Religion Thread: Three Questions... - Democratic Underground

Boojatta

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Sat May-24-08 06:50 PM
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Religion Thread: Three Questions...

1. What is space?
2. What is substance?
3. What is an idea?

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Speck Tater

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Sat May-24-08 06:51 PM
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1. Space is what keeps everything from being in the same place. NT

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Boojatta

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Sat May-24-08 06:53 PM
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2. Not bad, considering that I didn't specify what basis is available.

Edited on Sat May-24-08 06:56 PM by Boojatta

Edited to add: :-)

:thumbsup: :hi: :popcorn:

:-)

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Speck Tater

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Sat May-24-08 08:48 PM
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14. And TIME is what keeps everything from happening at once. NT

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stellanoir

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Sat May-24-08 06:54 PM
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3. hmmm

1. the ultimate frontier

2. something that manifests

3. a thought form that can potentially influence collective consciousness

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Boojatta

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Sat May-24-08 06:58 PM
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5. We'll get back to 1 and 2 later, but right now...

what is a "thought form"?

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stellanoir

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Sat May-24-08 07:00 PM
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7. intense cerebral focus

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stellanoir

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Sat May-24-08 07:00 PM
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8. unintended and inexplicable duplicate self deleted post

Edited on Sat May-24-08 07:01 PM by stellanoir

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nichomachus

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Sat May-24-08 06:56 PM
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4. #3 -- A furniture store. Oh, wait. I thought you said Ikea.

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TechBear_Seattle

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Sat May-24-08 06:58 PM
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6. Three answers

1. That which fills the void.

2. The non-physical, subjective qualities of a thing, as distinct from form.

3. A thing with no form having its source from a sentient mind.

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Boojatta

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Sat May-24-08 07:02 PM
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9. Regarding your answer to 1: what is the void and what does it mean to fill?

Note: the same three questions are available in a Science forum thread that also includes a fourth question.

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TechBear_Seattle

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Sat May-24-08 07:10 PM
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10. The void is that which contains space and all other things

It must be filled because Nature abhores a vacuum. And yes, I realize that is circular reasoning; what would a religious answer be without circular reasoning? :hi:

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frogmarch

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Sat May-24-08 07:25 PM
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11. No scientist here, but

here are my guesses:

Space is (I think) 3-dimensional, and is the region (can't think of a better word for it) where matter exists.

By substance, do you mean matter? Matter is anything with mass and volume, whether it be liquid, solid or gas.

An idea is a concept formed in the brain.

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Boojatta

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Sat May-24-08 07:27 PM
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12. Regarding your answer to number two:

Edited on Sat May-24-08 07:29 PM by Boojatta

Are you sure that's impossible for some kind of basic unit of matter to have zero volume? For example, imagine a structure consisting of units kept some distance apart by some force and also held near each other by another force.

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frogmarch

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Sat May-24-08 07:35 PM
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13. In 2-dimensional space

Edited on Sat May-24-08 07:40 PM by frogmarch

I think it would be possible for a unit of matter to have zero volume, but my guess would be no, not possible, for anything in 3-dimensional space.

(As I said, I'm not a scientist. I'm not even a very smart non-scientist.)

EDIT: The concept just formed in my brain that not only would it be possible for a unit of matter in 2-dimensional space to have zero volume, it would have zero volume.

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Silent3

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Sat May-24-08 09:13 PM
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15. Hmmm...

1. What you're wasting.
2. What you're lacking.
3. What you could use.

:evilgrin:

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Boojatta

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Sat May-24-08 09:47 PM
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16. Touché!

:evilgrin: :evilfrown: :evilgrin:

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Random_Australian

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Sat May-24-08 09:53 PM
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17. Space: Colloquially, it is a system of dimensions.

In physics, a representation of dimensionality.
In mathematics, you can get a lot more abstract.

Substance: Matter.

Idea: Something in your brain.

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Boojatta

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Sat May-24-08 09:55 PM
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18. Is a cerebral aneurysm an example of an idea?

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Random_Australian

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Sat May-24-08 10:31 PM
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19. Sure is! Because of the giant quantities of time I spent answering it, I narrowed down the meaning

a lot.

Ok, a thought is something in your brain. Red is a colour. An aneurysm is something in your brain. Blue is a colour.

To be more precise, given a system like the brain, algorithms exist. These show certain behaviour a lot of the time. Let's call that normal operation. An idea is from what we call the normal operation.

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bananas

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Sun May-25-08 02:49 AM
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20. The concept of a cerebral aneurysm an example of an idea

Ideas exist in the mind, not the brain.
Ideas can also exist on paper.

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Occam Bandage

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Sun May-25-08 10:23 AM
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21. Let's see here...

Edited on Sun May-25-08 10:26 AM by Occam Bandage

1. That which requires the following to be bound: a line or vector, from which extends a non-collinear line or vector forming a plane, from which extends non-coplanar line, vector, or plane, and allowing for planes and lines running parallel to existing planes and lines to be added.

2. A poor example of nonexistence.

3. A particular neural pattern, which is not the direct and immediate result of external stimulus, which is capable of being re-induced without external stimulus, and for which an analagous pattern may be induced in a different brain through an experience or an act of communication.

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ZombieHorde

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Sun May-25-08 02:25 PM
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22. OK, let's see...

1. Nothing

2. Everything

3. Anything that excludes space and substance.

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