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HomosexualityWhy Condone Fruitless Deviant Behavior?
94 Posts • 27067 Views Sexuality & Intimacy Forum |
"No, an irrational reaction does not take precidence over innocuous existing reality. Just because some people fear the dark does not mean there should be no darkness... or clowns (though clowns... |
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Conscious and Sub-ConsciousConsciousness is just the tip of the iceberg
24 Posts • 12799 Views Psychology Forum |
Thanks for the meditation idea Angel of death. I'll try it next time I'm camping, since there are so many mirrors around here.
From what I understand about the brain, consciousness/sub-consciousnes... |
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Society & Sociologycool people VS nerds
24 Posts • 10020 Views Psychology Forum |
Perhaps we do have a desire togo against the grain- well some people do- Many people have a terrible fear of being an outcast or to be seen as different so they try to be as 'normal' as they... |
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SpiritualityIn any Spiritual Text is there a way to give up Free Will?
5 Posts • 3120 Views Religion Forum |
I am listening to the Bhagavad Gita, I have read the Bible, I've browsed the Quran.
Just about every spiritual text talks about either worshiping god in full love, being a full devotee, or sac... |
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Shattered Views...
8 Posts • 4870 Views Stories & Poetry Forum |
I've fallen and cast myself into broken arms
For the depths of my mind frighten me.
The past has given no hope, only harm
Fear will always avail thee.
Tear streaked face and blood stained m... |
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Elections2008 Election
13 Posts • 3433 Views Politics & Current Events Forum |
I don' blame you one bit.
He's only running republican, he is an old styled conservative, not this neo conservative bs, and primarily a libertarian constitutionalist, he ran once before a... |
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Is There are real right and wrong?
61 Posts • 15508 Views Philosophy Forum |
I think that the majority of people can not live with out right and wrong. It kills the core of what the beleive in. I think that ya'll are the same way. You fear the fact that we can't hone... |
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ChristianityIs God in your church
18 Posts • 5509 Views Religion Forum |
Of free will, fear and God.
I was reading into Spinoza(first timer) today and he has an outlook on this that in some places coincides with Decius's thoughts.
What I basically understood of him is... |
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Creative MusingsFar from above, just separate like any reservations held in fear
10 Posts • 3425 Views Stories & Poetry Forum |
Yes, fuck it, indeed.
It's easy to say "too much" online. I think the introvert in me loves the seemingly risk-free expression. In person, the anxiety sets in as defense, self-consci... |
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When I feel pain, I....
20 Posts • 7106 Views Philosophy Forum |
I think i assess the problem. I ask why i feel this way, and try and see "is it my fault"- or what i percieve to be the "problems fault".-
and if im in the wrong...then i try to... |
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Sex & Lawsex age
27 Posts • 16310 Views Sexuality & Intimacy Forum |
Yes we should and I believe the age should be 18. After high school where the young adult gets to think on their own feet and do not get too influenced from their peers. I think high schools is more a... |
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War & TerrorismExcerp: Rape-Slaying in Iraq by US Soldiers
0 Posts • 1892 Views Politics & Current Events Forum |
No matter how pure principles are; living through our times whilst attemting to have principles or ethics will always endure an amount of hippocracy. Every time I start my car I'm doing harm from... |
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SocietyZEITGEIST ADDENDUM + VENUS PROJECT
4 Posts • 2270 Views Politics & Current Events Forum |
To me politics is just a dance floor, few people dare to be the first dancing but the more that do it the less fear others have of joining in.
The venus project is just the use of our knowledge to cr... |
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GovernmentThe meaning of democracy
65 Posts • 34078 Views Politics & Current Events Forum |
You really got at the heart of the argument, and this is very pleasing to me. We might, of course, join China where fear of change held back progress, and still is a dominant factor in politics.
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Relationships & Lovenobody loves me!
0 Posts • 31969 Views Psychology Forum |
In another post I mentioned that there is a oneness of spirit, why we have a hard to accept as separate entities. Love is likewise, you feel unloved when you become focused on the separate being. When... |
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Life & Deathwhy is death so scary for ppl
48 Posts • 23633 Views Philosophy Forum |
personally, i dont know anyone who fears death. i thought about it today, and i cant think of anyone i have ever met who was actually afraid of death. i do recall a conversation with someone in elemen... |
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Does anyone out there actually believe this BS?
13 Posts • 2772 Views Talk Talk |
Crazy, huh? A president makes the ultimate to decision to go to war only after deep reflection, and for the right reasons. I'm not sure why we went into Iraq in the first place. All those other r... |
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Religion & HumanityImagine a world without religion.
25 Posts • 9263 Views Religion Forum |
Problems arise when people put the responsibility of power in hands other than their own when doing any pooling.
Progression is hindered by corruption which is caused by weakness in the individual wh... |
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ChristianityWhy is jesus story so powerful
18 Posts • 6233 Views Religion Forum |
The reason Jesus story is so powerful is because it is the Truth.
We have been created to know this truth and when you find it you will know it.
It is not by good works that we get to heaven tha... |
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Do we get a kick out of intrigue?
4 Posts • 2517 Views Philosophy Forum |
Humans have an overwhelming desire to invest life with great significance.
I suspect this overwhelming desire is a reaction to, and is motivated by, its opposite -- the underlying implication, and... |
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Religion & HumanityThe Meaning of Living
103 Posts • 24957 Views Religion Forum |
I was adopted at 2 and raised in a strict Southern Baptist family in a rural town in the heart of the U.S. My family and I attended church every Sunday morning, Sunday evening, and Wednesday nights. I... |
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Life & Deathwhy is death so scary for ppl
48 Posts • 23633 Views Philosophy Forum |
I fear death. I believe its stupid we don't put forth research in looking for potential immortality. Perhaps then maybe our political leaders will think for the future and actually care about what the... |
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Emotions & FeelingsSkepticism, Fear, and Anger
24 Posts • 7376 Views Psychology Forum |
I think a level of skepticism is healthy. It keeps you on your toes. Of course, too much of anything (be it skepticism or optimism) is unhealthy, so you have the find the dividing line, the balance...... |
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ChristianityWhy is jesus story so powerful
18 Posts • 6233 Views Religion Forum |
I believe Jesus existed. Once in a while great people pop up. We had Mother Teresa and Ghandi. Whether Jesus was bon from a virgin or the son of God who died for our sins; that he is the way to God is... |
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AnimalsHorses
7 Posts • 3052 Views Science & Technology Forum |
It's interesting when I think about owing a horse - I would like access to a horse to learn more about what horses are like; to see how intelligent they are; and to get over this fear I have in r... |
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