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  1. The Transcended Omniverse

    How you can have free will without the option to sin

    Let me put it this way. So let me ask you this. If you were playing a videogame and you had a character where you could choose any type of clothing for him/her. You could either choose any type of villain outfit or any heroic outfit for him/her. If all the villain outfits were removed, then...
  2. The Transcended Omniverse

    How you can have free will without the option to sin

    You would have choice. It would just be limited only to those acts that God wants. You would only be able to choose any type of act or deed that God wants. Go back to my analogue with the menu.
  3. The Transcended Omniverse

    How you can have free will without the option to sin

    But you would be able to choose only those types of acts and deeds that God wants and that is what matters here. Go back to my cancer analogue. It would be asinine and absurd to bestow a completely worthless capacity upon his human creations that results in them rebelling and going to hell...
  4. The Transcended Omniverse

    How you can have free will without the option to sin

    This can be done and I will explain. Your brain has different capacities. You have, for example, the capacity to send signals to your body and make yourself move. Therefore, removing the option to sin would be no different. It would be like taking away the brain's capacity to send signals to...
  5. The Transcended Omniverse

    How you can have free will without the option to sin

    God could have created the universe and his human creations any way he wanted to. There is one way he could have done it and it would have been the far better way. That would be to have made his human creations perfect sinless beings where they are incapable of sinning. They would not have...
  6. The Transcended Omniverse

    Open-minded research is the only way to go

    I have honestly and open mindedly judged my way of living and I see nothing sinful or wrong. If you are going to claim that it is sinful and that it is the sinful corrupt nature within me which leads me to this conclusion, then how do you expect me to believe you? How do you expect me to take...
  7. The Transcended Omniverse

    Open-minded research is the only way to go

    Most Christians and other religious believers would say that researching all the claimed evidence with an open mind is of the devil since you are not believing Jesus and God with your heart. But if someone told me that there is a sacred fairy and that it is sinful and evil of me to not believe...
  8. The Transcended Omniverse

    Nothing but labels

    I am finally out of this traumatic experience, I finally have my happiness and motivation back to me again, and I do not need any medication. But this packet is still important for you to be aware of in case there ever comes a time again where I have depression and lose my motivation...
  9. The Transcended Omniverse

    I am a non-believer and have some questions

    Then that would be just as unfair as having a baby go to hell and burn forever. That baby had every excuse for not believing and serving God. I also have every excuse since my honest open minded mindset has lead me to not be convinced of God's existence. I know that looking further and...
  10. The Transcended Omniverse

    How materialists know brain produces mind

    Actually, forget my whole "theory." Since I couldn't find an article at the time, then I had to resort to my own personal explanation of things which didn't work out at all. Therefore, here is what I truly wish to talk about here: I have heard Graziano say that awareness doesn't exist and...
  11. The Transcended Omniverse

    How materialists know brain produces mind

    Then when stimuli reach the brain, that creates awareness which, in turn, creates an experience.
  12. The Transcended Omniverse

    How materialists know brain produces mind

    First off, awareness would be a physical property of the brain. I never said anything to the effect of awareness, consciousness, and experience being independent of the brain. Also, aren't you less aware in dreams and, therefore, the experiences aren't as real as they are in waking life?
  13. The Transcended Omniverse

    How materialists know brain produces mind

    Scientific materialists claim that the brain produces our experiences in the first place. They would claim that they have empirical evidence to support this idea. The idea is that since there is an experiencer in the brain, then stimulation of neurons in the brain can be experienced. Since...
  14. The Transcended Omniverse

    Would you choose an easy life or a hard life?

    I am quite sure most of those child stars who grow up hardly having any hardship and suffering in their lives are quite happy and their lives are quite meaningful. I am a great example. I have lived most of my life this way and it was the most joyful and meaningful life to me up until a...
  15. The Transcended Omniverse

    Would you choose an easy life or a hard life?

    It will have meaning to you. But the only difference here is that the phrase "This is meaningful to me" will be absent. That is all. I don't see how that is a problem since your life is still good (meaningful) even though you are not actually thinking and saying that. It is no different than...
  16. The Transcended Omniverse

    Would you choose an easy life or a hard life?

    You can have good without bad, but it will never be defined as good since you don't have anything bad to contrast.
  17. The Transcended Omniverse

    Would you choose an easy life or a hard life?

    You can have joy and bliss without suffering and hardship. Think of a baby born into this world. He/she is already able to experience joy, love, and bliss being in the arms of a mother. If that baby never cried and never experienced any suffering or hardship in the first place upon being born...
  18. The Transcended Omniverse

    Would you choose an easy life or a hard life?

    Personally, if I had the choice, I would choose a life that is eternal, nothing but blissful, has no problems or hardships, and has no suffering, illnesses, or diseases. Some people would choose a hard life filled with hardships since they wish to grow and develop. But some people such as me...
  19. The Transcended Omniverse

    Your expectations of me are unrealistic

    Thank you. I am just referring to those people who do who say that my life can still be worth living despite my anhedonia/depression. They would tell me things such as to just grow up and deal with it.
  20. The Transcended Omniverse

    Your expectations of me are unrealistic

    I have lived with depression and anhedonia for quite some time now. Many people would tell me that my life can still have joy, inspiration, and meaning even while depressed and anhedonic. But I have tried and tried to no avail. It is utter nonsense to me for anyone to say that because living...
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