@moonbus saidKellyJay wants to share his personal opinions and beliefs about "truth", "lies", science", "religion", the meaning of "absolute" and "subjective" and "objective" and so on. But if you engage him on these personal opinions, he claims people are simply making it personal!
You have an underdeveloped notion of truth. Truths of mathematics are quite different to empirical or religious truths. Some truths are analytic, other truths are synthetic. Conflating them leads to nonsense or vacuous claims such as "if it is true, it is true." As "analytic" and "synthetic" are technical terms in logic, I suggest you not venture into deep waters until you learn to swim.
@fmf saidWhen they talk about me and not the topic is a clue, it happens; if I started talking about you by name, would that be me making it personal? If I start talking to you about you, is that making it personal?
KellyJay wants to share his personal opinions and beliefs about "truth", "lies", science", "religion", the meaning of "absolute" and "subjective" and "objective" and so on. But if you engage him on these personal opinions, he claims people are simply making it personal!
@kellyjay saidNo. You can make it the subject of my post if you want. The label "personal" is moot. Just about everything everyone posts here is "personal" in so far as it is an unsolicited or solicited personal opinion or a personal opinion in response to someone else's personal opinion. Nearly everyone here uses personal anecdotes and draws upon personal experience. The very DNA of the Spiritual Forum is personal accounts and personal beliefs. You apparently want to fashion "personal" into a synonym for "illegitimate". I'm not impressed.
I am not asking you if it is okay with you but if it occurred is it personal if I make you the subject of my post?
@fmf saidIf you believe it is meaningless why say it?
No. You can make it the subject of my post if you want. The label "personal" is moot. Just about everything everyone posts here is "personal" in so far as it is an unsolicited or solicited personal opinion or a personal opinion in response to someone else's personal opinion. Nearly everyone here uses personal anecdotes and draws upon personal experience. The very DNA of the Spiri ...[text shortened]... efs. You apparently want to fashion "personal" into a synonym for "illegitimate". I'm not impressed.