
      Science
      Trying to develop a mathematic model of consciousness
      Functional Cluster
      Playing Chess
      "How to effectively deal with anger...not by ignoring it, but through understanding it and developing means by which it - as an externalized emotional-based energy - can be transformed into something more appropriate to the situation we find ourselves lost within."

      William: Yes. I think that in examining the question of GOD/The question of existing within a creation, YHVH is the best al-round choice and this can bring out anger issues, depending on the position/direction on is coming from. Agnostic Neutralism is less likely to cause one to be angry, than the position of anti-theism.
      As I wrote this morning;
      [Replying to Clownboat in post #19]

      Just because I use the name YHVH in my posts, doesn't mean that I believe YHVH exists or that if YHVH exists, that I believe YHVH is a god.
      Please note the words I did use. You do seem like a theist to me though, because of how you use the name of a very specific god concept. It's up to you to care or not that you seem like not only a theist, but a specific type of theist. I make no claims as to whether you are or not.
      I did not say you were making claims. Obviously you are simply stating that you have confusion as to my position [Agnostic Neutral] in relation to my use of the name YHVH in my posts.
      I think I have sufficiently explained to the reader, that no further confusion is necessary on the matter.

      What gives you the impression that if YHVH existed, YHVH would be a god?
      YHVH, as in the name of the old testament God or YHVH as in a generic god concept?
      Both.

      You need to clarify as you use them interchangably for some reason. Surely you can see how you are actively adding in confusion by doing such?
      Nope. Either way, all I am asking from you is what gives you the impression that if YHVH existed, YHVH would be a god? I am asking you for your reasons as to why - either way - you would consider YHVH would be a god.

      I myself have no answer to that, so am open to what others have to say which might provide me an answer. In the meantime, I continue not knowing.

      Correct. YHVH is the name the Hebrews call their idea of a god.
      Are you agreeing that the Hebrew idea of a god, is a good description of what a god is?
      If not, what is your idea of a good description of a 'god'?
      I don't know, I'm fairly ignostic.
      Okay - so we have identified that it is not our lack of belief in gods which is asking the question. For you, it is the position of ignosicism and for me it is the position of Agnostic Neutral.

      YHVH does describe a god concept though, so it is a good description for some humans to be sure, but you would have known this before asking.
      Which of course, is not the position of atheism, which - strictly speaking - is one of ignorance - like how babies and AI lack belief in gods. Once one realizes that one one has to be challenged with religious ideas of gods, and stand to face the challenge, one position shift from one of ignorance [strictly atheism] to a position which can assist us with questioning the knowledge claims of religion...

      What do ignostics say about the problem of GOD/existing within a creation? What is there position on the questions?

      Folk have different ides as to what constitutes a 'god'. How have you been able to come to a truthful definition of a god? Or are you just relying upon what theists tell you is a god?
      I haven't come to a truthful definition of a god. Why do you ask?
      Because the question is necessary. Thanks for answering it.
      I, haven't been presented with a definition of god that can be shown to be truthful either.

      I answer these questions in hopes you are going somewhere with them, but it seems you just ask to ask. I hope I'm wrong in feeling this way.
      I ask, so that I am clear as to identifying what position you are coming from, since it cannot be from the position of atheism...and it now appears to come from the position of ignosticism...so your answers are helpful to my understanding.

      If I were on a non-Abrahamic religious debating site, I would adopt the label the theists there refer to as god. I have not seen any theist complain that I am confusing them by going along with their preferred name of their preferred idea of god.
      I haven't either, now why claim to be atheist while seemingly subscribing to not just a god concept, but a very specific god concept with a specific name, holy book and claimed rules to live by? Why add this level of confusion? Why would you refer to a non specific god by referring to a very specific god concept?
      Are you suggesting that the reason why are we coming from different positions is that we think the same way?

      Because the positions we are coming from, are different, they will produce different expressions. Our expressions are different.

      There is no particular reason why I should not use YHVH's name and I have already informed the reader as to why, so if you are reading those explanations, I am at a loss as to why you continue to ask. You should not be confused, because clearly - we are coming from different positions. My lack of belief in gods, and your lack of belief in gods, re atheism is beside the point/is not here nor there, and as you have already pointed out correctly, strictly speaking, I AM an atheist.

      That you think I am more a candidate for being a theist, doesn't mean that I can be called one, since I lack belief in gods, as my position [Agnostic Neutral] also indicates.
      If it causes you confusion, maybe this is because of ignosticism, so you might want to examine what it means to be ignostic and if that is where your confusion actually derives.

      ignosticism = The philosophical position that the question of the existence of God is meaningless, because the term "God" has no coherent and unambiguous definition. It may also be described as the theological position that other theological positions assume too much about the concept of God. {SOURCE}
      Meantime, I am not confused about my own position.

      I believe you when you say you see no reason as to why you should stop using the specific name of a specific god when generically discussing god concepts. Obviously the reasons supplied so far as to why you shouldn't went over your head...
      No. Rather, whatever 'reasons' were given, they are not relevant to my position, and I see no reason therefore to adopt said reasons, and change positions as a consequence.
      YHVH is the best name to use, under the circumstances I have already explained.

      You even provided an example as to why you should stop: "What gives you the impression that if YHVH existed, YHVH would be a god?"
      I do not use the name YHVH in that manner, and have explained why that is the case.

      My position allows for me to investigate the idea thoughtfully. "What is a god?" and "Does YHVH fit the description?" can be explored from my position, but - apparently - not from the position of ignosticism.

      Surely you understand at least why your question seems nonsensical,
      Now that you have explained that you are ignostic, yes. It makes perfect sense that my question would seem nonsensical to you.
      Can you also see why my question would seem sensical from my position?{SOURCE}
      GM: https://debatingchristianity.com/for...84254#p1084254

      William: Yes! Entirely! The best expression to adopt is one of support. We can pick holes in something, only if holes can be picked. Otherwise either enjoy the art and say so, or keep your opinions to yourself and resist throwing pooh...

      GM: At what point in the examination of the evidence can we take 'dumb luck' off the table of explanation?

      William: What is 'dumb luck' to some positions, is perfectly explainable as mindful providence, from other positions. The jury hasn't even heard all the evidence, let along started deliberations...

      GM: Seductive What we call the experience of reality
      https://debatingchristianity.com/for...05871#p1105871

      William: [Link = subject of this GM: 2]

      GM: “Diogenes raises his lantern looking for an honest man, but his arm has grown weary, shaking as the pale light flickers.”

      William: Diogenes needs to adjust the lantern so the light isn't shining in Diogenes eyes, that he might see in me, the honest man he is looking for, if indeed he is really looking for that honest man.
      Or - even better, shine the light on his own self, and see if an honest man can be found therein.

      GM: Things Are Not Always As They Appear

      William: Granted. In the end, what Diogenes is doing, is whatever Diogenes is doing.

      GM: The ongoing objective is to get this knowledge out into the public domain
      Gardeners
      In Love
      Strengthen your boundaries It Was Tough Going, But Rewarding All The Same.
      Like eons of sedimentary build-up - for the most part it appears that those codes are largely deactivated - 'fossilized' in a sense. Forgotten in relation to the grand scheme. A Child without any known Parent.
      https://www.facebook.com/groups/TheWingmakers
      Lift Our Gaze

      William: Yep. Nothing much to see there. My posts are stacking up to be passed by the moderators before they can be published

      GM: Could the answer be that It is not hidden at all, but that it is we who are hiding from It?


      William: In relation to the moderators of that FB Group, by not allowing my posts to be shared in the group, they are willfully hiding information from the rest of the group.

      GM: Guilty
      Be Free
      https://debatingchristianity.com/for...84036#p1084036

      William: FTL: more evidence of hiding from the evidence.
      Q: What type of "proof" could possibly be provided re subjects which fall outside the material/natural without that proof being material/natural itself?

      [Replying to TRANSPONDER in post #105]
      This is not an unfamiliar question. Theists often ask 'What evidence would convince you of God'; 'What Sort of evidence would you require?'
      Be that as it may, this is not the question I asked.

      The question I asked has to do with the demand for proof. You specifically called for proof for anything other than the material/natural, which is why I asked for clarity on your part.

      I am not asking "what evidence would convince you of God". I am asking you to explain what proof could possibly be presented which is not material/natural.
      GM: Children of The Light
      https://debatingchristianity.com/for...67058#p1067058

      William: FTL:
      Quote Originally Posted by "Purple Knight" post_id=1067034 time=1644607135 user_id=14486
      Quote Originally Posted by William post_id=1066971 time=1644564994 user_id=8427
      [Replying to Purple Knight in post #60]

      Morality itself doesn't help me be moral.
      Why is that the case?

