RE: Question about meaning and perception of reality from a theist.
January 6, 2012 at 5:05 pm
(This post was last modified: January 6, 2012 at 5:07 pm by Shell B.)
(January 6, 2012 at 5:02 pm)amkerman Wrote: And I'll restart my alternative line of questioning:
Do you believe in reality?
(I'm not asking whether or not reality exists, I am asking if you believe it does. can be answered in the affirmative, the negative, or that you don't know. All other answers are nonresponsive to the question)
- I feel like you are so defensive even this seems like a loaded question to you. You think know where this is going, and you refuse to be taken there. It's cognitive dissonance.
Do you dare give me an honest answer?
Idiot. That is all I have been giving you. And . . . cognitive dissonance is holding two opposing beliefs at the same time. Even if I were just fibbing about my answers, it would not be cognitive dissonance. Christ, you need a dictionary.
At any rate, no. I do not "believe" in reality. Please look up the term believe.
(January 6, 2012 at 5:04 pm)Perhaps Wrote: I could see the same thing happening for consciousness. But perhaps I'm wrong, as is usually the case.
That would be one hell of an equation.
