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I believe everything exists.

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I believe everything exists.
Edwardo Piet Away
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I believe everything exists.
October 31, 2010 at 7:53 am
I believe everything exists.

I don't believe God exists. I don't believe miracles exist. I don't believe magic exists.

How is this not a contradiction?

Because I don't believe God, miracles or magic are things. That's why they don't exist.

Everything exists because there's no such thing as a non-existent thing. Because to exist, is to be something, is to be a thing.
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RE: I believe everything exists.
October 31, 2010 at 7:57 am
Very good. Can't argue with that. I am sure someone can though.
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RE: I believe everything exists.
October 31, 2010 at 7:59 am
I certainly can. God, miracles, and magic are all things. You don't believe these things exist. Therefore you don't believe everything exists.

THerefore you deny existence Wink
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Where the dear and the strangers can play
Where sometimes is heard a discouraging word
But the skies are not stormy all day
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RE: I believe everything exists.
October 31, 2010 at 8:05 am
Saerules Wrote:God, miracles, and magic are all things.

Can you elaborate.
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Edwardo Piet Away
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RE: I believe everything exists.
October 31, 2010 at 8:06 am (This post was last modified: October 31, 2010 at 8:08 am by Edwardo Piet.)
If I am incorrect about God, miracles and magic not being things I am still correct about everything existing.
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RE: I believe everything exists.
October 31, 2010 at 8:10 am
So what you are basically saying is that everything that exists, exists :S
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RE: I believe everything exists.
October 31, 2010 at 8:17 am (This post was last modified: October 31, 2010 at 8:25 am by Edwardo Piet.)
I'm saying that being a thing is identical to existing. So, for example, when fr0d0 says "God doesn't exist but just IS" that is identical to saying "God isn't but just IS" or "God doesn't exist but does exist" and so is a logical contradiction.

This means the word "exist" is without meaning because anything that "is" anything exists because there's no such thing as anything that isn't anything.
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RE: I believe everything exists.
October 31, 2010 at 8:40 am
The answer to all philosophical questions can be found in the dictionary. If you go to dictionary.com you will get all the answers you need and we need not waste time any discussing them.
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RE: I believe everything exists.
October 31, 2010 at 8:49 am
Time will pass whether we waste it or not.
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RE: I believe everything exists.
October 31, 2010 at 8:57 am
(October 31, 2010 at 8:49 am)Darwinian Wrote: Time will pass whether we waste it or not.
Fair enough.

Everything exists, even non-existent things, just in different realities.
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