[MD] Just coincidence?

[Peter Corteen]

Ham,

more name calling! Oh well, at least I seem to have progressed from
reductionism and nihilism with which you tagged me previously.

You said that my reality 'is limited to finite space/time existence'; these
are 'a priori' as you pointed out and so impose the same limits on you too.
True, if I ever experienced anything that appeared to be outside space/time
then I would look to science and reason for an explanation whereas you would
put it down to your creator and thereby limit your further understanding.
It's curious that you give capital letters to some of your ontological
constructs; 'Nothingness', 'Difference' and of course 'Essence' but you seem
to avoid the word 'God' and don't capitalise 'creator', I know you have a
lot invested in your theory but it seems you are avoiding something you
probably are vaguely aware of as a weak link in your ideas and compensate by
vainly aggrandising the rest to convince yourself  of it's importance.

Oh, and you still avoid my question: what is the advantage to me of
believing in 'God'?

Existentially yours

Peter



On 15/03/06, Ham Priday <hampday1 at verizon.net> wrote:
>
>
> Peter --
>
>
>
> > You said 'awareness and its contents ARE your reality.'
> > (agreed), and then 'Everything else is an otherness to you
> > -- an intellectual construct of your mind.'; exactly the
> > opposite in my view, it is all the otherness of the
> > outside world focused through the otherness of your
> > body and particularly your brain that synthesises into
> > and constructs your mind.
>
> That's why Scott would probably list you as a "physicalist".  [See his
> post
> of 3/13.]
>
> Since your reality is limited to finite space/time existence, I would say
> you are a materialist and Mr. Pirsig would wonder where Quality fits into
> your reality.
>
> Cheers,
> Ham
>
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