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SpiritualityBlind Faith
42 Posts • 11540 Views Religion Forum |
Something has always irritated me about theists. They pride themselves on their faith, yet, in my eyes, refuse to admit what it is.
Faith, by it definition, requires that you believe something simply... |
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Religion & HumanityReligious Experience saved my life.
1 Posts • 3092 Views Religion Forum |
I am an old man now( thank god) but in 1997 I was a young 44 racing through life never looking back, working 7 days a week, 10hrs a day for at least 10yrs solid and not realising how high my adrenalin... |
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HomosexualityWhy Condone Fruitless Deviant Behavior?
94 Posts • 27060 Views Sexuality & Intimacy Forum |
"Speculative nonsense"
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"Unfounded negative assumption."
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only to one... |
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ChristianityJESUSLAND
27 Posts • 9904 Views Religion Forum |
''Slavery is a form of payment, or employment to the 'owner' whom is owed a debt, or a slave may enslave themselves in order to have adaquate food and a place to reside.
To beco... |
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Issues with Hate…
8 Posts • 3110 Views Talk Talk |
I dislike having to use the word hate as it is a rather ambiguous word. Some people use the word when they talk about a certain flavour of ice-cream. So Ill give an excerpt of the definition of hate s... |
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Why is Philosophy like General Motors?
4 Posts • 2492 Views Philosophy Forum |
Many non human creatures have emotions-'human emotions however have evolved to making connections to complex ideas, values, principles, and judgments'-thus human emotion is special-the impact of feeli... |
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Right or wrong....
300 Posts • 58829 Views Philosophy Forum |
If we accept that the Bible/word of God is true, then in the original 'society of 2' right and wrong consisted of not eating the forbidden fruit. NO OTHER INATE RESTRAINTS. When society expa... |
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War & TerrorismLet's Talk About...Israel's Nukes
2 Posts • 2781 Views Politics & Current Events Forum |
From the neocons who urge attacks on Iran, there is a deafening silence about another aggressive, nuclear-capable state - Israel
In a sudden attack of common sense, a Pentagon-commissioned study re... |
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BiologyWhat About Eugenics?
23 Posts • 10836 Views Science & Technology Forum |
Decius- In regards to eugenics 'selective breeding' refers to not in the sense that you are individually selective regarding persons with whom you breed, but rather genetic engineering of th... |
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ChristianityA few questions for Christians.
13 Posts • 3203 Views Religion Forum |
Hey Tazzlyn, no problem healthy debate is always a positive step.
For the first question, as I said the ultimate decision is of course made by God. But having read the Bible I think there is suffi... |
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PedophiliaPedophilia
27 Posts • 17578 Views Sexuality & Intimacy Forum |
*sigh*
Mr ASG, this is the last public post to you before I reply to your PM you sent me. But I want this to be on public record about where I was coming from when I said what I said.
First off,... |
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ChristianityWas Christ really resurrected?
67 Posts • 17254 Views Religion Forum |
"Reasonable is understanding human 'tendencies'...and human tendencies show us that humans are not going to maintain a story with exacting accuracy IF THEY DID NOT WITNESS IT and FEAR O... |
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HistoryAquatic Ape Hypothesis
21 Posts • 12155 Views Science & Technology Forum |
I have taken a lot of interest in this subject. One just has to take a look at a naked erect human alongside the three other apes to know some powerful environmental forces made us what we are.
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LawKerry strikes again.
7 Posts • 3532 Views Politics & Current Events Forum |
I'm not posting this as a knock on Kerry (there are plenty of other issues to do that with...lol). I'm posting it as a perfect example of just how complicated and stupid most of our gun laws... |
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ElectionsJust watched another John Kerry master plan
27 Posts • 6533 Views Politics & Current Events Forum |
LEFTWOOD: Your opinion regarding that "frame of mind" I can only accept. I had not dared to say it because it is always unpleasant and indecent to criticise some stranger for things you may... |
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SocietyWould society be better without money?
92 Posts • 67367 Views Philosophy Forum |
Aloha
Well these are some truly good ideas you have here. I can see that the label words like "communism and socialism" are still deeply feared, due to the constant brainwashing of the Am... |
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Why live if you're just going to die?
74 Posts • 59174 Views Philosophy Forum |
Let me tell you a story:
A great wizard walks across a vast desert. He wears a long purple cloak and a high pointed hat. His white beard touches the ground. He carries a large bucket. He stops and... |
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ChristianityIs God in your church
18 Posts • 5507 Views Religion Forum |
Of free will, fear and God.
I was reading into Spinoza(first timer) today and he has an outlook on this that in some places coincides with Decius's thoughts.
What I basically understood of him is... |
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Life & DeathHow does one begin a disinterested intellectual life?
1 Posts • 2540 Views Philosophy Forum |
How does one begin a disinterested intellectual life?
While reading a book about the civil war between North and South Vietnam and the American involvement in that war on my back porch in Dallas in... |
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Child & Family PsychologyWorries for my sister
2 Posts • 3050 Views Psychology Forum |
It's difficult for me to respond to what you've shared, because of the amount of grief, empathy and other reactions such information elicits. As Decius so accurately described, it is extreme... |
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Life & Deathwhat is your theory on life?
270 Posts • 54953 Views Philosophy Forum |
Im not saying there is sadness. How much closer to the real worlds way of thinking can i get? Other than to support my theories with evidence. Sadness does not always have to be a factor.
The reas... |
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Shattered Views...
8 Posts • 4870 Views Stories & Poetry Forum |
Lost (A child's nightmare)
I am lost in a valley only the dead walks
The angel he left me to my curiosity stalks
I lost the angel's footsteps are gone
In a valley of the dead I walk alone
The... |
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HomosexualityWhy Condone Fruitless Deviant Behavior?
94 Posts • 27060 Views Sexuality & Intimacy Forum |
homosexuals do not procreate..they do not concieve "offspring"..
Yes, they do. They either get artificially insemination or use a surrogate donor or carrier. It happens all the time for... |
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Vegetarian or No?
58 Posts • 13734 Views Talk Talk |
Sorry I've been busy and haven't been able to visit this thread as often as I'd like, but it's really been brewing with some juicy stuff!
Cynic-Al,
I' ve read through all... |
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The Tangent Universe
14 Posts • 4605 Views Stories & Poetry Forum |
Chapter One
The Tangent Universe
The Primary Universe is fraught with great peril.
War, plague, famine and natural disaster are common.
Death comes to us all.
....The Fourth Dimension of... |
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