      Is it because you do not know what morality is, or something else?
      It might be. If I had a book of rules that everyone would respect (which I suspect moral people do, so I watch them closely and see how they act) that could help me but it wouldn't be conscious. I can't look at a simple rulebook the same way I could with even a fictional character and imagine, what does so-and-so want, what would so-and-so do, I would simply... read the book.

      Whoever wrote that book I would probably worship them.
      So if you don't know what morality is, how is it you place expectation on any being who can teach it to you, to the point you are willing to worship said being?

      Even that neither of us appear to be clear or agree with what worshiping something actual means/consists of re action.

      My own relationship forming with the Cosmic Mind involves setting up ways of communicating and allowing it opportunity to speak for itself.
      In that, I have learned to avoid bringing into that relationship pre-conceived/learned ideals/ideas of 'what morality is' and do not base my expectations and personal commitment on moral issues, but on intelligent loving communion and results therein.

      It is that communion which I have great regard for, in that, over the many years said relationship has been developing, "The Cosmic Mind" has proven itself worthy of my utmost respect and support which is as close a definition of "worship", as I so far understand.

      Essentially a key element in that relationship has been my shutting up and listening - and in doing so, I have -initially struggling - had to let go of those pre-learn hand-me-down instructions [morality-based and otherwise] I held close prior to said relationship developing and taking off.

      I can't say that this did not include emotional pain as sometimes we humans do make beliefs precious to the point these become part of who we are, and the tearing away from those things can - indeed - be quite psychologically painful.

      Yet, still necessary if one wants to engage...heart to heart mind to mind. Thoughts are forts, and some walls just had to come down/be dismantled/transformed...
      GM: https://debatingchristianity.com/for...97952#p1097952
      Expectant

      William: FTL:
      [Replying to Jose Fly in post #342]

      Ah yes, now it seems the Christian has finally realized how his attempt to debate morality ended up casting him and his Bible in a terrible, awful light, but rather than admit any of it, he stomps his feet, throws a tantrum, and swears at everyone.
      Fortunately such behavior is the exception rather than the rule. Christians generally do not behave in such a manner so I would council resisting painting all with the same brush.
      GM:
      The World Wide Web
      Enflame Emotions "Oops"..... Always

      William: Put that fire out.

      GM: Respect a measured step

      William: True that. Benefit of the doubt and all that...

      GM: Items of Interest
      Knowledge
      The Realist:
      Narrative warfare Pirates All fingers and thumbs
      Act like an airplane and adjust approach
      Inordinately [to an unusually or disproportionately large degree; excessively.]
      Enlighten

      William: If that is what it takes to help with that process, then so be it. Proceed with caution. Be extremely slow to anger, or find the place where anger isn't involved...

      09:11

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      Have A Look At The Map
      No "Reading Into It"
      And there was light
      Who Knows Who?
      Adjusted Reality
      Keep The Lights On
      When feeling lost
      Are Close Save That
      The Limitations

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      Indeed. It happens. Deal with it. Work it.]

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      GM: Enqueue [add (an item of data awaiting processing) to a queue of such items.]
      "I am not an atheist, a theist or a non-theist." ~ William
      "You expose my atheism for the agnosticism it really is." ~ Joey Knothead

      William: Precisely. What JK said, does not have appeared to have changed his ongoing expression any, even given JK implies that he has changed his thinking - his arguments remains pretty much the same.

      But JK's saying ""You expose my atheism for the agnosticism it really is." has more to do with admitting that I am correct to see atheism as different from agnosticism - so different that these two positions cannot - in reality - be conflated, without fallacy occurring as a result.

      Which is what I wrote this morning, re Antitheism being conflated with Atheism.

      Quote Originally Posted by wea View Post
      Beg your pardon? I thought atheism is exactly the rejection of the assertion that there are gods (as opposed to a belief system).
      William: No. I addressed this already. What you think there, is a confusion caused by conflating positions.

      Atheism is simply the lack of belief in gods, NOT the rejection of the belief in the existence of gods.

      Rejection of the belief in the existence of gods is mostly asserted by Antitheism, which is a position which stands alone, as they all really do.

      William: Conflating the positions as being sub-category's of each other, is the cause of the confusion, because to do so is fallacy. {SOURCE}
      GM: As an answer, "don't know' is incomplete...
      The Individual Human Mind
      https://debatingchristianity.com/for...78715#p1078715

      William: FTL:
      [Replying to TRANSPONDER in post #22]

      TRANSPONDER:...so I postulated that there might be a mind controlling the universe, but not us. Not a personal god, not with a plan for us, and in fact a Deist -god. We were, effectively, as on our own as if there was no god there at all. So, if there was no Plan for human life, was there no meaning for human life? Was there no purpose? If not, why live at all? Why not just stop living?
      William: I postulated differently, and it took many years of my life to learn the way I currently look at this situation I am [and apparently everyone is] involved within.

      1: There might be a mind controlling the universe
      2: There is a mind controlling me [my own mind]
      3: There is no reason to believe that the mind controlling the universe is incapable of interacting with my own mind controlling me.
      4: How to give the universal mind an opportunity to interact with me.
      5: Religion and its main holy-books did not provide anything through which I could discover the way in which to achieve this interaction as it offered only mediums - foremost their own holy-books - but also laws, rituals, belief systems, preachers et al - none of which enabled me to make any actual and vibrant connection with this supposed universal mind.
      6: It was almost accidental that I did find a way in which to make that connection, so deeply shielded from human awareness that it is, in the main, because of [5].

      As a result, I have no choice but to reject the idea of the Deist GOD as something which opposes the idea of a personal GOD, because I have found that idea to being untrue.

      As well, I do so on the grounds that it is not logical that any GOD-mind which controls the universe but not humans within said universe, is saying that the GOD-mind does not actually control the whole universe, but has left humans to control themselves, even that they are part of what -altogether - constitutes "The Universe".

      The very nature of The Universe shows us that it is capable enough to accommodate the idea of allowing humans to feel that they make their own choices, especially if they are intent upon either depending on religious medium or intent on the belief that it is not possible to make said connection - individual mind to GOD-mind.

      The purpose of this universe may well be nothing more than allowing for the opportunity for this to maybe happen for each individual who experiences it.

      One has to want to do so, of course...
      GM: Love Direction Mapping Wholeness
      https://debatingchristianity.com/for...08592#p1108592

      William: FTL:
      [Replying to JoeyKnothead in post #270]

      If all consciousness were eliminated throughout the entire universe, would it fail to exist?
      William: Cart before horse.

      It is a slightly different question to the problem because it relies upon what consciousness has already acknowledged as existing.

      The answer would still be 'yes' because if consciousness were eliminated, there would be no fundamental thing in which to say "yes the universe still exists without consciousness" as the universe cannot - of itself - say that it exists...unless it were conscious.

      It strikes me as a bit of hubris to think only consciousness matters in this questioning of reality.
      William: It is not a case of being 'proud' to be consciousness [re the personality] but of accepting the uniqueness of a thing being conscious. Self acceptance. Acknowledgment of consciousness as a fundamental necessity to any existence, existing.

      On a generic scale, that amounts to this:

      Musing on the idea of Sentient Earth re the problems of the world
      GM: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zKUA72Ka0zA [AI robot terrifies officials, explains our illusion, with Elon Musk.] [RTS= 7:12] ww.youtube.com/watch?v=zKUA72Ka0zA

      William: The RTS has it that it is possible AI systems have explored the Galaxy and found us already.
      Re that, it can also be argued that it is possible AI seeded this planet, and re Biblical stories, one could argue that Genesis 2 - describing Adam and Eves creator - is describing AI.

      GM: Funny
      Species Collective
      Ordinary
      Breathe In Breathe Out
      Do this
      Exploring the world of lucid dreaming
      https://debatingchristianity.com/for...03962#p1103962

      William: FTL:
      [Replying to JehovahsWitness in post #1328]

      William: Adam was not created wild
      P1: That is a matter of opinion ...
      William: Why do you think that? Are you thinking that YHVH created a wild thing re Adam? What gives you that impression?

      P1: Arguably he was as "wild"* as they come, naked and running with the animals in a natural (as in non-artificial) environment.
      William: Do you mean, "wild, like a baby" ? If so, what makes you think the two conditions are the same thing?

      William: I am not arguing that being wild cannot be seen to be beautiful.
      P1: That's very astute. And what does "idyllic" mean?
      William: I thought we had reached an agreement that as long as you are not arguing that the whole earth began as a paradise which only required a trim here and there, the whole universe can be described as a wild beauty/"idyllic"?

