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Aesthetics & BeautyWhat is Art?
4 Posts • 3280 Views Philosophy Forum |
Both the mimetic and the essentialist theories of art contain a kernel of truth. For although art necessarily deals with empirical phenomena, it is good art only to the extent that it elicits a certai... |
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Reality & MetaphysicsWhy do we exist?
83 Posts • 60447 Views Philosophy Forum |
My personal Bible is short.
Here it is:
IT IS. DIG IT. Amen.
But for purposes here, I'll elaborate a bit.
In the begining, there is nothing.
No space. No Matter. No energy.
Noth... |
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ChristianityGo and Evangelise
1 Posts • 2497 Views Religion Forum |
Go and Evangelise, so the world may know more about Christ.
This is every person responsibility, to bring Jesus in the life of our neighbours.
We are to have courage, be witnesses and preach the... |
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Can science explore nothingness?
30 Posts • 7595 Views Philosophy Forum |
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what 039;s existence?
Get someone to punch you in the face hard, right on the nose, then ask me this. I&... |
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Religion & HumanityHow come the transition for polytheism to monotheism?
16 Posts • 10040 Views Religion Forum |
Hi. The two relevant words not being used in this discussion are animism and anthropomorphism. Early peoples tend to be animistic in that they attribute spirits to the outside agencies that affect the... |
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Atheism & AgnosticismAetheists Are Illogical
70 Posts • 24757 Views Religion Forum |
It is their choice to believe in something.
A belief cannot be chosen. A belief is merely the working model of the best attempt to understand an unknown truth based on the most convincing evidence... |
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Life & DeathVoluntary Human Extinction Movement
233 Posts • 131316 Views Philosophy Forum |
I'd like to clarify what I think of this movement a little more. I completely agree that human breeding is out of control and I think it's destroying the planet. Because of this, I also thin... |
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Society & Sociologyafrican americans
10 Posts • 5221 Views Psychology Forum |
Such a vile term "racist" is.
Sort of like "sexist".
It invokes a Pavlovian response.
Race, a word that can be replaced by 'genetic type", breed, kind...populatio... |
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GovernmentIraqi Statue honoring President Bush
63 Posts • 14672 Views Politics & Current Events Forum |
Come on Dumb Teen - are you telling me that your statement of doubt was not an opinion?
"Allawi is American appointed, an exile who had not been Iraq for years. He is not representative of the... |
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Tear me apart
8 Posts • 2869 Views Psychology Forum |
Well, that was kind of what I meant, not so much become them as become or inheret their circumstances, you have witnessed different paths taken both producing some positive and coveted results while b... |
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guess what this symbol means
1 Posts • 3016 Views Talk Talk |
http://n00108.myspace.com/0010 8/17/01/108011071_l.jpg
+Th ere are 3 circles +A triangle is composed of 3 vertices and 3 edges +There are 3 dots connecting to the center circle +The inner circle is c... |
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Science vs ReligionCreation or Evolution?
67 Posts • 18899 Views Religion Forum |
Summit: I agree people should be free to choose what to believe. But I think evolution should be taught as a theory and not as a fact.
However I find it rather despondent how creationism can be em... |
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Epistemology: Truth & KnowledgeInvalid Beliefs
10 Posts • 3702 Views Philosophy Forum |
Many things could show how a belief can be addressed as valid or invalid, in my opinion. I would say a belief which requires acceptance and unity is the least valid, as oppose to someone who is insane... |
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SocietyIs America playing with fire ?
141 Posts • 33560 Views Politics & Current Events Forum |
Tootsie, don't be turned off by aggressive talkers, not that I see anything wrong or aggressive about these, yours, or my posts, except when I'm in a hurry.
If there is minor factual deta... |
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The dilemma of Choice
9 Posts • 2963 Views Philosophy Forum |
Well in no way i was trying to deny the possibility of imitating life.
i wanted to observe the difference between if something looked alive, and something "is" alive.
hence the whole d... |
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GovernmentThe Anti-Bush Thread
0 Posts • 38348 Views Politics & Current Events Forum |
So the government has been guilty of crazy shit for decades now, but everythings just all different and all better now right? Not knowing our history kills us, ignorance is litterally enslaving us.... |
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Life & DeathIf your a clone do you have a soul?
41 Posts • 19177 Views Philosophy Forum |
the very essence of a person's mind is the mind itself. when all the thoughts have been cleared away, does the mind itself disappear? what im saying is that thoughts change and experience changes... |
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God in ReligionProblems with God
55 Posts • 12066 Views Religion Forum |
I think religion can deffinately overtake someone's life, if they are seeking inner happiness and reason in an unhappy and unreasonable age, the hole they are trying to fill cannot be filled with... |
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ChristianityCatholics vs Christians
158 Posts • 58600 Views Religion Forum |
Actually the root of all the troubles were the power struggles. Back then in the 1500's the Catholic church was the only Christian church. They ruled everything, Including the royalty.
It was... |
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IslamDo you know what Islam means?
67 Posts • 16871 Views Religion Forum |
Abolition of slavery?
The Church justified slavery for centuries and not until recently actually apologized for it!
Same goes for the Church's role in doing absolutely nothing during World W... |
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YouTube Is Fascinating
2 Posts • 2385 Views Talk Talk |
I have watched literally thousands of YouTube videos because I have no -social- life, and I have come to the conclusion that the internet as a whole is almost entirely useless. The "community&quo... |
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Rant OnRANT ON ABOUT ANYTHING!!!!
124 Posts • 33363 Views Talk Talk |
Things always seem to change over time, friends, perspectives, the sound of the heater on my car as I keep putting off fixing the blower, a host of things. One of these things that has changed has bee... |
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Religion & HumanityCALL FOR UNITY
2 Posts • 3276 Views Religion Forum |
I hope for prosperity, happiness and peace for the new year. The development of mutual tolerance and understanding between members of the three religions and cooperation built on common values will be... |
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Society & SociologyRacism on SNL
0 Posts • 14665 Views Psychology Forum |
Ok, hear me out, then tell me if I am wrong.
All my life I have heard the "Golden Rule." You know, do onto others as you would want done to yourself. Well, for some reason I took the sayi... |
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God in ReligionWhy are people indulged in killing each other in the name of God?
4 Posts • 2747 Views Religion Forum |
Why are people indulged in killing each other in the name of God?
Ans. The original founders of the religions were the human incarnations of the same God like Krishna, Jesus, Mohammed, Buddha etc. Ev... |
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