• ghost_of_faso2
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    2 months ago

    Hes part of the dialetic that pushed me towards agnotism rather than athisiesm, he runs into the ‘and who made you the supreme authority’ wall for me.

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      2 months ago

      I just don’t see why rejecting dualism pushes these people to leap to new forms of irrationalism dealing in the material world rather than really accepting their limits. I think it’s more about the temptation of being a public figure, it’s mostly their ego.

      I am pretty sure we can account for all of the mechanics of consciousness and reincarnation once we develop our understanding of physics for another few thousand years.

      Here’s what I know, the world didn’t end when anyone else died before me. Here we are. I feel like insecurity about that leads a lot of people to talk about these things more than we need to.

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        Here’s what I know, the world didn’t end when anyone else died before me. Here we are. I feel like insecurity about that leads a lot of people to talk about these things more than we need to.

        Its better to remain silent in the face of not knowing something than to speak with authority on something you cant know and be known as a fool.