[MD] for Arlo

[Kevin Perez]

Arlo,
 
> [Ham]
> Yet, you are suggesting that symmetry sparked the Big Bang, that a balanced
> energy system gave rise to an asymmetrical universe whose energy forces were
> then unbalanced.  How can that be?
> 
> [Arlo to Kevin]
> You see how this basic question gets "transmorgrified" into each new dialogue.
> 
> How can X arise from a non-X source?
 
I'm still confused.  But not about what your saying.  I don't understand why you're
telling me this.
 
Previously I asked,
 
     "If the ultimate source connotes anything does it also connote the thing's
     opposite?  If not then what is the source of the opposite?"
 
And you responded,
 
     "This is a restatement of the fundamental theist issue, how can "evil" derive
     from an "All Good" source? How can "immorality" derive from an all moral
     source?"
 
Why did you introduce theism?  I hope you're not saying I'm making the argument you
describe.  Because I'm not.
 
I said previously,
 
     "I responded to Marsha's question the way I did because, for me, the ultimate
     source is the source of all things; good, bad, life, death, loss, renewal, etc.
     The judgement of moral or immoral is our doing."
 
In other words, for me, the ultimate source is amoral.
 
> My understanding is that [How can X arise from a non-X source?] was first posited as
> a theistic problem, how can "evil" derive from a God that is "Pure Good"? As I said,
> many have tackled the question and advanced different solutions. But it continues to
> get rephrased in every dialogue.
 
And you're saying I rephrased it?
 
> I even used a paraphrase of it with Marsha, asking "how can morality derive from
> an amoral source?". You seemed to flip the question, "how can immorality derive
> from a moral source?" 
 
You seem to be confusing me with a strawman.  It wasn't me who flipped that question.
 

Kevin

 
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