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Commisso:

i catch your drift and i appreciate the playfulness of your
'endorsement'.

We may have sharply contrasting views of ultimate reality, but i think we understand each other.

rock on :)
 
Originally posted by darkhorse
Commisso:

i catch your drift and i appreciate the playfulness of your
'endorsement'.

We may have sharply contrasting views of ultimate reality, but i think we understand each other.

rock on :)
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Very sharp, but I appreciate and respect your views Dark...

and really that is the beautiful thing about the human mind... One of us is living in a state of illusion (and I am not implying it is U) and when we "catch on" we will still have the ability to wake up :)

Rock on! DARK

PEACE and good trading,
Commisso

If only the rest of the world could disagree in the classy and civilized manner :)
 
Originally posted by darkhorse



why does this feel like an ambush...

i could retype it in about 30 seconds, but my sense of gamesmanship says nay.

scroll back, not far. look harder.

or just stop being coy and take your shot.
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Ok, i'll go first.

EVIL: whatever is morally unacceptable, totally culturally dependent and a wholly subjective construct that does not have any existence apart from man's mind. i don't see evil as having any absolute meaning or existence. without man there is no evil. would evil exist in a dead lifeless universe consisting only of space dust and rock. of course not! is an asteroid colliding with the earth killing everyone evil, no, ha! does a dog know evil. of course not. does an insect know evil. no. only man knows evil because he gave birth to it. evil is whatever society says it is. what is evil in one culture is morally acceptable in another. very simply take man out of the equation and evil ceases to exist. :-/
 
Originally posted by FasterPussycat


Ok, i'll go first.

EVIL: whatever is morally unacceptable, totally culturally dependent and a wholly subjective construct that does not have any existence apart from man's mind. i don't see evil as having any absolute meaning or existence. without man there is no evil. would evil exist in a dead lifeless universe consisting only of space dust and rock. of course not! is an asteroid colliding with the earth killing everyone evil, no, ha! does a dog know evil. of course not. does an insect know evil. no. only man knows evil because he gave birth to it. evil is whatever society says it is. what is evil in one culture is morally acceptable in another. very simply take man out of the equation and evil ceases to exist. :-/
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Not in Darks world though... For he who makes reality gets to set the rules :p

Saying that evil exists in the objective world is like saying the little girl that John Nash continualy saw existed in the objective world...

PEACE and good trading,
Commisso
 
Originally posted by darkhorse




Faster:

What I'm saying is that the common criticisms brought against scripture are usually ignorant and surface level at best, intended misinterpretations or willfully ignorant misconceptions at worst. I probably haven't heard them all but sometimes I feel like I have. I love the sympathetic atheists who deem christians to be sadly stupid and doubt their ability to tie shoes or connect dots.

Faster, I try not to intentionally insult those who disagree with me, let alone bring them to blows. You seem to take the opposite tack. If I didn't know better, I would swear you want me to take a swing at you. I don't understand why.

Let's put my obvious stupidity aside for a moment and talk about you, faster. I would like to know why you are so mean spirited and why you so enjoy sticking needles in people. I guess what I'm asking is, what is your problem. And don't tell me it has anything to do with the subject at hand, because you've been this way on many other threads that have nothing to do with God. Please answer. Seriously.
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you want to know what my problem is well i'll tell you

i'm short, ugly, bald and have a small penis

and that pisses me off! :-/
 
Originally posted by Commisso


Not in Darks world though... For he who makes reality gets to set the rules :p

Saying that evil exists in the objective world is like saying the little girl that John Nash continualy saw existed in the objective world...

PEACE and good trading,
Commisso
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who is John Nash?
 
Originally posted by darkhorse




You see what this thread has come to? Now I'm quoting myself...
it's God's reality. He owns it. We just exist in it.

He who makes reality makes the rules.
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No actually you have it backwards.




It's Man's reality. We own it. He just exists in it.
 
Run a search Faster Nobel Prize winner in economics... Also happened to be schizophrenic :(

The movie a beautiful mind is based on his life story... Excellent movie and if you have not seen it yet I suggest you take the time... Brought tears to my eyes... and if this man can overcome schizophrenia without medication and still be a professor at Princeton than any and all struggling traders can stabilize the demons in their heads...

PEACE and goodtrading,
Commisso
 
Originally posted by FasterPussycat


you want to know what my problem is well i'll tell you

i'm short, ugly, bald and have a small penis

and that pisses me off! :-/
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HAHAHAHAA well that would explain it... make a lot of dough in the markets two of your "short" comings are fixable... as for short ehhh what can you do??? I am only 5-7' so I feel your pain buddy :)

HAHAHAHAHA:p :D :p :D :D :D :D
 
Originally posted by FasterPussycat

EVIL: whatever is morally unacceptable, totally culturally dependent and a wholly subjective construct that does not have any existence apart from man's mind. i don't see evil as having any absolute meaning or existence. without man there is no evil. would evil exist in a dead lifeless universe consisting only of space dust and rock. of course not! is an asteroid colliding with the earth killing everyone evil, no, ha! does a dog know evil. of course not. does an insect know evil. no. only man knows evil because he gave birth to it. evil is whatever society says it is. what is evil in one culture is morally acceptable in another. very simply take man out of the equation and evil ceases to exist. :-/
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Faster:

If I were an atheist, I would agree with you. If there were no God, good and evil would be purely subjective concepts.

However, since there IS a God and I am NOT an atheist, I know full well that good and evil DO exist because HE defines them.

We disagree, but we understand where our paths diverge, regarding the existence or nonexistence of God. And with our main disagreement pinpointed, we can hopefully understand each other better.

For you to admit plainly that morality and meaning are false constructs in your eyes, makes you a more honest atheist than many I have come across.

We are both men of faith, and rational or not, we both move forward with the necessary conclusions that our faith has thrust upon us.

p.s. sorry to hear about the short thing (pun intended). I'm 6'2", good looking and hung like a rhino so I can't really relate :D
 
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