existence

[sandisk]

objects, the sun, the moon, etc, exist

they have existence, they don't "exist"

do you guys agree?

[Poodle]

Water doesn't exist, There is only wetness.

??

You show me a handful of existence and I'll show you a universe of wetness.

It's navel-gazing garbage. Or else we've wasted a shitload of money building the LHC.

[sandisk]

In direct evidence do you find a border between you and the world ?

Is there a gap between your knowing and experience from the phenomena which is known by you? I don't know

I don't know maybe I'm into mumbo jumbo after reading some stuff

[sandisk]

I may believe in Allah

[scrmbldggs]

You are not aware , awareness contain you. You don't lose awareness at night when you sleep, because you don't have a body, a body contains you .

Are you saying the Awareness (Oneness) that holds a body in awareness also is trapped in a body for as long as it does so?

[Gord]

people, objects, the sun, the moon, etc, don't have existence

Is Existence itself which has people, objects, the sun, the moon, etc.

do you guys agree?

Nope. Apparently I define "existence" entirely differently and have very little understanding of not only your definition, but the purpose of it and the need you felt to create it.

Here is a picture of two large trees:



One exists and one doesn't.

[Poodle]

Yes, but which one is which?

[Aztexan]

The one you don't see can be anything within and outside of all known existence. It can be as small or as large as you can imagine. It can be any color, size, age. It can be in full bloom or bare. It can be teeming with life or abandoned, lifeless. It can stand alone or among a forest. And dig those two hot lesbians going at it under that one tree you can see.

[TJrandom]

... And dig those two hot lesbians going at it under that one tree you can see.

Let me guess - they are mowing the lawn?

[Skepticon of Pyrrhonia]

I think anything you can observe directly or indirectly can be said to exist. Atoms, gravity, people, trees,etc. 'Existence' and 'Being' are made up philosophical concepts though

[Gawdzilla Sama]

... And dig those two hot lesbians going at it under that one tree you can see.

Let me guess - they are mowing the lawn?

Is that what you kids are calling it these days?

[Gord]

Yes, but which one is which?

Oh my yes, it certainly is, isn't it?

[scrmbldggs]

Hi, Skepticon. Welcome to Pyrrhonia.

[Poodle]

I think anything you can observe directly or indirectly can be said to exist. Atoms, gravity, people, trees,etc. 'Existence' and 'Being' are made up philosophical concepts though

Oh, what a breath of fresh air. Welcome to the madhouse, Skepticon.

[Azania]

I think anything you can observe directly or indirectly can be said to exist. Atoms, gravity, people, trees,etc. 'Existence' and 'Being' are made up philosophical concepts though

The fact that you have just said "existence and being are made up philosophical concepts" proves beyond all doubt that being is. You cannot conceive of being you can only be it. First there is being then the conception of it which is existence. Out of existence you conceive of yourself as being somethings in particular hence you exist as a mental formation. Being is not even in the picture, so what can be said about it? Being acts as a medium out of which the consciousness sprouts. In the consciousness all forms are manifested and the particular is born. To know first you must be otherwise what could be said?

[Matthew Ellard]

I think anything you can observe directly or indirectly can be said to exist. Atoms, gravity, people, trees,etc. 'Existence' and 'Being' are made up philosophical concepts though

That all makes clear sense. Thank you.

The fact that you have just said "existence and being are made up philosophical concepts" proves beyond all doubt that being is.

Can you flesh that out into some sort of meaningful English? Skepticon of Pyrrhonia has already offered a simple testable indicator of whether something exists or not. You are now trying to reintroduce the ambiguous word "being" when there is no further need to do so.

You cannot conceive of being you can only be it.

That doesn't mean anything and again fails as it is subjective to the person "conceiving". Skepticon of Pyrrhonia has already introduced a simpler and more meaningful indicator that is not subjective, but rather universal.

Being is not even in the picture, so what can be said about it?

