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mikehager
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Message 39 of 49 (173567)
01-03-2005 8:51 PM
Reply to: Message 38 by Shaz
01-03-2005 8:00 PM


A statement of comprehension.
"I have seen, and experienced far more, than many people have been able to even begin to comprehend."
I wonder, Shaz, how you can claim to know the contents of the sum total comprehension of the world possessed by many (what number of people or percentage of the population constitutes "many"?) people? You cannot know the content of their minds, except to the extent that they choose to share it, and you can't know how far they are choosing to share it. If you have some means of really knowing the contents of another person's mind that is unknown to me, please share it.
Also, what criteria are you using to say that your experience is greater then another person's? If it is greater, then "experience" must be measurable, else how can one said to be greater then another. Is it a measure of quality or quantity?

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mikehager
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Message 44 of 49 (173613)
01-03-2005 11:32 PM
Reply to: Message 41 by Shaz
01-03-2005 9:29 PM


Re: A statement of comprehension.
I was using greater as synonymous with "more". In what way is you expierence more than what most people can comprehend?

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mikehager
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Message 46 of 49 (173622)
01-04-2005 12:09 AM
Reply to: Message 45 by nator
01-03-2005 11:32 PM


Re: A statement of comprehension.
You may feel, personally, that there is "more than what we can even begin to comprehend with our human logic", but if you can't comprehend it with your human mind and logic, how can you know it is there? You cannot, by definition, have any experience of it at all.
Also, just because Shaz cannot comprehend the logic or reason of a thing, it certainly doesn't mean that no one can. No offense.

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