RE: Hi, I'm the Godhead
July 7, 2010 at 3:08 pm
(This post was last modified: July 7, 2010 at 3:11 pm by tavarish.)
(July 7, 2010 at 1:32 pm)Godhead Wrote: What does valid mean anyway? If it means acceptable, then that's ok because I accept all my views. If it means permissable, that's alright too because I permit myself to have whatever view I migh have, and it's ok for others to have theirs. If it means better, then that's great because my views and my philosophy serve me, and so they're better for me than other views. Whichever way you look at the word, it boils down to ourselves and what we consider acceptable, permissable, and good / useful. Of course it's up to each of us to decide that for ourselves, and not decide it for each other. But if someone wants to convince or persuade another person that their view would serve them better, there are ways to go about it, and the only good reason I can think of for even wanting to do that at all is to help the person because you like helping people. But even if you did manage to make someone question their own views, you merely end up with a void, which isn't going to automatically be filled by your view. In fact the chances are that the person will fill it themselves with yet another view, which will be at the very least influenced by a similar or related premise or philosophy, and which inevitably won't sit well with yet another person who might disagree, and on it goes. People will always disagree. I'm comfortable with it.
It seems simple questions are lost with you.
It doesn't matter what you believe. The question was about how you came to believe it, and why you prefer your explanation over any other. And, as always, be specific.
Personally, I don't try to convert anyone, nor do most people here. We simply call you out on things that smell fishy - much like the ridiculously vague and contradictory things you've said.
Please don't dodge questions and present straw men. Thanks.
(July 7, 2010 at 1:09 pm)fr0d0 Wrote: I don't think you listened then Void. godhead said that YOUR concept was equally valid. You're straight-jacketing the term 'valid' when godhead made clear it wasn't his choice of word, but yours. You run the danger of hanging someone because they failing to justify your reasoning, which is fallacial for good reason.
He hasn't established his reasoning for believing what he believes, and holds the viewpoint that conflicting and incompatible systems are equally valid. Such a viewpoint is largely detached from reality and logically impossible.
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