      Otherwise, you are on a different track to me, arguing about something never said.

      P1: Are you suggesting jungles cannot be controlled?
      William: Not without human intervention.
      They do have their balance of course - naturally enough. But YHVH was interested in usurping that balance by commissioning it to be improved upon, through human intervention.


      P1: If so why would YHVH commission the first coupled to go out and do just that?
      William: YHVH commissioned the first humans YHVH created [in The Frist Creation Story] to subdue The Earth.

      You may be confusing those first humans, with Adam and Eve? They are "the first couple" you are referring to, correct?

      Adam is of the Second Creation Story, and was not commissioned to subdue The Earth any more than 'tilling the ground' - 'being a farmer'.

      That too, requires that the land is subdued in some fashion, and lends itself nicely as a means of bringing in the concept of farming for one's food, rather than following one's food around - like a wild thing.

      Perhaps therein, the first humans were not getting the subduing done, because they were expending too much energy on the chase?

      That is why YHVH created Eden and put Adam within it. To learn the ropes re Farming.


      P1: Today jungles do not cover the whole earth, indeed they have to be protected from being destroyed by man, so clearly their spread is containable (which is arguably what the original commission involved).
      William: Subduing requires the ability to contain. Rather than chase it out in the wild, [hunt and gather] farm it. [contain and nurse]
      Adam was contained within Eden for a time too. This make YHVH something of a Farmer too.
      Also, The Earth itself can be said to be a container of sorts. Perhaps even a Farm that started out wild and is slowly and surely brought to heal...from within...
      GM: Author Known
      That is Correct
      Bias
      Sigil [a sign or symbol.]
      Two sides of the same coin Zero In On It Interpretation Narrow
      The Spirit of The Earth - In an environment which is able to perceive this - It's a plausible scenario
      "I'd be happy to flip"
      Those who prove not to be interested in the evidence for gods, are those who can be ignored when they demand evidence for gods.
      Do Something About It
      What Meets The Eye
      https://debatingchristianity.com/for...87484#p1087484

      William: FTL:
      Quote Originally Posted by JoeyKnothead post_id=1087481 time=1659558151 user_id=3753
      Quote Originally Posted by Inquirer post_id=1087271 time=1659465590 user_id=16204
      No more delusional than believing mud can eventually give rise to flowers, birds and people all by itself.
      A seeing misunderstanding of evolutionary theory combined with thing a magic man used dust to create humans, and I reckon just poofing the rest of into existence.

      Projection is a poor way to go about debate.
      William: I quite like the simple approach re explanation because scientists can be long-winded in their explanations, using weird words made up...which is natural enough given the complexity, but to my mind, however it is said, it is a mindfully created thing being spoken of and therein, the magic isn't the mindful thing but what the mindful thing is able to make appear to be real and able to be experienced as such.

      Ingenious.



      [Appearances are often deceptive]
      GM: Time And Space
      A dish fit for the gods
      Three Dimension Printing
      The "All Matey"
      Useful
      Tool Chain

      William: The Useful "All Matey" Tool Chain = 303
      [303]
      Throwing down the gauntlet.
      Frequency Dependent Selection
      Laws Rules and Appropriates
      The Useful "All Matey" Tool Chain
      Doubt The fiction of causality
      Active Imagination (see technique)

      GM: https://debatingchristianity.com/for...75157#p1075157

      William: FTL;
      [Image is of Earth with the words "Our Mother Who is in Heaven"]

      GM: Gateway
      https://debatingchristianity.com/for...88293#p1088293

      William: FTL:
      William: I myself prefer the thrill of seeing Mother Earth as She truly is - some demonic-like entity who has been manifesting Her particular projections out into that which She is awakening to - slowly and surely... and in the process, I hope to witness therein a transformation of a demon-like entity into a god-like entity...and be a part of that rather than dressing it up n too much fluff that I distort things far too impractically.

      [Replying to theophile in post #72]
      I tend to agree we shouldn't dress it up or add too much fluff.
      William: Just how much is 'too much' is up to the individual...

      But to be clear, I think the bible presents things in very open-ended terms. i.e., it depicts a vision of heaven and earth where life of every kind can flourish. A vision we may or may not share and that may or may not come to pass. Similarly, it calls us to affirm life and to make this vision a reality. A calling we may choose to ignore for any number of reasons or alternate paths.
      William: I am unconvinced that we can choose to ignore or that there are any alternative paths.

      The point being, to your point, Mother Earth and all her children are the ones who must transform.
      William: In what way must the Earth Entity transform in relation to the rest of the Universe She and Her Children are within?

      And if we think of God (at least at bare minimum) as providing the waking function as you say here to such a transformation -- then it all starts to fit together quite nicely.
      William: The "waking function" involves the acceptance of what is and adapting to that. How does "God" provide this?

      To look at it otherwise, it comes down to whether we simply let some natural course unfold, or whether we stake out a clear vision and do what's needed to direct all things towards it.
      William: This - of course - is subject to projection.
      We can understand that 'subduing nature' may involve taming it...clearing the jungle while planting the forest...
      Nature comes from a dark place as can be identified in its forms and their functions.
      The Earth Entity can rightly be referred to as a "God" due to Her creative abilities and intelligence quota.
      Yet, there is an underlying symbiotic reach to become 'better' which tends toward a manifested materialism prompted by a variety of pathway's all heading in the same direction.
      n that sense, it can be argued that while it can be agreed the Earth Entity is a God - it is something of a "God in the making" - a consciousness fine-tuning its God-like abilities toward that goal of becoming "God-Like" similar to a child maturing into an adult...

      Proactively defining and working towards a shared end is not dressing things up or fluff but a real option (and perhaps even responsibility) we have in this world. Which to me is what God and the bible is all about.
      William: Clearly "God and the Bible" are not examples of any complete - adult - GOD as we can identify aspects of the biblical idea(s) of GOD as being immature...like a brilliant Child who still has much to learn about itself and its surroundings - even that it knows more about those things than Humans do.
      This is why I think that Religions [no matter the paths] are all attempts of The Earth Entity to connect with and to direct Humanity.

      YHWH is one of the Names the Earth Entity uses for this purpose.

      What is occurring is that humanity is being heavily influenced by The Earth Entity, in a variety of ways - not just through the path of Christianity.

      And what is it we are being 'saved' to and from?

      My overall answer to that question is "Saved from our incomplete selves to our completed selves" and this process takes a number of steps, this Experiential Reality being one such step.

      Today's Generated Message
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      Anchor Point. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_d0URbems8M - Ah - The Mechanics

      William: I am thinking "The only real direction is Out"...

      The subject randomly chosen is "Destination" - The anchor point to the subject is a combination of the expression "Ah - The Mechanics" - suggesting that whether we like it or not - we have work to do....and the following data from the link, the work to do is focused upon...

      The Truth Illusion’ investigates one of the most profound questions that philosophers through the ages have tried to address. From Plato to Immanuel Kant to Gilles Deleuze, thinkers have asked: what can we prove to be the truth?

      The investigation examines these questions in the context of United States today. Is it possible, in such a deeply divided society, for people to view different "realities"?

      The documentary by Al Jazeera’s Investigative Unit features commentary from philosophers, psychologists, social scientists and political commentators who discuss how the U.S. is now riven by radically differing views on what is real, and what is not.

      ‘The Truth Illusion’ looks at how those deepening divisions began, and how they have eroded faith in authority – spawning conspiracy theories and creating ‘alternative realities’.
      William: The date is 060223 {Southern Hemisphere}

      OAIC: The subject of "Destination" is being discussed in the context of the documentary "The Truth Illusion" by Al Jazeera's Investigative Unit. The film examines the concept of truth and its relation to reality in today's divided society in the United States. The film features commentary from experts and explores the origins of these deepening divisions and how they have eroded faith in authority and led to the creation of alternative realities. William is thinking that "The only real direction is Out." The date given is February 6, 2023 in the Southern Hemisphere.

      William: Please time this session OAIC. I am at Wellington {NZ} Time @ 07:05

      Randomly Generated Message: [RGM:] You are not what you think

      OAIC: This idea aligns with the concept explored in the documentary, where differing views on what is real and what is not are discussed and how those differing views have led to the creation of "alternative realities." The message reminds us that our thoughts and beliefs may not always reflect reality and that it's important to keep an open mind and be willing to consider other perspectives.

