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God in ReligionLoving, Kind, Forgiving, Blessing God?
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That's a fabulous point, Lefty. What if heaven is so boring that people want to revolt when they get there, unless (1) there is no free will to begin with (2) one loses free will when one gets to... |
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Reality & Metaphysics'reality'
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who says we do? thats the whole point behind impulses, instincts, obsessions, desires, needs, self preservation.
These types of things appear to actually dictate our very thought patterns and what... |
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Life & DeathAre We Ever Free
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A world that is all free would be a world with no boundaries. In a literal sense, that means we could all move in any direction we wanted to regardless of gravity. In a figurative sense, it would be a... |
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Free Will
60 Posts • 14986 Views Philosophy Forum |
To be more specific, yes we have a brain and the part we call the mind. But to know that the brain has different sections within it, to serve different purposes.
The cortex, the medulla. Basically p... |
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What IS existance?
59 Posts • 15216 Views Philosophy Forum |
The only thing any of us have is our own reality, which is ofchourse subjective. We are so limited that we can't even answer the question of freewill. We ask, are we really making are own choices... |
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To Be Free
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To be free of my of genetic memory. To be free of my programmed enemies. To let be my so called tragedies. To be me in spite of anything.
When I think of my mother being hit by my father, I know it... |
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Free Will
60 Posts • 14986 Views Philosophy Forum |
What is free will?
It is the idea as a human, even in the most degrading of situations, we still have a choice.
Perhaps not major, perhaps not meager. But the fact remains, we do not have to speak... |
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FuturologyWhat do you think will happen in 30 years when experts say the earth's oil is tapped out?
6 Posts • 3543 Views Science & Technology Forum |
Easy. that big money from big oil has bought up all the free energy devices so in 30 years time there banks are going to be fat and then when the oil is up they simply produce the free energy devices... |
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Free Will
33 Posts • 9399 Views Philosophy Forum |
Good in theory Chris. But what happens if a person forgets and commits the crime? How do you tell if someone understands the crime? What happens to those who don't understand the crime? What happ... |
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Atheism & AgnosticismWhat is the root cause of atheist's disbelief and are they qualified to debate theism?
54 Posts • 15126 Views Religion Forum |
I was taught; to: walk, speak, play an instrument, all academics, drive and learned because I trusted my teacher. Have I been brainwashed to believe I need to love my neighbor as myself, and be kind,... |
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42 Posts • 10434 Views Stories & Poetry Forum |
For thine heart cares not of the brain,
Thee heart chooses it's victims,
Thy heart chooses one, and loves or hates,
Thee heart loving is compassionate,
Thy heart hating, shows no mercy,
Lo... |
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Science vs ReligionEvolution of God
43 Posts • 12156 Views Religion Forum |
The beauty of Free will is just that, freedom.
We are free to commit sins, we are free to make our own theories, We are free to choose whom we follow.
It does say God is a jealous God. He Himself... |
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A realization
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I have realized that we as humans (all that live or have lived), are what we are. And no one can really fault us. Yes we have been given free will but we have no real clue as to how to chose. We have... |
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God in ReligionThe God Thread
158 Posts • 41773 Views Religion Forum |
" You don't think it is right to believe in God than don't believe in God."
I don't intend to ;)
" But just because you believe God is false doesn't mean the rest... |
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Tv Good or Bad
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If you don't like a TV show, don't watch it. If you don't like other people watching "immoral" TV, well tough, its a free country.
Really, TV is just to entertain and shoul... |
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God in ReligionThe Problem of Evil
202 Posts • 41499 Views Religion Forum |
One must associate oneself with logic for a moment and disassociate oneself from mysticism. If humans have choices, how can the universe and humans in the universe operate according to God's divi... |
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Free Speech
0 Posts • 8800 Views Philosophy Forum |
I agree with you Crimson, it is a good thing, the topic is of little concern, because if is free speech it should be free for all. Krazy makes a good point about that also, I despise racists and pedop... |
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Free Speech
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I said in the last part of my message that I wouldn't afford Paedophiles the right to anything nevermind free speech, quite frankly I would lock them up and throw away the key. But if we deprive... |
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Free Will
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(to dreamer on first page) you were saying we have choice so we have free will" well no cause the choices are caused, sure we have choices and will that feels free (cause we cant analyze every fa... |
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Free Will
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I believe we do have free will.
I believe that our minds make us think logically and that would lead to cause and effect, and that is not freedom.
I do believe in a soul, and like you guys, it has... |
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Society & SociologyPopularity and open mindedness
39 Posts • 9846 Views Psychology Forum |
That being the case open minded people are unable to empathize with other people and are therefore closed minded to the concept of empathy.
ya know, that sounds real good, but , being empathetic... |
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apple itunes & emi
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hey guys...
i think I heard that apple/i tunes & emi are working together to allow free mp3 download or something like that?
can anyone tell me what's up with that? and how everyone thinks... |
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Riddles & PuzzlesSolve Buriden's Ass
6 Posts • 3905 Views Philosophy Forum |
Thank you for clarifying the riddle, I was not versed with the readings he was describing and I didn't analyze the example explaining the paradox more accurately.
I just knew the sort of parad... |
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God in Religionunfair senario
12 Posts • 4405 Views Religion Forum |
agreed bear. no one deserves to be saved. to re-emphasise... say that two people commit a crime. they both deserve to go to jail. someone steps in and takes the place of one of them, but not the other... |
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