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The God paradox
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belief can be a good or a bad thing. when belief is not tempered with rational it will limit human development.
While belief in the after life can provide comfort to some people but it can also lead... |
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Society & Sociologywhy is suicide frowned on???
85 Posts • 25156 Views Psychology Forum |
Suicide is complicated. When you ponder on the thought of suicide, whether it be planning the act, or just suicide in general, you touch upon several different realms of life. You ask, why is it WRONG... |
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The "What probably is = what is" fallacy
31 Posts • 9221 Views Psychology Forum |
So, now you're saying people shouldn't explore new and seemingly unlikely ideas?
I don't follow. I'm not sure how you deduced that from what I wrote. Could you explain?
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God in ReligionGod's Will
128 Posts • 29910 Views Religion Forum |
^^thanks A.O.D...:).....I'm glad you see this simplicity too..:)
"OMG LMAO - you are doing it now - you are limiting your god to being one that is void of love (an emotion) etc. You worsh... |
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Alternative BeliefsWhat do you believe?
67 Posts • 16624 Views Religion Forum |
just because mother thereasa stole from the church doesn't make her bad. The church is one of the richest organizations in the world. Not knowing anything about mother thereasa's activities... |
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ConsciousnessALTRUISM and SELFISHNESS
23 Posts • 26522 Views Philosophy Forum |
you are speaking outwards, not inwards.
the whole point of both words is to only think inwards, as in i can only judge my own actions if they are selfish or not.
appearing and wearing a mask of... |
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Reality & MetaphysicsCan inanimate objects carry expressive meaning?
6 Posts • 7817 Views Philosophy Forum |
Can inanimate objects carry expressive meaning?
'Expression resides in perceptual qualities of the stimulus pattern'-Rudolf Arnheim
In achieving great quantifying skills we have seriously damag... |
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Biracial Children
18 Posts • 22554 Views Photos, Videos & Music Forum |
Bigots suck no matter what. They are wrong, they may be correct that a hardship will occur, but I know of no children that don't get harrassed in youth at some point, if they get popular then col... |
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Why live if you're just going to die?
74 Posts • 59108 Views Philosophy Forum |
This is quite a compelling post it has gotten a bit off topic however....
"Why live if you're just going to die?
What's the point of life anyway? Simply so we can work our way towa... |
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so where's the girl stuff?
66 Posts • 12582 Views Talk Talk |
It is quite amazing how women have managed to push into the previously male dominated sectors while giving little or no ground themselves (though whether is through lack of asking or offering I'm... |
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Life & Deathwhat is your theory on life?
270 Posts • 54798 Views Philosophy Forum |
Man's life on earth is a continuous flow of events, and no event seems to be lasting. There is always a desire to grasp and hold something else, something different from and better than what is p... |
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Have you met Mr. Straw Man?
1 Posts • 2396 Views Philosophy Forum |
Have you met Mr. Straw Man?
Quickie from Wiki: 'A straw man argument is an informal fallacy based on misrepresentation of an opponent's position. To "attack a straw man" is to create... |
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Frou Frou- Let Go
2 Posts • 3188 Views Photos, Videos & Music Forum |
Couldn't find a video, but this is the prettiest song ever ade, and the first time I heard I cried from the extreme emotion it MAKES you feel.
Drink up baby doll
Are you in or are you out?... |
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DreamsDreams... useless or amazing
50 Posts • 14045 Views Psychology Forum |
Ya know what's weird.
My lucid dreaming is becoming more complex every time I dream..When I get woken up in the morning it's because I'll be in one senario and then I'll just r... |
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Society & SociologyCensurship
3 Posts • 2024 Views Psychology Forum |
I see the word "hate" popped out almost involuntarily...
Cool,... sorry to illicit that response, but cool...
Upon re- reading my aimless rebellion... do ou get it more?
Did you not... |
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Ethics & MoralityWhat is the basis of independent morality?
2 Posts • 4831 Views Philosophy Forum |
this is my first action here...forgive me if its odd
my personal belief on this is based on a kind of social contract theory--By living in a society we agree to that society's governing agents... |
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Lessons In Humility
8 Posts • 3208 Views Talk Talk |
when I use cuss words so frequintly is purpously intimidating. It isn't. It is simply the way I talk
It's still intimidating.
and if I change myself now, not know what the fuck I am, th... |
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BiologyGMed Organisms
33 Posts • 10480 Views Science & Technology Forum |
" Since when do we put a patent on a plant?"
When it took years of research to make that plant. If I worked my ass off for a 5 years to make a faster-growing tomato, I'd sure be annoye... |
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Religion & HumanityThe Meaning of Living
103 Posts • 24873 Views Religion Forum |
"The fact that we cause the evil, and not God, is not a pretty fact either. "
Well I disagree with that too, silply in the name of plagues and earthquakes :D But lets not start that one aga... |
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ChristianityHappy in heaven... alone?
20 Posts • 7556 Views Religion Forum |
I wish I could belive you nurtured when you say its the fact we are scared FOR the person. Maybe it is for you. But you'd be very rare. I think, in fact, its the other way around.
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Habits & BehaviorWhat Star Are YOU?
42 Posts • 17119 Views Psychology Forum |
I'm on the cusp of gemini and cancer (June 21irst) which in fact is also the summer solstice. My personal take on astrology is a comparison to plant life. Certain flowers only grow at certain tim... |
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War & TerrorismExcerp: Truth of War
124 Posts • 30350 Views Politics & Current Events Forum |
An Interview with Col. Sam Gardiner
The Bush Administration's Psy-Ops on the US Public
(This pretty much lays things out)
http://www.counterpunch. org/zeese06222005.html
Sam Gardiner has t... |
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ChristianityExcerp: America is not a Christian Nation
155 Posts • 43568 Views Religion Forum |
To get back on topic, some have mentioned a Christian Majority in their argument for government-supported religion. I have just come across an interesting fact. Only four of the states contain referen... |
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Atheism & AgnosticismWhat is the root cause of atheist's disbelief and are they qualified to debate theism?
54 Posts • 15126 Views Religion Forum |
Allimar,
Disturbing stuff, ignorance is contagious, viral and no one is immune. Blaming most killing in the world on any belief is a naive. People who kill people are murderers, people who hurt peopl... |
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Is there anything you shouldn't educate children?
28 Posts • 5925 Views Philosophy Forum |
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"Wow, did you just snap like a twig"
... please, if thats one of my twigs snapping, just wait till the the hole damn tree comes one day.
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"Because the more I look... |
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