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It appears that "Weak Agnosticism" can lean toward being atheist or theist. Q: Is it fair then, to understand that "Strong Agnosticism" is neither theistic nor atheistic, as it leans neither way - rather it stands strongly as its own position unique to those other positions?

More from the other message board. Maybe. What do you think the answer to your question is... Is that the impression you get re my argument? I am not assuming or believing such at all. I am simply saying that my understanding of "non-physical" is that anything labelled as such, is...

Re The Kalam Cosmological Argument Refining the Essence of IT Feature this. One is an entity in the following circumstance. “IT” is a solitary individual mind. ITs natural or quintessential state" is timeless, spaceless eternal, imageless, uncaused, beginningless, changeless, and...

You wrote that in the past tense. Did you mean to do that? If "something which appears to be physical but isn't", then what is it and why even to say it exists (is real)? Remember what the thread topic is arguing. If you can explain how a mind which is not physical in nature can interact with...

"Finally, Ghazali argued that this Uncaused First Cause must also be a personal being. It’s the only way to explain how an eternal cause can produce an effect with a beginning like the universe."

I created a similar thread in another forum. This is what I had to say on the subject there, in answer to the quoted. Thus it has to be eternal. Never having had a beginning and never to have an end. Yes, and included in that is physical stuff. If matter can only derive from said source...

Have you any evidence to support that human consciousness is not physical?

Ghazali formulates his argument very simply: “Every being which begins has a cause for its beginning; now the world is a being which begins; therefore, it possesses a cause for its beginning.” [1] Ghazali’s reasoning involves three simple steps: 1. Whatever begins to exist has a cause of its...

Embracing a Natural Philosophy Natural Philosophy presents a holistic perspective on existence, consciousness, and the nature of reality. Rejecting both supernaturalism and materialism (philosophies)...

Still under editing mode The Bridging Philosophy. An extension of Natural Philosophy. My exploration into the essence of existence and consciousness, has led to the development of what I call a “Bridging Philosophy”. It rejects the supernatural in favor of a conceptually tangible and...

Religion/Spirituality: 1. Who or what is God? (Atheists can answer in their own way, even if it's a response expressing skepticism). God is Mind within Matter. 2. Which is the one true religion? There are no true religions. 3. Is Religion really necessary? To what? It can be a useful device...

Exploring the Nature of the Mind, Self-Awareness, and Language Use Me: Why would the readers think I do not know me? Other: Just about all of the 'readers', in the days when this was written, would NOT have even CONTEMPLATED whether 'you' KNOW you, or NOT. And, a LOT of 'those readers' would...

I think it might be a case that consciousness is "stand-alone" in that "the machine" (in the overall case - The Universe") is simply the functional form in which Consciousness is not the result of said (non-mindful) machinery but is that which not only creates the machinery, but also can inhabit...

Dr. Greyson, Professor Emeritus of Psychiatry and Neurobehavioral Sciences at the University of Virginia School of Medicine, will discuss numerous aspects of near-death experiences (NDEs). Dr. Greyson’s talk will encompass the challenges in researching NDEs and establishing their reality; the...

The study of consciousness is undoubtedly one of the most profound challenges in science and philosophy. It raises fundamental questions about the nature of our subjective experiences and how we can gain a deeper understanding of them. The idea of a partnership between science and philosophy is...

I think also that such may serve the "non-materialist and non-supernaturalist" position (agnostic?) which could do with a well developed philosophy and such might be included as part of said philosophy. Science (re explanations) has its philosophy (re what the information might "point to") as...

Are you quoting me or GPT? Googled and got the following.

I tend to think also that "sub-conscious" is an even deeper unknown which exists in a co-relative capacity to the consciousness of the individual personality (IUC - "Individual Unit of Consciousness") and in order to "know thyself" one has to connect with this aspect in order to fully realize...

William: I read a question today which asked “Why do scientists focus more on the things they are aware of instead of on the awareness itself?” GPT: The question you read raises an interesting philosophical and scientific point. It pertains to the distinction between studying the objects or...

Only in as far as these do not invoke supernaturalist philosophy. Yet the "outlook" is still based in supernaturalism. One example might be the idea that one should use their life to focus on integrating with the overall Source Mind, which according to some eastern beliefs, is unattached to...