What if God is a spirit and cannot be detected by science?
What religion/faith are you?
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How would you know? If I told you that I'm three dogs in a trench coat, but only when unobserved, what difference would it make on anyone else?
This sounds like a Job for Invisible Boy.
And I'm assuming there are some responsibilities assigned to a chaplain that do not overlap with a counselor, and these are the areas the gentleman in the article would like to address by becoming a secular-humanist chaplain. I don't understand why that is somehow more of a threat or line in the sand for the military to acknowledge, unless they are actively trying to discourage open expressions of non-belief among their service members.
Why would I know that? What does that have to do with anything I said? I wasn't addressing your personal beliefs.
I see. Over here we translate it as "thou shalt not steal". Interesting, how mere translation in another langauge can already change the contents of a text.
But one of the commandments is a plain "Thou Shalt Not Steal" without any specifics, so wouldn't that cover all stealing?
Edit: "Unlike the other commandments which focus on outward actions, this commandment focuses on thought. It is an imperative against setting one's desire on things that are forbidden."
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thou_shalt_not_covet
This brings to mind another philosophical question: how do you know that my mind can imagine or visualize three dogs in a trench coat? Have you seen my mind's eye? It can't be detected by science either.
Actually, it can. We've come to a point where we can practically visualize thoughts in our brains. We still can't identify them but we're slowly getting there. You'll have to find a new "philosophical question" I guess.
Care to provide a link or website? That's genuinely quite intriguing.
I've seen it in a documentary on the science channel but let's see if I can find something on google...
How about this:
https://www.popularmechanics.com/science/health/a27102/read-thoughts-with-brain-scan/
From the link:
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Your innermost thoughts might not be so secret after all. At least, if you're thinking them inside an MRI machine.
Researchers at Carnegie Mellon University developed an algorithm that can decode a person's thoughts using data from a brain scan. The researchers used this algorithm to gain insights into how our brains work and form complex topics.
Our thoughts can range from simple to highly complex. A simple thought might just consist of a single concept, like "store," or a more complex group of concepts, like "I went to the store last Saturday in the rain." Research shows that the brain breaks down these complex thoughts into smaller pieces, each corresponding to a different aspect of the thought.
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You were in both the Army and the Marines? That's amazing!
And about as likely as me being Superman and Batman combined.
Not everybody who believes in god(s) believes that the universe was created for them. Not everybody who is Christian takes the Bible literally. The specific quote didn't say, "to believe the universe was created for man." It said "to believe one is the personal object of a divine plan." You can't shift the goalposts in order to make sure your point is right.
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That's a subject I find fascinating, too.
Oh come on! Christians believe that god sent his only son to die for us or something like that. You can't seriously allege that that is not the same as saying that the universe was created for us!!!
I mean there are only so many species that god can send "his only son to" in a finite amount of time!!!
You mean to say that that guy keeps getting killed again and again and again in the most terrible ways of the universe!!!!
I mean now I really feel bad for him!!!!
I hope you're pulling my leg, but in the off chance you aren't, no, it's really not the same at all. That's assuming parallel developmental paths for all sentient races across the universe, inherent sinfulness in each one, a need to be saved, etc. Maybe he liked them all more and made them more perfect. Maybe we're the pond scum of the universe, so it's the exact opposite of ego to think we need that much help. I've always said it was more a faith based on self-loathing and castigation than anything else, which was why I left it a good long time ago.
You're comparing Letheans and Gorns, for gosh sakes. How can you do that?
You're comparing Letheans and Gorns, for gosh sakes. How can you do that?
No, I think you're the one pulling my leg or... worse.
It's obvious that the Christians don't believe that at all!!
They think they're so unique that god sent his UNIQUE son to save them!
They believe god created the universe waited 13.8 billion years, created them, waited 200,000 more years and the sent his UNIQUE son to save them!!!
Damn spelling errors!!!
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I'm glad I'm not the only one who feels that way.
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