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Society & SociologyPopularity and open mindedness
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The quest is not for ignorance... the quest involves the acceptance of variable truths. Your word play is incorrect.
It is for ignorance. The acceptance of all ideas leaves no room for certainty... |
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Reality & MetaphysicsDark City/Matrix theory
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There are so many irrational, unreasonable things people think, believe and do. 99% of the world would probably say they've found the origin and purpose of life and argue vehemently for it, altho... |
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Epistemology: Truth & KnowledgeWittgenstein's notes called On Certainty
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What follows is my own analysis of On Certainty, and this analysis is done with very little input (reading or otherwise) from other philosophers. Hence, some of my thoughts may diverge or converge wit... |
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Nature & GeographyAre natural disasters more frequently nowadays?
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humanity as a whole has shown that we are adaptable after all we have already survived one ice age
I think we both agree on the general consensus of this topic. However just keep in mind that this... |
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SpiritualityCan the Supernatural be taken seriously?
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It is an individual absolute, but it is not universal truth. You are getting confused between individual truth and universal truth. Your tragedy is that you think we can know the universal truth. Univ... |
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Religion & HumanityWhy I don't preach anymore
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If I believe in anything, I'll believe in it with certainty. So if I believed that there is no God, are you saying that I shouldn't go tell people why it's illogical to believe in God? |
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Epistemology: Truth & KnowledgeWittgenstein's notes called On Certainty
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"Whether a proposition can turn out false after all depends on what I make count as determinants for that proposition (OC, 5)."
This is an interesting point, many of our beliefs are indee... |
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Riddles & PuzzlesInteresting Riddle
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I'm sorry but I don't completely understand. Can you explain how it is amazing and spectacular when it has been predicted with 100% certainty? |
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Epistemology: Truth & KnowledgeWittgenstein's notes called On Certainty
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I am going to not only analyze On Certainty, but I am also going to develop a theory based on Wittgenstein's hinge-propositions. |
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Science and Faith.-their applications to truth.
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Well because faith requires the absents of certainty, the fact that it is utilized in obtaining..knowledge.....is ironic. |
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Religion & HumanityWhat religous group do you call yourself?
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I don't belong to a religious group. Certainty about first principles or absolute truth is unattainable and that only perceptual phenomena are objects of exact. |
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God in Religionproofs for God's existence
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"but if you believe in God through reason, what need is there for faith?"
because at some point you need to jump from scientific probability to religious certainty. |
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Epistemology: Truth & KnowledgeWhat is TRUE KNOWLEGE
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There is no certainty or bed-rock of truth for free-thinkers, if you want that sign-up for an Orthodox religion. Experience is the only truth. |
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God in ReligionWhy Worry About God?
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I came up with a life quote from somethin like this topic.
And that is........."dont let certainty ruin the possibility." |
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Original thought.
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Perhaps one: intent behind intent?
But it is a perfectly balanced system for if everything is determined such that everything has 100% certainty of occurring then how can there be any means to sepe... |
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Creative MusingsIt was better left in the dark.
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As emotions stir within me, emotions I cannot understand, that have no name, i am terrified that I am starting to realise that my certainty that there was no more to life than my accidental creation,... |
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God in Religionproofs for God's existence
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Then the question arises is religion certain or do they believe? -which is a more stand out point of probability. Certainty isn't based on relgion but on personal knowledge so regardless of if yo... |
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Atheism & AgnosticismThe last leg for Atheism
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What tells you light and warmth exist? There's no certainty behind what you see as truth. Only the mind is certain.
If the question of God's existence defines right and wrong then everyon... |
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we only have what we will
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Faith is certainty. When you cross a street you have faith that you will reach the otherside in one piece. faith is not exclusive to religion it is an everday thing. |
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Atheism & AgnosticismAetheists Are Illogical
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I LIVE THIS EFFING THREAD
I don't even think it's right to believe in the concept of God as one being maybe its just a force and we are all apart of it Agnostic to me is believing with c... |
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The Hardest Question?
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"Is there really a God?"
Like everything, we cannot know in absolute terms with 100% certainty. But certainly, the evidence supporting God is dim, probably as dim as the evidence for oddly... |
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Alternative BeliefsWhatever needs to be discussed
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social constructionism- means that our knowledge is a human construct. That there is a diversity of beliefs. That their is no universal absolute 'truth'. I'll elaborate below.
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About You / IntroductionsPeople!! baaah!
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I dont know that I have any answers for you other than that I also have asked the same question myself and many other questions beside. I believe what you feel is perfectly normal. I'm 43 now and... |
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Christianitychristians?
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Tell me,
If Jesus was purly an ordinary man and died on the cross so other might follow him. How would he know if people actually followed him after his death?
Unless you are God or have certaint... |
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IslamDo you know what Islam means?
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" If one says there are no absolutes they just gave an example for an absolute."
You misunderstand. By absolute I mean being absolutely sure of something. That's absolutist. I don'... |
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