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Expanding Universe?
11 Posts • 2818 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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Relationships & Loveboyfriends that lie
17 Posts • 5878 Views Psychology Forum |
Unfortunately Jacker Jones' description of why people cheat is pretty accurate.
That doesn't make it ok though. Its just the way we are as humans. Back when we had high mortality rates an... |
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HomosexualityWhy Condone Fruitless Deviant Behavior?
94 Posts • 26943 Views Sexuality & Intimacy Forum |
If homosexuality is a choice, (not based on a genetic predisposition towards homosexuality), it makes several blaring declarations about the individual's perspective towards traditional membershi... |
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Religions demystified
2 Posts • 2284 Views Talk Talk |
Thanks for the great site... as a former Christian I've been looking into all of this stuff for a long long time myself... but not only that trying to figure out what all of this hocus pocus is r... |
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GovernmentThe meaning of democracy
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You made me think of many things and I want to encourage discussion instead of discourage it. Perhaps things will go better if you google "liberal education" and come back with another expla... |
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God in ReligionIf there's a god, why is there evil?
222 Posts • 57204 Views Religion Forum |
Well with the Creation cannot be true. Simply because there are two different accounts of it within the bible itself. One account claims man was made first then plants and birds and animals, the other... |
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God in ReligionA Philosophy Professor's Lecture On God
5 Posts • 3383 Views Religion Forum |
ok,so here is something i found that i felt i had to share with yall
A science professor begins his school year with a lecture to the students, "Let me explain the problem science has with r... |
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a question
21 Posts • 6837 Views Philosophy Forum |
Wisdom consists of making the best use of available knowledge. Wisdom is intangible collected through experience. Wisdom is the knowledge of causes: why things are the way they are. A wise person has... |
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ExistentialismThe Major Importance of "Minor" Elements
1 Posts • 2444 Views Philosophy Forum |
Hi everyone! One of my favorite topics (besides philosophy) is the intersection of anthropology/race/genetics. To most people in this field, the genetic makeup of Europeans and most population groups... |
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BiologyScience versus Instinct
37 Posts • 11492 Views Science & Technology Forum |
I'm wondering why you placed this thread in Theories/philosophy on Life, when perhaps it would have been more appropriate in the Science/ technology section. Anyways, great choice of topic though... |
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Religion & HumanityReligion fear tactics
30 Posts • 7221 Views Religion Forum |
This kind of philosophy is the kind that couldn't rationalize mother hood but can justify using a downs child to do physical labor because they are not "savvy" enough to work for themse... |
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Religion & HumanityWhy -are- so many people of Abrahamic religions?
2 Posts • 4141 Views Religion Forum |
This question was posed to me by my father (Not directly. He said "I would be more swift to brush away Christianity if there weren't so many people who believed in it," and I kinda deri... |
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'Absolute perfection'…
13 Posts • 9725 Views Philosophy Forum |
By perfection we intend... what do we intend? Oh.. yah, we intend... the absolute of a cause, like perfect beauty, like perfect love, like perfect intelligent, like perfect real, perfect mind, perfect... |
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Gender PsychologyWhat type of women do men want?
3 Posts • 7942 Views Psychology Forum |
Yes, I would say some high-fitness women ( i like that term ) do it just to improve their bodies in a very superficial way. They become very image-obsessed just like other girls but take it to another... |
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Life & DeathAFTER DEATH
93 Posts • 30092 Views Philosophy Forum |
I try hard not to deceive myself which is harder than one would think, we love to justify ourselves with our deceptions.
I agree wholeheartedly.
I find this statement quite interesting as well:... |
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JokesClean fun...
24 Posts • 8836 Views Jokes & Games |
For those who love the philosophy of hypocrisy and ambiguity.
1. Don't sweat the petty things and don't pet the sweaty things.
2. One tequila, two tequila, three tequila, floor........ |
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Society & SociologyGOD and goofy belief systems.
210 Posts • 40141 Views Psychology Forum |
God, I just lost 30 minutes of typing. Okay, here it goes again:
When I made my original post I had a very specific subject in mind. That subject is SOCIAL ENGINEERING.
You're probably sayi... |
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Physics & CosmologyBlack Holes
25 Posts • 9482 Views Science & Technology Forum |
Did anyone see the pictures that were recently taken of the star being sucked into a black hole. *lol* *lol* *lol* *clown*
Hey that is rich, like your sense of humor!
A black hole allows no light t... |
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ChristianityHands up if you're a Christian
54 Posts • 12075 Views Religion Forum |
(Warning: This post contains nearly asleep organization, read at own risk)
"I have no idea what you are trying to say. Do you or do you not get what Socrates was saying? If you say 'there... |
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Life & DeathLife, Already Planned?
62 Posts • 23977 Views Philosophy Forum |
Well, suess, by infinite i did not mean eternal.Infinite means never ending. It is thought that the Universe is infinite, but withougth edges or boundaries, like the earth for instanse, you can keep o... |
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PedophiliaPaedophilia
189 Posts • 72402 Views Sexuality & Intimacy Forum |
it is wrong, you made a wrong decision
The single most important principal of investigation, whether I am a philosopher, a detective, or a scientist, is: not to show bias. This is why I reserve my op... |
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Infinite universes from Matter and Anti-Matter
39 Posts • 10524 Views Philosophy Forum |
I believe linear time is merely a "subjective" category of thought and perception and not an objective physical property of the external world, and infinity, I think, is merely a symptom of... |
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Physics & CosmologySomething out of nothing
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It is indeed true that Kant argued that space and time are categories of subjectivity. What I dissent from is your assertion that they are for that reason “illusion†or mere simulacra. Con... |
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GovernmentObama is a Communist - should we really vote for him?
23 Posts • 5380 Views Politics & Current Events Forum |
awaken
What is socialism then?
I think socialism if done correctly should be very close to how the France runs its self (but not identical). I believe in a capitalistic market (its the only kind... |
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ChristianityWas Christ really resurrected?
67 Posts • 17167 Views Religion Forum |
"It is one continious line of history written by the followers after the Apostles.
Scripture is history.....look at the dead sea scrolls."
Man's written word and accuracy have nev... |
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