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That's the way shrooms are for me if I take a bit too much, but it's the opposite of what I experienced in psychosis. While I was psychotic, the hallucinations didn't look real. Real-life looked imaginary. So it became hard to tell what was a hallucination and what wasn't. ETA: And this should...

You are either a madman or a genius, @Base12, and your posts absolutely fascinate me.

In computing terms, God is the parent function and the Father, the Holy Spirit, and the Son would be treated as child functions

I'm not letting Trinitarianism beat me into just admitting that it's impossible, so I've come up with a potential explanation for it. Modalism is the belief that the 3 persons of God are separate states of God, sort of how water is liquid at the bottom of the sea, ice near the surface of the...

Nitrogen, but I also have to point out that atoms don't look like that. Taken literally, two sardius and one emerald, right? Nuclear science is not my field of study.

Oh, I see. So, atoms are ultimately a part of God, but no atom is the totality of God. That's Partialism, then.

Oh, I have no issue with the Holy Trinity. I just have an issue with the doctrine of Trinitarianism, specifically, which states that: 1. The Son is wholly God 2. The Holy Spirit is wholly God 3. The Father is wholly God 4. The Son is not the Father 5. The Holy Spirit is not the Son 6. The...

Actually, I think mentioning Bernoulli trials is a decent addition. They're definitely a bit more rigorous than the heuristic I gave, although they operate on similar general principles. I think OP is actually asking "How closely does this match? How big of a coincidence would it have to be to...

I find the spontaneous and heartfelt nature of many of your posts interesting. It always offers a perspective that I might be incapable of formulating on my own. I appreciate them for what they are.

Of course, if we get into that, we might also begin bordering on questions like, which canon are we going by? Do we include the book of Enoch, for instance? In fact, why are we referencing the Bible at all? This is all background information that I think is pertinent.

This also gets messier if we use the oldest surviving complete copies of every text, too, because the Bible isn't written in just one language. The New Testament was mostly written in Koine Greek, for instance, a far cry from the Aramaic of the older scriptures. Even if we narrow it down to...

I'm not sure about this one. I suspect there might be a bit of apophenia at play here. You have layers and layers of interpretation between this verse and the supposed coincidence. I think you should try to make as few conclusions as you can and then test them before piling more conclusions on...

I'm sorry to jump in, but I heard we were discussing probability. Yes. Yes, it would be. I've actually had this happen to me twice when doing some probability exercises. It does feel very odd but it's not completely unexpected. The point that I would become suspicious is exactly 18, due to...

It's a pleasant thought and a noble aim, I think. To nitpick a bit, the term "shut down" does evoke a certain sense of caution within me. I think, charitably, I understand your point here, though. If by "dishonorable discourse" you're referring to harmful abuse, then I do think it's probably...

As a hexadecimal fanatic, do you mind if I inquire about your name? Why Base12?

Bait and switch and shift those goalposts

I do think that the New Testament does not paint a very flattering portrayal of Jesus's teaching abilities. He uses a lot of vague and ambiguous metaphors that seem to have caused confusion and sectarianism almost immediately after his death by Paul's account. He also had a habit of calling...

Hm. Don't you know it's rude to ask a lady her age? Just heckling you. I'm 22. And a half.

I wouldn't say it's my Jesus. It's my deference to the consensus of historical experts on the subject. I'm not sure I'm qualified or care enough about the subject to form my own distinct opinion on it. It's probably the closest to having a lack of an opinion on the figure that one can have...

To be honest, I don't really see why outside of the obvious point that Christianity is widespread and most of these groups are just trying to adapt to cultures saturated in Christianity. What little of the teachings attributed to Jesus that I think are relevant to my life has been explained...