I didn't say my dopamine rush was triggered by God; I said my dopamine rush was the answer God wanted me to have to my question.sock puppet wrote: ↑Wed May 18, 2022 9:47 pmJust because your dopamine rush followed your praying, it does not logically follow that your dopamine rush was triggered by "God".
Are mind-altering drugs "bad"?
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and you know that because...?KevinSim wrote: ↑Thu May 19, 2022 9:29 pmI didn't say my dopamine rush was triggered by God; I said my dopamine rush was the answer God wanted me to have to my question.sock puppet wrote: ↑Wed May 18, 2022 9:47 pmJust because your dopamine rush followed your praying, it does not logically follow that your dopamine rush was triggered by "God".
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The best lack all conviction, while the worst//Are full of passionate intensity." Yeats
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That's a fair question, Sock Puppet. I get up in Fast and Testimony Meetings sometimes and claim I know things based on the truth of such statements. I confess I do not have a step by step series of statements proceeding from generally accepted axioms to the conclusion I expressed. When I say I know that I got the answer God wanted me to have, I meant that I am certain someone conscious has existed in this universe from the moment of the Big Bang until today, that I would find it very hard to believe anybody but a good God could stay sane after 13 billion such years, and that I would also find it very hard to believe that a good God would let someone ask in desperation a foundational question about Her/Him and not insure that that someone got a helpful answer.sock puppet wrote: ↑Fri May 20, 2022 2:16 amand you know that because...?
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Tator, my point was that just as there were some improvements in forms of government between 1600 and 1800, there might also be improvements with religious group's ability to reflect reality between 2000 and some future point.
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Can you name me some "good" drugs?
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Zyprexa, Effexor, and Adderall. They changed my life for the better!
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Provigil once gave me my life back from 5 years of clinical depression-- it saved my life. Bosulif (not a mind-altering drug) is keeping me alive.
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My apologies. I thought he was referring to illegal drugs.
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You’re right he was. I can’t think of any good reason to use illegal drugs. I suppose depending on the person, the use of illegal drugs often becomes a habit, and habits often become lifestyles. I am reminded of the phrase, “You are a slave to whatever masters you.” I’d say the risk outweighs the benefit.Dr. Shades wrote: ↑Sat May 28, 2022 10:57 amMy apologies. I thought he was referring to illegal drugs.
The LORD your God has chosen you to be a people for his treasured possession... The LORD set his love on you and chose you... The LORD has brought you out with a mighty hand and redeemed you from the house of slavery. Deut. 7