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simple people everywhere vs. us
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no, i dont think thats a bad thing either, just sad. hmm material things mean very little to me also. they are just symbols, and in some cases just survival objects. jacker you dont sound selfish, in... |
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Vegetarian or No?
58 Posts • 13673 Views Talk Talk |
If all life is equal then if you had a starving cat it would be ok to kill a child in order to feed it? Killing a cat or a child would be the same if all life was equal. Then again if all life was equ... |
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HistoryAquatic Ape Hypothesis
21 Posts • 12129 Views Science & Technology Forum |
Evolution is a concept not physical things or even action. You can't prove evolution because it doesn't truly exist.
What you are referencing is natural selection through time mingled wit... |
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"It's not all relative"
12 Posts • 3615 Views Philosophy Forum |
What about man being the protector-breadwinner and women being the child-raiser? Can I say that a "true man" should hold his emotions in in order to survive and ensure the survival of his fa... |
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Reality & MetaphysicsCan we know only what we are prepared to know?
2 Posts • 1920 Views Philosophy Forum |
Can we know only what we are prepared to know?
If an individual has never learned to add and subtract that individual cannot learn how to divide and multiply.
Our American educational system, K... |
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Famous PhilosophersLocke vs. Hobbes
11 Posts • 18402 Views Philosophy Forum |
i think in nature the suicide rate would be almost non exsistent. some may kill themselves out of curiosity(stupidty?), but thats about it. society forces strong emotions on us, which causes the rise... |
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Life & Deathare u ready to step outside the box? part III
4 Posts • 3337 Views Philosophy Forum |
Well, they have a scenario that is very similar to ours-cloning! But if it was necessary for survival and not for making huge clone armies or slaves etc, then yes, it could be justified. They would ju... |
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Atheism & AgnosticismIf you had a gun to your head, what would you choo
30 Posts • 8491 Views Religion Forum |
A gun pointed at your face is not a random accident
have you even the slightest idea how many random factors come into play in how the gun got in front of my face. how many random factors come into p... |
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HomosexualityWhy Condone Fruitless Deviant Behavior?
94 Posts • 26943 Views Sexuality & Intimacy Forum |
but again, how do homosexuals "reproduce"?
and if "they" do-can it be contributed to homosexuality?
heterosexuality--given that the reproduction is done through a heterosexua... |
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FuturologyPreparing for the worst....
4 Posts • 7477 Views Philosophy Forum |
I've prepared a "bug-out" bag. In it, I have basical survival necessities:
tent
sleeping bag
warm clothes
first aid basics
cookwear
utensils
fo lding saw
survival knife w/metal m... |
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Survival of the fittest
7 Posts • 4539 Views Science & Technology Forum |
Capitalism is a means of healthy competition (survival of the fittest) between members of a single society.
But that doesn't mean a purely capitalist society is can compete with OTHER societie... |
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Atheism & AgnosticismWhat is the root cause of atheist's disbelief and are they qualified to debate theism?
54 Posts • 15099 Views Religion Forum |
The idea of hell is not the same as cancer. Cancer is a possibility at some point in the future that may never happen. Hence, it does not trigger the survival instinct, and hence, fear.
Damnation is... |
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Survival of the fittest
7 Posts • 4539 Views Science & Technology Forum |
For the greatest to come of it all we must remember that children cannot adequately raise themselves for the most part, and this is the basis of a lot of problems, the collectivist and wellfare type o... |
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Emotions & FeelingsExplaining your emotions
13 Posts • 3621 Views Psychology Forum |
we are too indolent to be able to recall any emotion we have experienced in every detail. the language does not allow for it either. as to why we need emotions, they are evolutionaily developed neurot... |
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Fear
16 Posts • 7163 Views Philosophy Forum |
Rational fear is completely essential for our survival. It is irrational fear that leads us to hate and anger and "evil." |
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ChristianityThe fraud of Christianity
102 Posts • 23907 Views Religion Forum |
ROFL this is it guys, we finally found one who thinks he knows what GOD thinks
God tells us that He doesn't always choose to kow everything.
Thats the same as saying Thomas Jefferson had hi... |
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Life & DeathSoul: Born or Grown
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Perhaps the best way to probe into the answers for your question is by first analyzing:
1) What traits we believe to be human, as in characteristic that are human. For example, if we analyze a cat in... |
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Society & Sociologyfiuck it
6 Posts • 5270 Views Psychology Forum |
Is this it is this really the way we have to live well the majority anyway..
We get up go to work most of us hate our jobs time just fly's by you do it over and over and fucking over....just to get l... |
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JUST A THOUGHT
99 Posts • 21425 Views Philosophy Forum |
leftwood touched on this in a previous post/
where's generosity on the part of the merchant?
maybe an apple could, i don't know, be given out of the ?goodness? in his heart...
that... |
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ScriptsSunday: a one act
8 Posts • 3197 Views Stories & Poetry Forum |
I thought that the dialog was realistic and simple which added to the overall feel of the piece. I thought the concept of Christianity being illegal was amazing. The dilemma over friendship and person... |
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GovernmentDoes the goverment have rights to penalis those it
67 Posts • 17155 Views Politics & Current Events Forum |
lol gd sugestion. What if we just went into an era of no goverments no law but just survival of the fittest, were people can do what they want i mean is total freedom and control over most of ur life... |
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Societya society at eachother's throats.
18 Posts • 6424 Views Philosophy Forum |
>"It's an impulsive response due to insecurity."
-Due to insecurity as well as a subconcious paranoia that I believe we set within ourselves early on (lower level school). It is a... |
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Human Nature & EmotionThe science of a mother's love
3 Posts • 7220 Views Philosophy Forum |
There are many reasons for the maternal bond. I'll just start with the following.
In the majority of birds and mammals, the young become heavily attached to their mother. For example ducklings... |
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Religion & HumanityA Just Religion
65 Posts • 16005 Views Religion Forum |
free will is a contradiction to god being all powerful, there maybe that one will stick.
I don't have any judgements on god and peoples thoughts and beliefs have not convinced to have any, the... |
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God in ReligionThe Problem of Evil
202 Posts • 41450 Views Religion Forum |
Keep in mind of what you may make assumptions of as evil. But pain and anguish are survival tools, meant to keep people active and providing or managing, and to keep people from doing things that are... |
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