Nothing. We don't need the word at all. Why introduce an ambiguously meaning word to an already simply and satisfactory test as to whether something exists?

[OlegTheBatty]

Being is not even in the picture, so what can be said about it?

Quite a lot, apparently.

[Skepticon of Pyrrhonia]

I think anything you can observe directly or indirectly can be said to exist. Atoms, gravity, people, trees,etc. 'Existence' and 'Being' are made up philosophical concepts though

The fact that you have just said "existence and being are made up philosophical concepts" proves beyond all doubt that being is. You cannot conceive of being you can only be it. First there is being then the conception of it which is existence. Out of existence you conceive of yourself as being somethings in particular hence you exist as a mental formation. Being is not even in the picture, so what can be said about it? Being acts as a medium out of which the consciousness sprouts. In the consciousness all forms are manifested and the particular is born. To know first you must be otherwise what could be said?

I'm referring to "Being" and "Existence" being used to justified pseudophilosophy, as if they are things in themselves. This is different than using non-loaded words like: I am alive, I am thinking, I exist, etc. That would be like instead of just stating that I am alive, I say, I am a Living Being.

[Angel]

It's getting so I'd rather not exist.
Oh wait~ I've felt like that
like forever eh
Doh!

Society gives u no Freewill to even
exist without money. Born without money?
No body will hire u?
Got no place to live?
That's ur problem.

Before I was born I had great expectations.
Now~ I have many disappointments.

People in general ~ are unkind.

[GB_Cobber]

To the proverbial electron in a superconductor that experiences absolutely no resistance to its expression and is thus omnipresent, thus omniscient, thus omnipotent, there no need, no asking, choosing or waiting, nor is there anything that is not, everything just is, thus there is no need to qualify what Is. In such a state only thing the electron would ever have to do in order to have anything it wants at any time is to insist. Kinda like Samantha in Bewitched, though she also had to twitch her nose and sometimes chant some syntax. Ever wonder why Dr. Bombay never misses a housecall?

[scrmbldggs]

Kinda like the "If you're everywhere, you're nowhere"? But without any need, from what would the "insisting" arise?

Welcome to SSF, GB_Cobber.

[GB_Cobber]

Kinda like the "If you're everywhere, you're nowhere"? But without any need, from what would the "insisting" arise?

Welcome to SSF, GB_Cobber.

Thanks scrmbldggs.

Well, you could desire to just be somewhere instead of everywhere and nowhere. A little focus and relative stability can be comforting at times, so long as you don't make a habit of it for too long and lose sight of the bigger picture.

[scrmbldggs]

Kinda like the "If you're everywhere, you're nowhere"? But without any need, from what would the "insisting" arise?

Welcome to SSF, GB_Cobber.

Thanks scrmbldggs.

Well, you could desire to just be somewhere instead of everywhere and nowhere. A little focus and relative stability can be comforting at times, so long as you don't make a habit of it for too long and lose sight of the bigger picture.

yw ... If I may ask, are you simply contemplating and discussing these/such issues, or are you advocating them?

[Poodle]

I feel a chorus if Hi Ho Silver Lining coming on ...

[GB_Cobber]

yw ... If I may ask, are you simply contemplating and discussing these/such issues, or are you advocating them?

You may ask so long as I may suggest you refrain from judging a law by the rules that are its measures.

[Angel]

To the proverbial electron in a superconductor that experiences absolutely no resistance to its expression and is thus omnipresent, thus omniscient, thus omnipotent, there no need, no asking, choosing or waiting, nor is there anything that is not, everything just is, thus there is no need to qualify what Is. In such a state only thing the electron would ever have to do in order to have anything it wants at any time is to insist. Kinda like Samantha in Bewitched, though she also had to twitch her nose and sometimes chant some syntax. Ever wonder why Dr. Bombay never misses a housecall?

