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Very interesting topic. "And you know what's so good about the truth? Everyone knows what it is no matter how long they've lived without it." But what is the truth? How do you recognize it for what it is? "Do you really want another child?" This is the kind of question most peopl...

What is the cause of random quantum fluctuations? Do random quantum fluctuations have no cause? Are you trolling? The "cause" of quantum randomness is beyond our observation, theoretically as well as practically. (Heisenberg, you know.) Since science only deals with the observable, your q...

Mine is a variation on traditional reciprocal ethics, similar to the Golden Rule; perhaps not very helpful, but clear and simple: I chose the words "good", "evil", "right" and "wrong" to show how morality emerges and what morality is, by making these cear and ...

Hello, LeadByExemption! I have written about free will and determinsim many times on this forum. For your benefit, I'll quote myself: Our very use of language here makes it obvious that something must be wrong with the concept of free will. The common expression is "I have a free will" rat...

It's really hard for me to believe that adults actually believe in all this silly mysticism, that is obviously contradictory at every turn, that they get so obviously riled up and frantic, about a simple fairy tale. It's unfair to treat it as a "simple fairy tale" when there are people wh...

Satan spread his rebellion to our earth. And where did Satan come from, then? Do you believe in Satan as a separate power, comparable to God? Makes me think of a hilarious scene from the movie Time Bandits where Evil rants about the shortcomings of the Supreme Being and is interrupted by a minion: ...

If God created a perfect world, how could sin develop? The world is not perfect. And there is something to be learned from the world not being perfect. Is God the Creator also the author of sin? God is the only source. Where else could anything come from? Far from being the author of sin, He is &qu...

Can you direct me to the Chapter or verse in the Scriptures that states God is responsible for man's downfall. There is no need to quote Scripture. Either God is the supreme creator, the sole source and cause of everything, or not. And if not, then we are not really talking about God with a capital...

There is really no such thing as the “innocent” suffering. We are all guilty of being innocent, since the choice was never ours in the first place. God made us who we are. There can be but one free will, the will of God. Therefore, nobody could "deserve" punishment, other than God. But we...

The question is why does anybody suffer? Why is there suffering in the world?

This most alarming attack on civil liberties in the US has been strangely absent from the headlines in most mainstream media:

http://www.longislandpress.com/2013/03/ ... liberties/

People don't read books now a-days. You are right. And here is a book about it that I recommend: Empire of Illusion: The End of Literacy and the Triumph of Spectacle by Chris Hedges http://www.amazon.com/Empire-Illusion-Literacy-Triumph-Spectacle/dp/1568586132 But since you don't read, Chris Hedges...

Thanks for the link. Very interesting. I think both Bill and Bob should watch this.

I haven't read any of his books, but I ordered Death of the Liberal Class, Empire of Illusion and The World as it Is from Amazon after watching the clip.

Yes. I could not have chosen differently, but somebody else could. Had I chosen differently, then I would have been somebody else. It's common to speculate about what one would have done, had one been somebody else. Unfortunately, we are stuck with being ourselves. And, for instance, had you been An...

Ah, the ever popular question of free will! :D Free will is the experience of having choices, alternatives to choose from, and of being the one doing the choosing. Yes, free will is this experience, a fundamental aspect of human existence. We make choices every day, and experience them as real. Howe...