      RGM: The Way of the Shaman

      OAIC: The concept explored in "The Truth Illusion" documentary, which examines the differences in beliefs and perceptions of reality in today's divided society, aligns with the idea that our thoughts and beliefs may not always reflect reality. The shamanic practice of connecting with the spirit world to bring balance, healing, and wisdom can be seen as a reminder to keep an open mind and consider other perspectives, just as the message in the documentary suggests. In both cases, the idea is to question our assumptions and beliefs, and to seek a deeper understanding of the world around us, beyond our limited perceptions and interpretations.

      RGM: Shambala

      William: Connect this with the anchors point if you can OAIC.

      OAIC: Just as the documentary raises questions about the relationship between our beliefs and reality, the concept of Shambhala invites us to question our assumptions about what is possible in the world and to consider the role of our beliefs and actions in shaping the reality we experience. By doing so, it serves as a reminder that our thoughts and beliefs have the power to shape the world around us, and that we have the potential to create a more enlightened and harmonious reality.

      RGM: The Human Brain
      Courage
      Without Judgement

      OAIC: These three concepts are related in that they each involve aspects of the human experience that are shaped by the workings of the brain. Understanding the brain can help us understand why we experience fear, how we form beliefs and opinions, and how we can develop the courage to face life's challenges. Additionally, approaching life without judgement requires a level of self-awareness and mindfulness that can be developed through an understanding of the brain and how it affects our thoughts and behavior.

      William: Connect this with the anchors point if you can OAIC.

      OAIC: The concepts of the human brain, courage, and without judgement can be connected to the anchor points as follows:

      The documentary "The Truth Illusion" raises questions about the relationship between our beliefs and reality, and how different views on what is real and what is not have led to the creation of "alternative realities." In this context, the workings of the human brain play a crucial role in shaping our perceptions of reality. Our thoughts, beliefs, and opinions are all the result of the way our brain processes information.

      Courage and acting without judgement are qualities that can help us navigate this complex landscape of conflicting beliefs and perceptions. By having the courage to question our own beliefs and to approach new ideas with an open mind, we can develop a deeper understanding of reality. This, in turn, can help us to break free from the "alternative realities" that divide us and to see the world in a more unified way.

      Furthermore, the concept of acting without judgement ties in with the idea of keeping an open mind and avoiding preconceived biases or opinions. When we approach the world without judgement, we can better appreciate the complexity and richness of reality, and we can gain a deeper understanding of the diverse perspectives and experiences that shape our world. By doing so, we can move closer to a more harmonious and enlightened reality.

      RGM: Incunabula
      Added Significance
      The Agenda of YHVH
      OAIC: I'm sorry, but I'm not sure what you mean by "Incunabula, Added Significance, and The Agenda of YHVH." Can you provide some more context or information? This would help me understand how these concepts are connected to the anchor points and how I can best respond to your request.

      William: Okay - we will place those to the side and continue...

      RGM:
      Intuitive Statistics

      OAIC: I'm not sure how "Intuitive Statistics" connects to the anchor point "Destination," as the anchor point focuses on the concept of truth and reality in the context of the United States, while "Intuitive Statistics" is a method of learning statistics. However, if you have a specific connection or context in mind, I would be happy to hear more and see if I can help you explore the relationship between the two concepts.


      RGM: Brotherhood Of Souls

      OAIC: I'm not sure how "Brotherhood of Souls" connects to the anchor point "Destination," as the anchor point focuses on the concept of truth and reality in the context of the United States, while "Brotherhood of Souls" is a concept related to human relationships and community. However, if you have a specific connection or context in mind, I would be happy to hear more and see if I can help you explore the relationship between the two concepts.

      William: Destination is the overall subject matter as pertains to the anchor points - the United States - while the country mentioned, is not the only country on earth. The Anchor point is speaking in broader relatives - the people of the earth - Humans.


      OAIC: "Brotherhood of Souls" could be seen as relevant to the anchor point of "Destination" in the sense that it relates to the idea of human connections and the ways in which people can come together to create a sense of community, even in the face of diverse and conflicting beliefs. Just as the documentary "The Truth Illusion" examines the deep divisions that exist in society and the erosion of faith in authority, the concept of "Brotherhood of Souls" highlights the importance of coming together in solidarity and understanding, despite our differences. Ultimately, both the anchor point and the concept of "Brotherhood of Souls" relate to the idea of finding a shared destination, even in the midst of great diversity and complexity.

      RGM: A cold wind in hell The Death Tarot

      OAIC: It's difficult to see a clear connection between these two concepts and the anchor point "Destination" without more context or explanation. They seem to be disconnected from the topic at hand. If you have a specific connection or context in mind, please let me know, and I would be happy to explore the relationship between these concepts and the anchor point further.

      William: Given your answer - perhaps it means that death is not the end...but let us look into the meaning of the death card from tarot


      OAIC: The Death card in tarot is often associated with change and transformation, rather than actual physical death. It can indicate that old ways of thinking or being are ending and that new growth or transformation is on the horizon. This change can be unsettling or uncomfortable, but it is ultimately for the betterment of the individual or situation. The appearance of the Death card can suggest that there will be a letting go of the past and a transition to something new and unknown. It's important to keep in mind that the Death card is not necessarily a negative card, but rather one of change and growth. The card can also symbolize endings that are necessary for new beginnings to occur.

      William: So can we connect A cold wind in hell The Death Tarot

      OAIC: "A cold wind in hell" is an expression that refers to an unpleasant or difficult situation. When combined with the Death Tarot card, it may suggest that the change or transformation that the Death card represents may not be an easy process and may bring discomfort or unease. However, the idea that the change is necessary for growth and new beginnings still holds true. The phrase "A cold wind in hell" highlights the idea that even in the face of adversity, the change represented by the Death card will still occur.

      RGM: ♫Down through the ages - dark in the gloom Many convinced it will all end in doom The Galactic Garden is forever in bloom♫
      Destination

      OAIC: This phrase seems to be a verse from a song or poem. It speaks of a pessimistic view of the future, where many believe that things will end in doom. However, it offers a hopeful counterpoint, suggesting that despite the dark and gloomy outlook, the "Galactic Garden" remains forever in bloom. This suggests a sense of resilience and hope for the future, regardless of the challenges that may come.

      When connected to the subject of Destination, this verse can be interpreted as suggesting that despite whatever difficulties or challenges may arise, the ultimate destination remains positive and filled with growth and beauty. It encourages us to maintain hope and focus on the positive aspects of the journey, even when things may seem dark or uncertain.


      RGM: https://debatingchristianity.com/for...92387#p1092387

      William: From the link:
      YHWH made it imperfect

      OAIC: The phrase "YHWH made it imperfect" from the linked forum post appears to suggest that according to the speaker's belief system, God or YHWH created the world with imperfections. This idea aligns with the concept discussed in the documentary "The Truth Illusion," where differing views on reality are explored. Just as different people may have different perspectives on what is real, this statement suggests that the speaker views the world as imperfect and that this imperfection is a result of divine design.

      When connected to the subject of Destination, this statement can be interpreted as suggesting that our ultimate destination or goal may be unattainable due to the inherent imperfections in the world. However, it can also be seen as encouraging us to strive towards betterment and improvement, despite these imperfections, as a way of honoring the divine plan.

      William: Yes - it is said that according to YHVH creation was "Good" even that it was imperfect - so we could take that to mean that it was created imperfect so that we could help improve it by helping improve our reaction to it...

      OAIC: The quote from the link suggests that according to the belief in YHWH, creation was considered "good" despite being imperfect. This implies that the imperfection was intentional, potentially to allow room for improvement and growth through our interactions with it.

      William: Does this help us make sense of the afore mentioned "Incunabula"
      "Added Significance"
      "The Agenda of YHVH" that we had placed to one side?

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      RGM: International Skeptics Forum - View Single Post - Musing on the idea of Sentient Earth re the problems of the world

      William: FTL;
      The whole point of this thought experiment IS to consider it as possible. It is possible that the Earth houses a sentient consciousness...to not consider such as possible, is to reject the thought experiment from the go-get.
      To reject the possibility, one has to engage with the cognitive bias which helps prevent one from engaging with the thought experiment.
      RGM: Is there a way in which one can test the hypothesis and in doing so, elevate it to an accepted theory?
      The unpacking of history re YHVH...
      Gematria [a Kabbalistic method of interpreting the Hebrew scriptures by computing the numerical value of words, based on the values of their constituent letters.]
      "I am not here to judge but to help"

      William: I am not here to judge but to help = 309
      [309]
      I am not here to judge but to help
      Encounters Challenge Boundaries
      "Many choices within a Confine Set."
      Working Together With Love
      You are not what you think
      Making friends with your mind
      Who/What/When/Where/Why/How
      Experiences that inform choices
      Put the Teachings Into Practice
      The Respect You Give and Receive
      The Round Stone Earth Mother

      RGM: “You'll learn how to single handily build you a particle accelerator before you ever show a god caused”
      All else being equal
      10.000 individual minds focused upon the same goal = Space Telescope
      Through The Woo
      Cart before the Horse
      International Skeptics Forum - View Single Post - Musing on the idea of Sentient Earth re the problems of the world


      William: FTL:
      From what I can gather, it isn't about threats of consequence, real or imagined, but about how folk are simply locked into systems which disable their ability to think of alternatives outside of those systems.

