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Alternative BeliefsAn uneducated view...thrown together
4 Posts • 3480 Views Religion Forum |
The greeks had gods that resided on mountain tops and in the depths of the ocean. The idea that was appealing about this at the time was that no one could go to the top of the highest mountain or to t... |
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People hate vegetarians
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My quote : 'This is a purpose percieved by whome?' and your response :"This is a purpose that can be readily seen, if one studies animal behavior."
I note with interest that this was the... |
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Society & SociologySocial Contract
3 Posts • 2046 Views Psychology Forum |
the metaphorical socail contract is just that ; make believe, pretend. The words we use to express never trully capture the wisdom of feeling and since we live in a world that truly is created by the... |
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What IS existance?
59 Posts • 15218 Views Philosophy Forum |
But that's just it. There is no 'proven as fact' regarding a lot of what I explore in my everyday life. There is an aspect of ourselves and the universe that we know very little about a... |
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Conscious and Sub-ConsciousThe Art of Self-Discovery
0 Posts • 3056 Views Psychology Forum |
I have no name only a role. I have been sitting atop Eriks arm for 20 years now. This year i celebrate my 21st year in service of watching him be. my human Erik being. I hear his thoughts and also his... |
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Society & SociologyLabeling
17 Posts • 6848 Views Psychology Forum |
Yeah, labeling isn't seen as a "nice" thing to do, but even I- someone who doesn't like to label people, mentally labels people.
It's human nature to catagorize everything,... |
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People are...
2 Posts • 2131 Views Talk Talk |
Masks... People were them. They are 2 people in one, they say that something is important to them and when you spend time with that person it becomes clear that they dont give a shit about that import... |
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BooksTwo Kinds of Color
4 Posts • 3006 Views Talk Talk |
We adopted an African American child. I just finished a wonderful kindle novel "Two Kinds of Color," by Deborah Kennedy. It helped me realize how tough it is for a family of black and white... |
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The "What probably is = what is" fallacy
31 Posts • 9222 Views Psychology Forum |
I never said, nor did I mean to imply, that probability could be dispensed with altogether. In fact it is central to my argument that I say precisely the opposite. To go back to my previous example: h... |
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Religion & HumanityReligious views: are they really a reason for argument?
5 Posts • 2665 Views Religion Forum |
Love one another. Live life fully. Words everyone should live by, regardless religion.
I know, another article about religion. I apologize if anyone is sick of it. Honestly, I am a bit too. Which is... |
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God in ReligionQuestioning his Behaviour
284 Posts • 49559 Views Religion Forum |
The behavior of Atheists is subject to the same rules of sociology, psychology, and neurophysiology that govern the behavior of all members of our species.
Exaclty why Atheists also are subject to... |
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Religion & Humanitywhat religion are you and why
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I simply have faith in God, whatever that is or means. Whoever gave me life and created existence, that's where I point my faith. This mindset that I have about religion is called Agnosticism and... |
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PoetryMusings of the Cynics
19 Posts • 6261 Views Stories & Poetry Forum |
Here's a testimony
to Human resilience. The spring-back inclination
of resolve.
The power to absorb one punch,
then bounce back, and
Wham.
then bounce back still again
like one of th... |
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Life & DeathVoluntary Human Extinction Movement
233 Posts • 131317 Views Philosophy Forum |
World Population
6,791,057,651
D aily Birth Rate (approx.): 217,666
(Global / after deaths)
"I relate to VHEMT as a Volunteer."
TO: Everyone
It's important to enable... |
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Society & SociologyExcerp: Industrial Society Destroys Mind and Environment
34 Posts • 12723 Views Psychology Forum |
much of what your original post said was quite thought provoking from a psychological perspective. particularly the incerse relationship between thinking and emotion, iq and eq. i must also admit that... |
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Gender PsychologyFemale Superiority?
7 Posts • 3698 Views Psychology Forum |
Philip, spirituality and materialism are not opposites. They are joined. Otherwise humans being material also wouldn't have the potential to love each other.
Ethics is a purely human thing.... |
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SpiritualityWe didn't exist before we got here
48 Posts • 13629 Views Religion Forum |
Xanadoool, yes you are correct that the brain doesn't exist in many lifeforms. I never disagreed with that concept; as I wrote before: "in biology (relating to non-animal organisms) we tend... |
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Intelligence, Memory & BrainBrain Function Being Dependant on Co-ordination
1 Posts • 2208 Views Psychology Forum |
The idea that how we use our brain comes down to how we can co-ordinate our energies...
Basically we can quite easily grasp the idea of moving something.
Basically we push or pull one or many mus... |
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Ethics & MoralityEuthanasia is wrong
4 Posts • 3334 Views Philosophy Forum |
Two German scholars Karl Binding (jurist) and Alfred Hoche (psychiatrist) wrote 1920 the book called "Die Freigabe der Vernichtung Lebensunwerten Lebens" ("Allowing the Destruction of L... |
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SocietyAre We Responsible Caretakers of this Planet?
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Are We Responsible Caretakers of this Planet?
I am inclined to think that each human generation must consider itself as the steward of the earth and therefore must make available to the succeeding... |
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God in ReligionUniverse : design or necessity?
63 Posts • 14501 Views Religion Forum |
I believe it makes more sense that all matter is made up of conciousness/energy that has always existed, the big bang was only the begining of one thought process inside the mind of the power/concious... |
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Science vs ReligionEVOLUTION
226 Posts • 63414 Views Religion Forum |
Evolution, The Big Bang Theory, Survival of the Fittest. All these subjects are completely ridiculous. First of all, how can any logical thinking person believe we evolved from apes? And even if that... |
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Gender PsychologyThe right to dress provocatively?
80 Posts • 37709 Views Psychology Forum |
Awesome post rollergirl! I'm curious, where did you get that information (source of the email)?
#2 pretty much says it. There's definitely a strong correlation between "provokative&q... |
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Pascal's Wager
8 Posts • 3585 Views Philosophy Forum |
your are wise beyond your age phacops.. yes i do apologize for what seemed like an attack at KGB, i only meant that he re-stated someone elses idea that could possibly have deeper meaning
jaker i h... |
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Reciprocation
16 Posts • 4595 Views Philosophy Forum |
Reciprocation 'give and take'
One of the most widespread and most basic norm of human culture is embodies in the rule for reciprocation. This rule requires one person to repay, in kind, what anoth... |
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