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Wonderful! Thank you.

Thank you for letting me know. Bless you.

Yes!

I love it (them)! You live up to your handle.

Interesting. Yes. You can study the entire universe and still stay in a little room.

Thank you, James. All human experience is subjectively rooted. And it sounds like we agree that many ideas we take as true are in fact socially constructed. Herd mentality lurks everywhere even in the hallowed halls of our esteemed institutions. It's up to each of us to investigate as clear-eyed as we can the questions that matter to us. I wouldn't say science and the supernatural are used to hide objective real life, but I do think they can cartoonify reality in the way any simplistic, abstract ideas can.

@@SparkWrites Cartoonify is a pretty interesting word ya came up with to describe socially constructed embellishments and or fictions. Was wondering if I could borrow it? lol I see it as a scientific slang term. It's sounds cool.

Sure, borrow it. I'd appreciate if you cite me as the source. I just put up a new video that expands on the concept: ruclips.net/video/lcsKXzw4Egw/видео.html

@@SparkWrites Will do but eventually everyone will end up using it not knowing where the word came from. Won't be surprised if it ends up in the dictionary sometime in the future. I'll give it a look see. Thanx for the link.

I'm glad you enjoyed it. Thank you for letting me know!

Yes, yes, yes. Thank you.

Hi Bill. You're right that we have no writings from him or anyone who met him, which is why we need to be careful about what to believe and look at the history. But the Jesus revealed by the gospels resonates too deeply with spiritual wisdom before and since, and is also too much an affront to conventional wisdom, to be the creation of a calculating mind. I talk about this in subsequent parts of this series. For instance, I compare moralistic "story-book" fables of the kind Aesop wrote with some of the more challenging, mysterious, and vital stories told by and about Jesus. I also look at Jesus in the context of Eastern masters. Jesus needs to be appreciated in the widest possible context---wider than a dogmatic religious viewpoint obviously, but also wider than secular historians and scientists generally go too.

@@SparkWrites _"which is why we need to be careful about what to believe"_ Yes. But _are_ you careful? Do you have one piece of good evidence, specific enough and in enough detail that I can judge it for myself, that your god is real, rather than just imaginary? Or one piece of good evidence that _any_ of the magical/supernatural stories in the Bible actually happened? If not, why do you believe this stuff? After all, evidence is how we distinguish reality from delusion and wishful-thinking. _"But the Jesus revealed by the gospels resonates too deeply with spiritual wisdom before and since, and is also too much an affront to conventional wisdom"_ Unfortunately, that's completely subjective and entirely indistinguishable from wishful-thinking. _"I compare moralistic "story-book" fables of the kind Aesop wrote with some of the more challenging, mysterious, and vital stories told by and about Jesus."_ Do you never talk with Muslims? They make the same kind of argument for Islam. It _has_ to be real because their book is just so _special,_ don't you know? No other book in the world can come close to the Quran,... according to them. Of course, how much you like a book - or a story - is entirely subjective. And yeah, religious people typically like the ones they were taught to believe as a child. But that means nothing when it comes to the _truth_ of those stories. Thanks, but I still need more than wishful-thinking.

These are big and rich topics you bring up and I have written and spoken about them in my books and videos including this video: ruclips.net/video/txHpadppQYk/видео.html and this video ruclips.net/video/-TK1FHTl5IY/видео.html. The kind of evidence you are requiring is the same kind science demands. It's collective, apparently consistent, and preferably measurable. That kind of evidence is valid, but it's a subset of human experience. It doesn't contain human experience. Human experience contains it. To privilege that kind of evidence is to make a subjective, human choice. It is to act on another kind of faith, with its own unquestioned beliefs. This unavoidable interpenetration of the objective and subjective is in fact an element in the "the perennial philsoophy" which Jesus--and many others--have spoken for. I don't believe that the Bible or the Gospels is special in the sense you imply--a privileged, holy book any more than the Koran is. I'm not arguing that. I'm saying the opposite in fact, that Jesus spoke to a universal truth that you can find in many places.

To clarify/add to the above: I'm not claiming I have proven anything to you. I do hope I have clarified (above and in other videos/books) the human condition, which is that operating on the basis of unprovable premises/axioms/assumptions/articles of faith is unavoidable--even in science and math. And the number of people who agree on those unprovable assumptions is no measure of their truth or helpfulness. "Nothing worthy proving can be proven." (Tennyson).

@@SparkWrites _"operating on the basis of unprovable premises/axioms/assumptions/articles of faith is unavoidable"_ So what? I never ask for proof. But that's your excuse for just believing whatever you _want_ to be true, regardless of the evidence? Well, that's entirely up to you. But I care about the truth of _my_ beliefs. And wishful-thinking isn't a reliable path to the truth. _"Nothing worthy proving can be proven."_ Again, I don't ask for proof. I _never_ ask for proof. I don't think that proof is even _possible_ in the real world - not just about gods, but about anything. No, I just ask for evidence. Indeed, I just asked for *one piece of good evidence, specific enough and in enough detail that I can judge it for myself.* That's because evidence is how we distinguish reality from delusion and wishful-thinking, and I care about the truth. But *one* was too much to ask of you. Apparently, you have *nothing* distinguishable from wishful-thinking backing up your religious beliefs. Well, that's why I can't even take your beliefs seriously, let alone believe them myself. PS. Thanks for the reply. Note that I replied to you 7 days ago, but my reply doesn't show up unless you sort the comments by "Newest first," instead of the default "Top comments." Funny, huh? There are only two threads here! But that's RUclips, I guess.

Thanks for this, Peter. I ran across no non-religious history scholars who believe Jesus is fictitious so I'm curious on what basis you say “almost all objective history scholars” believe this. But regardless of that issue, the Jesus revealed by the gospels resonates too much with spiritual wisdom before and since and is too much an affront to conventional wisdom to be the creation of a calculating/hoaxing mind. I addressed this in the subsequent parts of this series of videos. The book you mentioned looks interesting! I may check it out.

Thank you, Jeff.

Yes. Absolutely.

Thanks, Felix. His books look great!

Feelings are what you yourself measure. And if you want to have it peer reviewed, work with friends on a metaphysical field of interest.

I don't need your book. I already went down that road. I am not a scientist in that sense myself, but i am trained in scientific thought. Your inner experience is a means of measure. And by measuring inside of you, you get the answer you seek. And you can cross reference by having it peer reviewed by others with very similar instruments of measuring. I hope, my point came across.

I agree.

Hi Ryan! Thank you. I'm new to RUclips so I especially appreciate the encouragement. I'm glad you're enjoying it. More soon, I hope!

I agree absolutely. Scientists and doctors simply haven't generally taken the time to explore these phenomena with the attitude that is required.

Oh, yes. That was a joke. But I said it was a straight face which I sometimes do. I’m glad you asked

I think that's part of it, yes. Labels and drugs go hand in hand. But people are also very invested in having labels--feeling as if they belong somewhere, even if it means sacrificing big parts of their individuality. Did you ask the ants if I can observe them? I need signed consent forms from each one.

The ants just don’t want to be disturbed while eating cat food. They’re afraid of being labeled. Quiet observation is needed. Hope all’s well bye you. All good here.

This is great to know! Thank you. It's good to remember to slow down and let things unfold...