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Duppers

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6. You are not saying there's an entity
Sun Aug 26, 2018, 05:17 PM
Aug 2018

outside of your (our) brain, right?

I carefully reread your post because it can be a bit confusing because of your use of the word god, especially your capitalization of that word.

Yes, I have. I've been "there," in that mental place. But in no way do I believed in god or a god of any kind but I can understand how some people can identify their very intense existential feelings with what they perceive as some kind of supernatural force. There is no supernatural anything. There is only nature, which includes the chemistry of our brains which can imbue us with all kinds of feelings.

Please don't confuse that feeling or use the word god to describe it.

Have I ever felt oneness with our creator? Croney Aug 2018 #1
You haven't felt oneness with the natural forces defacto7 Aug 2018 #5
You seem to be sort of a pantheist. Voltaire2 Aug 2018 #9
More of an ignostic. It's the semantics. defacto7 Aug 2018 #11
I'm a solotarian SCantiGOP Aug 2018 #14
Damn, I've been left behind. defacto7 Aug 2018 #15
Sounds like you had some endorphins kick in. bitterross Aug 2018 #2
I agree. I don't ascribe it to any higher being... defacto7 Aug 2018 #4
Sorry re my post below. Duppers Aug 2018 #7
Sorry for the confusion and I don't mind your comment. defacto7 Aug 2018 #13
I added an edit. Hopefully it makes the point more clear. defacto7 Aug 2018 #18
Higher power still reeks of determinism bitterross Aug 2018 #8
I agree with your point of view. defacto7 Aug 2018 #12
Yes. mia Aug 2018 #3
Thank you for the reply, mia defacto7 Aug 2018 #19
You are not saying there's an entity Duppers Aug 2018 #6
I agree with you completely defacto7 Aug 2018 #10
Might you be fluent in more languages than just English? Croney Aug 2018 #16
Colloquial, who knows. Just bad grammar. defacto7 Aug 2018 #17
I have felt a deep awe RussBLib Aug 2018 #20
I've never experienced mind altering drugs.. defacto7 Aug 2018 #21
If it's all about feeling the presence, you should join the Hawaiians and worship Pele... Towlie Aug 2018 #22
Why? and of course. defacto7 Aug 2018 #23
Yes, I read your essay. It's typical and easy to refute with commonly known quotes. Towlie Aug 2018 #24
If that's how you read it, I'm sorry. defacto7 Aug 2018 #25
I have Blind Faith edhopper Aug 2018 #26
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