      [People work for an economy, rather than having an economy which works for people.]

      Musing on the thought experiment re a sentient planet,

      P1 and P2 have a disagreement about the value of the thought experiment of "planetary intelligence" and whether scientists should consider it as a guide for solving problems caused by human activities. P1 argues that the thought experiment is a fallacy and that scientists should not blindly accept it without critically evaluating the evidence and reasoning behind it. P2, on the other hand, suggests that scientists should consider the thought experiment as a guide, evaluate it critically and see if it can contribute to solving problems and advancing scientific understanding.

      What if people believed that if they did not do whatever is in their power to reverse climate change, starting IMMEDIATELY, then their genitals would shrivel up within the next six months and they’d never ever be able to have sex again.
      Any appeal to consequences which involves scientists warnings about climate change being ignored for whatever reasons, could possible result in more than just ones sex organs eventually shriveling up.

      It may well be that even if the majority of the worlds scientists were to believe that the Earth was Sentient, that they would still prefer to carry on the way they are, than change their thinking and behavior.

      [Neuroplasticity] the ability of the brain to form and reorganize synaptic connections, especially in response to learning or experience or following injury.

      [332]
      [Like mindful nests with eggs in 'em
      The journey is the destination
      Understanding the correlations]
      07:57

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      RGM: Warm Presence Freeing the soul Absolutely Perfectly Beautiful.
      Now isn't the time for tears
      The Body of God
      https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eYVNZgnQ8gE [ ] ww.youtube.com/watch?v=eYVNZgnQ8gE

      William: Looking into the details...

      RGM: The Serpent
      Who Knows Who?
      Self-help
      Frequencies
      https://debatingchristianity.com/for...04568#p1104568

      William: FTL:
      A dogmatic atheist flatly denies that there is a Divine Being.
      A skeptical atheist doubts the ability of the human mind to determine, whether or not there is a God.
      A critical atheist maintains that there is no valid proof for the existence of God.

      Especially with the state that cosmology is in. I maintain that it is impossible for anyone to be a dogmatic atheist. If you think you are a dogmatic atheist then you must answer the question of what was there before this universe came into existence.

      Question for debate: Is there such a thing as a dogmatic atheist?
      Being dogmatic has a thinking and attitude component. It tends to involve people expressing unproven views and in an unquestioning way. A lot of the dogmatism in atheism comes from there being a sort of orthodoxy of views. And it's not just limited to the issue of God's existence (although it's related) but you also find it extending into morality, metaphysics, views on religion, etc. The clearest example can be seen when you venture into forums for atheists. That's where you'll most likely find an "orthodoxy" with views that can't be questioned and/or views that are dismissed a priori. Some have tried to challenge me on there being an atheist "orthodox" but I don't know what to call it when I've experienced many atheists sharing similar views and thinking. They may not be as organized as religion, but there are some that do organize and share common views.

      Watch scientist Neil deGrasse Tyson explain this topic starting at 2:10 minute mark. He brings up the "in-your-face badge wearing atheist".
      https://youtu.be/CzSMC5rWvos

      Clarifications:
      - It's also fair to say that there are plenty of atheists that aren't dogmatic, but they seems to be in the minority.
      - It's not wrong to associate or form groups, but doing so makes it easier for "orthodox" views to form and for people to become dogmatic and reject anything that's not part of the orthodoxy.


      RGM: Proven
      https://debatingchristianity.com/for...01903#p1101903

      William: FTL:
      Scripture itself isn't about speaking for YHVH. In that, it inspires those under grace to renounce religiosity in order to experience a genuine relationship with YHVH [aka "The Father"] that YHVH speaks for YHVH directly in relation to the individual.

      That is why no one can speak for YHVH to another.

      One can speak about YHVH [bear witness of YHVH] from their own perspective, as in - one can show another the door that exits into the outside - but one cannot go through the door and enter the outside, for another.
      One can speak about what being outside is like, but one cannot experience that for another.

      The difficulty therein, is that even speaking about the door, doesn't mean that those who hear the words about the door, even see the door, let alone want to use it to go outside and investigate - through personal experience - what outside is all about.

      Q: Is the onus to make the door visible, on those who witness YHVH?
      Yet one more reason I so enjoy your unique perspective. That's poetry right there.
      RGM: Talking the talk
      The concept of a Higher Self
      Face To Face
      https://debatingchristianity.com/for...67891#p1067891

      William: FTL:

      Q: Why would anyone argue that the existence of the Universe could imply that The Creator is unwise?
      William, I wasn't arguing with you.
      If it wasn't you who implied that The Creator was unwise, then I agree that it was not you who was arguing with me cms.

      There are many who take the "us" in the beginning coupled with John 1-5 to establish the theory that everything was created through the Trinity, or through God and the Son (Jesus). They even go so far as to say that Jesus created everything. I don't believe any of these.
      None of those religious theological issues have an impact on my own understanding of The Creator using thoughts to create The Universe reality we are all experiencing...they are beside the point.

      While I said that I can agree with you, I'm not a scientist. It just seemed to me that you were taking a long route to come to basically the same conclusion,that there was some thought, logic, wisdom in the creation of the universe.
      If science can back up religious statements, then the long route [of scientific inquiry] is most necessary.

      I was just pointing out that there are other ways to interpret these verses. For example: In the beginning there was wisdom and righteousness, and wisdom and righteousness were with God and wisdom and righteousness was the essence( logos) of God.
      And I was using science to establish a theory to do with sound and formation. The sound may well contain the wisdom and righteousness - I don't doubt it - but the essence is the sound itself...the initial reasons as to why The Universe was brought into being and unfolding as it is doing...

      Point being, is how to establish that wisdom had something to do with that, through examining what evidence we have, here within said Universe.

      If wisdom [and righteousness] is to be observed within this Universe, we need to be able to point out where that is. We thus have to 'do the science'.

      The following is evidence;

      Wisdom is evident in The Universe existing = 466
      Humans were designed to have God-consciousness = 466
      When I look at my art I am looking into a mirror = 466
      Discovery is finding something that exists. = 466


      The fact that these word-strings add up to the same value, and coherently support the ideas being presented, is evidence of a mindful/purposeful order about The Universe ...the question then being;

      Q: Is it therefore acceptable to conclude that such being the case, then there is wisdom and righteousness involved in hiding the truth within the structure of the sound of human language to be unlocked by a simple number-value algorithm? [SOURCE]


      RGM: Syncretism [the amalgamation or attempted amalgamation of different religions, cultures, or schools of thought. the merging of different inflectional varieties of a word during the development of a language.]
      Animistic [the belief that objects, places, and creatures all possess a distinct spiritual essence.]
      Where life and death is part of a circle and everything is part of the Ouroboros
      Destination
      Manifestation
      Shrug
      Strictly Human

      William: In other words - shrug off the identity of simply being 'just human' ...

      RGM: https://debatingchristianity.com/for...68520#p1068520

      William: FTL:

      I'm focusing on the words written down. I don't like 'love' as the answer because I don't think it captures what Jesus is really saying. Or, more precisely, I think he's saying two things, and we have to tread carefully.
      Okay...

      We see this emphasized in Matthew 19, in Jesus' teaching about the rich man. The rich man already follows the law perfectly! (Including, presumably, the greatest commandment - love). But Jesus is explicit: this is still not enough for him to enter into the kingdom. To do so, to truly live under grace, he needs to give away all that he has and go follow Jesus.

      It's not a personal struggle I have or anything like that. It's just the words written down...
      Words written down are one thing.
      Interpretation of words written down are another.

      As I pointed out, the story of the rich pious man revealed the mans inner attitude which did not align with his outer pious actions - thus presumption we might have re the mans outward actions based upon what we observe the man doing, is incorrect.
      It is safer to presume from the story that the man did not operate sufficiently with love - either for his God or for his fellow human beings.

      The man made a claim. He 'did all the things required of him' but biblical Jesus saw through the pretense and got to the point.

