What are atheists for?

2017-04-09 Thread John Clark
Bruno Marchal wrote: > > Not even Smullyan's "The Tao is Silent"?. Religion requires dogma about the nature of reality, and Smullyan didn't have any of that and neither does Taoism and neither do I. Instead Taoism and Smullyan taught that that certain mental exercises can

Re: TEST

2017-04-09 Thread spudboy100 via Everything List
Looked Ok to me, DN. -Original Message- From: David Nyman To: everything-list Sent: Sun, Apr 9, 2017 8:43 pm Subject: TEST Possible problems with posting. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the

TEST

2017-04-09 Thread David Nyman
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** Updated Post - Banging on some more about Comp - please discard previous topic **

2017-04-09 Thread David Nyman
I'd like to expand on some points abstracted from the most recent discussions with Brent and Bruno, as they keep on recurring and I'd like to be as clear as I can be about where I stand on them. I'm grateful to both of these guys in particular for prodding me to exercise my poor brain to its

Re: What are atheists for?

2017-04-09 Thread Bruno Marchal
On 08 Apr 2017, at 21:33, 'cdemorse...@yahoo.com' via Everything List wrote: On Sat, Apr 8, 2017 at 9:13 AM, John Clark wrote: On Thu, Apr 6, 2017 at 2:08 PM, Bruno Marchal wrote: ​​>> ​When 99% of the human species observe the ASCII ​

Re: What are atheists for?

2017-04-09 Thread Bruno Marchal
On 08 Apr 2017, at 18:13, John Clark wrote: On Thu, Apr 6, 2017 at 2:08 PM, Bruno Marchal wrote: ​​>> ​When 99% of the human species observe the ASCII ​ sequence G-O-D they have a clear mental picture of what that sequence represents, ​> ​False! the muslims are

Re: Question for Bruno about Lucas/Penrose

2017-04-09 Thread Bruno Marchal
On 08 Apr 2017, at 05:10, David Nyman wrote: On 8 Apr 2017 2:11 a.m., "Brent Meeker" wrote: On 4/7/2017 5:12 PM, David Nyman wrote: On 7 Apr 2017 11:53 p.m., "Brent Meeker" wrote: On 4/7/2017 3:22 PM, Bruno Marchal wrote: As I remarked

Re: Question for Bruno about Lucas/Penrose

2017-04-09 Thread Bruno Marchal
On 08 Apr 2017, at 02:12, David Nyman wrote: On 7 Apr 2017 11:53 p.m., "Brent Meeker" wrote: On 4/7/2017 3:22 PM, Bruno Marchal wrote: As I remarked before, it is as if consciousness were concealed from the outside by a two-part public/private encryption scheme.

Re: What are atheists for?

2017-04-09 Thread Bruno Marchal
On 07 Apr 2017, at 22:57, John Clark wrote: On Thu, Apr 6, 2017 at 2:08 PM, Bruno Marchal wrote: ​> ​You tell me you don't read book on theology, ​For over a decade I was required to read books on theology, I've probably read more than you, Good news! Which one? It

Banging on some more about Comp

2017-04-09 Thread David Nyman
I'd like to expand on some points abstracted from the most recent discussions with Brent and Bruno, as they keep on recurring and I'd like to be as clear as I can be about where I stand on them. I'm grateful to both of these guys in particular for prodding me to exercise my poor brain to its