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Myths in the Making

Iacchus

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Believe what you will, until you die that is, for then you can believe no more ... Or, can you? So, what's the point in looking for God, or invisible pink fairies or, any other of these other "mythological beings?" We need look no further than ourselves. We are all myths in the making! :D
 
Iacchus said:
Believe what you will, until you die that is, for then you can believe no more ... Or, can you? So, what's the point in looking for God, or invisible pink fairies or, any other of these other "mythological beings?" We need look no further than ourselves. We are all myths in the making! :D
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I prefer my myths to have coherent plots, thanks.
 
Iacchus said:
Yes, and where does the coherence go when you die? :con2:
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I'd be more worried about where your coherence has gone now... or are you telling us you are currently dead?
 
P.S.A. said:
I'd be more worried about where your coherence has gone now... or are you telling us you are currently dead?
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The only thing that tells you anything is real is your imagination you jerk!
 
Iacchus said:
The only thing that tells you anything is real is your imagination you jerk!
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Am I imagining you right now? No? I expect you'd claim you genuinely exists. And I certainly have better things to do with my imagination than waste it on conjuring up an Iacchus. So I say no too, there's a real life Iacchus out there. Does this mean therefore that nothing is telling us God is real, because Iacchus is not imaginary, therefore God isn't real?

Really Iacchus, you do stick your foot in your mouth with these half assed metaphors. You jerk.
 
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Am I imagining you right now? No? I expect you'd claim you genuinely exists. And I certainly have better things to do with my imagination than waste it on conjuring up an Iacchus. So I say no too, there's a real life Iacchus out there. Does this mean therefore that nothing is telling us God is real, because Iacchus is not imaginary, therefore God isn't real?
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No, I am saying we are no more real than these "imaginary creatures" ... invisible pink fairies, Santa Claus, God, the Easter Bunny ... because when we die, it will be as if we were never here.

Really Iacchus, you do stick your foot in your mouth with these half assed metaphors. You jerk.
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Surely the only one you can speak for is yourself you jerk, because none of it's real. ;)
 
Could you explain why it is you felt this was important enough to start yet another thread about, Iacchus? Was this another instance of saying something you liked the sound of, and repeating it? It really doesn't matter if it means anything, so long as you like the way it sounds, eh?
 
Iacchus said:
As I said in the other thread, I would be inclined to agree with you, however ... my "imagination" tells me this is not all there is.
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my "imagination" at differing times in my life "tells" me many things, it is always changing, not the same as a child not the same near death, that is why"imagination" also is not self.
 
Iacchus said:
The only thing that tells you anything is real is your imagination you jerk!
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Really? Can you prove that? At 3 was your imagination telling you what was real?

The name calling is childish by the way.
 
Iacchus said:
No, I am saying we are no more real than these "imaginary creatures" ... invisible pink fairies, Santa Claus, God, the Easter Bunny ... because when we die, it will be as if we were never here.
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"As if" we were never here is not the same as "we were never here."

Try this, just once, Iacchus: Instead of searching for interpretations of things that confirm your beliefs (say, by stretching an "as if" into a reality), try your best to disprove your belief. Think of all the possible ways of looking at the situation which would tend to suggest that we are, in fact, real. When you find out that there are arguments that do not support your beliefs, you might then want to reconsider those beliefs.

And even better, do that before you post; you won't say so many immediately dismissable things.
 
Mercutio said:
Could you explain why it is you felt this was important enough to start yet another thread about, Iacchus? Was this another instance of saying something you liked the sound of, and repeating it? It really doesn't matter if it means anything, so long as you like the way it sounds, eh?
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You bet. Why shouldn't I post it if I didn't think it sounded meaningful?
 
Iacchus said:
You bet. Why shouldn't I post it if I didn't think it sounded meaningful?
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Um...you already had posted it. This does not explain why you chose to do it again, in a brand new thread, rather than simply following the thread you had posted it in initially.
 
Marquis de Carabas said:
Hell, beats me. Where do you imagine it to be?
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Someplace where the sun don't shine? :D Actually, the only Hoboken I'm aware of -- imaginary or otherwise -- is in New Jersey. I stand to be corrected, however. ;)
 
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