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What's Worth Dying For?
54 Posts • 13197 Views Talk Talk |
I know lot's of people who can give a lofty list of things worthy of dying for but, really, nothing is worth dying for. A person may have to make a choice between death and some other outcome, bu... |
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Reality & MetaphysicsQuestioning Reality: Are we for "Real"?
118 Posts • 36495 Views Philosophy Forum |
the correct answer is mine. forget what the others says...
we are real, we , you, me exist as human beings.
however, we do not know everything outside the world we created. our society, languag... |
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God in ReligionUniverse : design or necessity?
63 Posts • 14586 Views Religion Forum |
This is gonna be in parts. And Pat don't answer with random shit without reading. All comments are welcome. The verdict over random/design will appear in the last part, so I am not concluding now... |
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God in ReligionWhy Do You NOT Believe In God?
192 Posts • 40709 Views Religion Forum |
dumbteen, let me explain to u the difference between the Christian religion and the Christain faith. yes there is one. throughout history there have been those who have called themselves Christians, a... |
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Cliqueless
0 Posts • 5643 Views Philosophy Forum |
I will be honest - I am not a scholarly person. I read very slow, I did very poorly in school and I doubt I could survive college. So when people start talking about stupid people, I do tend to become... |
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Personal Thoughts
22 Posts • 7263 Views Talk Talk |
If you were to ask me this question 22 years ago, my response would be 'age is just a number'. My views have changed dramatically.
I remember being 20 and being head over heels for a man that was 3... |
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Emotions & Feelingsare emotions what define human beings?
42 Posts • 26335 Views Psychology Forum |
"Hmm . . that may be true for you but I would still be me
& you would still be you."
You would still be you? What are you? Eplain what 'you' are, and I am sure that '... |
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GovernmentThe meaning of democracy
65 Posts • 34104 Views Politics & Current Events Forum |
how do you think democracy should work in for example the EU? *confused*
Ah . . . if each country has one vote then do they not form a governing body like the U.S. Senate, where each state has two s... |
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Relationships & Lovefutility of romantic 'love'
76 Posts • 20525 Views Psychology Forum |
This is a very interesting conversation. I enjoy it.
Spicesoup- When I said "Forgiveness" It had to be after he realized that pursuing "pleasure" will NOT bring him lasting hap... |
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ChristianityCatholics vs Christians
158 Posts • 58758 Views Religion Forum |
dear ones, persons calling themselves christians would do well to study the new testament, rather that the writings of men be they "catholic", "protestant", or whatever other denom... |
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Societythe Marxist debate
7 Posts • 3839 Views Politics & Current Events Forum |
Forgive teens atitude, he seems to feel that capitalism is the answer. He is well noted for attributing caapitalism with things which are probaly more related to other factors which he doesn't ad... |
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Religion & HumanityAllegorical or Literal?
21 Posts • 7140 Views Religion Forum |
Allegorical.
Trying to make history a fact and calling it scripture is a difficult task. I mean, the news writers who write about today have a difficult job. You can't write about everything,... |
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Gender PsychologyAn Abundancy of Rudeness
0 Posts • 1174 Views Psychology Forum |
It has just occurred to me, reading your previous post, Decius, that there may be another way of viewing this.
I'm not sure it is true to say, within the context of this thread, that women are... |
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Society & SociologyPopularity and open mindedness
39 Posts • 9892 Views Psychology Forum |
i don't beleive a mind can be open enough, unless it is completly open
Complete openness means absolute uncertainty. It allows one to think all things may be possible but maintains the idea th... |
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God in ReligionIf there's a god, why is there evil?
222 Posts • 57566 Views Religion Forum |
There are definite scriptural references to God creating evil:
Rbi8 Isaiah 45:7
(Ecclesiastes 7:14) On a good day prove yourself to be in goodness, and on a calamitous day see that the [... |
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SocietyBody scanners
56 Posts • 33372 Views Politics & Current Events Forum |
They're just pussies who think the government will save them. Happens every time.
They give their power and rights and responsibilities to the government who then comes to resent the fact that... |
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Alternative BeliefsGod = The Universe
72 Posts • 21868 Views Religion Forum |
There is a logic to this. Everything in aggregate is God. Consider the definition of God: omnipotent, omniscient, omnipresent.
Omnipotent (all powerful): there is power in the universe, and everyth... |
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God in ReligionSo God Makes This Deal With Satan
12 Posts • 3372 Views Religion Forum |
IMO whatever "justification" god had in acting the way he did, concerns proving satan wrong.
and by having "good come from evil", that re-asserts the "ability" of god... |
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Alternative BeliefsThe Church of Scientology
18 Posts • 7737 Views Religion Forum |
Lying to people to get their money isn't just unethical - it's illegal.
It's called fraud.
Unless it's a religion doing it. Religion has the unique right to lie about wha... |
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Atheism & AgnosticismWhat is the root cause of atheist's disbelief and are they qualified to debate theism?
54 Posts • 15182 Views Religion Forum |
I apologize; it appears I have strayed from the topic of discussion in this forum. Back to the topic
Alimar said:
I would qualify only few people to be actually qualified to debate theism. But that... |
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What would you do without rules?
20 Posts • 9435 Views Philosophy Forum |
i finally got it. we could never live without rules . . . good point. There will always be those who seek to rule (Lord) over others. One might say that running around killing & stealing is pretty... |
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SpiritualityThe Logical VS The Faithful
0 Posts • 10410 Views Religion Forum |
Ok, another thought just popped in my head. I often hear the notion that ascension and religious piety come partly by controlling natural urges and instincts, that to be truly civilized and advanced a... |
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Conscious and Sub-ConsciousConsciousness is just the tip of the iceberg
24 Posts • 12811 Views Psychology Forum |
Has anyone read the book Ender's Shadow? Its in the Ender series. Well the book about the extremely intelligent boy who was genetically altered to keep his brain growing. The book was based aroun... |
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Religion & HumanityThe True Religion?
96 Posts • 29113 Views Religion Forum |
Their whole life will be self destructive to themselves and others until they will most likely be put to death. It says that God takes these people and gives them a true spirit and puts them back on e... |
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GodWhy Question God's Existence
45 Posts • 12429 Views Philosophy Forum |
gotta agree with leftwood there. gods existence is brought into question because of the weight that some people put on it. for a lot of people it would not affect their behaviour, because they are goo... |
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