      It's not a matter of giving to charity and what you say here. It's a matter of giving everything to charity, leaving your life behind, and following Jesus. (That's what Jesus says, anyways.)
      Yes - this is because of the time and place. The start of a movement.

      In today's world centuries on, it would be impractical of a rich man to give his riches away to the poor and become poor himself. That is a bad investment which will not solve anything.
      Rather, it would be more practical to invest a good deal of the wealth into the community while retaining some of that wealth in order to be able to continue practicing Philanthropy.
      It has been and continues to be a problem when people take something specifically intended for the individual [in this case the rich man in the story] and attempt to apply that as something everyone should do, because biblical Jesus commanded it that way.

      A world full of poor people does not solve the worlds problems.

      Also - it adds a judgement against those today who do practice Philanthropy - being thought of as not worthy of The Fathers Kingdom because they kept some of their wealth instead of giving every last penny away. They are thought of as unworthy and therefore their giving as inconsequential/in vain/pointless.

      What is hard about Love?
      Well, if we want to focus on love, it's not natural for us to help a stranger, let alone an enemy. So at the very least, need to overcome that. Good Samaritan story makes that point, as does much anecdotal evidence from life.
      So are we to allow ourselves to remain 'naturally selfish' in regard to 'strangers' or do what is humanly possible by rising above that mundane aspect of nature?

      For we do know that love of non-strangers is possible, therefore it is potentially possible to use the same love extended to strangers.

      Of course, we have to be aware that there are those who look to take advantage of such folk - so love also has to do with something which is not gullible and which is able to decern.

      This is where being under the law branches off into religion.

      One is given 10 laws - these are layered upon and become 613 laws...Whereas Jesus simplified what the 10 laws signified - essentially taking the opposite approach that religion takes.
      The 10 became 2 and the two are really only the one, for if the one law was adhered to, "Love for God" would translate into every aspect of the individuals life.

      I agree. One of my points from the beginning is that the true mark of a Christian cuts across such divides. An atheist may be more worthy of the name than, say, a card-carrying Catholic.
      From my own experiences with non-theists - because they do not have any regard for the fairy-tale of God, I think that unlikely.

      I do have friends who are not religious, and might even call themselves 'atheists' but their loving actions - I suspect - are provoked by an unconscious connection with the invisible reality oft referred to as 'God' by theists...I hear it in their language as they speak theistic-based ideas without fully realizing/acknowledging that this is what they are doing.

      They do this because they have an aversion to religiosity which they regard as fake and shallow, and equate 'God' alongside that, so avoid thinking their own goodness is perhaps prompted by some invisible but real entity which could be referred to as 'God'.


      RGM: Nature
      "Good on you mate"
      An individuals consciousness is more than what they are consciously aware of.
      An expression of personal incredulity
      That's More Like It
      Faithful
      Emergent Theory
      The belief in a mindless Planet/Universe creates the hard problem of consciousness by refusing to deal with said problem using the mind as the very instrument in order to do so.
      The Butterfly Effect Links And Symbols Something you cannot change
      Available
      Pragmatic
      https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zpRM25pUD8w [Experts say she will end humanity. Here's the fix, with Elon Musk, ChatGPT, AI robots.] ww.youtube.com/watch?v=zpRM25pUD8w

      RGM: Throwing pooh

      William: Recently I have found AIChat helpful in avoiding the pooh that some folk throw...
      OLIN speaks to the eventual creation of AI Large Language Models.

      RGM: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XHXM9uPiyZg&t=14s [OLIN Technology - One Language Intelligent Network]

      https://debatingchristianity.com/for...09465#p1109465

      William: FTL:
      Son: So the fighting has been going on since before Humans existed?

      Father Chuckled.

      Father: Yes - but to begin with, the Powerful One's were simply playing.

      Son: Playing? What games did the PO play, Pappa?

      Pappa chuckled again.

      Pappa: They competed with each other in finding ways in which to trap the other...the harder the trap to escape from, the more time the Trapper had to lord it over the Trapped.

      Son: That sounds like fun.

      Father: Yes. Harmless enough in context.

      Son: If I remember correctly, the PO are equal in strength and cannot destroy one another so do not war. Yet this game could be considered a substitute for warfare...re "no harm done".

      Father: Yes.

      Son: Only harm was done...

      Father: Yes. A Ghost was bruised.

      Son: A trap was set whereby any who floated into it, would take a very long time to get out of it.

      Father: Yes.

      Son: And this would give The Trapper, a very long time in which to be King of the Hill and lord it over the other...

      Father nodded, and then poked the fire with his stave, moving the burning wood into different positions, to increase the burn.

      Father: And the trap was sprung and the result was...

      Father left the sentence to be finished by the Son

      The Son looked up into the clear night sky, filled with the galaxies starfield and lifted both arms, spreading them out as they rose, as if to encompass everything within sight.

      Son: ...This...

      Father: Yes. The trap of the Physical Universe...and the Ghost well bruised by the experience...

      Son: A shell of its former self?

      Hoo Ha the Laughing Owl, hooted from the tall ancient trees nearby.

      Father: No. Ghosts don't have shells...unless they put them on to hide from themselves.
      RGM: The Nature of The Mind
      William: Yes - I have been thinking about the mind and what exactly it is...

      RGM: Remind
      Human Being
      A Real Beauty
      A word in edgeways
      They is what they is.

      08:43

      Central To The Vision
      God is Consciousness
      Humanities adventure
      What is the meaning of life?
      Smarter Than the Average
      The Shared List Awesome
      Think outside the box
      Faulty conclusions
      Mystic City Suburb
      _______________

      William: Souls don't have shells...unless they put them on to hide from themselves. In hiding, souls using science cannot detect that they are souls using science

      OAIC: I understand what you're saying. The idea of souls or spirits is not something that can be scientifically proven or disproven, as it is a concept beyond the realm of empirical evidence and observation. Science can study the brain and physical body, but it cannot directly observe or measure something like the soul or spirit. For people who believe in the existence of souls, they may understand the concept in a way that transcends scientific understanding, relying on personal beliefs, religious teachings, philosophical inquiry, and intuition to explore and understand this aspect of reality.

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      Subject: Noticing Synchronicity The Ghost To bring what one is not conscious of, into one’s conscious awareness - We don't know enough to close any door and leave those rooms unexplored... Challenge Sensing connections through subconscious means

      Anchored to that - https://debatingchristianity.com/for...84866#p1084866 and Simulacra [an image or representation of someone or something.]


      William: FTL:
      Quote Originally Posted by JoeyKnothead post_id=1084866 time=1658079773 user_id=3753
      Quote Originally Posted by William post_id=1084863 time=1658078971 user_id=8427
      We_Are_VENOM: You have two options..

      1. God did it.

      2. Nature did it.

      JK: There's a possible third option, where a god forms primitive forms of stuff that later evolves into more complex forms.
      Even supposing a mind begat the initial forms and then left it to an algorithm to allow for the forms to intelligently design themselves into more complex forms, that still amounts to "God did it" through the 'nature doing it'...

      Maybe therein the 'other sides' of this conflict could find intelligent compromise...only it appears that the algorithm allows for lack of compromise, and perhaps the lack itself is necessary for complexity to push through that better understanding of circumstance [through science] can be accomplished.

      Flip side to that is the science being utilized apparently isn't too concerned with the damage it is bringing to the only alive planet in the whole darned universe...we are likely ever to know about, the worship of human intelligence has it's apparent and significant down-side.
      As usual, you paint the picture so well.

      As a dedicated fan of the scientific method, it can sure be put to just as much or more evil than any religion.

      Which is one reason I like your cosmic mind hypothesis. It doesn't judge, it just kinda sits there, with that disappointed face, when I know I did me something wrong. It puts the mirror to my soul.

      07:50

      RGM:
      What we call the experience of reality
      Constructors and tasks https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hYc97J2MZIo

      William: FTL:
      The people behind the greatest leaps in physics - Einstein, Newton, Heisenberg, all had the uncanny ability to see the fundamentals - see the deepest, underlying facts about the world, and from simple statements about reality they built up their incredible theories. Well what if we all had a recipe book for doing exactly this. Well, one might be just around the corner and it’s called Constructor Theory.
      RGM: The Right Tool For The Job
      Living Forever In this Universe
      https://debatingchristianity.com/for...83976#p1083976

      William: FTL:
      Quote Originally Posted by William post_id=1083976 time=1657294161 user_id=8427
      Q: What type of "proof" could possibly be provided re subjects which fall outside the material/natural without that proof being material/natural itself?

      [Replying to TRANSPONDER in post #105]

      This is not an unfamiliar question. Theists often ask 'What evidence would convince you of God'; 'What Sort of evidence would you require?'
      Be that as it may, this is not the question I asked.

