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The dilemma of Choice
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I suspect "choice" is a matter of perception: A moment before, free will; a moment after, destiny. I suspect "choice" is an illusion -- that there is ALWAYS a reason that we make t... |
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Ignorance: acceptable?
17 Posts • 5576 Views Philosophy Forum |
I think everyone must understand why Mohammed is important to muslims but not everyone respects other peoples beliefs
We talk about tolerance and respecting all ideas, but this is just an illusion... |
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A Little Bit of Everything
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from what i have encountered, with regard to neurological research and theory, there are more than enough neurons in the human brain to remember exactly everything the organism experiences. indeed, so... |
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God in ReligionIf god exist why doesn't he show himself to the world?
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"A human being is a part of a whole, called by us _universe_, a part limited in time and space. He experiences himself, his thoughts and feelings as something separated from the rest... a kind of... |
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What I'll Never Be
63 Posts • 16071 Views Stories & Poetry Forum |
Colors mold together
As the moon turns red.
The only thing discernable?
The globe of blood.
Stand silent as changes
Happen beyond control
The silence breaks.
The prosecutors find their voices.... |
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How do we know?
60 Posts • 16358 Views Philosophy Forum |
*roll* mmmmmmmmm i wunder. seriously tho, have u ever thot about this: what if u see the color blue. and u call it blue. and someone else sees blue in there head, n they call it blue, but its not the... |
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God in ReligionIf god exist why doesn't he show himself to the world?
145 Posts • 33537 Views Religion Forum |
Yep, that's our curse...trapped in linear time and three-dimensional illusion and, thus, constantly preoccupied with material existence--a completely different thought process than god. That'... |
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Free Will
60 Posts • 14961 Views Philosophy Forum |
Although I don't know for sure, I suspect the free will is an illusion made to make people blameable (and therefore punishable). A society with blameable people works much better then one where e... |
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Random Picturescolour illusion
48 Posts • 22396 Views Photos, Videos & Music Forum |
I got most of them from some book years ago. here are some sites though.
http://www.grand-illusions.c om/
http://web.mit.edu/persci /people/adelson/checkershadow_ illusion.html
http://www.cool optical... |
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War & TerrorismTen years after "war on terror"
11 Posts • 4455 Views Politics & Current Events Forum |
I was in the Marine Corps in 1991 and we were in Iraq ... Sadaam...
Richard Nixon developed the middle-East policy and groomed Pres.Regan
Regan groomed Bush
Bush is Bush's son
OBAMA is a clo... |
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televangelist-faith "healer"- Peter Popoff....liar and fake
5 Posts • 5707 Views Photos, Videos & Music Forum |
I understand vicariously what you are stating, about the biological processes of conditions involved such as 'stress' and its interconnection with various other health problems. And yes Pete... |
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Life & Deathwhy is death so scary for ppl
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death is the unkown, our minds are almost pre-programmed to fear the unknown, and it is after all the the worst outcome for our survival instincts. secondly, death is an activity that can only truely... |
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PerceptionOut of Body
4 Posts • 2987 Views Psychology Forum |
yes, sometimes when u look at urself, u suddenly think that if I m there, then who am I. Through meditation I get that feeling almost all the time now, withought needing a mirror. Basically, this feel... |
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Fake?
51 Posts • 19826 Views Philosophy Forum |
As I read I'm persuaded back and forth. I think that there are different ways to look at being fake and none of them are 100% correct.
In one aspect of it you could say there is no such thi... |
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The Theory of the Multi-verse(Omniverse)
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And the best way to benefit others is to give them what they are seeking out, forgiveness. Forgiveness for an illusion they cannot see,by thinking they are separate from god.Only by pardoning sins do... |
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Poetry*Smiles with in Solitude*
202 Posts • 49162 Views Stories & Poetry Forum |
I seem to understand you,
Your tears seem all too familiar.
Your pain and fears go right through me,
I know what you are going through.
Your fragments of illusion are magnified through my imag... |
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Time and Absolute Zero
52 Posts • 13445 Views Philosophy Forum |
yes, regarding the black holes, 'time' as a whole doesn't stop. It will only appear to stop for observers on earth observing the man being sucked into the black hole. But even this is j... |
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Emotions & Feelingsare emotions what define human beings?
42 Posts • 26242 Views Psychology Forum |
Enlightnment is about getting rid of this 'illusion', that we are our mind. When we realize that we are not our mind, our personality, our character, then we getin touch with the true '... |
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what is it we feel?
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Eventually, scientists might be able to change it.
Cloning has happened, now what about cloning personalities/traits or growing personalities....
And i dont beleive in souls =O
Love is just a con... |
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Emotions & Feelingsare emotions what define human beings?
42 Posts • 26242 Views Psychology Forum |
I didn't see the pitcure, but I know what ur talking about. It's being talked in detail in the thread 'what is the soul'
Basically, he's asking the question, 'who am I... |
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Riddles & Puzzlesoh zeno and you paradoxs
11 Posts • 4537 Views Philosophy Forum |
Have any of you come across the man zeno or any of his paradoxes? if not i thought you might like to here one, being the philosophy lovers that you are.
the paradox of movement - ie movement is logic... |
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televangelist-faith "healer"- Peter Popoff....liar and fake
5 Posts • 5707 Views Photos, Videos & Music Forum |
My point is that I am very skeptical about the placebo effect entailing its cause, process and consequences. A placebo in my understanding is a psychological illusion and a response to treatment. Corr... |
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Reality & MetaphysicsDoes Time Even Exist?
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I think we only convince ourselves that there is some kind of universal time. Say, for instance, I'm mentally preoccuppied or under some kind of duress, time may go slower or faster for me. When... |
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developing your existence through experience?
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^^^precisely.... why would you want to know everything? If you did then what would be the point of existence? knowing everything is the understanding that you know nothing at all, and in that scenario... |
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Life & DeathLife, Death, Choice
19 Posts • 7038 Views Philosophy Forum |
^^^I love humans........I mean we're slow...but it's all to the good, most of us will realize what we are and where we're supposed to be in this twisted up reality we've created...... |
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