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THREAD 'Absolute perfection'…
13 Posts • 9757 Views
Philosophy Forum
Attolia> yes, I do believe that there is an opposing force applicable to everything. Time is abstract and is a notion created by man, however, like Angel stated, the opposite of time would be no ti...
THREAD Human Nature & EmotionPartners In Life
27 Posts • 7902 Views
Philosophy Forum
First of all, your posts to me, seem pretty incoherent, as your explanations seem vauge and contradictory. For the abstract, take an electric guitar. By itself, with out an amplifier, its just a fu...
THREAD Can science explore nothingness?
30 Posts • 7628 Views
Philosophy Forum
I think I understand your difficulty. Many years ago I attempted to understand what I call "the problem of the infinitely small." I began to wonder about the idea of the "smallest parti...
THREAD Epistemology: Truth & KnowledgeThe Use of Types of Thought
8 Posts • 8382 Views
Philosophy Forum
i think you're trying to describe the problem we may have when communicating an abstract idea or philosophical treatise that contains one or more typos or 'category errors', whereby the...
THREAD Intelligence, Memory & BrainThe Magic of Words…
3 Posts • 2333 Views
Psychology Forum
:) Words are just a symbol for something else. The word chair (whether spoken, signed, written, drawn, photographed, sculptured), it is just an association of that thing. When we learn that that t...
THREAD Human Nature & EmotionWhere did love come from?
5 Posts • 3581 Views
Philosophy Forum
I think Socrates -- not Plato -- gets the credit for the comment about an "unexamined life". But, whoever said it, it still raises a question. The comment implies that the author of the comm...
THREAD what if..
12 Posts • 4027 Views
Philosophy Forum
Conway, I think your reference to Kant's work in relation to the question of infinite reality is quite astute. His ideas about causality being a hardwired paradigm of human perception totally turned t...
THREAD SpiritualityCan the Supernatural be taken seriously?
32 Posts • 9588 Views
Religion Forum
Decius- we could keep going on and on and on, if we wish. I don't claim that your view is an opinion what do you think it is then?! And since logic is on my side, I'll believe wha...
THREAD EconomyWhat can we do to improve international relationships with the USA?
7 Posts • 2894 Views
Politics & Current Events Forum
First, open up Google Scholar. http://scholar.goo gle.com/schhp?hl=en&tab=ws &q= Then, I'd recommend searching the following... "neo-coloni alism" "neo-colonia lism&quo...
THREAD God in Religionproofs for God's existence
23 Posts • 7371 Views
Religion Forum
give me your opinions, objections, questions. this is a pretty simplified version of aristotle's and anslem's proofs, fist done by my teacher, and then by me, and i admit i havnt studied it...
THREAD PedophiliaPaedophilia
189 Posts • 72652 Views
Sexuality & Intimacy Forum
Sex is a biological creation, first and foremost, for the purpose of reproduction. As I wrote, only god knows what is the purpose of sex. Only the creator can know it. And you are not god. Sinc...
THREAD Child & Family PsychologyEffect of aggressive voices on TV on baby
3 Posts • 4595 Views
Psychology Forum
Hi jonnytekno, I am not an expert but I used to teach children and I had an interest in learning about the effects of music/sound on children, so I have my own opinions that are in tune with your beli...
THREAD ChristianityA Cartoon Banned by the Mormon Church
12 Posts • 3277 Views
Religion Forum
I agree. It is rediculous because it is wrong. Let me just correct a few things and also introduce some other idea's. Mormons DO believe in countless gods that were once human and that God hi...
THREAD GovernmentQuestion for Love-it-or-leave-it types
2 Posts • 3065 Views
Politics & Current Events Forum
mim3 for the Maoist Internationalist Movement: The United $tates is the world's imprisonment leader, so my question to love-it-or-leave-it types: 1) Do you they love Amerika because it is th...
THREAD Rehab & AddictionNew Study: Shows Neuropsychological Decline In Cannabis Users
1 Posts • 3839 Views
Health & Wellness Forum
Ever since junior highschool, when I had to do a class speech and I chose marijuana because my mom at the time was doing some early childhood course and had pamphlets on the topic - I have had it ingr...
THREAD Can we compare physics and psychology?
3 Posts • 2309 Views
Philosophy Forum
The purpose of my post was to illuminate how my past experiences provide the background for comprehending my new experiences. I have for many months been studying the new theories of cognitive scie...
THREAD The Mind
49 Posts • 13219 Views
Philosophy Forum
"What are the postive uses of the mind? There aren't any" "MIND" is an illusory reflection of cerebral fidgeting. It comprises all the random, uncontrolled thoughts that bu...
THREAD God in ReligionGod in physical form in Africa(Bulawayo Zim)
15 Posts • 3541 Views
Religion Forum
Okcitykid, You assert a certain theism to Albert Einstein in your messages dated 2nd and 7th of this month. Yet you don't specify which god the Great Man worships. He evinced a great admiration...
THREAD Why live if you're just going to die?
74 Posts • 59169 Views
Philosophy Forum
Let me tell you a story: A great wizard walks across a vast desert. He wears a long purple cloak and a high pointed hat. His white beard touches the ground. He carries a large bucket. He stops and...
THREAD Human's Inevitable Downfall
89 Posts • 23430 Views
Philosophy Forum
"What i reckon is, war is a necessary part of any modern 'civilization'. This is because, with the massive increase in productivity, luxury commodities and leisure time, the human race...
THREAD ChristianityThe fraud of Christianity
102 Posts • 24028 Views
Religion Forum
I'm still waiting for your great wisdom, you offer none, yet you ask for wisdom from me to insult me with it. I plead the fifth, You think your so smart to insult me then you're smart enough...
THREAD Famous PhilosophersNeo-Socraticism
2 Posts • 2856 Views
Philosophy Forum
The following will disclose a view on what it is the job of philosophy to do. Instantly, a problem intercedes. “What gall!” you cry. “How outré! â€' to assert the unity of phil...
THREAD Ethics & MoralityNotes on Ethics
1 Posts • 2436 Views
Philosophy Forum
I bought and read a book on moral relativism. The protagonists of the debate resemble two people who, though travelling in opposite directions, have fallen into the same pit. Both views are expressed...
THREAD Reality & MetaphysicsCan inanimate objects carry expressive meaning?
6 Posts • 7828 Views
Philosophy Forum
Rugged individualism might be an appropriate expression for all the creatures in the world, with one exception. Humans have, in the last few hundred years, moved from being rugged individuals to our p...
THREAD SpiritualityWe didn't exist before we got here
48 Posts • 13664 Views
Religion Forum
We do not know the entire history of biological enitities that have existed on this planet, it is fine to say that humans are the most developed to our knowledge, not as an absolute of past or even pr...
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