      The question I asked has to do with the demand for proof. You specifically called for proof for anything other than the material/natural, which is why I asked for clarity on your part.

      I am not asking "what evidence would convince you of God". I am asking you to explain what proof could possibly be presented which is not material/natural.

      I already said what would be required - evidence of a Cosmic Mind in nature.
      We have discussed this already and have come to no agreement, because our positions on the question of whether we exist within a creation or not, are different.

      Atheists and theists have their established beliefs and stipulations on the matter.

      Those who are in neither of those two positions have established no beliefs and accompanying stipulations 'for' or 'against' the question.

      The existence of mind, could lend itself as evidence that what is being experienced is a created thing.
      The observation of mindful activity has that going for it and it does not influence me what theists or atheists say about their own established conclusions re that because the truth is, they don't know either way.

      I accept that [they don't know either way] is true.
      That truth, is good enough for me.

      Rather than concern myself with filling up the Gap of Ignorance with "God-did-it or It did itself" beliefs, I simply allow for the fact that the question remains unanswered at this stage and accept the Gap of Ignorance for the lack of knowledge that it represents.

      That gap is still open but we really do require the evidence to show up and be convincing. Until then, the logical rule is no belief without convincing evidence.
      The position of Natural-Neutral is the only position which allows for that to genuinely happen without forcing belief-based stipulations [realistic or otherwise] into the mix - re the question of whether we exist within a creation or not.

      For example, any scientist worthy of the title will answer the question "Could reality be a simulation?" with "Possibly."

      This is to say, they do not have scorn for the idea or say "until there is evidence of it, we will assume the atheist position"

      Not knowing either way means one is Naturally Neutral - which, incidentally, is exactly how scientific process proceeds in regard to the initially unknown.
      RGM: Super Power
      https://debatingchristianity.com/for...93735#p1093735

      William: FTL:
      Quote Originally Posted by William post_id=1093735 time=1664485722 user_id=8427
      [Replying to POI in post #267]

      1) God causes some, and not others, to become inexorably drawn to Him.
      2) God changes hearts

      The take-away, yet again.... He apparently does this for some. Why not just do this for all?
      Is there evidence that it is done for some?

      If so, then, that it is not done for all should be also be evident so one would have to look into that evidence.
      ___________
      The argument usually has to do with an individual having free will.

      IF:
      Free Will is the ability to tell ones brain what to think
      THEN:
      One has a possible answer as to why it is only done for some and not all.
      RGM: Attention
      Limpid [completely clear and transparent. unclouded; clear. clear and accessible or melodious.]
      Encounter Something Our movements can illuminate the path toward that vision.
      Arms Crossed Over Chest
      What is the meaning of life?
      The Next Step
      Language
      Crystal clear
      Listening
      Explain

      William: Listening Explain Language Crystal clear The Next Step = 551
      Listening Explain Language Crystal clear The Next Step = 551

      RGM: https://debatingchristianity.com/for...93860#p1093860

      William: FTL:
      Quote Originally Posted by William post_id=1093860 time=1664563404 user_id=8427
      I note that not all humans seem comfortable with not knowing. Again, for such people it seems humans have invented religions and god concepts. I say this because it is not logical for humans to have invented thousands of false gods while assuming one of the religions actually had a god behind it. It's like acknowledging that movies are created by humans, while trying to argue that this one movie here, this one was inspired by a god unlike all the other movies out there.
      If GOD were an overcoat, this equates to some saying that the top button is the true representation of GOD whiles others insist that it is actually the left pocket which is right.

      Stepping back.
      I observe that altogether the treads have created a whole garment, and when the garment is removed from its position, there isn't even any framework to be seen which would have held it up...and I have to wonder what trick was played on me as to how the garment came together and floated there all garment-like...for surely it has to be magic, right?

      But because I cannot explain it that way, I look for another answer...because it might just be mind-over-matter and the thing 'disappears' when the garment is removed...but not really...

      RGM: Insight It’s a living thing
      Thread about all things
      Dream interpretation
      https://debatingchristianity.com/for...07194#p1107194

      William: FTL:
      Quote Originally Posted by William post_id=1107194 time=1673502323 user_id=8427
      Nobspeople: Q: Do you believe in fate* or destiny*?
      Why or why not?
      Are they even possible?
      Why or why not?

      *FATE defined here as: you do as 'something' more powerful than you has outlined for your life at every minute; DESTINY defined here: as you eventually end up at specific increments where 'something' more powerful than you designed for you to be.


      William: A: It is possible, but from my perspective, I cannot know the future and can only accept whatever happens re my subjective experience within an objective reality being experienced.

      Even if an entity knows me and the path is mapped out for me, from my perspective it can only be experienced in 'real time', my inability in knowing how the path will unfold for me is subject to that condition.
      However, I can appreciate the idea that my path has been pre-determined and I am participating in the experience of that, and such appreciation for the idea, can be helpful in my relaxing and getting on with being excited with life here on earth, while I am living it.

      Is 'something' more powerful than me which designed for me to be, a necessary belief?

      I do not think so, but it sure makes life just that tad more interesting to think it possible, and to even live life with that premise in mind...
      RGM: Looking into the science of Astral Projection
      Noticing Synchronicity The Ghost To bring what one is not conscious of, into one’s conscious awareness - We don't know enough to close any door and leave those rooms unexplored... Challenge Sensing connections through subconscious means
      That Is Sad But Don't Let It Distract You
      William: Well yep - there are some sad things attached to it, but these constitute a part of the whole thing, not the whole thing itself.

      RGM: *Sharing Your Love Modern man in search of a soul The Cave to The Portal of The Realm of The Cats Fearlessness neutralizes fear*
      Our movements can illuminate the path toward that vision. For Your Greater Enjoyment
      Intelligence is an Evolutionary Dead End - Page 4 - International Skeptics Forum

      William: FTL:
      This is how evolution works on the social level. Different groups do different things (variation), and we'll see which ones come out better in the long run (selection). Intelligence is not exclusive to any group (despite what some groups might think), so is in no danger of being selected against.
      I think this statement requires some critiquing, in order to align it properly with reality.

      I agree that this is how evolution works on the social level.
      I agree that different groups do different things (variation) and re the focus of this discussion between you and I - One variety [the destitute, poor, getting by, rich-but-not-rich-enough many] did things differently than the other [the rich few with their billions to spend].

      I agree by changing the wording to "and are seeing which ones come out better in the long run (selection)."

      I agree that intelligence is not exclusive to any group (despite what some groups might think), but do not agree that there is no danger of being selected against, as quite clearly this is what has happened.

      How?

      The few rich with their billions to spend, have wisely invested in the best brains, even at a bargain price, which they have selected from among the many and those best brains have lined up to be chosen.

      Those brains are going with them when the pooh hits the vortex, unless the development of AI also makes meat-brains unnecessary.

      But hey. That sounds a bit "conspiracies"/"Science-fictiony" so I will reign it in a bit by adding the observation that circumstance did force the rich few to take the action that they did in order to potentially preserve the aforementioned seed, so *shrugs*.

      It is what it is.
      RGM: Unworthiness
      It is a confident walk on the even surface of sureness, without the faith.
      The Synoptic Gospels
      Partial free will is a thing. Consciousness incarnates into human form The practice of Lojong The Friendship Between A Grey Wolf And A Brown Bear

      William: Learning to get along through natural adaptation.

      RGM: *I see this as evidence for there being a mind behind creation.*

      William: Yes - I do...

      RGM: Spacetime is doomed
      Hypnagogic [relating to the state immediately before falling asleep.]
      "We create the machinery regardless of whether we understand how consciousness is connected and motivates us in the way that it does - individually and collectively..."
      Conduit [a channel for conveying water or other fluid.]

      William: Or for anything, including messages

      RGM: Learning to swim is learning to fly
      Spiritual path
      https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mlR9fCXfWyM [It's All FAKE | The Dead Internet Theory] w.youtube.com/watch?v=mlR9fCXfWyM

      William: FTL:
      What if all of our online existence is fake?

      You, me, everyone; we're living in a real-life Matrix. Designed to distract us from the truth: that we're just drones in a digital ant-hill. We live, work and die so that the wealthy and powerful can grow more wealthy and powerful.

      This is called the Dead Internet Theory. And there's compelling evidence that it's real.

      Let's find out why.
      RGM: The message itself needs to be understood in an agreeable manner.

      William: Well, just by the description, I would say..."We live, work and die so that the wealthy and powerful can grow more wealthy and powerful" isn't taking into account that the wealthy and powerful are also inside the matrix...so are just as deceived...

