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Originally posted by The Hierophant:
Man, sorry for the late reply, life has been hectic, and still is, so I'll just quickly state that by and large I agree with you to the extent that individuals make better discussion partners than ecstatic mobs  But I also don't believe that universal truth exists and that attempting to 'convert' others to one's beliefs is a futile operation in that true communication (the total and utter sharing of memory, thought, emotion and experience: in essence, the total merging of minds) is impossible, thus, conversion (ie: attempting to implant your truths into someone elses mind, essentially 'cloning' your ideas) is also impossible. All that exists is your truth, by which you make sense of the world. In living in accordance to your truth, and your code, you can achieve fulfilment and satisfaction.
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Hiero, sorry, but as I am so tired, isn't what you're saying contradicting everything you mentioned earlier in this thread?
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Originally posted by The Hierophant:
Discussion of ideas is a wonderful thing, but the agonistic competition involved in 'debate' is what often taints the exchange of thought. Discussion, rather than debate, that's what I like [img]smile.gif[/img] There are no winners or losers when it comes to defining personal truth.
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Aye, too bad there's not more discussion here than flaming debates. But there are those people here that just says things intentionally to get under your skin, I won't say who, but you know who you people are [img]tongue.gif[/img]
Well, my bed calls for me, so I'm off to sleep. Night.
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