Re: Evidence for the simulation argument

2007-02-26 Thread Stathis Papaioannou
On 2/26/07, Bruno Marchal [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Le 26-févr.-07, à 11:57, Stathis Papaioannou a écrit : On 2/26/07, John M [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: From: Brent Meeker To: everything-list@googlegroups.com Sent: Saturday, February 24, 2007 5:35 PM Subject: Re: Evidence for the

Re: Believing in Divine Destiny is one of the pillars of faith, and, in accordance with this belief, everything in the universe is determined by God, the All-Mighty. While there are countless absolute

2007-02-26 Thread Klortho
The other thing I do is check to what extent a person's speech and writings support and affirm the four fundamental ingredients of civilisation: Compassion, democracy, ethics and scientific method. No civilisation can survive without all four of these. Talk about assertions without any

Re: Evidence for the simulation argument

2007-02-26 Thread Bruno Marchal
Le 26-févr.-07, à 12:58, Stathis Papaioannou a écrit : On 2/26/07, Bruno Marchal [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Le 26-févr.-07, à 11:57, Stathis Papaioannou a écrit : On 2/26/07, John M [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: From: Brent Meeker To: everything-list@googlegroups.com Sent: Saturday,

Re: Evidence for the simulation argument

2007-02-26 Thread scerir
BM: (1) The universe is more complex than current physics makes it out and may not be computable, and in comparison, (2) Our ability to comprehend things is quite limited. But these two together imply that is quite possible that we live in a simulation. In a n-dimensional Hilbert space,

Re: Believing in Divine Destiny is one of the pillars of faith, and, in accordance with this belief, everything in the universe is determined by God, the All-Mighty. While there are countless absolute

2007-02-26 Thread Brent Meeker
Klortho wrote: The other thing I do is check to what extent a person's speech and writings support and affirm the four fundamental ingredients of civilisation: Compassion, democracy, ethics and scientific method. No civilisation can survive without all four of these. Talk about

Re: Believing in Divine Destiny is one of the pillars of faith, and, in accordance with this belief, everything in the universe is determined by God, the All-Mighty. While there are countless absolute

2007-02-26 Thread [EMAIL PROTECTED]
On Feb 25, 2:06 am, Brent Meeker [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Believing in Divine Destiny is one of the pillars of faith, and, in accordance with this belief, everything in the universe is determined by God, the All-Mighty. While there are countless absolute

Re: Believing in Divine Destiny is one of the pillars of faith, and, in accordance with this belief, everything in the universe is determined by God, the All-Mighty. While there are countless absolute

2007-02-26 Thread [EMAIL PROTECTED]
How can we argue for God's existence and unity in a way everyone can understand? In the name of God, the Merciful, the Compassionate. So God sets forth parables for men in order that they may bear (them) in mind and take lessons (through them). (14:25) Such parables do we set forth for men so

Re: Believing in Divine Destiny is one of the pillars of faith, and, in accordance with this belief, everything in the universe is determined by God, the All-Mighty. While there are countless absolute

2007-02-26 Thread Brent Meeker
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Jesus said: I and the Father are one (Jn.10:30), therefore, is not Jesus the same, or, co-equal in status with his Father? Answer No.1 In Greek, `heis' means `one' numerically (masc.) `hen' means `one' in unity or essence (neut.) Here the word used by John is `hen'

Re: The Meaning of Life

2007-02-26 Thread Brent Meeker
Tom Caylor wrote: On Feb 24, 6:10 pm, Stathis Papaioannou [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On 2/24/07, Tom Caylor [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: The universe is not under any obligation to reveal itself to us. All we can do is stumble around blindly gathering what data we can and make a best guess as to

Re: Evidence for the simulation argument

2007-02-26 Thread Stathis Papaioannou
On 2/27/07, John M [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Bruno - thanks. Stathis did not address my why simulation at all main question, you did by an IF followed by then and another 'if' (already assumed) and it goes on and on. At the end we are in a virtual reality what could bring Hollywood a

Re: The Meaning of Life

2007-02-26 Thread Stathis Papaioannou
On 2/27/07, Tom Caylor [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Feb 24, 6:10 pm, Stathis Papaioannou [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On 2/24/07, Tom Caylor [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: The universe is not under any obligation to reveal itself to us. All we can do is stumble around blindly gathering

Re: Believing in Divine Destiny is one of the pillars of faith, and, in accordance with this belief, everything in the universe is determined by God, the All-Mighty. While there are countless absolute

2007-02-26 Thread Stathis Papaioannou
But how do you know that the Qu'ran is actually the word of God? People claim all sorts of things, and while it's often easy to prove that they *claimed* these things (although as you rightly point out, with many religions, such as Christianity, even this is not a given), the point is to prove