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While posting in Bill Wiltrack's thread on Ebola, I mentioned that I thought I saw a connection between Ebola and the Laws in Deuteronomy. Bill asked me to expand on that idea, so here it is. A little late, but here. Ebola, Dinosaurs, and Deuteronomy -- is there a connection? Maybe only in my mind, ...

Well, the definition of "secular" clearly rules out the spiritual: No. Secular rules out religion. You keep insisting that religion and spiritual are the same thing. This is where the false dichotomy comes in, not with the word, "secular", but with the word, "religion". "denoting attitudes, activit...

Immanuel Can wrote: Now, now; simmer down: there's nothing wrong with saying "secularism." It doesn't distort the meaning at all. You're mistaking "-ism" for some allegation of bias.

So you are saying that "dual" means the same as "dualism".

"Race" means the same as "racism".

Bullshit.

Gee

I don't see the problem with the words "secular spirituality" and suspect that you are creating a false dichotomy by associating "secular" with non-religious and "spirituality" with religious. Since "secular" can mean "earthy" or "worldly" and is used as an adjective here, it is my thought that secu...

Greylorn and Immanuel; I have been gone from this forum for a while and don't usually post in the Religion section, but your thread has drawn my interest. After reviewing your posts, I must say that I honestly respect your positions and even see some truth in your statements, but I just can not buy ...

How can one distinguish a true judgement from a false one. There cannot be one without the other. When 1+1 goes through the processes of the mind...it references all instances of the circumstance (What it has been taught, how it feels, pictures of apples...) A chemical is released, pathways go to t...

Nibbana;

Hi. Welcome to the forum.

Nibbana wrote:I'm afraid physics can't apply to consciousness. it's not matter or energy.

This confuses me. The last time I checked, we still did not know what consciousness actually is, so how can we know what it is not?

Gee

Accounts of re-incarnation would be easy enough to verify were they true. And in every single case where such investigations have been made to prove re-incarnation the results have shown false. This is a damned lie. Gee "this is a damned lie" is not an argument. It is just childish foot stamping. Y...

Lev Muishkin wrote:
Accounts of re-incarnation would be easy enough to verify were they true. And in every single case where such investigations have been made to prove re-incarnation the results have shown false.

This is a damned lie.

Gee

Hi All; I agree that the multiverse thing never made sense; universe means all. So there is one Universe. I have seen no evidence of an eternal recurrence, and it does not make sense. But I can see the philosophical reasoning that we should try to live each day as well as we can. But reincarnation ...

Hi All; I agree that the multiverse thing never made sense; universe means all. So there is one Universe. I have seen no evidence of an eternal recurrence, and it does not make sense. But I can see the philosophical reasoning that we should try to live each day as well as we can. But reincarnation i...

I happened upon this video. Old white people like me probably should get some instruction in self-defense, a conceal carry permit, and a glock. And then be vigilent. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OyALk5WnD-s Tbieter; It is my thought that you are the last person in the world, who should ever be i...

Greylorn; Please consider: This makes sense, as most people, who have random experiences start to have them at puberty, or when hormones in the body change. People who have consistent psychic experiences, such as aura readers, seem to have the experiences from early childhood along with their first ...

Wyman; My understanding is that the subconscious is what creates the mental models of the world - i.e. creates perception. Yes, well, this is the common understanding of the subconscious mind. An idea that neurology supports, but psychology does not fully support. What must be understood is that the...

Wyman; Gee, here is a quote from Hawkin's Book the Grand Design. I don't think it is controversial: Well, I find it controversial. Since I have not read the book, Grand Design, and the below is taken out of context, it is possible that I am misinterpreting Hawkin's statements. On the other hand, Haw...