A “ploy”? Not sure what you mean, but that’s okay. You’re okay in my book, Muhammad. At least you don’t constantly smile at me parenthetically while we are arguing.
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Was Jesus Christ Born a Christian?
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IndigoChild5559
Loving God and my neighbor as myself.
Seriously, he is referring to a genuine real thing that is happening in the sciences. Because you are less educated, you are unaware that this is happening. But among those with college degrees, this is pretty common knowledge.
No, it did not. Jesus was never a Christian -- he was a Jew. John the Baptist understood baptism to be the acknowledgement of one's sin, a desire for spiritual cleansing, and a commitment to follow God's law. AS A JEW.
IndigoChild5559
Loving God and my neighbor as myself.
It is incorrect to say that software is data. Much of software is what the machine is expected to DO with the data. You know, I'm very computer illiterate, but I did learn Basic back in 1979, so I have a pretty good idea what exactly software is.
muhammad_isa
Veteran Member
Don't get carried away. Arrogance is our downfall.
Knowledge is a good thing .. but not if it fools us into thinking that mankind knows better than God.
The Bible and Qur'an are very clear .. life after death is a reality.
IndigoChild5559
Loving God and my neighbor as myself.
John's baptisms did not convert anyone to Christianity (that religion did not even exist yet). Rather he was doing Jewish immersion. Jewish immersion is typically done as a way to remedy ritual impurity, but is also sometimes done if a person has gone off the derech and is returning, aka repentence. For example, let's say I apostatize and become a Christian, then later regret it and return to Judaism -- I would immerse in a mikvah.
muhammad_isa
Veteran Member
How is it represented?
Is it not stored on disk in exactly the same way as other data?
dybmh
ויהי מבדיל בין מים למים
Whatevs. You're welcome to your opinion.
And Jews are always Jews, cradle to grave.
dybmh
ויהי מבדיל בין מים למים
OK. I know. So what? If you read what I write, it doesn't contradict anything I said.
IndigoChild5559
Loving God and my neighbor as myself.
The conversation is not even about life after death. I'm seriously questioning your ability to think rationally.
The Bible and Quran are religious texts, not science texts. They are written by men who are doing the best they can to talk about God and how to live. There is nothing magical about them. They contain errors, even moral errors. But they serve to instruct and inspire those who seek to draw closer to God and cultivate a more virtuous existence.
None of this has anything to do with the topic that was being discussed, which was that psychology does not really make a distinction between mind and brain, and studies both.
Please, I realize it is apparently difficult for you, but if you could make the effort to stay on topic, it would really help the conversation.
Did you visit the psychobiology site I offered? I really think you should. And honestly, Sapolsky's lectures are A+. You won't regret the time it takes to watch a few and get a feel for the intersection of biology with psychology and behavior. I consider watching the 25 lecture series to be one of the highlights of my life.
IndigoChild5559
Loving God and my neighbor as myself.
I am not a computer scientist, so this is just a layman's idea, but I would say that software is operating instructions.
muhammad_isa
Veteran Member
Some psychologists attempt to understand the role of mental functions in individual and social behavior. Others explore the physiological and neurobiological processes that underlie cognitive functions and behaviors.
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I am well aware of it.
That does not mean that "a thought" can be represented by "meat".
Haha, this is what you all the human brain, one of the marvels of the universe? Bro, your brain is a wonder, the pinnacle of evolution thus far, don’t call it “meat”.
Are you sure it wasn’t “Jesus H. Christ!”? I seem to have heard that many times… Not sure what the “H” stands for, though. Henry? Hernando? How do you say “Hernando” in Aramaic?
metis
aged ecumenical anthropologist
They won't let me do that because I left a ring in the mikvah the last time.
Hahaha. The solution: more frequent mikvahs!They won't let me do that because I left a ring in the mikvah the last time.
Alien826
No religious beliefs
I definitely heard it without the "H", but it works either way.
Horatio, I think. Imagine if the religion was now called Horationity!
Haha, it sounds vaguely like a risqué faith to me. I can picture the marketing material right now: “come, join the horny Horationes, and never be lonely again!” I’m in!
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DNB
Christian
Well, yes, I agree, ...as I stated, '...most importantly, belief in his Messianic fulfillment'.
That being, as you said, he died, in one form or another, for our sins - my belief is that he abrogated the Levitical Law which held all men accountable, who seek to please God: Jews and proselytes alike.
I say this as opposed to Penal Substitution or Christus Victor or Ransom, or any other atonement theories out there.