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Author | Topic: Does science ask and answer "why" questions? | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
jar Member (Idle past 422 days) Posts: 34026 From: Texas!! Joined: |
It matters to me because it is a fact.
Anyone so limited that they can only spell a word one way is severely handicapped!
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jar Member (Idle past 422 days) Posts: 34026 From: Texas!! Joined: |
I do not try to reconcile those things.
Anyone so limited that they can only spell a word one way is severely handicapped!
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jar Member (Idle past 422 days) Posts: 34026 From: Texas!! Joined: |
Ah, no, you still seem to not understand.
Yes, it is possible to change what I think and believe, in fact I do it quite often. Today's sky is much nicer than yesterday's sky. But I said that it was the ideal that is causeless, not what I think or believe but rather love, honor, faith, GOD that are causeless.Anyone so limited that they can only spell a word one way is severely handicapped!
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jar Member (Idle past 422 days) Posts: 34026 From: Texas!! Joined: |
Not arguing for it, rather saying I believe that is true just as i believe I am a soul separate from my body and that GOD exists.
Anyone so limited that they can only spell a word one way is severely handicapped!
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jar Member (Idle past 422 days) Posts: 34026 From: Texas!! Joined: |
Of course I am a dualist and I still see no evidence that science can explain why I think something.
Science can address the mechanics, the neurons, the environment, my history, many of the mechanics but that still does not explain why I think what I think. The problem is the meaning of the term why; you seem to see it as process, synonymous with how, while why can also mean purpose.Anyone so limited that they can only spell a word one way is severely handicapped!
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jar Member (Idle past 422 days) Posts: 34026 From: Texas!! Joined: |
Sorry but knowing the process and mechanics does not explain the question which is "why I think something".
Anyone so limited that they can only spell a word one way is severely handicapped!
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jar Member (Idle past 422 days) Posts: 34026 From: Texas!! Joined: |
No, it tells me how I think something.
Anyone so limited that they can only spell a word one way is severely handicapped!
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jar Member (Idle past 422 days) Posts: 34026 From: Texas!! Joined: |
So you claim.
And I have never tried to substantiate any claim, rather simply presented the facts of what I believe.Anyone so limited that they can only spell a word one way is severely handicapped!
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jar Member (Idle past 422 days) Posts: 34026 From: Texas!! Joined: |
I get your drift but see no relevance.
Rain falling is purely mechanics; rain does not decide to fall. I'm getting ready to go out for sum lunch and considering which fountain pen to take with me; the Yard-o-Led Smythson, the Yard-o-Led Viceroy Pocket Victorian or the Grifos Nyloe Checkerboard Guilloche. Science can help me understand the mechanics of how I make that decision, but it will not explain which one I will actually stick in my pocket and take along.Anyone so limited that they can only spell a word one way is severely handicapped!
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jar Member (Idle past 422 days) Posts: 34026 From: Texas!! Joined: |
Because I myself have no idea which one I will pick or why I picked one over another.
And of course, no I did not exclude brain activity. Anyone so limited that they can only spell a word one way is severely handicapped!
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jar Member (Idle past 422 days) Posts: 34026 From: Texas!! Joined: |
But it is irrelevant what can be reconciled with my beliefs. The question is why are these my unique beliefs?
Anyone so limited that they can only spell a word one way is severely handicapped!
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jar Member (Idle past 422 days) Posts: 34026 From: Texas!! Joined: |
But that still does not explain why I made those choices, only the mechanics of how I made those choices.
Anyone so limited that they can only spell a word one way is severely handicapped!
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jar Member (Idle past 422 days) Posts: 34026 From: Texas!! Joined: |
It would be far less interesting and pretty much worthless.
Anyone so limited that they can only spell a word one way is severely handicapped!
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jar Member (Idle past 422 days) Posts: 34026 From: Texas!! Joined: |
Well mayhaps some day it will, and if so I will reconsider my position.
Anyone so limited that they can only spell a word one way is severely handicapped!
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jar Member (Idle past 422 days) Posts: 34026 From: Texas!! Joined: |
Okay, if that is your position then of course you are free to believe that.
Anyone so limited that they can only spell a word one way is severely handicapped!
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