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Full circle
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RE: Full circle
You've just made a very long list of gap arguments.

Let's start with solipsism. In an absolute sense, I have no real proof of anything. However, I have experiences, and those experiences come in patterns from which I can draw inferences. That doesn't mean there's any truth underlying the patterns-- only that the patterns themselves exist. I do not know why I see shapes and color-- but I do know that when I have the experience of looking in a mirror, the face looking back is (fairly) consistently organized. I know that when I have the experience of looking at people, their faces are (fairly) consistent as well-- so consistent that I can meaningfully refer to a face as "Joe's face" or "Suzy's face."

It makes sense for me, therefore, to talk about people as real. Whether or not I'm in a BIJ and imagining everything, at least those experiences are consistent. So are my experiences with reading about things. Every time I open a book, it has the same content. Is it a projection of data from the Matrix? I cannot know.

But NONE of this leads to a factual statement about me, or anyone else, being a "fallen angel." That idea is not connected to any of the consistent experiences that I, or anyone here but you, has had.
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Full circle - by IATIA - November 16, 2014 at 12:24 pm
RE: Full circle - by Cato - November 16, 2014 at 12:30 pm
RE: Full circle - by IATIA - November 16, 2014 at 12:34 pm
RE: Full circle - by Thumpalumpacus - November 16, 2014 at 11:30 pm
RE: Full circle - by Exian - November 16, 2014 at 12:43 pm
RE: Full circle - by IATIA - November 16, 2014 at 12:45 pm
RE: Full circle - by Minimalist - November 16, 2014 at 1:06 pm
RE: Full circle - by Cato - November 17, 2014 at 10:05 am
RE: Full circle - by bennyboy - November 16, 2014 at 12:59 pm
RE: Full circle - by IATIA - November 16, 2014 at 1:08 pm
RE: Full circle - by Esquilax - November 16, 2014 at 1:20 pm
RE: Full circle - by IATIA - November 16, 2014 at 1:30 pm
RE: Full circle - by Esquilax - November 16, 2014 at 1:44 pm
RE: Full circle - by IATIA - November 16, 2014 at 1:54 pm
RE: Full circle - by Esquilax - November 16, 2014 at 1:58 pm
RE: Full circle - by IATIA - November 23, 2014 at 10:47 pm
RE: Full circle - by bennyboy - November 23, 2014 at 11:12 pm
RE: Full circle - by Mystical - November 16, 2014 at 4:14 pm
RE: Full circle - by IATIA - November 16, 2014 at 5:20 pm
RE: Full circle - by bennyboy - November 16, 2014 at 1:59 pm
RE: Full circle - by IATIA - November 16, 2014 at 2:08 pm
RE: Full circle - by Esquilax - November 16, 2014 at 2:16 pm
RE: Full circle - by IATIA - November 30, 2014 at 1:42 am
RE: Full circle - by bennyboy - November 16, 2014 at 7:49 pm
RE: Full circle - by Whateverist - November 16, 2014 at 1:39 pm
RE: Full circle - by The Grand Nudger - November 16, 2014 at 2:18 pm
RE: Full circle - by IATIA - November 16, 2014 at 2:45 pm
RE: Full circle - by IATIA - November 16, 2014 at 2:31 pm
RE: Full circle - by The Grand Nudger - November 16, 2014 at 2:33 pm
RE: Full circle - by The Grand Nudger - November 16, 2014 at 2:49 pm
RE: Full circle - by IATIA - November 16, 2014 at 3:00 pm
RE: Full circle - by The Grand Nudger - November 16, 2014 at 3:06 pm
RE: Full circle - by IATIA - November 16, 2014 at 3:31 pm
RE: Full circle - by The Grand Nudger - November 16, 2014 at 3:50 pm
RE: Full circle - by The Grand Nudger - November 16, 2014 at 4:19 pm
RE: Full circle - by JuliaL - November 16, 2014 at 4:21 pm
RE: Full circle - by IATIA - November 16, 2014 at 7:52 pm
RE: Full circle - by bennyboy - November 16, 2014 at 8:43 pm
RE: Full circle - by IATIA - November 16, 2014 at 8:57 pm
RE: Full circle - by JuliaL - November 16, 2014 at 10:25 pm
RE: Full circle - by bennyboy - November 16, 2014 at 10:02 pm
RE: Full circle - by IATIA - November 16, 2014 at 11:05 pm
RE: Full circle - by bennyboy - November 17, 2014 at 5:39 am
RE: Full circle - by *Deidre* - November 17, 2014 at 10:29 am
RE: Full circle - by The Grand Nudger - November 17, 2014 at 10:43 am
RE: Full circle - by TreeSapNest - November 17, 2014 at 5:02 pm
RE: Full circle - by IATIA - November 17, 2014 at 9:21 pm
RE: Full circle - by TreeSapNest - November 18, 2014 at 11:27 am
RE: Full circle - by IATIA - November 23, 2014 at 11:55 am
RE: Full circle - by The Grand Nudger - November 24, 2014 at 8:59 am
RE: Full circle - by IATIA - November 27, 2014 at 9:14 am
RE: Full circle - by The Grand Nudger - November 30, 2014 at 7:52 am

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