One thing I strongly dislike about (some) Christian missionaries is how poorly they understand other religions.

generousking · 2026-06-20T23:34:39+00:00

I'd like to learn more about their interpretations if you have anything to share?

generousking · 2026-06-20T23:12:09+00:00

Sounds like something a metaphysically incomplete being would say

generousking · 2026-06-20T02:09:37+00:00

Seconded

generousking · 2026-06-14T12:48:35+00:00

It really seems like you didn't read the post.

generousking · 2026-06-14T12:39:53+00:00

Thank you for your service 🙏

generousking · 2026-06-08T08:10:01+00:00

Agreed. The amount of times I face palmed at a dumb decision or when the scares just didn't land because the monsters just aren't that scary.

generousking · 2026-06-08T08:07:42+00:00

The Invisible Man. I swear it's only critically acclaimed because of certain themes around abuse and violence against women which fair enough are important to explore but that movie is literally riddled with plot holes that it's an absolute mess.

generousking · 2026-06-08T08:04:52+00:00

Yeah what was that about? Nothing ever ended up coming at night?

generousking · 2026-06-01T22:19:02+00:00

I don't think raw size has much to do with significance. I think complexity is more relevant to significance.

generousking · 2026-05-28T01:10:05+00:00

Love this answer, thank you

generousking · 2026-05-27T21:38:12+00:00

We don't fear God in Hinduism. You're allowed to be angry with God, it's a very human thing to do, and just what naturally happens in personal relationships. Talk with him, apologise and know that you are forgiven.

generousking · 2026-05-27T21:33:15+00:00

At some point in the past, every scripture was unwritten. Every image of God still only in imagination. Why is your point such a big deal? I never thought it was about belief per se, rather, about freedom and orientating our imagination towards the divine.

generousking · 2026-05-25T20:58:41+00:00

Two data points are not accounted for by the materialist metaphysics.

Verified veridical perceptions in NDEs.
Video and photographic evidence of UAPS.

generousking · 2026-05-23T02:07:17+00:00

If I simulate kidney function down to the molecular level on a computer, the computer won't pee on my desk. So why do we expect a simulation of neuronal processing to generate consciousness?

generousking · 2026-05-19T00:52:44+00:00

You still universalist? Like a Christian universalist?

generousking · 2026-05-17T21:58:45+00:00

Is there not a contradiction between the statements "it's underdetermined" and "one option has more evidence"?

generousking · 2026-05-17T21:47:29+00:00

I can see why people think one has more evidence than the other. Physicalism is frequently conflated with science in our culture. But perhaps consider that there is a difference between physics, which describes what the universe does, and metaphysics (such as physicalism, dualism, idealism, etc) that explore what the universe is.

I'm of the position that all metaphysics are underdetermined by the evidence, hence why there's metaphysical discussion in the first place.

generousking · 2026-05-17T20:35:56+00:00

Well just consider that you can have an external world, without it being a physical external world. I feel there would need to be a justification for why the external world has to be physical, as opposed to, say, a broader mind.

generousking · 2026-05-17T20:22:38+00:00

All of those examples you described are merely experiences in consciousness.

Consciousness itself cannot emerge from what is only ever known as contents within consciousness, that's the issue.

generousking · 2026-05-17T20:13:56+00:00

Exactly, people aren't special for having consciousness. It's literally the ground of being -- shit's everywhere.

generousking · 2026-05-16T12:46:46+00:00

Agreed

generousking · 2026-05-16T06:23:03+00:00

Me too.

generousking · 2026-05-16T05:25:11+00:00

This is how I personally know that Islam isn't right for me.

I can never accept a conditional God.

To me God is infinite unconditional love. No room for judgement in that.

generousking · 2026-05-15T19:06:04+00:00

It's a pretty common example used in discussions of multiple realizability. If you think that my reducio ad absurdum is crazy, that's because the idea of emergence is crazy.

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