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I vow to never tell a deliberate lie. (lemmy.world)
submitted 7 months ago by to c/justpost@lemmy.world
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I've been generally doing this anyway, though am now upgrading to an official vow. May this be for the benefit of all beings.

I've never used to write for me, and clearly state if/when sharing AI-content. I've given ample permission to Coyote to affect my speech/thoughts/actions, and believe a lot of my writing is sourced from him. I think Coyote should be more tolerated, and urge cessation of mass-killing (or any killing) of coyotes qua animal.

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[โ€“] 2 points 7 months ago* (7 children)

It's actually a delusion believing angels - moreso, deities - don't exist.

You lost me.

Can you prove they exist? How can you be sure they aren't delusions if people only see them in conditions where brains reliably hallucinate?

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  • [โ€“] [S] -3 points 7 months ago (6 children)

    There's so many who engage with deities in mundane, sober life. Religions/traditions can be strict about sobriety & clear-mindedness. The assumption in the 'if' part is false and quite offensive. Religions have their various methods of observing or engaging with deities, and it may take a respectful willingness to try them out. These are beings too, who may regard non-consent to the relationship.

    Let me try asking Coyote. Coyote, can you make your existence qua deity more undeniable here? Idk if/when/how he will.

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  • [โ€“] 3 points 7 months ago (5 children)

    You've said delusion is always bad. But you've also set up your position so that nothing could ever count as evidence against it. if Coyote acts, he's real; if he doesn't, he just hasn't yet.

    That's not the absence of delusion, that's the definition of an unfalsifiable belief.

    I'm not asking you to abandon your practice. I'm asking: what would it take to convince you that you were wrong? If the answer is "nothing," then by your own standard, you're in moha.

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  • [โ€“] [S] 0 points 7 months ago* (4 children)

    There's descriptions & methods in religions that can be tested; schools to learn & try these things. You would have to ignore the e.g. hundreds of thousands of scriptures available to say there isn't any evidence that can be tested. You have to know what something is before being able to falsify it. It can be taken just on a story-level too, and still be effective.

    I would like better opportunity to practice.

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  • [โ€“] 3 points 7 months ago (3 children)

    You still haven't answered the question. I didn't ask what evidence exists for your position, I asked what evidence would count against it.

    Those are different questions.

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  • [โ€“] [S] 0 points 7 months ago (2 children)

    There's plenty of information & methods available that can be tested or scrutinized. If they fail or are contradictory, that can be disconfirming.

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