>>>>>>Ok I'll bite. As an atheist (aka, realist) "God is absolute reality" won't fly with me, but the principles seem alright.
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>>>>>Try to answer this question in a couple sentences:
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>>>>>what is reality?
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>>>>My perception of the world as it affects me - physically, intellectually or emotionally.
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>>>Sounds good.
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>>>How is your mind related to reality?
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>>Each person has their own reality. The mind is central to this. Everything outside of that I would consider another reality. If there are only two people in the universe, then there would be 3 realities. Each person has one, and then the third one that is not theirs. It can become more complex in theory if you consider overlapping realities, etc.
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>I would assume that the third reality would be a mix (overlap if you will) of the other two, and not a completely detached reality. If no mind is connected to that reality, how can it be a reality?
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>If a tree falls in the forest and nobody is there to hear it, who cares?
If everyone has their own reality, how come everyone stops at a red-light and go on green?
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