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Originally Posted by espiex
Objective reality. Though all experience is of course subjective, there is still a context in which your existence is set, and this context exists regardless of whether you believe in it or whether you exist at all.
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indeed. but. . .
let's say a person believes in numerology. working with the numbers he see many coincidences which he considers important. . . enough so that he now uses numbers to help him make decisions. he feels the decisions he makes this way have a better chance of turning out well for him, and that has actually turned out to be the case.
a friend who thinks numerology is bunk might think his methods are a little crazy, but would he be able to deny the effects his friend's belief in numerology has had on his life? while his friend's method is not objectively verifiable, the effects his method has produced in his life ARE objectively verifiable.
so in conclusion astrology, numerology, and other sorts of divination can be as real or fake as anyone wants to believe, but the way they can affect one's life is as real for the staunchest believer as it is for the most skeptical critic. the experience is a matter of belief, and both have a set of beliefs which begin in their mind.
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you can't explain the rules of tennis to a dog, but he runs after it and plays with it...like the dog playing with the ball, we don't have the necessary tools needed to interpret the afterlife..until we get there, then a whole new universe is given to us. Perhaps 200 billion light years away, there's the next phase of our existance..Remember you cannot destroy energy, which is all we are...
-matthew munari
rip matt
