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A question about adulthood
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I've held the idea for a long time now, that adults don't truly grow out of childhood activities. It occurred to me while I was walking in a park at night and realized that I was still drawn... |
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Ethics & MoralityEthics: DARE YOU IGNORE IT?
17 Posts • 6067 Views Philosophy Forum |
An open question:
Can an ethical statement be 'true'? Is it simply 'true' that 'thou shalt not kill' in the same way that 'the speed of light is 186,000 miles per second' is true?
I believe no... |
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God in ReligionIf there's a god, why is there evil?
222 Posts • 57352 Views Religion Forum |
DUGBUG says:
<<Why did god make a law about gravity, about respiration, why did he make us have to breath, if he is powerful then why did he do it? How come we evolved? Why do we need energy?... |
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Leadership
3 Posts • 2137 Views Talk Talk |
From the 1990s onwards a lot of mistrust has ocurred relating to governments and history and anything with the stamp of authority. All this is well and good for it is imperative that we question thing... |
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Would You Tell?
21 Posts • 6496 Views Philosophy Forum |
Last night, while lying in bed, I thought of something. I've been looking through these threads of us (I guess you could say premature) philosophers attempting to uncover things such as the meani... |
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SocietyIdeas on education
9 Posts • 3608 Views Politics & Current Events Forum |
I understand if the video is a bit too long for you to watch and ultimately it is not necessary.
So, does school kill creativity?
My personal experience is that when I was in primary school, we... |
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The Zero Conjecture
10 Posts • 3979 Views Philosophy Forum |
Human beings are drawn to simplicity. We have an intuition that no matter how intractable a problem may seem it must ultimately be reducible. And as to confirm our hunch the path of enquiry has led us... |
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God in ReligionWake up and discover that God never existed
48 Posts • 13227 Views Religion Forum |
Damn! again i got logged out before I finished.
I wonder whether a point in time existed when men started to become less the hunted and more the hunter. I will be juggling around history here, plac... |
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GovernmentFive Reality Checks For Democrats
12 Posts • 4469 Views Politics & Current Events Forum |
Yes Steve it was.
The fact that this thread has has been left to wither, without reply or rebuttal for going on two weeks demonstrates that the young liberals here are unready (or philosophically i... |
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ChristianityWas Christ really resurrected?
67 Posts • 17202 Views Religion Forum |
I have a fairly old bible, so I do not have that 'added feature' you refer to.
I also do NOT use the King James Version, nor the New World Translation.
It would depend on the bibles '... |
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Paranormal & PseudoscienceTelepathy - Schizophrenia - God, mystery of my life
4 Posts • 2995 Views Science & Technology Forum |
i am myself schizophrenic and have been for the past 11 years. my own experience of the illness was to be constantly aggravated and psychotic about many issues related to my childhood education and th... |
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Utilitarianism and Kantianism applied to abortion.
2 Posts • 4245 Views Philosophy Forum |
I am taking an Honors Philosophy course in Ethics. Half of the students in my class are not doing very well; and they decided to start a study group. I am doing perfectly fine in the class myself; how... |
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Atheism & AgnosticismAtheist Ideals
21 Posts • 7367 Views Religion Forum |
an agnostic that is not sure if god exists and states it in that phrase is simply a denier of the christian faith. they need to constantly question and rebel against all faiths and all gods which mean... |
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Milgram's Studies
2 Posts • 1859 Views Science & Technology Forum |
Just an interesting experiment i saw on BBC4 (a indie channel in the UK). Stanley Milgram was a Jew living in America not long after the Second World War and subsequently, not long after the Holocaust... |
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ChristianitySERIOUS BIBLE QUESTIONS
27 Posts • 10656 Views Religion Forum |
Deletion_Of_Me Wrote:
"...Oooh, the Bible. Fun. I enjoyed tearing it apart (in a non-literal sense) in the past, and will have more fun doing so in the future, or so I prophecise.
Just a ques... |
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Philosophy of action
2 Posts • 2000 Views Philosophy Forum |
Most people see philosophy as remote, esoteric and estranged from what they might consider to be 'reality', but this argument - if it is to be dignified with that title - ceases to have mean... |
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LawWhy is Prostitution Illegal?
96 Posts • 51502 Views Politics & Current Events Forum |
With prostitution illegal, the government is in position to keep crime on the streets, which we all know is good for government business. It's the same deal with drugs.
Think about it.
The... |
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ConspiracyExcerp: 9/11 Conspiracy Theories
214 Posts • 62203 Views Politics & Current Events Forum |
For the conspiracy theorists; it looks as though most of the evidence for DISTRUSTING the government is sound. But, this distrust is still focussed on the EFFECT of the government. I agree with pacifi... |
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Religion & HumanityThe Disease of Religious Fundamentalism
19 Posts • 6675 Views Religion Forum |
I know that I should quote, but sometimes I don't, I figure the person I'm talking to knows who they are, Anyways.
Regardless you claimed theories and statements were made that I have not... |
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Christianitychristians?
110 Posts • 23985 Views Religion Forum |
id hate to say that christians are suffering from bible dependence
Doesn't matter if you would hate to say it, it is true for some but not all.
There are many reasonable Christians in exist... |
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Gender PsychologyYou Are Not A Feminist If...
20 Posts • 9396 Views Psychology Forum |
I plan on dedicating a thread to the topic of birth control pills/natural female contraception methods and why it's such a farce that women have been taught to believe BCP is the best option for... |
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ElectionsSchwarzenegger for president?
19 Posts • 6921 Views Politics & Current Events Forum |
http://www.cnn.com/2004/ALLPOL ITICS/11/13/arnolds.year.ap/in dex.html
How do you feel about ammending the constitution so that U.S. citizens that aren't "natural-born citizens" coul... |
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Society & SociologyGOD and goofy belief systems.
210 Posts • 40229 Views Psychology Forum |
The checkered and colorful history of our planet is in some ways a quilt of religious timelines. Since the beginning of our species, man has devoted spectacular amounts of time and energy to explainin... |
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Ethics & MoralityWar - What The Hell Is It Good For
164 Posts • 32542 Views Philosophy Forum |
I have no idea if Osama will be caught - I actually think the likelihood is good. But this idea that Bush is protecting Osama is insane - defies reason - and reveals some instability in the minds that... |
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Religion & HumanityThe End justifies the Means
13 Posts • 3100 Views Religion Forum |
Being the number one top seller for centuries, you who criticize, could you write anything better.
Since it was just ripped off from other stories I hardly think this a fair question.
And I... |
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