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why continue?
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Wizard's Logic: do you think the diversity of answers to this question is a sign of strength or weakness? There seem to me to be two (widely discrepant) solutions to this problem: first, the posi... |
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Ethics & MoralityThe five fingers of ethics
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I have reduced my complete ethical system to five basic principles; the five fingers of ethics
Briefly, these five principles are
-the thumb: the universalist imperative: do what everyone should hav... |
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Life & DeathIf your a clone do you have a soul?
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"To extend it into the spiritual aspect, well this has been a rather neglected area of study by science? "
I'm not sure if the study has been no neglected, but rather, the study is vir... |
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DreamsWhat do you dream about?
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more to the developed topic of lucidity to begin. there are hundreds of types of induction techniques that can increase one's ability ot achieve waking or near waking consciousness while dreaming... |
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God in ReligionQuestioning his Behaviour
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To help answer you question Petesmith:
Athiest ethics usually boils down to 'Me first, always!' ideology. Atheists may have exactly the same views about what counts as good and bad, and may... |
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BiologyScientists Turn Dead Cells Into Live Tissue
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Antony Barnett and Robin McKie / London Observer | September 24 2006
Scientists working at a British laboratory have achieved one of the most controversial breakthroughs ever made in the field of s... |
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SocietyAmerica is F***ed
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All right, to address a couple of points first:
1). Yes, the people do vote for the government, however, this does not mean the people always support the government. Sometimes a government strays too... |
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Ethics & MoralityEthics: DARE YOU IGNORE IT?
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Can an ethical statement be 'true'? Is it simply 'true' that 'thou shalt not kill' in the same way that 'the speed of light is 186,000 miles per second' is true?
The latter fact is a truth concerni... |
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BiologyScience versus Instinct
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Ok, lets start with the term 'instinct', to help settle some confusion. "Instinct' means the inherent disposition of a living organism toward a particular behavior. Instinct is pre... |
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Ethics & MoralityIs there any ethical validation for inbreeding White Tigers?
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I am not sure how many people are familiar with the White Tiger Dilemma; but to sum it up, there is an enormous debate centered upon how they are bred. White Tigers are not their own species, and do n... |
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Vegetarianism
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Hey metalgiant, I too respect your opinions and like them because your intent is good; but I still think you're stance could be better directed.
I wrote a reply but I got logged off it took m... |
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Ethics & MoralityNotes on Ethics
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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... |
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Alternative BeliefsGod = The Universe
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The Quanum zero effect does nothing of the kind. Science continues to examine and describe the universe around us. Things dtill fall off trees and you still cannot walk into walls
Your going to sit... |
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Alternative BeliefsMormon
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I'm not an active member. I joined a long time ago when I had a good friend in the church while in the Navy. I could not acccept all of their beliefs so I dropped out. But once you are a member,... |
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Ethics & MoralityIdea for a Normative Theory
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DISCLAIMER: This starts off by sounding kinda ridiculous, but I think it becomes much more reasonable as you read on, and I have put a lot of thought into it, so please don't dismiss it immediate... |
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Gender PsychologyWhat Is Wrong With Being A Slut
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Thank you for your reactions. I'd like to add some new material.
Power. Control. Libido. Three basic and primary drives of many, many men and perhaps the most primitive urges in the center of... |
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GovernmentProp 8: A Different Approach
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Okay so in the wake of the religious arguments and the linguistic arguments, (and those arguments aside) I thought I would take a look at this proposition from the legal/democratic aspect. So bear wit... |
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God in ReligionWake up and discover that God never existed
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secret07 the truth is you can't be sure that your 'God' exists and other 'Gods' don't. What makes christianity more genuine, realiable, legitimate, accurate, sincere, tru... |
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GodQuestioning God's Existence
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Entertain for a moment why we have the need to construct the concept of God. We know that we began as a species early to conceive of polytheistic gods to explain that which we could not, or to justify... |
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Alternative BeliefsGod = The Universe
72 Posts • 21760 Views
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Quantom zero effect disproves everything we know about physics. We can't explain black holes or how a sun flare 100 miles away from the sun burns over 1000% hotter than the surface of the sun, we... |
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Peter Tosh CD Review
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Peter Tosh Reggae Review
'Honorary Citizen'
A man of Jah, a Wailer, and most importantly an awesome reggae performer and writer, describes Peter Tosh in a nutshell. To commemorate his musical con... |
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Religion & HumanityReligion has history
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we might need tp check out the history of where and how Nebuchadnezzar kept his army tools. How he defeated so many nations. (See Kings, and psalms and Exodus....)
And how he was a great and evil co... |
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Ethics & MoralityEthics: DARE YOU IGNORE IT?
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Ethics should be sung, not said. Ethics is the frail raft which the virtuous man trusts through churning seas. It pulls us down, it stops us from angling for the stars, even as it puts solid ground be... |
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Sentience vs. Sapience
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knowledge is basically how to do something
wisdom is basically how to do something right, or not do it ;)
sapience... ooooooo sounds all "collegey"
you labeled the top of your thread... |
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Iain King's 'How to Make Good Decisions"
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Continuum is pleased to announce that Iain King's 'How to Make Good Decisions and Be Right All the Time: Solving the Riddle of Right and Wrong' is now available!
'Iain King's ambitious bo... |
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