(March 14, 2017 at 6:44 pm)MysticKnight Wrote: If materialists are right, then the smallest quarks are what constitute the root of existence. That would be what self-subsists. It would be what magically exists and everything would be made from that.Materialists don't have much time for magical anything.
Quote:if Theists are right, then the greatest existence is what constitutes the root of existence. That would be what self-subsists. It would be what magically exists and everything would be made from that.Sure, some theists, anyway.
Quote:My question to you, when you think of self-subsistence, independent existence, where do you place your bets? If neutral why neutral?Between those two? Materialists, lol.
Quote:And what you know about yourself, your own self, seeing it exists, doesn't that tell you minimum existence cannot make the fabric of existence but we are connected to something higher?Nope.
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