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THREAD Conscious and Sub-ConsciousConsciousness is just the tip of the iceberg
24 Posts • 12804 Views
Psychology Forum
About eleven million bits of information are passed form our senses to our brain every second. Out of this eleven million we can only be consciously aware of sixteen. The rest of the information is pr...
THREAD Friend Help
11 Posts • 3929 Views
Talk Talk
Emerald-You sure did jump fast at my last post. Are you that certain that I was talking about you. I now understand why you have to jump so fast when something is posted, and you think it is about you...
THREAD Religion & HumanityWhat Is A Fundamentalist
5 Posts • 3457 Views
Religion Forum
I don't have a good opinion of a fundamentalist of any following. But I'm sure that once we define these lower than dirt people, somebody can help me understand their purpose so that I might...
THREAD God in ReligionTRYING TO UNDERSTAND GOD
16 Posts • 15560 Views
Religion Forum
only when you have conviction in your belief do you truly believe. I always felt bad because I did have the thought that "What if?" there isnt. I dont like thinking that way but, that one se...
THREAD Law & GovernmentShould violent criminals be castrated?
18 Posts • 9860 Views
Philosophy Forum
I'm rather uncomfortable with society being morally obligated to do anything. I understand and even appreciate certain "laws" because they add comfort to my existence. What is moral or...
THREAD Physics & CosmologyTheory of Relativiy
16 Posts • 7272 Views
Science & Technology Forum
If you want to learn more about the theory of relativity (which I think has been misrepresented here) check out The Elegant Universe by Brian Greene. It's actually about string theory, but, in th...
THREAD Sexual PsychologyLoss of Virginity
33 Posts • 15237 Views
Sexuality & Intimacy Forum
people who do it simply to get off dont value their own bodies, or lives even. as i said, the important thing is that the person be ready. this means that they understand and are prepared for any repr...
THREAD Religion & HumanityReligious beliefs
48 Posts • 15528 Views
Religion Forum
Why is it that the world needs a beilief on life after death? I can accept the fact that after you are dead....that's it. You are dead! I cannot understand the need for this, any insight wo...
THREAD EconomyPeak Oil - Are we heading for a oil shortage
11 Posts • 3943 Views
Politics & Current Events Forum
I just recently read an article about Venezuela, they have enough oil to last them for 78 more years. They don't use as much as we do and they have more of it. They're selling their oi...
THREAD Christianitychristians?
110 Posts • 24066 Views
Religion Forum
no i am not your friend. obviously enough. but you understand that Decius wasnt concerned with the actual event of who is right / who is wrong but was just generally being a kind person. ( ? ) yes...
THREAD God in ReligionCan someone disprove this logic?
101 Posts • 19465 Views
Religion Forum
I'm dodging your question because the circumstances surrounding the event in question are quite painful to me and I do not wish to open a wound in front of the world just to have you mock me some...
THREAD GovernmentObama is a Communist - should we really vote for him?
23 Posts • 5417 Views
Politics & Current Events Forum
Chris you don't understand, just because i don't agree with you doesn't me i am not open to change it simply means that your going to have to better then what i could've gotten off...
THREAD Rules To Live By
29 Posts • 7222 Views
Philosophy Forum
cynic- you miss my point entirely. if being honest to yourself means that you honestly want to hurt something, from a completely objective view point, how can I tell yu you are wrong? I am coming from...
THREAD IslamContradictions in the Quran
62 Posts • 16998 Views
Religion Forum
But something as important as the Quran which Muslims take as their guidebook in life and the word of God deserves more than plain reading. First, the fact that the original Quran is in Arabic has...
THREAD Rehab & AddictionGambling
6 Posts • 2871 Views
Health & Wellness Forum
stubbornness like this, to me, can only be treated in one way - for sure... let the man hit rock bottom. let him see for his self what gambling has done to him. idk why it should take something s...
THREAD Religion & HumanityReligious beliefs
48 Posts • 15528 Views
Religion Forum
hey john, actually we are both Administrators. Also I started this thread to try to understand religion so I was wondering if you could tell me why you (and others) have this need to "believe...
THREAD God in ReligionIf god exist why doesn't he show himself to the world?
145 Posts • 33732 Views
Religion Forum
Time can also be told by day/night, and the sun. And time is absolute, as I mentioned before. I don't understand the lines dots thing. And unnatural is not natural of course, just like inhuman an...
THREAD Society & SociologyIs Jail a mild form of torture
35 Posts • 11366 Views
Psychology Forum
There mightn't be a solution right now, but if we do not consider CheeChee's ideas, there won't ever be a solution. I suppose this also depends upon whether or not you think the syst...
THREAD God in ReligionGod in physical form in Africa(Bulawayo Zim)
15 Posts • 3545 Views
Religion Forum
Yep,I agree with you.God appears to us in ways in which we d understand him.Each nation should wait for its opportunity to get a visitation.While on the wait,each nation should use past expirience fro...
THREAD There is no negative one...
13 Posts • 3716 Views
Science & Technology Forum
i think we still need to keep 'imaginary numbers' but instead of saying negative call it debt you have 1 scarf and take away 2 scarfs you are in debt 1 scarf i would understand that...
THREAD Illuminati
22 Posts • 11293 Views
Philosophy Forum
so lets pretend you actually read what i wrote, i understand you have your own thoughts on this but everything you just wrote contradicts what ive written, you think you'd have a question for me?...
THREAD GodWhy human beings?
25 Posts • 7043 Views
Philosophy Forum
"to know yourself is to know God." - if this statement is true then doesn't it pertain to a man that creates a robot? If the robot understood how it functions and what it was made for,...
THREAD The Chronicles of Riddick
9 Posts • 5045 Views
Movie/TV Reviews
Nah, it's a sequel/continuation to Pitch Black, although I understand how you could assume it's a prequel. You really don't need to have seen Pitch Black to see Riddick but it could hel...
THREAD Habits & BehaviorRandom Hatred
77 Posts • 16588 Views
Psychology Forum
I hate it when people can't understand that compliments are sometimes taken as cheap lines in order to be stroked themselves. I hate compliments.
THREAD Religion & HumanityThe Disease of Religious Fundamentalism
19 Posts • 6698 Views
Religion Forum
A religion is a formal belief system. Spirituality is anything but. Religion is an attempt to communicate with the other world through prayers, fasts, ceremonies, meditation, song, etc. That i...
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