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Life & DeathThe meaning of life
30 Posts • 8256 Views Philosophy Forum |
Earth is a small meaningless rock. On that rock you can find human beings. Our purpose? we have none. We are here because of the relationships to love have fun and enjoy this gift that we have been gi... |
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Chaos theory
70 Posts • 16949 Views Philosophy Forum |
quite right Azhrei. It all comes down to what and how we perceive our surroundings. Reality exists in the mind. Maybe Chaos is a merely a human constructed thought or observation. Or maybe it is a fou... |
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Human Nature & EmotionEmotions
17 Posts • 6999 Views Philosophy Forum |
I agree. Depression, along with mayn other traits or emotions, are detrimental to a human beings' health and wellbeing. However, the emotions run through us at vaired times and there is nothing t... |
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SpiritualityFaith: innate or not?
6 Posts • 5978 Views Religion Forum |
In any event Decius, I was looking for insight regardless of my or anyone's predisposition. How you could make the blanket accusations you did I'll never know. But I never tried to hide my b... |
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Just For FunStories of true badasses
9 Posts • 3146 Views Talk Talk |
This isn't something I did I was told about this
I only caught the last part and I saw 4 guys driving away.
This is a story of a friend of mine.
"So, Earlier today I was on the side... |
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DreamsDreams
37 Posts • 11704 Views Psychology Forum |
i dont know if you guys would be interested but i had this intense dream a while back and it still hunts me.
i saw my self in a green pasture with 3 unfimailar faces. then all of a sudden i shot u... |
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Life & DeathMovies that best describe life/death??
22 Posts • 6886 Views Philosophy Forum |
Terminator (all three of them). Just proves that the human race is so bent on destruction that they will be the cause of the downfall of their own race. At least, thats how i feel. Oh, it also proves... |
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Child & Family PsychologyBeing Lazy
8 Posts • 3861 Views Psychology Forum |
The human mind can make a Hell out of a Heaven and a Heaven out of Hell. (John Milton) Studying philosophy can do that. |
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Theory of the Man-Machine
12 Posts • 9476 Views Philosophy Forum |
my theory is that there are at least two "types" of existence: physical and abstract. our bodies, brains, cells, and everything around us that causes us to experience are physical--however,... |
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What value do you navigate by?
6 Posts • 2676 Views Philosophy Forum |
Beauty and morality are species of values.
George Santayana says that 'all values must be ultimately intrinsic'. He adds that the good, i.e. that which is desired, is good because of its consequen... |
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Science vs ReligionEvolution of God
43 Posts • 12188 Views Religion Forum |
"And as for engineering us, I can't see us so much as cattle in the food sense, unless they had a specific desire for such meat or some natural "human" secretion, spinal fluid etc.... |
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Dressing for your age?
68 Posts • 19065 Views Philosophy Forum |
Beauty is a human construct. It's also a social construct. You can not say that you are "beautiful" alone, but because you have been influenced to think that way or others tell that to... |
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Societya society at eachother's throats.
18 Posts • 6476 Views Philosophy Forum |
>"It's an impulsive response due to insecurity."
-Due to insecurity as well as a subconcious paranoia that I believe we set within ourselves early on (lower level school). It is a... |
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Society & SociologyRacism on SNL
0 Posts • 14665 Views Psychology Forum |
this is just going back and forth! Nobody ever agrees. Even us simple people have to get the last word in. I think just shutting up and getting along is the way to go. We are all human and were we liv... |
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What truths would a wise person pursue?
5 Posts • 2819 Views Philosophy Forum |
It appears to me that science has accumulated a great deal of knowledge regarding human nature that would be very useful for everyone to know. Unfortunately our schools and colleges are focused almost... |
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BiologyCloning
93 Posts • 25261 Views Science & Technology Forum |
Unfortunately, we cannot really know for certain, unless we actually clone entire human beings. We tend to be an empirical lot, and as a race need sometimes to 'stick our hands into the fire' when we... |
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ConsciousnessHow do the ideas of Universal Consciousness and synchronicity fit together?
5 Posts • 3704 Views Philosophy Forum |
Well that idea is an ethnocentrist view. Another term used is collective unconscious. Every human shares common traits, experiences and instincts, so there is a point of synchronized consciousness, or... |
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Science vs ReligionScience: The One True Religion
27 Posts • 7209 Views Religion Forum |
Chris- I'd really love to believe what you just said. But, can you give me an example as to how that could hypothetically occur?
And, even though it hasn't been scientifically proven, 2... |
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IslamHUMANS CAN STEEP LOWER THAN ANIMALS
2 Posts • 3319 Views Religion Forum |
God in our Nobel book stated that He has “surely created man in the best stature†and then followed by “then we reduced him to the lowest of lowâ€(95:4-5). Information may be ha... |
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Christianityjesus finishing our sins
43 Posts • 10555 Views Religion Forum |
As A.O.D pointed out, if there was no cross and Jesus had never lived, then we Christians would have no bases for our faith!
It is important to note that while 'Christinaity' only came abo... |
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Religion & HumanityA Just Religion
65 Posts • 16095 Views Religion Forum |
to say that everyone had religion, even the majority, untill recently is a bit pressumptuous. Where do you get your info?
What are you saying the select few meant to tell the world did a good job o... |
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Relationships & Lovewould you?
4 Posts • 2187 Views Psychology Forum |
Yes.
Hell, screw it. If I love them, I do. Real or not I still do. Even if their reciprocation is generated, the fact is I fell in love with the generation. I wouldn't care.
Could you find a h... |
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Reality & MetaphysicsWhat if we are all inanimate objects..
3 Posts • 3052 Views Philosophy Forum |
What you perceive as real is your reality. You construct from the start and just keep on adding on to it. Your reality is molded by your experiences and knowledge you gain. Even if you are a glass of... |
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BiologyMeditation altars brain structure
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Meditation is an individual practice that is being practiced by more and more individuals every year. If not a human evolution, certainly an environmenal one. At least, meditation practiced by larger... |
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God in ReligionThe Problem of Evil
202 Posts • 41648 Views Religion Forum |
Given the definition of evil being mental and physical anguish caused by natural or by human means, then if a house is flooded out in a rainstorm and a little girl drowns, then how is that evil caused... |
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