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Society & SociologyIs Jail a mild form of torture
35 Posts • 11323 Views Psychology Forum |
Obviously jail is supposed to be unpleasant. With that in mind is jail a mild form of torture? |
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"Nothing is true, everything is permitted"
3 Posts • 2689 Views Philosophy Forum |
I'm a child who has gone to church for all my life, taking intrest in religon. In the past few years i've experience videos on atheism effecting my strongly. I've come to think, what se... |
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Rehab & Addictionbeating addiction
13 Posts • 3613 Views Health & Wellness Forum |
I actually get a very smart rush when I smoke weed. Everything I look at or do comes to me a lot clearer.
But I know that particular state of being should not be experienced too much. Because you... |
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PoetryMusings of the Cynics
19 Posts • 6261 Views Stories & Poetry Forum |
I liked "Shifting gears" but tend to think that in truth . . . I'm not running away. It's the destination I'm running to. And I don't know where I'm going, but I kno... |
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Physics & CosmologyQuestion about the speed of light
15 Posts • 4542 Views Science & Technology Forum |
Thought is not instantaneous, Each neuron can fire about 100 times a second, though this is fast its not instant and it is limited. The speed of light is really just a term for the maximum speed of ch... |
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Society & SociologySave us from puritanical soul-torturing 'Green' people.
25 Posts • 10271 Views Psychology Forum |
Put simply,
you do not know that you are right, but behave as though you do.
And setting yourself up as right immediately makes others wrong. But you interpret all counters to your arguments as... |
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Is there anything you shouldn't educate children?
28 Posts • 5925 Views Philosophy Forum |
I would like to clarify one thing, In my mind when i think of child i think of someone 6 and under. I think children when they hit around 7-8 become fully independent thinkers that have full control o... |
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meditation
33 Posts • 9962 Views Philosophy Forum |
yes ironwood you must have the idea of enlightened beings aloof sitting on a throne, with no emotions or with very little emotions. like if having emotions and concerns is the proof that something is... |
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Famous PhilosophersSocratic and Platonic philosophies
34 Posts • 10261 Views Philosophy Forum |
Or maybe the world really isn't made up things composed of matter or substance, maybe only a synthesis of forms accessible only by the mind. That's the secret of Plato's Theory of the F... |
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Mental IllnessAusberb's Syndrome
6 Posts • 3851 Views Psychology Forum |
I like the reply but just to get this all out of the way, it's spelled ausberG's syndrome. but more to the point... I am quite certain, in my mind, that my friend's brother is far diffe... |
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PoetryJust a poem i thought up last night
20 Posts • 7013 Views Stories & Poetry Forum |
Its getting late im not tired,
But i cannot sleep, though not wired,
My bodies numb without feeling,
Playing cards but no ones dealing.
The shivers let me know im still alive,
But in the cold i d... |
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Need to rid myself of nail-biting habit
7 Posts • 2527 Views Talk Talk |
There has to be a change at the unconscious level. It is tricky to train your brain, and you'll have to really force yourself in order for it to work. Aversion therapy will only work if you can t... |
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DrugsWhats so appeling about drink?
15 Posts • 3224 Views Psychology Forum |
I've just been wondering recently whats so appealing about alcohol?
I hear people all the time saying things like "lets go get wrecked at the weekend" I just don't see a point... |
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Life & DeathRules Of Life??????
18 Posts • 7354 Views Philosophy Forum |
the majority always attempts to force its "rules" upon the minority in the world. almost in a bully type fashion. if youre not in the majority about everything, your life becomes more diffic... |
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Poetry*Smiles with in Solitude*
202 Posts • 49233 Views Stories & Poetry Forum |
Liberate the frozen rose with your breath;
part the clouds with the point of your finger;
shatter the lock of this heart with a smile-
This is what she does to me.
Through song and story she light... |
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Two girls, one choice.
6 Posts • 2221 Views Talk Talk |
the only problem with the "he dumped her for me" line of thought, is it can leave a worry in the girls mind of "would he do the same to me, if he find a girl he likes more". but th... |
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Alan's Philosophies
17 Posts • 7087 Views Philosophy Forum |
religion taken in the wrong hands can become a devastating effect just like goverments who have people with strong beleifs that dont comply with the people of the states view. I dont know why u bring... |
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Relationships & LoveWhat is Love?
9 Posts • 8615 Views Psychology Forum |
Waterdrop = I'm going to have to take some time to think through all those questions, it feels like I would have had more yes's to your questions like six months ago but now I'm not so... |
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ChristianityWhy is jesus story so powerful
18 Posts • 6214 Views Religion Forum |
I think that the way to God is through Jesus is only true because Jesus knew that God resided in him, as God rests in all of us. The Bible is a way of helping others see the way through all the fog. T... |
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The Theory of the Multi-verse(Omniverse)
18 Posts • 5934 Views Philosophy Forum |
Judgement is the eye of the holder you would know that if you studied you religous history. Before there was heaven in hell your god told the jews that after one dies they will walk the earth and have... |
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Time Travel
24 Posts • 8913 Views Philosophy Forum |
In "Lathe of Heaven" the machine connected to the mind changed the world. Did it change "the" world or did it change "a" world such that if one could possibly find a way,... |
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child abuse
7 Posts • 4069 Views Talk Talk |
I don't think there is anything wrong with spanking a child, and yes I was spanked. In my opinion it should be saved for if other punishments don't work, if time outs or taking things away d... |
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War & TerrorismIraq buildings NOT burning.
42 Posts • 12015 Views Politics & Current Events Forum |
Whoa you posted that right before me.
The attacks on America? I thought this was about Iraqi freedom Patrish!
No, we don't just wait at home for terrorists. We go out there and kick the be... |
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Life & DeathAFTER DEATH
93 Posts • 30146 Views Philosophy Forum |
The porpose of life is a question that has swam around my mind for some time- why am i here who am I what will become of me? Someone wrote that thinking and thinking about it is pointless- i beleive t... |
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This sounds like a debate for... Super Hero Mania
161 Posts • 40686 Views Movie/TV Reviews |
And Venom should DEFINATLEY be in the next Spidey movie, without a doubt :)
I was just damn frustrated about why they didn't give Doc Ock a German accent in Spidey 2.
I think that Venom wi... |
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