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- Mon Mar 25, 2024 2:10 am
- Forum: Philosophy of Religion
- Topic: Reincarnation
- Replies: 5
- Views: 201
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...
- Sun Mar 17, 2024 4:04 am
- Forum: General Philosophical Discussion
- Topic: free will, determinism, and necessity...
- Replies: 32
- Views: 499
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...
- 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 ...
- 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...
- Mon Jan 01, 2024 2:40 am
- Forum: The Lounge
- Topic: Quote of the day
- Replies: 2452
- Views: 172450
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 ...
- Mon Jan 01, 2024 2:06 am
- Forum: General Philosophical Discussion
- Topic: The USA and Israel
- Replies: 1398
- Views: 114767
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...
- Tue Dec 26, 2023 12:19 am
- Forum: General Philosophical Discussion
- Topic: philosophy...our own individual experiences
- Replies: 32
- Views: 1172
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...
- Tue Dec 26, 2023 12:02 am
- Forum: Ethical Theory
- Topic: How Can P-Realists Understand Anti-Realism?
- Replies: 73
- Views: 4917
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...
- Mon Dec 25, 2023 11:38 pm
- Forum: Political Philosophy
- Topic: here's how utopia should be
- Replies: 8
- Views: 1068
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,...
- Mon Dec 25, 2023 11:20 pm
- Forum: General Philosophical Discussion
- Topic: The USA and Israel
- Replies: 1398
- Views: 114767
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...
- Tue Nov 28, 2023 4:00 am
- Forum: The Lounge
- Topic: Quote of the day
- Replies: 2452
- Views: 172450
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...
- Tue Nov 28, 2023 1:24 am
- Forum: General Philosophical Discussion
- Topic: Wonkers and Israel
- Replies: 868
- Views: 31084
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 ...
- Tue Nov 28, 2023 1:09 am
- Forum: Political Philosophy
- Topic: Hamas and Netanyahu: Another Plague Upon Humanity
- Replies: 62
- Views: 5957
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...
- Tue Nov 28, 2023 1:04 am
- Forum: General Philosophical Discussion
- Topic: Wonkers and Israel
- Replies: 868
- Views: 31084
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...
- 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 ...