Forum: Religion
07-29-2010, 05:13 AM
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In the Platonic dialog Euthyphro (search it),...
In the Platonic dialog Euthyphro (search it), Socrates comes to find out Euthyphro is on his way to attend a trial to have his father put to death. Socrates wants to know from Euthyphro how it is he...
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Forum: Religion
07-29-2010, 04:47 AM
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Replies: 12
Views: 2,868
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Forum: Religion
07-27-2010, 04:18 AM
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Replies: 12
Views: 2,868
God knows everything at all times. It is only...
God knows everything at all times. It is only when minds try to dumb God down into some silly religion where problems come up. Religions especially the Abrahmic religions try depict God as some kind...
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Forum: General Philosophy
07-27-2010, 04:02 AM
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Replies: 2
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Thats a major problem I have with language as...
Thats a major problem I have with language as used generally. I saw a joke in Playboy magazine many years ago where someone taking a poll comes to the door and asks the householder a question. The...
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Forum: General Philosophy
07-27-2010, 03:45 AM
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Replies: 2
Views: 706
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Forum: General Philosophy
07-27-2010, 03:22 AM
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Replies: 1
Views: 586
Thats called Process Philosophy my man. See...
Thats called Process Philosophy my man. See Whitehead. A. B. But what if there is only A? Without something with which A to be compared to (relativistic) to what does A 'owe' its existence. If you...
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Forum: General Philosophy
07-26-2010, 11:40 AM
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Replies: 52
Views: 5,576
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Forum: General Philosophy
07-14-2010, 07:19 AM
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Replies: 52
Views: 5,576
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Forum: General Science and Nature
07-14-2010, 07:01 AM
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Replies: 13
Views: 885
Human bodies are composed of trillions of cells...
Human bodies are composed of trillions of cells and cells are composed of billions of atoms. "Me" as a finite set of trillions of cells composed of trillions of atoms implies that the whole is the...
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Forum: Space and Time
07-14-2010, 06:19 AM
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Replies: 32
Views: 2,121
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Forum: Religion
07-14-2010, 06:16 AM
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Replies: 13
Views: 1,212
I must be and imbecile to respond to a thread...
I must be and imbecile to respond to a thread that is entitled that---
im·be·cile ( m b -s l, -s l). n. 1. A stupid or silly person; a dolt. 2. A person whose mental acumen is well below par. 3. A...
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Forum: Religion
07-14-2010, 06:12 AM
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Replies: 13
Views: 1,212
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Forum: Religion
07-14-2010, 06:09 AM
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Replies: 15
Views: 1,165
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Forum: Religion
07-12-2010, 08:06 AM
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Replies: 15
Views: 1,165
Yeah but that is a distraction/changing of the...
Yeah but that is a distraction/changing of the subject into what a 'dog' or any other abstract idea is. What something is is objectified into its being so by vote of that population be it nuthouse/FC...
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Forum: Religion
07-08-2010, 11:36 PM
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Replies: 15
Views: 1,165
Back to your original post. Do all things exist...
Back to your original post. Do all things exist simply as abstract ideas in minds? Which is more real, tables and chairs or thoughts of them in the mind? Why? One from the senses. One from the mind....
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Forum: General Science and Nature
07-08-2010, 08:01 AM
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Replies: 3
Views: 718
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Forum: Religion
07-08-2010, 07:29 AM
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Replies: 15
Views: 1,165
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Forum: Religion
07-08-2010, 07:26 AM
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Replies: 15
Views: 1,165
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Forum: General Philosophy
07-04-2010, 01:25 PM
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Replies: 52
Views: 5,576
No one does know what preceded our BB...
No one does know what preceded our BB singularity. One possibility is that in some other universe (set of dimensions) where there is a supermassive galactic size black hole with billions of solar...
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Forum: General Philosophy
06-25-2010, 04:49 AM
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Replies: 52
Views: 5,576
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Forum: General Philosophy
06-25-2010, 04:44 AM
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Replies: 21
Views: 1,961
"mankind" "vain" "golden rule".
All 3 are...
"mankind" "vain" "golden rule".
All 3 are abstract ideas. There is no such thing in the physical universe . All exist in the eye of the beholder. My claim that all such vague notions are useless...
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Forum: General Philosophy
06-24-2010, 06:51 AM
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Replies: 21
Views: 1,961
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Forum: General Philosophy
06-23-2010, 04:28 AM
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Replies: 21
Views: 1,961
Laws are necessary evils for people to exist...
Laws are necessary evils for people to exist together. There is nothing divine about any sort of laws. By observing laws and enabling survival you can also use those same laws as a spiritual tool to...
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Forum: General Philosophy
06-23-2010, 04:05 AM
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Replies: 83
Views: 4,883
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Forum: General Philosophy
06-21-2010, 05:48 AM
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Replies: 83
Views: 4,883
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