... walked into a McDonald's or another fast food place, if I saw some people who have lit candles, or in our example fake lit candles, table cloths, plates, the works. I would think that they have a few screws loose! Our first attempt was at McDonald's in Edwardsville IL. Kevin and I went in dressed up in suits, ... observed while we were eating. Kevin and I ordered our food, and our drink cups, walked over to the table, and began to unload our stuff. We placed a table cloth on the table, set a fake candle in between us, got our plates and forks out, and began to eat, and kind of observe i...

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... another object. In the three dialogues, Hylas brings up the pointthat these qualities are "perceive[d] by the sense... and exist in the object that occasions [them]3." An example of this quality would be a burning candle. Suppose that a person puts his finger in the flame long enough to feel the pain of a burn. The materialist would attribute this pain to the lit candle itself, stating that the ability to produce ... pain is inherent in it. However, this can not be the case. As ... previously discussed, the external objects are merely ideas which we perceive through ... ...

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... my view your soul dies with you. If there is a heaven, is it an unlimited hard drive that never fills up? Reincarnation is not a viable option. The belief that the soul returns into a different entity is absurd. But who knows? Those that believe go ever Sunday to congregate and pray to a "being- that may or ... may not exist. Or light a candle in front of a piece of plaster and rely on their faith. Faith is a good thing when it is all you have to ... go on, but we have a brain capable of thought and we should use it. Faith and all the religions that preach it are just forms of ... is."...

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