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Fun Little Quiz
17 Posts • 11839 Views Philosophy Forum |
Haha three way tie but the breaker was...
You scored as Existentialism.
Your life is guided by the concept of Existentialism: You choose the meaning and purpose of your life.
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Free Will
60 Posts • 14983 Views Philosophy Forum |
Or it could be that we're trying to hard to find a difference between choice and free will. What if it's the same? What if the meaning for things lies in the middle of our conceptions of the... |
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Alternative BeliefsWhat do you believe?
67 Posts • 16621 Views Religion Forum |
As I said before- my purpose to life is to live.
You said life ends in nothingness that makes the final value of life nothing. Therefore you simply live only to become nothing.
how is that diffe... |
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Why Spoon, when we can Fork...
8 Posts • 3518 Views Talk Talk |
Has mankind done away with emotions and the whole courtship, or have we been reduced to just mating with out purpose but pleasure? [I don;t really care for the emotion or that *yuck* lovy-duby crap, w... |
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Life & DeathLife
15 Posts • 4243 Views Philosophy Forum |
The general idea i seem to be getting from the post here is that life, regardless of what you accomplish is meaningless in the end.
I believe life is meaningless in the beginning. Life has no purpo... |
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God in ReligionGod's Will
128 Posts • 29902 Views Religion Forum |
Rejoice as we simultaneously slaughter innocents elsewhere, yay for balance.
Its funny sort of, I hear so much in life that people need to take responsibility for their actions, but God gets a free... |
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SocietySocial Engineering
15 Posts • 3538 Views Politics & Current Events Forum |
*mad*I am not a housewife. I am a domestic engineer.*cool*
This thread blooms out of the 'meaning of democracy' thread. While social engineering is most certainly germane to the subject of democrac... |
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God in ReligionIs god real?
16 Posts • 5184 Views Religion Forum |
I suppose I find this a really hard question, just like anyone. It's supposed to be a hard question, 'is God real?' It can't be proven I suppose until after we die. Asking someone... |
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Religion & HumanityAn answer
31 Posts • 9442 Views Religion Forum |
Adding in - remember that science as a whole is pretty much a huge set of theories and educated guesses. Science does not claim the concrete existance that some religions do (some of the reasons they... |
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Reality & MetaphysicsDark City/Matrix theory
22 Posts • 9543 Views Philosophy Forum |
There are so many irrational, unreasonable things people think, believe and do. 99% of the world would probably say they've found the origin and purpose of life and argue vehemently for it, altho... |
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ConspiracyExcerp: 9/11 Conspiracy Theories
214 Posts • 62189 Views Politics & Current Events Forum |
In any other situation of legal enquiry anywhere in the world, such evidence of insider-type trading money deals, insurance scamming, and the destruction of evidence that would serve as evidence for a... |
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ChristianityThe fraud of Christianity
102 Posts • 23952 Views Religion Forum |
Yes to the uncommon eye Christianity is fraud. But, there are a lot of benefits that it provides. Such as the feeling of a meaning full life. Or, the sense of comfort to the elderly of another life gr... |
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Internet Safety- Exaggerated or Underrated?
10 Posts • 7115 Views Philosophy Forum |
I would have to agree that the internet itself (being an inanimate and non-living object) certainly can't be blamed for the users who abuse the privilege it provides. But the myspace "friend... |
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Poetry*Smiles with in Solitude*
202 Posts • 49223 Views Stories & Poetry Forum |
The slaughter of the endless screams.
They are crying yet the pain never ends.
The swift breeze of fresh air hits my eyes,
and yet I can't seem to enjoy it.
My life is given a new purpose w... |
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ZEITGEIST
16 Posts • 6414 Views Photos, Videos & Music Forum |
The bible is incredibly long winded and vague, and purposefully so. Anything you read in there can be correlated to any number of events.
1. Finally? No. People have been shouting end times and ap... |
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Kids complete women
12 Posts • 2767 Views Talk Talk |
For women, it's part of being a woman to want and have children. "You were designed for that purpose" is what I hear. It reinforces your identity as a woman. A woman without kids by the... |
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Comforting an atheist on their deathbed
11 Posts • 6142 Views Talk Talk |
I think many people misunderstand the meaning of 'atheist', I know I once did. People often think that atheists do not have a spiritual or moral side.
The term 'atheist' is derived from the word '... |
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GovernmentThe Anti-Bush Thread
0 Posts • 38348 Views Politics & Current Events Forum |
illuminati style conspiracy theory
What a label. Tactic learn from Ashcroft?
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Psychological manipulation and propaganda (12/28)
Bush was elected not by people but inside... |
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SocietyWould society be better without money?
92 Posts • 67301 Views Philosophy Forum |
I would much rather have it be that way. So much more could be accomplished if everyone in the world completely converted their mindset to working for the greater good solely for the purpose of advanc... |
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meditation
33 Posts • 9962 Views Philosophy Forum |
I have been exploring for about 20 years
I have met hundreds of people claiming they talked to spirits, create reality through the power of thoughts, went out of body and travel, could "feel&q... |
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Gender PsychologyNew Songs
17 Posts • 6577 Views Psychology Forum |
people like to critisize it because it gives them a sense of individuality. the industry cycles because of this. "popular" over time becomes "unpopular" and then "unpopular&qu... |
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ChristianityIs God in your church
18 Posts • 5473 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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impulses and the ego
10 Posts • 2386 Views Talk Talk |
Logic and emotion are intertwined because we are born with bare survival instincts speaking from a completely physiological point we have to persevere ourselves; through time this became more and more... |
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JUST A THOUGHT
99 Posts • 21464 Views Philosophy Forum |
Between Astarte wanting to snipe at me and cturtle quoting me out of context and then being so vague such thatno one can be exactly sure what he wants to say when he quotes me, I find it difficult to... |
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God in ReligionWhy Do You NOT Believe In God?
192 Posts • 40501 Views Religion Forum |
a bad reason? ya, I'd say so.
He gave you info that you found to be true? Doubt it, you may have found things that supported it, like the bible and teachings they seem to make sense of things... |
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