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God in ReligionWhy would god need worship?
11 Posts • 6195 Views Religion Forum |
Why would you assume God needs worship as opposed to just requiring it for our sake?
Why assume a creator would require "blind" faith? And why assume it would be so he would be sustained?... |
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Society & SociologyProving a Disconnection
0 Posts • 339 Views Psychology Forum |
Restless thoughts lead me to ponder current reality in a more open minded way, especially after being awakened for 30 or so hours
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Life & DeathLife, Already Planned?
62 Posts • 24002 Views Philosophy Forum |
What triggers the subconscious state of mind to make a decission i wonder? something must have to. ( for if we want a shake with our burger for example), but if we don't "think" it...wh... |
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BiologyCloning
93 Posts • 25191 Views Science & Technology Forum |
Cloning whole people would certainly make for a race of third class citizens, a race everyone would be able to loath with a 'clear conscious'. Is that a good thing?
As for separate body parts, I ca... |
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Dressing for your age?
68 Posts • 18989 Views Philosophy Forum |
know what ya mean? broke my back at 16, then hurt it bad a while back when I was coming down a ladder with a steel beam over my head.
The point is I found that my life long habit of sticking my wall... |
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SpiritualityI'm think I'm losing faith in God.
48 Posts • 17099 Views Religion Forum |
I only agree with this in terms of any elaborate human definition of god, such as religious one.
Because god can easily be defined as the creator of existance, or even existance itself, and can eas... |
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Gender PsychologyJeans and heels are painful
39 Posts • 14877 Views Psychology Forum |
But what is freaky is that they still wear heels and constricting clothing even when it hurts. Just like women in the Victorian era worse corsets. You'd think people would made the connection tha... |
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Emotions & FeelingsA Lack Of Motivation In All Things Intellectual
7 Posts • 3359 Views Psychology Forum |
I lack motivation, severely. Not so much the motivation to aquire information, such as Decius spoke of, but the motivation to apply any sort of abilities/information I have.
We really do live in an... |
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Need to rid myself of nail-biting habit
7 Posts • 2525 Views Talk Talk |
There has to be a change at the unconscious level. It is tricky to train your brain, and you'll have to really force yourself in order for it to work. Aversion therapy will only work if you can t... |
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DreamsWhat do you think of dreams?
15 Posts • 3833 Views Psychology Forum |
I like to think that its possible dreams take me to a supernatural place. I don't know if it is true or not, but somehow it helps me feel more free and open about them, even if they are scary or... |
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Religion & HumanityThe Meaning of Living
103 Posts • 24864 Views Religion Forum |
Ocassionally I review past post, I would think this thread should have been separated at about page 4.
"Its more of a condition. The universe must affect, be thought about, be experienced by a c... |
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DreamsWhat do you think of dreams?
15 Posts • 3833 Views Psychology Forum |
I've been browsing this forum for some time and although I enjoyed reading the discussions I have only recently begun being more interactive online.
So here's my first post.
Do you fee... |
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Religion & HumanityThe Meaning of Living
103 Posts • 24864 Views Religion Forum |
The fact that we cause the evil, and not God, is not a pretty fact either.
Anything discussed in these forums have yet to be seen as a truth.
I still hold this point of mine:
For a universe t... |
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ConsciousnessLevels of Consciousness
29 Posts • 10830 Views Philosophy Forum |
Think of it like a computer.
The 10% finite mind we use(actual or conscious) is like the ram, and the 90% (potential or unconscious) is like an infinite hard drive.
Effort to make the potential actu... |
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Free Will
60 Posts • 14982 Views Philosophy Forum |
Maybe if you compare yourself to an animal, you will discover you have a choice in more than they.
Animals live on instinct alone.
Humans make choices....example;
to eat meat, or not to eat meat.... |
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Spiritualitypeople that lose faith
5 Posts • 3192 Views Religion Forum |
A problem I often feel I see is that people bicker over a definition of god and god's intentions or rules.
The biggest religious arguments I'm familiar with are over minutia, like other ar... |
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ConsciousnessIs basic consciousness in early animal forms?
2 Posts • 2546 Views Philosophy Forum |
Is basic consciousness in early animal forms?
Antonio Damasio is a scientist who has set out to organize a scientific study of human consciousness. Damasio utilizes a rather unique method that invo... |
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God in ReligionGod's Will
128 Posts • 29885 Views Religion Forum |
"Everyone that has ever lived, is living, and will live, before humans ultimatly go extinct (as they must, according to the physical laws of entropy) will probably amount to a cosmic blip on the... |
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DreamsDreams... useless or amazing
50 Posts • 14044 Views Psychology Forum |
I do not know why certain dreams happen at certain times, but I do know that the sub-conscious self-monitoring center in your brain is responsible for turning on your "dream center". Wheneve... |
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Bored
32 Posts • 8939 Views Philosophy Forum |
JackerJones: Boredom is an natural emotion which all encounter regardless if one is psychologically stable at a point in their lives. Emotions do not 'choose' us, because all emotional thoug... |
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God in ReligionWhy would god need worship?
11 Posts • 6195 Views Religion Forum |
Why would god need worship and faith.
Why would the Creator of creation re lie on blind worship and faith to sub stain itself?
For a believe in god but not of one who is material in form or cons... |
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God in ReligionIf God exisit...why there is so much evil in the world?
24 Posts • 7472 Views Religion Forum |
"Lost in translation"--I like that, too. I don't have much time, but I'll say that I've read a number of theories that pretty much believe that evil is "unconsciousness&q... |
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Alternative BeliefsWorship 101?
5 Posts • 2917 Views Religion Forum |
Not the source of god, or at least not just. I mean the source of everything. See, I view "god" to be just the collective whole and the source of all things.
We are all connected to every... |
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PerceptionDeath
12 Posts • 4692 Views Psychology Forum |
I feel the same Freakish. It's not about finding the answers and being able to revel in them, it's more just completing the circle (if it is a circle) or moving on to the next part of the cy... |
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ConsciousnessCan we learn to be critically self-conscious?
1 Posts • 3069 Views Philosophy Forum |
Can we learn to be critically self-conscious?
In his book 'The Assault on Reason' Al Gore informs me that he concluded after talking to many candidates of both parties in the 2006 election cycle th... |
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