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Physics & CosmologyParadox?
18 Posts • 8797 Views Science & Technology Forum |
A little piece of the Paradox: Why am I here as opposed to the one I just left?
Had something to do with a file I wanted to post . . . Then reading through the thread, I thought strange I was thinkin... |
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War & TerrorismIran-US: the next war?
6 Posts • 3150 Views Politics & Current Events Forum |
fundalmentalism (terrorist)
These words do not equate.
More moderate thinker of religious fevor should deal with those extremist of their own religion, take them into tow, reason & study wit... |
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Science vs ReligionScience: The One True Religion
27 Posts • 7207 Views Religion Forum |
Science and Religion are completely different. Religion claims fact. Science claims theory. Religion is irrational and illogic. Science is rational and logical. Science is based on testable hypotheses... |
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Life & DeathWhat would I Die For? Heaven (Forbid)
1 Posts • 2641 Views Philosophy Forum |
In a world shorn of the soothing sooth of God, in a midday sky with a star but no sun, in an age when the telly is man's telos - what do we say? - that Nietzsche was perhaps right? - that Camus w... |
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SpiritualityThe Logical VS The Faithful
0 Posts • 10410 Views Religion Forum |
if that logical minded person faced nature everyday, a belief in God would not be difficult at all. Well,I have to admit to liking your way of thinking but that isn't exactly what I meant.
In th... |
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Fear
16 Posts • 7195 Views Philosophy Forum |
Quoting Administrator:
"Ration al fear is completely essential for our survival. It is irrational fear that leads us to hate and anger and "evil."
That is true. There are healthy f... |
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Religion & HumanityWhy I don't preach anymore
28 Posts • 7430 Views Religion Forum |
Decius: Probability is a measure of the degree of belief that any well-defined proposition (an event) will turn out to be true. I recommend you to read into Bayesian probability and/or subjective prob... |
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Relationships & LoveYour dream girl (or guy)
109 Posts • 31744 Views Psychology Forum |
as for the physical part well this is what i would find attractive in a woman = 37/26/37 - a sort of composite between the curvey, vuloptious and fairly large bust figure and the toned, slightly stock... |
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BiologyPreliminaries to Social Advancement and Intelligence?
12 Posts • 3213 Views Science & Technology Forum |
What at first seemed a dour thread has turned interesting. Wyote, could you be a little clearer? Are you suggesting that the development of the larynx is prior to the cognitive abilitites which make u... |
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Religion & HumanityAbortion
76 Posts • 20232 Views Religion Forum |
The W.H.O. suggests that worldwide, abortion rates are very similar irrespective of the legal status of the country. Therefore, abortion undertook properly and safely is better than abortion undertook... |
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Commonsense Australian Politics
15 Posts • 3088 Views Talk Talk |
The point with extremist Muslims is that these people are actually, physically, tormenting and hurting my friends. I have witnessed it in person.
You are witnessing crimes? Call the police. Untill... |
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People hate vegetarians
104 Posts • 31629 Views Talk Talk |
Assuming you are being sincere, and not just an ass...
Human beings are set up as omnivores; we require a vast assortment of vitamins and minerals from plant and animal sources. For some in the an... |
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PoetryHer...
5 Posts • 14190 Views Stories & Poetry Forum |
My heart feels like it's being torn apart. My heart wants (desperately) to go one way and my brain another. I think my heart is winning but I'm not sure if that's a good thing or a bad... |
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Building Blocks
1 Posts • 2843 Views Philosophy Forum |
Ladys and gentle men boys and girls i will try to establish the base of our knowledge and beleifs.( although i assume many of you all have already done this lol)
we start off with the first humanoi... |
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God in Religionwhy do you believe in god?
253 Posts • 122492 Views Religion Forum |
I am a Christian believer for a number of reasons which build on each other and, taken together, make enough sense for me to adhere to the Christian faith. Of course, no one can claim to have absolute... |
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PerceptionPreconceived notions
8 Posts • 11306 Views Psychology Forum |
How have I contradicted myself and why would you infer I don't really mean what I say? I have consistently held that the majority of preconceived notions are negative. Especially concerning the p... |
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Society & SociologyThe mentality of a soldier
0 Posts • 7803 Views Psychology Forum |
True soldiers don't take war lightly, and are willing to die for the right cause, but who are just as easily disillussioned by the policies of thier leaders. These men will fight despite thier do... |
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Religion & HumanityAn answer
31 Posts • 9476 Views Religion Forum |
The evolutionary process of humans has been laid out quite well. Everything is a process. The mechanism of evolution involving population excess, natural selection, variations between species, and eve... |
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Proof? What is proof?
3 Posts • 2423 Views Philosophy Forum |
I think proof can be a pretty relative thing. Take the scientific view of evolution versus religious creation theories. Both sides are pretty convincing to true believers of each camp. And proof in th... |
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FuturologyNature of Technology?
3 Posts • 3557 Views Philosophy Forum |
Wisdomseeker, I am not versed in modern epistemology, nor am I well read in Jean-François Lyotard or Bruno Latour. However, I find that both of these modern French philosophers discount rational co... |
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ChristianityChristian Q&A
0 Posts • 3762 Views Religion Forum |
Q: How would you logically prove that your god exists using rational evidential reasoning and justification - without using arguments that someone from another religion would use to prove their god ex... |
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A Universal Morality that Works??
1 Posts • 2169 Views Talk Talk |
A review of "Universally Preferable Behavior: A Rational Proof of Secular Ethics", by Stefan Molyneux
(Sold here: http://www.lulu.com/content/12 70751)
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Moral philosophers conside... |
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Anarchy... don't you need a rule for that?
48 Posts • 11347 Views Philosophy Forum |
hmm, as a sidenote perhaps too much reliance on logic limits a person. There is much more to life than dull evidence based analysis and logic.
Evidence based analysis and logical thought are the re... |
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Ethics & MoralityThe Morality of Action
24 Posts • 8887 Views Philosophy Forum |
Just because you don't take the time to educate yourself on what is harmful to others and what is not does not destroy your responsibility.
Look, no one has given me a circumstance of an acci... |
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GodQuestioning God's Existence
98 Posts • 24428 Views Philosophy Forum |
Exactly. There is this large void, and I don't think people appreciate how large, of what we all do not know. And in it the instinct is to fear and from this is conjured up radical waves of imagi... |
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