Message from @Mr. X

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2018-03-03 11:36:56 UTC  

yeah we all play it

2018-03-03 11:37:20 UTC  

And I sure as hell need faith.

2018-03-03 11:37:30 UTC  

why?

2018-03-03 11:39:16 UTC  

I'm a sceptic, even thought about objective reality and stuff. But I'm not going to risk being some nihilist. In this world you need to care for things and people so I will.

2018-03-03 11:39:34 UTC  

wait who said anything about nihilism!

2018-03-03 11:39:35 UTC  

Why keep rejecting it if there's no benefit?

2018-03-03 11:40:00 UTC  

I didn't mean to suggest you should reject anything

2018-03-03 11:40:10 UTC  

maybe certainty

2018-03-03 11:40:14 UTC  

Oh I know.

2018-03-03 11:40:25 UTC  

that would be a sceptics position

2018-03-03 11:40:51 UTC  

I'm just saying if I were to believe in nothing I'd probably be a nihilist.

2018-03-03 11:41:04 UTC  

Ah well thats another leap of faith!

2018-03-03 11:41:19 UTC  

so theres a lot of philosophical traditions based around this question

2018-03-03 11:41:43 UTC  

I'm just saying what I'd believe atleast.

2018-03-03 11:41:59 UTC  

yeah I follwo

2018-03-03 11:42:34 UTC  

I believe we only have one life though

2018-03-03 11:42:53 UTC  

So you believe time is linear?

2018-03-03 11:42:57 UTC  

So who am I to ruin any lives?

2018-03-03 11:43:09 UTC  

Hmm I don't know to be honest

2018-03-03 11:43:28 UTC  

past present and future may just be a singular thing ?

2018-03-03 11:43:52 UTC  

Sounds like a paradox though

2018-03-03 11:43:56 UTC  

How so?

2018-03-03 11:44:10 UTC  

How could the universe exist and not exist at the same time?

2018-03-03 11:44:25 UTC  

Assuming the universe was to end of course

2018-03-03 11:44:45 UTC  

ah see now that's a pretty weird idea

2018-03-03 11:44:53 UTC  

A universe that is all at once

2018-03-03 11:45:22 UTC  

Doesnt make sense to me

2018-03-03 11:46:09 UTC  

just think about time as a singular thing

2018-03-03 11:46:17 UTC  

we experience it linearly

2018-03-03 11:46:20 UTC  

but that doesnt make it so

2018-03-03 11:46:32 UTC  

Ah ok

2018-03-03 11:46:49 UTC  

I get it now. More or less I think.

2018-03-03 11:47:13 UTC  

So there are a lot of ideas about this

2018-03-03 11:47:19 UTC  

Wouldnt you need to base that on faith though?

2018-03-03 11:47:20 UTC  

Its fun to explore them

2018-03-03 11:47:33 UTC  

I believe a lot of things to be based on faith.

2018-03-03 11:47:44 UTC  

well thats a good point and a central idea in buddhist philosophy

2018-03-03 11:47:57 UTC  

Interesting.

2018-03-03 11:48:04 UTC  

They would say, no faith is not enough

2018-03-03 11:48:12 UTC  

You must experience objectivity

2018-03-03 11:48:20 UTC  

It cannot be conceptualised