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Blue Jay
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Message 136 of 141 (543283)
01-16-2010 9:53 PM 		Reply to: Message 126 by Shane20
01-16-2010 7:21 PM

Hi, Shane.
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Can I request that you clean up your grammar a little bit? Your posts are hard to understand.
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Shane20 writes:
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Well perhaps your constant to exposure to the search of your spirituality caused it to enclose it self.
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I have no idea what you just wrote.
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Shane20 writes:
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I dont know your personal life so i can be wrong...
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Personal advice:
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If you have to start your comment with a disclaimer like this, you should probably refrain from making the comment until after you've gathered more information.
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Shane20 writes:
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but if your parents made you be apart of religion growing maybe your sub concuss grew sick of it and now seeks enlightenment through more of a natural aspect.
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"Enlightenment" is such a tacky word. I just want to know what a spirit is.
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Shane20 writes:
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Like someone raised to being "in order" would be more likely to rebel then some one who was not. Saying that maybe it was not a bestowal but you were force fed maybe?
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You just pulled this out of the air, man!
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Maybe this. Maybe that. Maybe a lot of things. "Maybe" is just a way of rationalizing away unfavorable arguments and evidence. It does nothing to explain what a spirit is or why my spirituality is impacted by a chemical imbalance in my brain.
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There's no controversy over what my disorder is. There is no reason to provide me with an alternative explanation for the reason my brain is different from everyone else's.
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What needs to be explained is what is a spirit?
And why is it influenced by the chemistry of a human brain?
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-Bluejay (a.k.a. Mantis, Thylacosmilus)
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Darwin loves you.
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Blue Jay
Member (Idle past 2727 days)
Posts: 2843
From: You couldn't pronounce it with your mouthparts
Joined: 02-04-2008

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Message 137 of 141 (543284)
01-16-2010 10:07 PM 		Reply to: Message 135 by Shane20
01-16-2010 9:47 PM

Hi, Shane.
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Shane20 writes:
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I know its distilled in you that reality is a number.
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Nice imagery. You need to work on your meter and rhyme, though.
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Shane20 writes:
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This phenomena happens and very much exists.
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What phenomenon?
Emotions? Inspiration? Passion?
Nobody is disputing that these phenomena exist.
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What Granny disputes is your explanation for the cause of these phenomena.
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What I am doing is asking you to explicitly explain what you think the cause of these phenomena is.
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I recognize that you call this cause "spirit," and that many millions of other people likewise call it "spirit"; but, other than a name and some vague references to emotions and passions, I have never been given a clear description, definition or explanation of it.
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Is it an invisible, undetectable type of substance?
Is it a file saved on a giant, cosmic computer?
Is it an unexplained sensory perception?
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You can't just keep hiding behind its ineffability. If you can't provide a meaningful explanation for what it is, then you don't really have a case against it being a side effect of brain chemistry, as Granny Magda argues.
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-Bluejay (a.k.a. Mantis, Thylacosmilus)
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Darwin loves you.
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