The greatest power one may possess -- in any situation -- is simply not to care what happens. In fact, it's the only power, all others being a semblance and mockery of it. But you must also not care about possessing the power itself. - Thomas Ligotti
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Tagged > Rational
THREAD Science vs ReligionDid Darwin Dethrone God?
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Religion Forum
It behoves us not to say, and it does us credit to deny, that God has been dealt death-blow, and that atheism is the only 'rational' position available. I prefer to say that if God no longer casts a s...
THREAD God in ReligionIf god exist why doesn't he show himself to the world?
145 Posts • 33597 Views
Religion Forum
"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...
THREAD Atheism & AgnosticismO no, Atheism
17 Posts • 7075 Views
Religion Forum
Religion(most common religions) is the safest way to go through life without having to bother with death. I don't agree with the literal, plain-text interpretation of the above comment in the...
THREAD Law & GovernmentShould drugs be legalised?
14 Posts • 4048 Views
Philosophy Forum
Again, agree with the libertarian talking points. There is, with most of the harder drugs, a severe compromise of normal neurochemistry once the user has become dependant, that result in every kind of...
THREAD God in ReligionWake up and discover that God never existed
48 Posts • 13223 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...
THREAD Atheism & AgnosticismAetheists Are Illogical
70 Posts • 24751 Views
Religion Forum
It was unfortunate of me to say categorically that God doesn't exist. For assuredly, the absolute possibility of God cannot be denied. But then, neither can the possibility of unicorns or fairies...
THREAD Christianitychristians?
110 Posts • 23975 Views
Religion Forum
hmm... i, personally don't feel that i 'owe' jesus anything for being born. despite the way you feel about it, its helped me a lot lately. yeah in the back of my mind is 'this is t...
THREAD Milgram's Studies
2 Posts • 1857 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...
THREAD Da Vinci code, new gospels, Jesus conspiracies
1 Posts • 1754 Views
Philosophy Forum
We seem to be living in an age where two opponents are battling it out; fundamental believers in set principles and fundamental believers in critical principles. There are two forms of mindest sim...
THREAD Christianitychristians?
110 Posts • 23975 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...
THREAD Creative MusingsToo swamped by my own mind to know sanity sometimes...
3 Posts • 3724 Views
Stories & Poetry Forum
Hear, In My Head Listen in, as I let the ocean in your seashell ear inform my perspective and wash my troublesome conclusions away with the tide...for what abides when delusion recedes can be co...
THREAD God in ReligionWhy Do You NOT Believe In God?
192 Posts • 40488 Views
Religion Forum
"apes and humans similarities could simply be coincidences." Nonesense , the genetic similarity is something like 99 percent. With millions of genes the odds are incredibly small, like 1 cha...
THREAD Life & DeathSocial existance, life and friends.
24 Posts • 5563 Views
Philosophy Forum
Laying it on the line, i have ASD and have been described as what is commonly known as a high-functioning autistic. However, i have also been said to have the following; borderline personality complex...
THREAD Vegetarianism
30 Posts • 9475 Views
Talk Talk
It's been quite a while since I was last here, thought I'd pop by to see how these threads are doing. I have to pass comment, I can see that I still have a very tall mountain to climb. To...
THREAD God in ReligionQuestioning his Behaviour
284 Posts • 49545 Views
Religion Forum
there is a difference between sects and denominations. the differences between denominatations are miniscule. it is more about the preference one may have for worship then anything else. Sects off Chr...
THREAD God in ReligionLoving, Kind, Forgiving, Blessing God?
35 Posts • 9675 Views
Religion Forum
Well, in that line of thinking, looking at our conversations I am left wondering, what does it say that we are asking these question or seeing these contradictions or imperfections, ya know, the ones...
THREAD SpiritualityI'm think I'm losing faith in God.
48 Posts • 17099 Views
Religion Forum
Hey, i just went through a very similar thing myself, (decius will know, i tried to debate his smart ass over some islamic follies) and i really was tormented by it, mentally, it made me sick. I start...
THREAD Life & Deathwhat defines life
63 Posts • 18238 Views
Philosophy Forum
You're right, actually. And wrong as well. Look: Socrates is a hero of mine, chiefly because he showed that a rational man is, at bottom, a virtuous man. He gave himself to reason, granting h...
THREAD God in ReligionThe God Thread
158 Posts • 41767 Views
Religion Forum
In answer to your query okcitykid, Aristotle's classification of souls immediately comes to my mind. Kant focused his philosophy on epistemological (the study of knowledge and justification) and...
THREAD Ethics & MoralityNotes on Ethics
1 Posts • 2424 Views
Philosophy Forum
I bought and read a book on moral relativism. The protagonists of the debate resemble two people who, though travelling in opposite directions, have fallen into the same pit. Both views are expressed...
THREAD HomosexualityWhy Condone Fruitless Deviant Behavior?
94 Posts • 26977 Views
Sexuality & Intimacy Forum
Given you know not what purpose homosexuality does serve or contributes...you cant assume "because it exists" it is necessary or alright.. No different than the human race itself, and...
THREAD Society & SociologyExcerp: Industrial Society Destroys Mind and Environment
34 Posts • 12721 Views
Psychology Forum
The Illogical logic of Man. A few birds have got infected with bird-flu and Man has started killing millions of birds. They say birds are a threat to humans. Sometime ago there was Mad...
THREAD Right or wrong....
300 Posts • 58643 Views
Philosophy Forum
"if it is based on a gut feeling, than what is the purpose of morality in the first place? should all gut feelings be trusted? " NOPE. In fact I believe the whole history of man is basical...
THREAD Consciousnesswhat is free will?
20 Posts • 32016 Views
Philosophy Forum
Allow me to approach this from another angle. I trust that you will concede that both Albert Einstein and Niels Bohr were reasonably intelligent rational men. I doubt that you would hold either to be...
THREAD Science vs ReligionExcerp: Science and Religion
11 Posts • 3622 Views
Religion Forum
About this statements: 1) But, if we ask deeper, and knowing Jesus was not perfect (I'll challenge anyone on this-a perfect being would not show emotion), we have to look to the feelings Jesus re...
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