>>10334616>Lets say I get a tattoo on my hand and tell people that the tattoo (something material that you gained from a material paper) is the only thing keeping me from killing myselfThere's a difference between telling people something and actually meaning it. I consider my tattoo just as material as I consider the rest of my physical body. If we do not agree on this premise, we cannot move forward on any further argumentation.
>then one day I get on some "accident" and lose my hand or maybe my entire arm, by my statements you'd assume that my life is meaningless from there on and the only thing keeping me from ending it all is the hand I got leftA lot of people who lose their limbs feel this way. This is why I got my tattoo somewhere on my "core" body.
>A material thing you obtained through transaction with another material thing doesn't grant you some heavenly knowledge to "transcend" or an "above-material" stateYou are correct. I did, however, gain such knowledge some time ago. This experience compelled me to get the tattoo; it is symbolic of the divine which transcends my physical existence.
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>>10334383, note that I said "and the story behind it." My tattoo is the physical manifestation of the experience that salvaged me from the brink of despair.
