kolovrat

You already being dead before you were incepted and were born - please share your experience when you were "finally free from these 5 senses". I thought this was existential discussion, no? You can believe in anything you want: Jesus, Superman, spaghetti flying monster, etc. But at the end, it's nothing but belief/dogma/axiome. I am not sure you comprehended my post, but it's OK. I appreciate your responses and please don't take my sarcasm as an insult.

I think Descartes was a deist (I am). I gather from his writings that he did arrive to conclusion of existence of the Higher Being. Originally an atheist, I did too - after studying physics, engineering, anatomy, biology. I find all religions being dogmatic and not able to explain existence of God/Higher Being - more like a collection of fairy tales and instructions/directives. The key principle that he derived is 'Cognito, ergo sum' (I think, therefore I am), and it changed the course of Philosophy forever. This principle permeates through all his writings. From his 'Discourse on the Method': Accordingly, seeing that our senses sometimes deceive us, I was willing to suppose that there existed nothing really such as they presented to us; And because some men err in reasoning, and fall into Paralogisms, even on the simplest matters of Geometry, I, convinced that I was as open to error as any other, rejected as false all the reasonings I had hitherto taken for Demonstrations; And finally, when I considered that the very same thoughts (presentations) which we experience when awake may also be experienced when we are asleep, while there is at that time not one of them true, I supposed that all the objects (presentations) that had ever entered into my mind when awake, had in them no more truth than the illusions of my dreams. But immediately upon this I observed that, whilst I thus wished to think that all was false, it was absolutely necessary that I, who thus thought, should be something; And as I observed that this truth, I think, therefore I am,[c] was so certain and of such evidence that no ground of doubt, however extravagant, could be alleged by the Sceptics capable of shaking it, I concluded that I might, without scruple, accept it as the first principle of the philosophy of which I was in search.[f][g] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cogito,_ergo_sum The movie 'Matrix' in based on this. We experience and make decisions in this world empirically based on our 5 senses, and how do we know that they don't lie to us? Humans in pods had all their sensory signals fed with fake data.

I am glad we are on the same page. Here is something you may find interesting. This treatise did change my life back in 90s: https://yale.learningu.org/download/041e9642-df02-4eed-a895-70e472df2ca4/H2665_Descartes' Meditations.pdf

Palestinians are fighting for their land - just like any other people in the past. Russians fought and defeated Mongols, French, Germans (twice) to keep their lands and tribe - were they wrong? You are not answering my questions, and you sound very slippery (They, they ,they) -Who are 'they' you keep talking about? I have no clue. Let me as ask you again - yes or no please: - So, was Israel justified in what they did to Gaza? - Does Palestine deserve the state?

Glad to hear that you are not Scofield bible adherent. I, myself, is a theist/agnostic. In regard to Gaza/West Bank Israel actions - I am not sure what you meant (highlighted above). So, was Israel justified in what they did to Gaza? Does Palestine deserve the state?

K, which one is your Bible then? Also, please help me understand - do you support Israel actions in Gaza and West Bank?

Sorry to ask, but do you use Scofield bible as your reference?

Коловрат is an ancient symbol of Indo-European/Russian tribe. It means both, rolling wheel (колесо, the wheel was invented by ancient Indo-Europeans, just like the horses were domesticated first by Indo-Europeans) and the sun. Just because some freaks decided to use my tribe symbol, doesn't mean I don't have to use it. There is also a Russian hero who fought for his land: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Evpaty_Kolovrat

Sure, pick any of these 'sources' and show me confirmed direct link to Putin?

Got it you have no proof, so now you want to run off to Politics thread.

Which one of the112 sources has a fact that Putin is responsible for any of the murders/deaths?

No, you made a statement and your Wikipedia 112 'sources' are shit, so retract.

Good, al least you confirmed that you have no source.

You got real sources outside just a bunch of mainstream media BS?

I got it, bunch of BS from mainstream media, got real sources?