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The problem of the soul
Paraselene Offline Donators
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#131
RE: The problem of the soul
August 15, 2021 at 7:48 am
A faith by any other name is just as delusional.
"What a little moonlight can do." ~ Billie Holiday
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RE: The problem of the soul
August 15, 2021 at 7:50 am
(August 15, 2021 at 7:45 am)BrianSoddingBoru4 Wrote:
(August 15, 2021 at 7:23 am)Ahriman Wrote: When you sleep and dream, your first-person character is your soul, exploring the astral realm.
That's dark......but Pastafarianism sounds dope, not gonna lie.

Based on my experience, then, the astral plane is inhabited by Lupita Nyong’o, cooking me pancakes while wearing the ever-popular ‘slutty nurse’ Hallowe’en costume.

Boru
That sounds fun! Blush

I know a girl who used to dress as a naughty nurse every Halloween.
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#133
RE: The problem of the soul
August 15, 2021 at 10:21 am
Yeah, I don't have the patience to keep asking the same question over and over again. So, I'll take the refusal to answer "How?" as the answer it actually is.

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#134
RE: The problem of the soul
August 15, 2021 at 12:26 pm
Checking in to see where this thread went at lunch offers not much of a surprise, They up and went poof.
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#135
RE: The problem of the soul
August 15, 2021 at 1:03 pm
You can think of a soul as an aspect of the mind, or an add-on to the mind. Maybe you guys believe everything is possible within the mind......I know some people do......well if that's the case, and the soul is a concept, then there must be a soul.
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#136
RE: The problem of the soul
August 15, 2021 at 1:07 pm
(August 15, 2021 at 1:03 pm)Ahriman Wrote: You can think of a soul as an aspect of the mind, or an add-on to the mind. Maybe you guys believe everything is possible within the mind......I know some people do......well if that's the case, and the soul is a concept, then there must be a soul.
Unicorns are a concept, does that mean they are real?

Pixies and fairies are a concept, does that mean they are real?

Cthulhu is a concept, does that mean it is real?

Iluvatar is a concept, does that mean he is real?
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RE: The problem of the soul
August 15, 2021 at 1:12 pm
(August 15, 2021 at 1:07 pm)Abaddon_ire Wrote:
(August 15, 2021 at 1:03 pm)Ahriman Wrote: You can think of a soul as an aspect of the mind, or an add-on to the mind. Maybe you guys believe everything is possible within the mind......I know some people do......well if that's the case, and the soul is a concept, then there must be a soul.
Unicorns are a concept, does that mean they are real?

Pixies and fairies are a concept, does that mean they are real?

Cthulhu is a concept, does that mean it is real?

Iluvatar is a concept, does that mean he is real?
Well honestly, yeah, I do think those things are real. Maybe not in this dimension though.
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RE: The problem of the soul
August 15, 2021 at 1:15 pm
And then things got weird.....
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#139
RE: The problem of the soul
August 15, 2021 at 1:38 pm (This post was last modified: August 15, 2021 at 1:39 pm by Abaddon_ire.)
(August 15, 2021 at 1:12 pm)Ahriman Wrote:
(August 15, 2021 at 1:07 pm)Abaddon_ire Wrote: Unicorns are a concept, does that mean they are real?

Pixies and fairies are a concept, does that mean they are real?

Cthulhu is a concept, does that mean it is real?

Iluvatar is a concept, does that mean he is real?
Well honestly, yeah, I do think those things are real. Maybe not in this dimension though.

How did you determine that unicorns are real in what other dimension?

Bet you can't provide any reasoning at all.
(August 15, 2021 at 1:15 pm)Angrboda Wrote: And then things got weird.....

No kidding.
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RE: The problem of the soul
August 15, 2021 at 1:46 pm
(August 15, 2021 at 1:38 pm)Abaddon_ire Wrote:
(August 15, 2021 at 1:12 pm)Ahriman Wrote: Well honestly, yeah, I do think those things are real. Maybe not in this dimension though.

How did you determine that unicorns are real in what other dimension?

Bet you can't provide any reasoning at all.
(August 15, 2021 at 1:15 pm)Angrboda Wrote: And then things got weird.....

No kidding.
Infinite dimensions means infinite possibilities.
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