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Society & SociologyIs Jail a mild form of torture
35 Posts • 11325 Views Psychology Forum |
"deserve"!
"deserve to be in jail"!
"all violent criminals deserve to be in jail"!
Do you understand what reason means?
Do you understand what the... |
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Life & Deathwhat is your theory on life?
270 Posts • 54804 Views Philosophy Forum |
I think that we need to take a time out here. I beleive that there is a concept most pertennant to our ideas as philosophers, that most people are not aware of. As I read these ideas from my fellow ph... |
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Science vs ReligionEVOLUTION
226 Posts • 63414 Views Religion Forum |
You denied using mockery, that was your lie. Then you trivialized it when cornered. You have no credibility.
Uh no, I'm infamous for mockery here, why would I deny it? I asked for examples to... |
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God in ReligionFrom God's inexistence it follows God's
8 Posts • 3662 Views Religion Forum |
Proving 1).
Arithmetic is a kind of language formed by numbers and operations. Every number is also a truth, and we express them as a tautology: "1 = 1"; "2 = 2"; "3 = 3&qu... |
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God in ReligionIf there's a god, why is there evil?
222 Posts • 57352 Views Religion Forum |
I am a gemini, incidently. ;)
Look folks. This could be a book if I went into great detail. AND the final conclusion would still be the same.
The problem Decius, with logic, is it is illogical. D... |
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Physics & CosmologySomething out of nothing
40 Posts • 8803 Views Science & Technology Forum |
You guys should be writers...Your thinking is almost poetic...I like reading your thoughts...
And, heyjme1, I agree with you that a mystic without reason is entirely lost. Most of my thinking, I be... |
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Famous PhilosophersSocratic and Platonic philosophies
34 Posts • 10262 Views Philosophy Forum |
Oh. Sorry, I don't get online much. I didn't think you'd bother to respond....Hostility?..Lol!... No, not hostility. Hostility from me would be much more biting. Although I find your arg... |
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FuturologyProgression of Humanity
16 Posts • 9238 Views Philosophy Forum |
Initially, I do not feel as if this is an idea that I have concocted intentionally to make myself feel better about the world, but I seem to have this sense of positivity about the progression of mank... |
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War & Terrorism900 years of the West against Islam
24 Posts • 6625 Views Politics & Current Events Forum |
Good thought. But what IS the mandate for a King, Emperor, Shah or whatever? I noted with some interest the election in India that has catapulted Sonia Gandhi into the international spotlight. Here is... |
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War & TerrorismAmerican warmongers
72 Posts • 23732 Views Politics & Current Events Forum |
I don't remember agreeing with the governments reasons for going to war. I said I agreed with going to war. Just because my government wants oil doesn't mean I wanted war to get oil too. I a... |
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Religion & HumanityUnhealthy Confrontations
12 Posts • 5860 Views Religion Forum |
Very interesting topic, third party or not. I've long believed God is beyond scientific understanding but science does give us clues as to God's creative power. Not conclusively, but theoret... |
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God in ReligionThe Problem of Evil
202 Posts • 41506 Views Religion Forum |
hi.
Why not?
keep this question in mind while reading this. i'll answer it at the end.
When Man fell to sin God cursed the earth. The natural disasters you mentioned never happened until Man... |
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God in ReligionIf there's a god, why is there evil?
222 Posts • 57352 Views Religion Forum |
People.. if you think about your argument then basically you are saying that science doesn't exist and that god controlls everything. If we follow your logic, then why ask why is there good and e... |
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Society & SociologyGOD and goofy belief systems.
210 Posts • 40229 Views Psychology Forum |
every school does something along the lines of a lecture, or an assembly to show that homosexuality isn't bad, or evil, or pedophilic, or satannic. But every day in every class, everyone either h... |
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Gender PsychologyMen are sooo superior
9 Posts • 4162 Views Psychology Forum |
Dawg, I'm not sure if you were offended by part of my post but I wanted to clarify what I said about women having the ability to see more aspects and layers and men being more one track in their... |
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Expanding Universe?
11 Posts • 2827 Views Philosophy Forum |
The book I mentioned in my hello post is a good starting point. Do not start with String theory, super symmetry or branes. The romanticism of it is alluring, but the reality of it is that if you say w... |
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PedophiliaPaedophilia
189 Posts • 72509 Views Sexuality & Intimacy Forum |
This increases credence, but is still not evidence because I personally have a lot of experience finding "proof" on any variable of topics where the writer claims to be referencing a scienti... |
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GovernmentOccupy Wall Street
33 Posts • 8459 Views Politics & Current Events Forum |
Actually American indoctrination these days is very very left leaning. Ask any highschooler what form of government America should head towards and they invariably say Socialism. Asked why and they sa... |
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GovernmentLeftwing Fascism...
28 Posts • 7094 Views Politics & Current Events Forum |
"Is slavery concentual, it is trying to be passed as such with shit wages but is not, so hardly."
You wrote: forcing taboos or relgious based morals on people is wrong. By ending slavery... |
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GodOBVIOUS EXISTANCE OF GOD
64 Posts • 19119 Views Philosophy Forum |
"Assumptive nonsense. Then burn your bible, for your evidence is clouding your faith."
If this is not physical/sufficient evidence, how can it cloud my faith?
"Yet you know... |
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IslamDo you know what Islam means?
67 Posts • 16872 Views Religion Forum |
"When you question a definition MAKE IT CLEAR. IE, when you say "Christianity is great" that *usually* also implies Orthodox and Catholics in common terminology. Since its evident you d... |
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ChristianityExcerp: America is not a Christian Nation
155 Posts • 43572 Views Religion Forum |
The attempts by some organizations and people to ban homosexuality, whether within the marriage debate or, according to Pat Robertson 'by death', is still the same thing. You seem to know what homosex... |
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What's wrong with the world? How do we change
93 Posts • 43831 Views Philosophy Forum |
We can focus on greed, stupidity, laziness, irresponsiblity, selfishness OR we can give our attention to creativity, constructive solutions, optimistic attitudes, and a gradual evolution toward a harm... |
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I had an Idea about everything, I think.
16 Posts • 6512 Views Philosophy Forum |
I had a thought, but I would like to explain a little of the evolution of this thought. I was pondering a concept expressed in Orson Scott Cards 'Ender quintet' the idea of aiúa and the possibility o... |
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ChristianityIs God in your church
18 Posts • 5474 Views Religion Forum |
This is the core issue. All abrahamic religions have hell. Maybe all religions do. If there is a hell, there is a punishment, there is fear. As I outlined above, the conscience is YOURS. If anyone ret... |
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