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kiri

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16. Healing illness via material help is better than prayer

Reply to Gaugamela (Reply #12)

Fri Jun 11, 2021, 10:24 PM

Jun 2021

My view is that "materialism is an illusion" is a meaningless nonsense. Bodies, automobiles, planets, stars are made of atoms, materials. It is just 10-year old's, ethereal solipsism. It goes with spirits, souls, and similar unmeasurable, unrepeatable anecdotes.

In any case, it is for sure that we all live out our lives as if materials exist. Anything more comes under the heading of "angels (non-material) dancing on the head of a pin (material)".
The great question is, which sex are angels?

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WIRED: Former Air Force Pilot Breaks Down UFO Footage [View all] Pluvious Jun 2021 OP

I see a Pokmon, a Vick's cough drop, a bee, another Pokmon soothsayer Jun 2021 #1

Aw, Jeez... PSPS Jun 2021 #2

+1 chowder66 Jun 2021 #4

Of course it's unidentified if you fail to Focus the damn camera. magicguido Jun 2021 #3

Could these be atmospheric light shows? Jeebo Jun 2021 #5

yep; it's called reflecting a bright light off a cloud. magicguido Jun 2021 #11

Frankly, all this is about as surprising as their seemingly not wanting to talk to us peppertree Jun 2021 #6

So apparently Mr.Bill Jun 2021 #7

One is night vision mikeysnot Jun 2021 #8

It always surprises me how many here will post comments without watching the video or reading Gaugamela Jun 2021 #9

UAPs and magnetic vaccines kiri Jun 2021 #10

I don't know what it is or is not. Nor am I saying it's necessarily material in nature, although Gaugamela Jun 2021 #12

This message was self-deleted by its author kiri Jun 2021 #14

UFOs debunked kiri Jun 2021 #15

Healing illness via material help is better than prayer kiri Jun 2021 #16

Not solipsism. There's a difference between materialism and the external world. Gaugamela Jun 2021 #17

+100 Duppers Jun 2021 #13