Shyfroggy
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Ok I have a question...... are you ready???? here it comes...... hold on, got to make sure I word it right...... What is reality? I have my reasons for asking this - I'll share them after I see some posts!!!!Reality?
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Ok I have a question...... are you ready???? here it comes...... hold on, got to make sure I word it right...... What is reality? I have my reasons for asking this - I'll share them after I see some posts!!!!Dark Virtue
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How about..."a real event, entity, or state of affairs; the totality of real things and events"
ChickenSoup
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I'm not sure about reality, but, psuedoreality (I dunno. unreality? ) would be, like, my love life
) would be, like, my love life
Arkanjel
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A short simple answer for you.
God's Word
God's Word
Goose62
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Impossible to answer with our finite human minds.
Dark Virtue
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Goose62 said:
I don't think you give us enough credit, and by doing so, you put yourself on dangerous ground, akin to the Dark Ages.
The attitude you are presenting is one of, "I can't answer it, so I won't even bother to think of it".
Look around you, there are things you take for granted every day that science has given you, your car, your cell phone, your computer, that at one time were inconceivable. If scientists had shared your outlook, we would still be in caves.
So don't take the easy out and say it's impossible to answer, because while it may be, it's not impossible to ponder.
Shyfroggy
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Are there multiple realities?
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[toj.cc]phantom
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Shyfroggy said:
Do you mean like one were Hitler lost WWII and one were Hitler one WWII?
Shyfroggy
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is there a universal reality?
what may seem like reality to me may be totally different than what might seem like reality to somebody living in say egypt.
what may seem like reality to me may be totally different than what might seem like reality to somebody living in say egypt.
Dark Virtue
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Or are you talking about something like Sliders, where there are infinite worlds with infinite "realities"?
I think we have enough problems dealing with THIS reality, let alone dealing with an infinite number.
I think we have enough problems dealing with THIS reality, let alone dealing with an infinite number.
Dark Virtue
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Shyfroggy said:
It's hard to answer your specific question since you have yet to define what your definition of reality is.
Going off of my definition, "the totality of real things and events", then yes, there is a universal reality, since it is the TOTALITY of all real things.
Now some may PERCEIVE that reality differently, but that doesn't change the singular constant.
DarthDapor
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Hmmm...
...Well all I know about "reality" is its part of an Elvis song!
...Well all I know about "reality" is its part of an Elvis song!
Goose62
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Why are you so quick to assume that I didn't think of the answer and categorize me and my thoughts into the Dark Ages? And you contradict yourself saying that if scientists shared my outlook, we'd still be in caves, while saying my answer may be correct in your next paragraph.Dark Virtue said:
Just because someone didn't get to the answer you were thinking of, or went about it a different way, doesn't make them wrong and you right.
Scientists/technology has nothing to do with reality, so your comparison is not valid at all. Stop finger pointing at my answer and stick with the OT.
the_great_eskimo_pie
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Be careful everyone. We are here to debate the topics. Not the people.
DarthDapor
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...Oh edge of reality, she sits, there tormenting me...
Berean Todd
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I would say that reality is the sum total of all things that are true about our universe. And truth then could be defined like this:
"Truth is that which corresponds to reality, identifies things as they really are, must be able to be expressed in propositions, and is sourced in the God of the Bible, who is the author of all truth."
"Truth is that which corresponds to reality, identifies things as they really are, must be able to be expressed in propositions, and is sourced in the God of the Bible, who is the author of all truth."
Dark Virtue
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Goose62 said:
Sorry, I didn't make an assumption, I made an inference based of previous posts.
[/quote] And you contradict yourself saying that if scientists shared my outlook, we'd still be in caves, while saying my answer may be correct in your next paragraph.[/quote]
You're taking my reference out of context. I was referring to a time when it was essentially against the law to question the status quo.
My response was meant to be cautionary. Notice that I said you don't give US, you and I, mankind, enough credit. Yes, we have finite minds, but that doesn't mean we can't ponder infinite questions, which is what your post was inferring. If you meant something different, please clarify.
Science has EVERYTHING to do with reality, whether it be a physical science or a philosophical one. Therefore my comparison is spot on.
Would you mind explaining why you feel this is not so?
How, exactly, do you propose to study reality without science? Or do you still believe it's not humanly possible to do so?
Dark Virtue
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Berean Todd said:
You had me up until the last part.
How is reality, or truth for that matter, sourced in a being that sits apart from reality and is unable to be tested or verified?
DarthDapor
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Wait your saying reality is more than just a song?
Berean Todd
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Dark Virtue said:
Well that dashes my impressions of you then. Most modern thinkers (being actually post-modern in philosophy) have a huge problem with the entire thing. Now modernists, yes, would agree with everything up until the last clause.
By the fact that all of this reality was begun by said being, and maintains its existence by the power of that being.