Philosophy Now Forum

I was more hoping for a description of your dealing with the world as it is concept. How does it work? Or, rather, how do you work it? In regard to my individual experience, I see life and the world in many ways, I suppose: a playground, a gift, a game, a stage, a dance, and a masterpiece providing...

I read matt years ago, did not see that, but welcome your views of how you did see this. Another thing about Matthew is that in parts he seems to be talking about people by their Roman Zodiac sign. Sheep = Aries; Goat = Capricorn; Virgin = Virgo; The master who pays everyone the same wage = Libra. ...

A little off topic (I don't know if you are a Christian or not - you may have told me prior and i forget). do you have a favorite work and if so why so. I have 3 favs, but if forced to 1 it would be Jonah, with Amos nearly tied. and Job a close 3rd. ......... then Mark. - i like The Apocalypse too ...

Wanted some insight into the Gospel of Matthew. OK gaffo; I'm going to need a recess if I am to provide evidence of my conjecture. I don't exactly remember chapter and verse for everything. Also, like you said, Matthew was presumably raised in the Jewish tradition; therefore, if Jesus truly wanted ...

I read matt years ago, did not see that, but welcome your views of how you did see this. thanks for reply sir! yes i know of a couple of others - there even more - but i know of Gosp of Thomas, and Gosp of Peter (only one extant 3/4's remnant via Nag Hamadi?) - not read the latter, but did the form...

To paraphrase Voltaire: If the English had one religion, they would have dogmatism. If the English had two religions, there would be war. But since the English have a plethora of religions, there is peace. The English have had at least 4 civil wars, one via inheritied kingship - steven vs empress m...

No, I do not. I've tried to write a few times in the past, but my realizations kept shifting and broadening... and I could not pin anything down long enough to write about it. :) Writing (and playing) in this forum has helped me to explore and describe some ideas -- but there is always MORE, and I ...

attofishpi wrote: ↑Fri Jun 26, 2020 4:59 pm I have an underground book - well I will have, once I find my spade.

Underground is idiomatic in the States for "not popular". So, no spade necessary.

Scheiße! Live and let live, I guess. Or, perhaps, here I will hit the mark: We should encourage breeding of the intelligent and rich education, and the rest of humanity may do whatever they please. :idea: Well, achieving selective breeding requires more, of course. It requires not just the allowing...

I have stumbled upon an answer to the difference between the genders. Men are not, generally speaking, concerned with long-term growth as much as with immediate results. Long-term potential of a human life seems less important to men than the direct root. The distance between point A and B is, for ...

I'm talking about people who are not only foolish, but also, they will not respect boundaries. Telling them no, never really means no. It means "Yes" after much prodding and insisting. You could have the best plan for your existence or for a project, but it's not a question of how good you...

There are no morals in natural selection; in selective breeding, there are. If I were given the option, I would prefer selective breeding for intelligence rather than the lack thereof. I don't hate the disabled. It's just that, given the option between becoming disabled or not, I would choose not to...

Within anything, I think, there are limitations and opportunities. The trick is in seeing/utilizing it for what it is... NOT getting lost in fantasy... NOT following a herd blindly... RATHER, continually seeing what ELSE there is. That is interesting. The truly intelligent one would not necessarily...

Not sure how that clarifies your comment above (I've bolded). You seem to be saying something similar to what I said? I think it's more both. The institutions are made up of individuals, and the individuals are affected by the institutions. I think it's because there are countless agendas going on ...

There are no morals in evolution. It's just a biological mechanism. It doesn't "care" about kindness, and isn't even capable of doing so. There are no morals in natural selection; in selective breeding, there are. If I were given the option, I would prefer selective breeding for intellige...