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by FrankGSterleJr
Mon Mar 25, 2024 2:10 am
Forum: Philosophy of Religion
Topic: Reincarnation
Replies: 5
Views: 198

Re: Reincarnation

I awoke from another very bad dream, a reincarnation nightmare / where having blessedly died I’m still bullied towards rebirth back into human form / despite my pleas I be allowed to rest in permanent peace. // My bed wet from sweat, I futilely try to convince my own autistic brain / I want to live...
by FrankGSterleJr
Sun Mar 17, 2024 4:04 am
Forum: General Philosophical Discussion
Topic: free will, determinism, and necessity...
Replies: 32
Views: 491

Re: free will, determinism, and necessity...

The FAA basically rubber stamps the giant Boeing corporation’s new planes, including its flawed 737 Max product (and who-knows-what before and after it). The first 737 Max crash was Lion Air Flight 610 [October 29, 2018] and the second was Ethiopian Airlines Flight 302 [March 10, 2019], together hor...
by FrankGSterleJr
Sun Mar 17, 2024 1:32 am
Forum: General Philosophical Discussion
Topic: Potential infant-/toddler-actor psychological trauma
Replies: 0
Views: 53

Potential infant-/toddler-actor psychological trauma

In January of 2017 a Vancouver dog-rescue organization cancelled a scheduled fundraiser preceding the big release of the then-new film A Dog’s Purpose , according to a Vancouver Sun story, after “the German shepherd star of the film was put under duress during one scene.” The founder of Thank Dog I ...
by FrankGSterleJr
Thu Jan 18, 2024 5:53 am
Forum: General Philosophical Discussion
Topic: Infant/Toddler ‘Actors’ Potentially Being Traumatized
Replies: 2
Views: 411

Infant/Toddler ‘Actors’ Potentially Being Traumatized

JODIE COMER TOLD TO STOP COMFORTING CRYING NEWBORNS MAKING HER NEW FILM By Celebretainment Jan 8, 2024 Jodie Comer was ordered to stop soothing crying babies during the making of her new film. The 30-year-old ‘Killing Eve’ actress, who has no children, plays a petrified mum who flees her London hom...
by FrankGSterleJr
Mon Jan 01, 2024 2:40 am
Forum: The Lounge
Topic: Quote of the day
Replies: 2446
Views: 171934

Re: Quote of the day

“Death is a continuation of my life without me...” ______ I awoke from another very bad dream, a reincarnation nightmare / where having died I’m yet again being forced to be reborn back into human form / despite my pleas I be allowed to rest in permanent peace. // My bed wet from sweat, I futilely ...
by FrankGSterleJr
Mon Jan 01, 2024 2:06 am
Forum: General Philosophical Discussion
Topic: The USA and Israel
Replies: 1398
Views: 114189

Re: The USA and Israel

Upon learning of 10/7 I realized that the vicious attack [perhaps something like 9/11 and the Cheney-Bush administration’s devastating response immediately afterwards] would politically enable the Israeli-Netanyahu government to justify extreme emergency war measures then force through his/its ‘demo...
by FrankGSterleJr
Tue Dec 26, 2023 12:19 am
Forum: General Philosophical Discussion
Topic: philosophy...our own individual experiences
Replies: 32
Views: 1170

Re: philosophy...our own individual experiences

In Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2 , the spirit of the deceased school headmaster Albus Dumbledore says to Harry, “Do not pity the dead, Harry. Pity the living and, above all, those who live without love.” It’s a tragic fact that many chronically and pharmaceutically-untreatably depress...
by FrankGSterleJr
Tue Dec 26, 2023 12:02 am
Forum: Ethical Theory
Topic: How Can P-Realists Understand Anti-Realism?
Replies: 73
Views: 4916

Re: How Can P-Realists Understand Anti-Realism?

A few decades ago I learned from two Latter Day Saints missionaries that their church’s doctrine teaches that the biblical ‘lake of fire’ meant for the truly wicked actually represents an eternal spiritual burning of guilt over one’s corporeal misdeeds. I believe our brain's structural/chemical flaw...
by FrankGSterleJr
Mon Dec 25, 2023 11:38 pm
Forum: Political Philosophy
Topic: here's how utopia should be
Replies: 8
Views: 1066

Re: here's how utopia should be

“The way a society functions is a reflection of the childrearing practices of that society. Today we reap what we have sown. Despite the well-documented critical nature of early life experiences, we dedicate few resources to this time of life. We do not educate our children about child development,...
by FrankGSterleJr
Mon Dec 25, 2023 11:20 pm
Forum: General Philosophical Discussion
Topic: The USA and Israel
Replies: 1398
Views: 114189

Re: The USA and Israel

Posted October 26 at its website, a Globe and Mail [Canadian newspaper] columnist wrote how during a recent concert at Vancouver’s Hollywood Theatre, “a band member said something about a free Palestine. This, according to attendee Hanah Van Borek, led to a few shouts from the audience: ‘Fuck the Je...
by FrankGSterleJr
Tue Nov 28, 2023 4:00 am
Forum: The Lounge
Topic: Quote of the day
Replies: 2446
Views: 171934

Re: Quote of the day

I believe Sigmund Freud postulated that due to the general stressful nature of human existence, i.e. anxiety (“stimuli”, I believe he called it), the ultimate aim/goal of our brain/mind is blissful death. Indeed, the Sigmund Freud character in the 2011 film A Dangerous Method, muttered upon having a...
by FrankGSterleJr
Tue Nov 28, 2023 1:24 am
Forum: General Philosophical Discussion
Topic: Wonkers and Israel
Replies: 868
Views: 31066

Re: Wonkers and Israel

The world is on fire, literally and figuratively. Collectively, we humans are hopelessly prone to the politics of scale and differences, both real and perceived, especially those involving color, nationality, race and religion. It's quite plausible that if the world’s population was somehow reduced ...
by FrankGSterleJr
Tue Nov 28, 2023 1:09 am
Forum: Political Philosophy
Topic: Hamas and Netanyahu: Another Plague Upon Humanity
Replies: 62
Views: 5955

Re: Hamas and Netanyahu: Another Plague Upon Humanity

On October 26, a Globe and Mail columnist wrote how during a recent concert at Vancouver’s Hollywood Theatre, “a band member said something about a free Palestine. This, according to attendee Hanah Van Borek, led to a few shouts from the audience: ‘Fuck the Jews!’ “It was clearly audible in her area...
by FrankGSterleJr
Tue Nov 28, 2023 1:04 am
Forum: General Philosophical Discussion
Topic: Wonkers and Israel
Replies: 868
Views: 31066

Re: Wonkers and Israel

On October 26, a Globe and Mail columnist wrote how during a recent concert at Vancouver’s Hollywood Theatre, “a band member said something about a free Palestine. This, according to attendee Hanah Van Borek, led to a few shouts from the audience: ‘Fuck the Jews!’ “It was clearly audible in her area...
by FrankGSterleJr
Mon Jul 10, 2023 4:41 am
Forum: General Philosophical Discussion
Topic: The True Definition of "Insanity"
Replies: 44
Views: 1240

Re: The True Definition of "Insanity"

I believe that when one dies, his/her spirit or consciousness is finally 100 percent free of the purely-cerebrally-based agitation and contempt that may have actually blighted much of their life. Thus free of their corruptible corporeal shell, they are likely wondering, ‘Why was I so angry, so much ...