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SocietyWe, consumers
8 Posts • 3306 Views Philosophy Forum |
Well. You could be right. But I feel that profit (not the creature, but the concept) will make it impossible for us to reach balance. This may be a misconception, nut profit is, literally, taking more... |
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PedophiliaPaedophilia
189 Posts • 72654 Views Sexuality & Intimacy Forum |
Damn this is crazy.
You realize that classifying peadophilia as a mental disorder, and as such should not really be punishedor blamed is dangerous.
Whatever happened to self control? All of us have... |
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Who needs friends when you can write bad poetry?
17 Posts • 9002 Views Stories & Poetry Forum |
We had to describe a type of person with objects in junior year English. I chose intraverts and used the Nazca lines to represent them. The relation between the two may be total BS, but it was still s... |
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Science vs ReligionScientific Skepticism
11 Posts • 3366 Views Religion Forum |
So in general musings I have developed a new theory to answer this question: God is intelligent. Strange things occurring and people see omens of events to come? Ridiculous, not really, we commonly as... |
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Gender PsychologyThe Nice Guy Syndrome
4 Posts • 5136 Views Psychology Forum |
Do you feel like your person has suffered because of you being taken advantage of? See, I've always been a pretty loving and giving person. Since my childhood, like many other boys with sad mothe... |
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SpiritualityWhat do we have the right to want?
15 Posts • 3780 Views Religion Forum |
We all have the right to want whatever we wish, to act however we like, and to recieve the consequences of both our thoughts and actions accordingly.
Which want of mine do I feel is more right than a... |
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Conscious and Sub-ConsciousConsciousness is just the tip of the iceberg
24 Posts • 12797 Views Psychology Forum |
To stop bad habits you have to consciously make an effort to stop the bad habit becoming further entrenched in the unconscious, a good way to start is to understand that the unconscious itself is just... |
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Gender PsychologyYou Are Not A Feminist If...
20 Posts • 9414 Views Psychology Forum |
Is it inconceivable to you that many women actually love the things you deride?
There are many women, and I know many myself, who say 'I love make up' with plenty of cheer and seeming happi... |
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SpiritualityThe Logical VS The Faithful
0 Posts • 10410 Views Religion Forum |
Ok, another thought just popped in my head. I often hear the notion that ascension and religious piety come partly by controlling natural urges and instincts, that to be truly civilized and advanced a... |
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God in ReligionThe Problem of Evil
202 Posts • 41634 Views Religion Forum |
Bullshit. Man did not create pain, suffering, tragedy and death.
Why not?
We are not the only sources of pain and suffering, in fact, most mass pain and suffering comes from, weather, drought, f... |
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Habits & BehaviorQualities of Reaction derived from Qualities of Stimulus
2 Posts • 2559 Views Psychology Forum |
In inanimate objects, the reaction to stimulus is rather straight forward, action-reaction. With a living creature however, it becomes much more complicated with the introduction of DNA programmed rea... |
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God in ReligionThe Problem of Evil
202 Posts • 41634 Views Religion Forum |
Man is nature as well, and all things seem to live and die, so no, nature won't only improve itself.
And your points on good and bad are the same with most arguments of this nature, they are f... |
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Right or wrong....
300 Posts • 58829 Views Philosophy Forum |
and it is exactly this reason that such things as homosexuality are stupidly labeled immoral. as far as incest is concerned, the bad part about it is that if it produces offspring there is a good chan... |
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Society & Sociologywhy is suicide frowned on???
85 Posts • 25225 Views Psychology Forum |
Suicide is complicated. When you ponder on the thought of suicide, whether it be planning the act, or just suicide in general, you touch upon several different realms of life. You ask, why is it WRONG... |
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Religion & HumanityAn answer
31 Posts • 9476 Views Religion Forum |
science categoriss the macro and the micro but it fails to represent the cross-over the blur in-between.
The whole fundamental concept of evolutionary study is the representation of evolutionary ch... |
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God in ReligionDoes it add up??
46 Posts • 13150 Views Religion Forum |
who ever said anything was wrong with killing for food??.. I said that it was obvious, food and sacrifice are two different subjects....lol.......food was never in this equation i'm talking about... |
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Gender PsychologyThe right to dress provocatively?
80 Posts • 37783 Views Psychology Forum |
That doesn't matter, it might of been a stupid move, but it doesn't mean it is your fault. Think of this:
A man stands in front of the judge while being charged with rape and the man plea... |
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Have you met Mr. Straw Man?
1 Posts • 2408 Views Philosophy Forum |
Have you met Mr. Straw Man?
Quickie from Wiki: 'A straw man argument is an informal fallacy based on misrepresentation of an opponent's position. To "attack a straw man" is to create... |
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SocietyLargest worldwide protest in history
0 Posts • 2557 Views Politics & Current Events Forum |
Now, we are in the month of January. I look back at all those protests and ponder over their effects. It was astounding to see people of all different religions, cultures, nationalities stand together... |
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SpiritualityThe Logical VS The Faithful
0 Posts • 10410 Views Religion Forum |
Perhaps but I looked it up the dictionary which define it as lazy?
The NT quotes something about those who did not toil (work) & purposed 'that they that do not toil should not eat?'
J... |
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BiologyPreliminaries to Social Advancement and Intelligence?
12 Posts • 3214 Views Science & Technology Forum |
The social advancement and intelligence in homeo sapiens is a result of our succesful ability to adapt to our environmental context over time (so far). Intelligence is not totally genetic, it also dev... |
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War & TerrorismOfficial Captain Cynic WTC 9/11 Thread
0 Posts • 6685 Views Politics & Current Events Forum |
Something can always be done about it.
Keeping your eyes open to not let it happen again puts you in no different posistion than the one you speak so negatively of.
Dissinformation, missinformation,... |
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AstronomyAstronomy Picture Of The Day
216 Posts • 85402 Views Science & Technology Forum |
30 December 2012
Doomed Star Eta Carinae
Image Credit: J. Morse (Arizona State U.), K. Davidson (U. Minnesota) et al., WFPC2, HST, NASA
Eta Carinae may be about to explode. But no one knows when... |
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Christianitysecond coming
53 Posts • 16222 Views Religion Forum |
Goodness we could go thru the entire Matthew 23, 24, and some Revelation.
Here is the thing...
The world has been in chaos this entire century.
The warnings are getting more defined. More natur... |
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Nature & GeographyglOBaL waRMInG
69 Posts • 18606 Views Science & Technology Forum |
Land effect is the situation created by growing cities where the buildings and concrete raise the temperature of the area. Get out into a natural areas (agricultural, wooded lands, etc) one quickly un... |
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