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**MightyMasc** · 05-03-2010, 02:24 PM

I think this is where Buddhist philosophy takes the middle path between ninilism and eternalism. Most types of thinking are either/or; they exclude the possibility of a middle ground in which answers can be both-yes-and-no, neither-yes-nor-no at the same time. That which comes into existence with the birth of an organism is a new chain of related phenomena, not exactly a 'true' being in and of itself as beings are commonly conceived of. The 'being' that comes into existence is a mere conventional being, not a fundamental entity with an identity that survives over time. So, yes, 'something' comes into existence at birth, but no, it's not a true entity, only a conventional one, a convenient fiction.

Or I may be wrong about that.

05-03-2010, 02:24 PM	#26
MightyMasc Join Date Oct 2005 Posts 396 Senior Member	I think this is where Buddhist philosophy takes the middle path between ninilism and eternalism. Most types of thinking are either/or; they exclude the possibility of a middle ground in which answers can be both-yes-and-no, neither-yes-nor-no at the same time. That which comes into existence with the birth of an organism is a new chain of related phenomena, not exactly a 'true' being in and of itself as beings are commonly conceived of. The 'being' that comes into existence is a mere conventional being, not a fundamental entity with an identity that survives over time. So, yes, 'something' comes into existence at birth, but no, it's not a true entity, only a conventional one, a convenient fiction. Or I may be wrong about that.
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