Meh! Belifes you have don't kind yourself. When you say:
'i think our emotions are sorta tied to our imagination, and later to our spirit...' That is a belife, as is evidanced by he words I think. You did not say I know, so you can't claim it as knowledge. It really don't matter if you use a word incorrectly, a word means what a word means, and you certianly hold belifes even if you refuse to call them such. On 20 May, 15:40, e_space <[email protected]> wrote: > belief of all kinds is daft imo... well, maybe not daft since a lot of > people somehow find comfort in their beliefs... belief to me simply > means 'the lack of knowledge'...if one KNOWS something, isnt belief > redundant? ... faith and belief are 2 words that i never use to > describe my experiences > > On May 20, 10:08 am, "[email protected]" <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > Heh then I can only respond in one way. 'buck, buck, buck, buck' > > > In all seriousness though. I can claim that I think the moon is made > > of cheese, but without explaining how I come to such conclusion, then > > you can call me nuts. > > > A link between emotions and imagineation? Well maybe, I'll not rule > > it out. But the belife that our emotions are tied in with our spirit, > > in light of all the evidance that says our emotions are in our brain, > > well that's faith based belife. > > > Nowt wrong with that, but to my mind belife not tempered with > > rationality, well that's plain daft, innit? > > > On 20 May, 14:52, e_space <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > i think many emotions are biological human reactions, but once spirit > > > enters the equations things change a bit and get fuzzy from my > > > experience...i think its hard to separate the two...lets see....do > > > other animals have depression, anger, or bad hair days? i really dont > > > think they do except for maybe the highly intelligent ones that have > > > been grossly mistreated. its dont think a bull is angry when it > > > attacks a matador, but simply protecting itself. > > > > a friend of mine had his house robbed when his wife and young baby > > > were home. he also had two dobermans lying around the house who did > > > nothing. he bought an attack trained doberman and, before he had even > > > taken it home, brought it over to my house to show off this massive > > > pile of teeth. he asked me to pick up a piece of firewood and pretend > > > to attack him. i demurred but he assured me that it would be ok. he > > > had the dog on a lunge rope. i swung the log and he said 'watch'...the > > > dog was instant teeth and foam, its incisors inches from my neck. > > > right after he did that, the dog walked up to me with tail wagging and > > > we became friends...the thing wasnt mad at me at all, just doing his > > > job, but i was scared to even talk after that in case i inadvertantly > > > said the attack word! > > > > i think our emotions are sorta tied to our imagination, and later to > > > our spirit...so i dont know how to answer your question!...its sorta a > > > soupy topic, with lots of ingredients and sometimes hard to > > > distinguish one from another...so ill plead the 5th ;-^) > > > > On May 20, 8:12 am, "[email protected]" <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > Ahhhh now that is a seperate thing entirly. > > > > > No the clue as to what the spirt is, is in the word. Spirt is spirit, > > > > or not matter. Then some people don't beilvie in such a thing, so to > > > > take that line of argument with will not move the dialoge onwards. > > > > > Do you tend to argue that all emotion is a function of spirt then? > > > > > On 20 May, 12:28, e_space <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > > is the spirit biological? > > > > > > On May 20, 6:18 am, "[email protected]" <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > > > Heh but then you would be wrong. > > > > > > > Every thought and every emotion we have is purely biology, how can > > > > > > it > > > > > > not be? > > > > > > > I don't think that understanding this limits the concept of love. > > > > > > Rather like understanding how a combustion engine works in no way > > > > > > invalidates peoples feelings for their cars. > > > > > > > Do you really belive then that the more you know about any given > > > > > > subject the less 'vaule' is placed on it? That seems ludicrus to > > > > > > me. > > > > > > > On 19 May, 16:27, e_space <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > > > > here is one of the viewers comments to the link you gave me "if > > > > > > > love > > > > > > > is truly only biochemical cocktails of the brain then thats just > > > > > > > about > > > > > > > the saddest thing I have ever heard. Limiting love to biology is > > > > > > > like > > > > > > > limiting religion to anthropology. Wrong tool for the job, you are > > > > > > > truly only scratching the surface." ...i tend to agree ;-^) > > > > > > > > On May 19, 11:18 am, Ian Pollard <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > > > > > 2009/5/19 e_space <[email protected]> > > > > > > > > > > in my opinion, 'god' is not an entity that can be viewed or > > > > > > > > > proven. > > > > > > > > > tell me that you have experienced love, and then prove it to > > > > > > > > > me...see > > > > > > > > > where the problem lies? > > > > > > > > > Not really, an MRI ought to clear up any confusion: > > > > > > > > >http://www.ted.com/index.php/talks/helen_fisher_studies_the_brain_in_... > > > > > > > > > Ian- Hide quoted text - > > > > > > > > - Show quoted text -- Hide quoted text - > > > > > > > - Show quoted text -- Hide quoted text - > > > > > > - Show quoted text -- Hide quoted text - > > > > > - Show quoted text -- Hide quoted text - > > > > - Show quoted text -- Hide quoted text - > > > - Show quoted text -- Hide quoted text - > > - Show quoted text - --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups ""Minds Eye"" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/Minds-Eye?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