Yaaa I'm far too kind and not pushy enough.
You really have to push hard the will to break the seal / ceiling ~ go to extremes to make
it happen. Not worth my time or energy.
Oh that's because I live in a place with too
much water in the air and it's like moving
wet cement.

[Poodle]

yw ... If I may ask, are you simply contemplating and discussing these/such issues, or are you advocating them?

You may ask so long as I may suggest you refrain from judging a law by the rules that are its measures.

I trust you realise, GB_Cobber, that what you have written above is nonsensical garbage? "I ask you not to judge a colour by the frequency of light defining it".

[bobbo_the_Pragmatist]

I think anything you can observe directly or indirectly can be said to exist. Atoms, gravity, people, trees,etc. 'Existence' and 'Being' are made up philosophical concepts though

Oh, what a breath of fresh air. Welcome to the madhouse, Skepticon.

Its purely definitional, but exactly "what" can be said to exist if it can only be observed indirectly? Seems to me you don't know what "it" IS.... until you can observe it or measure it DIRECTLY. Indirectly is like my Pay Pal account..... "it" might be something else?

You know?

[Nobrot]

To the proverbial electron in a superconductor that experiences absolutely no resistance to its expression and is thus omnipresent, thus omniscient, thus omnipotent, there no need, no asking, choosing or waiting, nor is there anything that is not, everything just is, thus there is no need to qualify what Is. In such a state only thing the electron would ever have to do in order to have anything it wants at any time is to insist. Kinda like Samantha in Bewitched, though she also had to twitch her nose and sometimes chant some syntax. Ever wonder why Dr. Bombay never misses a housecall?

This new learning amazes me. Could you recommend a website or some sort of blog?

Edit to add: I've herd it said Elizabeth Montgomery doesn’t float in gravy. What are your thoughts on this?

[Poodle]

I think anything you can observe directly or indirectly can be said to exist. Atoms, gravity, people, trees,etc. 'Existence' and 'Being' are made up philosophical concepts though

Oh, what a breath of fresh air. Welcome to the madhouse, Skepticon.

Its purely definitional, but exactly "what" can be said to exist if it can only be observed indirectly? Seems to me you don't know what "it" IS.... until you can observe it or measure it DIRECTLY. Indirectly is like my Pay Pal account..... "it" might be something else?

You know?

We have, a number of times, noticed 'wobbles' in the orbital paths of planets. We deduce from this that the wobbling planet is being orbited by something with a significant mass. A moon springs to mind (or even a planet in the case of a wobbling star).

True - it could be something else, like a huge intergalactic ship or the mother of all dragons, but we tend to go for 'moon'.

Happy New Year, bobbo

[Angel]

objects, the sun, the moon, etc, exist

they have existence, they don't "exist"

do you guys agree?

If you remove all water ~ do they
still exist? Does anything exist?

[Gord]

Edit to add: I've herd it said Elizabeth Montgomery doesn’t float in gravy. What are your thoughts on this?

She does when I serve her. Roasted, with little potatoes too.

[Gord]

Does anything exist?

Yes.

[Angel]

Does anything exist?

Yes.

Prove it. xp

[Angel]

I think anything you can observe directly or indirectly can be said to exist. Atoms, gravity, people, trees,etc. 'Existence' and 'Being' are made up philosophical concepts though

Oh, what a breath of fresh air. Welcome to the madhouse, Skepticon.

Its purely definitional, but exactly "what" can be said to exist if it can only be observed indirectly? Seems to me you don't know what "it" IS.... until you can observe it or measure it DIRECTLY. Indirectly is like my Pay Pal account..... "it" might be something else?

You know?

Mass hallucinating has taken over the
skeptic society ~ *light flashes your eyes*
You are now awake.........

[Gord]

Does anything exist?

Yes.

Prove it. xp

Done. How many xp do I get?

[Angel]

Does anything exist?

Yes.

Prove it. xp

Done. How many xp do I get?

In your dreams? I don't know.
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