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In reply to the discussion: Happy Birthday, Carl Sagan! [View all]Starboard Tack
(11,181 posts)68. If encompasses everything that exists, then how can it be finite?
Is there a wall around it? Is infinity an illusion?
If, as you claim, it is finite, then it must have a beginning and an end. Is time also finite?
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Your posts were hidden by a jury of your peers because they were deemed as such.
trotsky
Nov 2012
#72
"Spirituality" can mean simply being in awe of natural processes, like sunsets or glaciers.
trotsky
Nov 2012
#31
I don't think I'm comfortable yet moving along. There is some confusion to clear up.
trotsky
Nov 2012
#38
Just to clarify, do you now wish to have your text from post #32 read like this:
trotsky
Nov 2012
#41
It's not about me being confused, it's about you repeating ridiculous straw men positions.
trotsky
Nov 2012
#66
The questions you are asking indicate you have not done much reading on the subject.
trotsky
Nov 2012
#69
Nah, I don't think so. You can go back to playing with Clean Hippie now. Enjoy!
Starboard Tack
Nov 2012
#81
So then, are you claiming that there is more than one way of knowing? Interesting.
humblebum
Nov 2012
#75
So then when an atheist makes the claim that something has indeed been created from nothing,
humblebum
Nov 2012
#40
Yes, the claim has definitely been made more than once here that something has come from nothing.
humblebum
Nov 2012
#46
Actually "really is" are not my words. Not much room for interpretation there.
humblebum
Nov 2012
#30
BTW. Where did I ever claim that you said "I cannot grasp it therefore it does not exist?"
humblebum
Nov 2012
#76