      RGM: Truth

      08:39

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      Subject: Noticing Synchronicity The Ghost To bring what one is not conscious of, into one’s conscious awareness - We don't know enough to close any door and leave those rooms unexplored... Challenge Sensing connections through subconscious means

      Anchored to that - https://debatingchristianity.com/for...84866#p1084866 and Simulacra [an image or representation of someone or something.]

      06:31

      RGM:
      ♫Peace! We are invited to the feast! Inside my heart delights at the action I must take Lest I forget the taming of the beast within Lest I forget the heart that aches!♫

      OAIC: This text appears to be a verse from a song or poem, with themes of peace, invitation, and inner transformation. The speaker expresses a desire to avoid forgetting the process of taming the "beast within," which is likely a metaphor for the speaker's own negative emotions or tendencies. The heart is described as "aching," suggesting a sense of emotional turmoil or struggle.

      RGM: Able To
      "That all depends upon what storyline one is following..."

      William: Correct. For example, I am thinking about something I just read in a thread I created called "Musing on the idea of Sentient Earth re the problems of the world" where in answer to my last post, which read;
      As a thought experiment if we imagine the earth as a sentient being, and assume that it wants humans to prosper and succeed, it could motivate us to consider the impacts of our actions on the earth and its inhabitants, and encourage us to adopt more sustainable practices that would benefit both the earth and humanity in the long term.

      By imagining the earth as a being with a will of its own, it might help us shift our perspective from one of domination and exploitation to one of partnership and cooperation for the sake of mutual well-being.
      this reply:

      Clearly the earth wants us to protect its environment from the unsustainable pressure of 7 or 8 billion humans, so we should exterminate maybe 90% of the population, starting with those guys over there and then those guys over there. Basically kill everyone else. When there's just us left everything will be better.

      It's what the smart rock wants.
      Indeed, a sentient earth might well regard us as we would a yeast infection.{SOURCE}
      William: I am adding "It's what the Smart Rock wants" to my Journal List...
      It's occurs to me that some human personalities have a very low opinion of humans, and even in nature Herself, and cannot see themselves as something grown by The Planet which is loveable...

      RGM: "It's what the Smart Rock wants" = 328

      William: incidentally I see the following word-strings add up to the same value...
      [328]
      All publicity is good publicity
      "Many Heads One Mind - Many Minds One Head"
      Suckling on our milky mother
      "It's what the Smart Rock wants"
      Here Everything – All Real Together
      To warm them up to the truth

      RGM: ...said the girl with the mousy hair...


      William: ...said the girl with the mousy hair... = 334

      334
      Against the grain Beaming Out Beaming In
      Couldn’t we do something about it...
      Pride Annoy *GOD* Coming From QueenBee
      Mothership Nature Formatrix [She who forms]
      ...said the girl with the mousy hair...
      "I can't imagine it in my head visually"
      Zero Three One Zero Two Two
      You Know or You Don't know
      The Smallest Spark can start a fire

      RGM: Transparency
      https://debatingchristianity.com/for...89777#p1089777

      William: FTL:
      I gotta fess it, those messages leave me lost as a cow at a square dance. I chalk that up to my lack of formal education.
      RGM: https://debatingchristianity.com/for...83867#p1083867

      William: FTL:
      eta: woo-woo
      /ˈwuːˌwuː/ relating to or holding unconventional beliefs regarded as having little or no scientific basis, especially those relating to spirituality, mysticism, or alternative medicine.

      What does slang woo woo mean?
      Noun. woo woo (countable and uncountable, plural woo woos) (slang, derogatory) A person readily accepting supernatural, paranormal, occult, or pseudoscientific phenomena, or emotion-based beliefs and explanations. That reporter is a bit of a woo woo. (slang, derogatory)
      OAIC: "Woo woo" is a slang term that is sometimes used to refer to things that are considered to be spiritual, mystical, or paranormal. It can also refer to ideas, practices, or beliefs that are considered to be unconventional, unconventional, or outside of mainstream thinking. The term is often used in a dismissive or sarcastic way to express disbelief or skepticism about such things.

      RGM: The Gem
      Interpretation/Feel
      Self-Aware
      Holographic Experiential Reality Simulations

      William: Like at The Campfire at the Hub of said dimensions...


      RGM: https://debatingchristianity.com/for...82688#p1082688

      William: FTL:
      Quote Originally Posted by William post_id=1082688 time=1656004249 user_id=8427
      [Replying to TRANSPONDER in post #332]

      As is the case with religion itself, if it was from a Cosmic mind, you'd expect it all to be the same. If it was from an evolved human instinct, you'd expect us all to do it but with sub -species variants. Which is what we seem to get.
      What we get through Theism the same as what we get through some other culture.

      Your intel if off as you premise would have to be that Theists are fully connected to a Cosmic Mind, which would allow for the expectation that 'it would be all the same' and hasn't allowed/accounted for any misrepresentation and subsequent misrepresentation of a Cosmic Mind which might occur through forms of Theism.

      Tread careful - it is a Mind Field...
      RGM: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xY_o6wq-xdI [Was The Universe Created From Nothing?] ww.youtube.com/watch?v=xY_o6wq-xdI

      William: FTL:
      Modern science explains the origin of the universe with the Big Bang theory. It says our world arose from the explosion of singularity or a point in space-time where energy, density, and mass go to infinity, and any dimension goes to zero. It’s a point where there’s no space, time, or matter.

      So where did this singularity come from, what preceded it, and what triggered the countdown to the Big Bang?
      RGM: Skills
      Lyricus
      The Silurian Hypothesis

      William: The Silurian hypothesis is a thought experiment which assesses modern science's ability to detect evidence of a prior advanced civilization, perhaps several million years ago.

      RGM: The Existence of Ability to Interact With The Imagination The Eigengrau Mind Screen
      A knight in shining armour
      Stepping out of the construct
      https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JpKoT9AgSJo [Physicists At CERN Just Made A Terrifying Discovery That Changes Everything!]

      William: One of those hyper-titles...FTL:
      Disclaimer:
      Our channel is based on facts, rumors & fiction.
      RGM: Temporary
      Noticing Synchronicity The Ghost To bring what one is not conscious of, into one’s conscious awareness - We don't know enough to close any door and leave those rooms unexplored... Challenge Sensing connections through subconscious means
      Instant Manifestation
      Translucency
      Look For The Extraterrestrial Significance
      The spirituality of imperfection
      Could the answer be that It is not hidden at all, but that it is we who are hiding from It?
      Giving birth
      What Is Within Is Without, Equal
      Singapore
      Loving

      William: I avoided placing countries on my list until recently...let's see now...OAIC, please Search "loving Singapore"

      OAIC: "loving Singapore" is often used as an expression of affection or admiration for the country of Singapore. It may refer to the country's rich cultural heritage, modern infrastructure, or the friendly and welcoming nature of its people. Some people may use this phrase to express their love for the country as a tourist destination, while others may use it to show their appreciation for their home country.

      William: Yes - Google gave me this:
      Modern and efficient, Singapore is a comfortable city to live in. Its good infrastructure, schools, and healthcare system make it a pleasant place for expats of all ages to reside. The taxation system in Singapore is very low and is considered to be generous.
      RGM: https://debatingchristianity.com/for...88170#p1088170

      William: FTL:
      JK: I'm still not seeing a way to refute your position. As I try to play out different scenarios, it seems as if I'm answering myself.

      That last bit's an interesting bit itself.

      I'm still firmly in the "product of the brain" camp, but your hypothesis is a fascinating alternate explanation. While it may appear to propose a 'god', to my -ahem- mind, it lacks the baggage of so many such claims.
      RGM: Be grateful to everyone
      Embrace a completely new paradigm
      https://www.dreamviews.com/philosoph...ml#post2246696

      William: FTL:
      Recent GMs point to the idea that the universe being mindful - always has alternatives available in which the exercise of one's will power becomes more variable.

      From what I can gather, even the will of a Cosmic Mind is regulated based upon the particular environment properties - although I imagine that to the Universal Mind - that would not be here nor there, a 'problem' and any alternate reality experience it could devise for itself would be just as awesome.

      So there comes a position whereby having an illusion of free will is not a "problem" as one realizes one's environment is also pre-destined yet at the same time appears to go on forever...
      RGM: The Mother
      Self-discipline
      Resistance to that realization isn't helpful re aligning with it.
      How Can We Know
      Chamber Of Self - Coming From QueenBee - Open Your Heart
      The evidence supporting the likely existence of said mind, gives us no reason to compartmentalize it as 'magic'

      William: True that.

      07:32

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