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- Tue Aug 01, 2023 11:46 am
- Forum: Gender Philosophy
- Topic: What's the Difference if any between Man and Woman?
- Replies: 280
- Views: 17733
Re: What's the Difference if any between Man and Woman?
You can find differences between any two categories(or any two entities) but what matters is what the difference you found signifies morally or practically.
- Fri Jul 28, 2023 2:24 pm
- Forum: Philosophy of Religion
- Topic: Science is Based on Faith like Theism?
- Replies: 91
- Views: 25664
Re: Science is Based on Faith like Theism?
Insofar as scientists base investigations on a theory of reality/truth(e.g. such as the primacy of human reason) then science is " based on faith". However theism goes further and presupposes not only reason but also supernatural authority.
- Tue Jul 25, 2023 5:57 pm
- Forum: Philosophy of Religion
- Topic: What does God look like?
- Replies: 117
- Views: 7039
Re: What does God look like?
of course one could. simply by reading to word of God and listening to what he says. why should i disbelieve the bible? who am i to question such things? Presumably rational intelligence. stating you view same as me? that with blatantly exercising the essence of the bible as 'read my words and foll...
- Thu Jul 13, 2023 2:15 pm
- Forum: General Philosophical Discussion
- Topic: Liminal places
- Replies: 107
- Views: 4044
Re: Liminal places
There are some actual liminal places that I love. One of those is the moment before I step into a small boat so small I can feel it move to displace water beneath me. Maia wrote In so many ways we seem to care more about boundaries than the actual things they enclose. From my own feelings this is u...
- Thu Jul 13, 2023 2:05 pm
- Forum: General Philosophical Discussion
- Topic: Liminal places
- Replies: 107
- Views: 4044
Re: Liminal places
There are some actual liminal places that I love. One of those is the moment before I step into a small boat so small I can feel it move to displace water beneath me.
- Thu Jul 13, 2023 2:01 pm
- Forum: General Philosophical Discussion
- Topic: Christianity
- Replies: 17085
- Views: 742106
Re: Christianity
Chaz Bufe Reasons to Abandon Christianity Christianity has a morbid, unhealthy preoccupation with sex. For centuries, Christianity has had an exceptionally unhealthy fixation on sex, to the exclusion of almost everything else (except power, money, and the infliction of cruelty). This stems from the...
- Sun Jul 09, 2023 4:28 pm
- Forum: Philosophy of Religion
- Topic: Is God Necessary?
- Replies: 27
- Views: 1712
Re: Is God Necessary?
Right you are, Harbal!Harbal wrote: ↑Sun Jul 09, 2023 12:55 pmIf God isn't working for you, there's an alternative.Dontaskme wrote: ↑Sun Jul 09, 2023 12:27 pm
For 'me' is the very movement of dissatisfaction. The 'me' cannot get no satisfaction.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nrIPxlFzDi0
https://youtu.be/Jwtyn-L-2gQ
- Wed Jul 05, 2023 3:52 pm
- Forum: General Philosophical Discussion
- Topic: what are we seeking?
- Replies: 4
- Views: 219
Re: what are we seeking?
Abstract values such as justice, goodness, truth, and beauty are part of what humans do to try to predict the future for themselves. Morality is abstract virtues made explicit and codified. The difference between men and other animals is men sometimes think in abstract values while (as far as we kno...
- Sat Jul 01, 2023 3:33 pm
- Forum: General Philosophical Discussion
- Topic: Christianity
- Replies: 17085
- Views: 742106
Re: Christianity
Christianity has a history: Christianity is a cultural process. What is all the fuss about?
- Sat Jun 24, 2023 3:55 pm
- Forum: Philosophy of Mind
- Topic: It is not possible for me to know the world outside my mind
- Replies: 72
- Views: 13528
Re: It is not possible for me to know the world outside my mind
It's not possible for you to know the world outside your mind because there is no world outside your mind.(And other experiencers' minds).
- Mon May 29, 2023 9:45 am
- Forum: General Philosophical Discussion
- Topic: Christianity
- Replies: 17085
- Views: 742106
Re: Christianity
But we can still have a strong, subjective, emotional response to events and situations. Yes. But so can a toddler, when it doesn't get its way. Anybody who's had a two-year-old knows that, of course. So we need something that separates the irrational, demanding, solipsistic squalling of an infant ...
- Sun May 28, 2023 6:35 pm
- Forum: Metaphysics
- Topic: Everything is Not a Thing
- Replies: 222
- Views: 12142
Re: Everything is Not a Thing
The Yin Yang symbol is this duality, this matching of opposites, which in Buddhism is not opposite at all. For in the one, there is a dark spot and in the other there is a light spot, meaning there are no absolute opposites, there is always an element of the other in each. "What is the differe...
- Sun May 28, 2023 9:00 am
- Forum: Metaphysics
- Topic: Nothingness is All Things
- Replies: 80
- Views: 10673
Re: Nothingness is All Things
just as in a river no single eddy can be separated from the current’s overall motion. They say you can't step into the same river twice, but I have found that once is usually more than enough, anyway. :| :wink: DAM's point is relevant even when your stepping into the river more than once is a thoug...
- Sat May 27, 2023 6:38 pm
- Forum: Metaphysics
- Topic: Everything is Not a Thing
- Replies: 222
- Views: 12142
Re: Everything is Not a Thing
No, I do not claim that nature is unmanifested energy, in fact, apparent reality/our everyday reality is a world of objects. The world of objects is a biological simulation, a biological readout, informing the subject not of the source, but of the effects of the source upon the senses of the biolog...
- Sat May 27, 2023 6:19 pm
- Forum: General Philosophical Discussion
- Topic: Christianity
- Replies: 17085
- Views: 742106
Re: Christianity
Is there an "objective" definition of evil that we can refer to? The answer seems to be no, there is not. Interesting. I don't find that "obvious" at all. But perhaps you have reasons for finding it obvious, so I'm ready to hear them, if you have such. It's certainly not the cas...