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What God is to the Universe is what your mind is to your body
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RE: What God is to the Universe is what your mind is to your body
(August 16, 2016 at 9:31 pm)LadyForCamus Wrote:
(August 16, 2016 at 9:28 pm)Thumpalumpacus Wrote: I'm not the Logic Bomber, but as i understand it, a false equivalence is stating that two things are essentially the same and may be treated as such, while conflation is the grouping of two or more disparate things.

They're related concepts, in that they're both rooted in a category error.

False equivalence: Elephants are herbivores, zebras are herbivores, therefore elephants are zebras.

Conflation: Elephants are herbivores, wolves are carnivores, but since both are mammals we can treat them identically.


Okay, much clearer now, THANK YOU sir! [emoji8]

You're very welcome, young lady.

Of course, I'm due to be corrected in 5...4...3...

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#22
RE: What God is to the Universe is what your mind is to your body
No surprise here that the shit keeps getting deep with this one.
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#23
RE: What God is to the Universe is what your mind is to your body
(August 16, 2016 at 10:49 pm)Nymphadora Wrote: No surprise here that the shit keeps getting deep with this one.

I find it very interesting that people use the terms "deep" and "heavy" when it comes to these topics.
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#24
RE: What God is to the Universe is what your mind is to your body
(August 16, 2016 at 10:59 pm)Arkilogue Wrote:
(August 16, 2016 at 10:49 pm)Nymphadora Wrote: No surprise here that the shit keeps getting deep with this one.

I find it very interesting that people use the terms "deep" and "heavy" when it comes to these topics.

Well, a metric ton of bullshit obviously takes up a bit of space, and weighs, well, a metric shit-ton.

Good to see you practicing your cherry-picking, though. Now I know a little more what to expect, I suppose.

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#25
RE: What God is to the Universe is what your mind is to your body
A better analogy would have been the body's involuntary aspects in relation to god and the world.
"Never trust a fox. Looks like a dog, behaves like a cat."
~ Erin Hunter
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RE: What God is to the Universe is what your mind is to your body
(August 16, 2016 at 11:05 pm)Thumpalumpacus Wrote:
(August 16, 2016 at 10:59 pm)Arkilogue Wrote: I find it very interesting that people use the terms "deep" and "heavy" when it comes to these topics.

Well, a metro ton of bullshit obviously takes up a bit of space, and weighs, well, a metric shit-ton.

Good to see you practicing your cherry-picking, though. Now I know a little more what to expect, I suppose.
And learning the math and models of quantum physics is not considered deep and heavy?

When's the last time you found a book on life after death and the fate of humanity in the lite-reading section?

Label, assume and expect at your own risk, you are only limiting your experience, not mine.
"Leave it to me to find a way to be,
Consider me a satellite forever orbiting,
I knew the rules but the rules did not know me, guaranteed." - Eddie Vedder
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RE: What God is to the Universe is what your mind is to your body
(August 16, 2016 at 7:11 pm)Rhythm Wrote: A false equivalence leveraged for poor analogy, foisted aloft by a non sequitur.  Gratz.

You do realize all three of those are the same thing, right?
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RE: What God is to the Universe is what your mind is to your body
(August 16, 2016 at 11:09 pm)Arkilogue Wrote: When's the last time you found a book on life after death and the fate of humanity in the lite-reading section?

I am guessing bookstores are quite inept at properly labeling reading materials.

After all, it is probably best to check out the science section than the hocus pocus section.
"Never trust a fox. Looks like a dog, behaves like a cat."
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#29
RE: What God is to the Universe is what your mind is to your body
(August 16, 2016 at 11:09 pm)Arkilogue Wrote:
(August 16, 2016 at 11:05 pm)Thumpalumpacus Wrote: Well, a metro ton of bullshit obviously takes up a bit of space, and weighs, well, a metric shit-ton.

Good to see you practicing your cherry-picking, though. Now I know a little more what to expect, I suppose.
And learning the math and models of quantum physics is not considered deep and heavy?

When's the last time you found a book on life after death and the fate of humanity in the lite-reading section?

Label, assume and expect at your own risk, you are only limiting your experience, not mine.

I've made no assumptions about you. Labels and expectations, on the other hand, are natural mental events, the hazards of which I'm aware, thanks.

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RE: What God is to the Universe is what your mind is to your body
(August 16, 2016 at 11:11 pm)Maelstrom Wrote:
(August 16, 2016 at 11:09 pm)Arkilogue Wrote: When's the last time you found a book on life after death and the fate of humanity in the lite-reading section?

I am guessing bookstores are quite inept at properly labeling reading materials.

Are they ephemeral considerations to you? Most life after death considerations include counter balance for all the good and bad you have done in your life.

I suppose you could take it lightly...free will and all that.
"Leave it to me to find a way to be,
Consider me a satellite forever orbiting,
I knew the rules but the rules did not know me, guaranteed." - Eddie Vedder
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