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Philosophy & Meaning

May 7, 2019May 2019

Posted by Matias

"Individualism, with its belief in the absolute value and autonomy of the person, is therefore the political expression of the Soul Narrative. All ethical and political systems are grounded in some conception of what it is to be human. The claim of ...

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Philosophy & Meaning

Jan 28, 2023Jan 2023

Posted by Castlepaloma

Oliver Stone about Putin and the war in Ukraine.

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Philosophy & Meaning

May 8, 2022May 2022

Posted by VickyGraham

Atheism is a gateway drug to genoi, doodaaa

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Philosophy & Meaning

Nov 28, 2020Nov 2020

Posted by summatyme

Rediscovered a favorite chapter from Waking Life. Havent seen this film in ages. Good thing it's wine night. 🍷 ----- (A large bridge emerges from afar. And on the bridge is a shining light, from which a wild looking man in an afro appears. It is...

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Philosophy & Meaning

Jan 25, 2019Jan 2019

Posted by powder

Isn't it funny how India and Israel, both countries receive billions in aid, can have a space program.

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Philosophy & Meaning

Nov 16, 2019Nov 2019

Posted by truthsayer

a few months ago i read a thought-provoking book called "This Life: Secular Faith and Spiritual Freedom" by martin hagglund. it offered a new and valuable way of looking at life and death that may appeal to atheists/agnostics. this interview with the...

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Philosophy & Meaning

Mar 14, 2018Mar 2018

Posted by PatrickHermitage

The National School Walkouts are in progress....Stay vigilant, stay allied....MSDstrong

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Philosophy & Meaning

Dec 27, 2020Dec 2020

Posted by Somnium

The older I get I learn that my opinion appears to only cause division and strife. This year I’ve been divorced This is the third year that my oldest son isn’t talking to me (I’m an atheist he's a believer) I don’t have any day to day true ...

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Philosophy & Meaning

Mar 26, 2019Mar 2019

Posted by Genex

Docket was isolating again

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Philosophy & Meaning

Jul 15, 2018Jul 2018

Posted by Don71

How did you become an atheist and at around what age??

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Philosophy & Meaning

May 5, 2023May 2023

Posted by Thibaud70

The idea according to which social facts do not come first, but are explainable from individuals alone, is characteristic of liberal atomism. Liberalism is a thought of rootlessness, which makes the transformation of the subject into a monad the ...

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Philosophy & Meaning

Nov 15, 2018Nov 2018

Posted by Gaiana818

What is your moral compass?

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Philosophy & Meaning

Nov 23, 2018Nov 2018

Posted by Kassandra

"Whenever you find yourself on the side of the majority, it's time to pause and reflect." -Mark Twain

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Philosophy & Meaning

Apr 11, 2018Apr 2018

Posted by ejbman

Curious as to whether anyone here has read Yuval Noah Harari's books Sapiens and/or Homo Deus, or has seen his YouTube videos on the subject of religions. Summarized extremely briefly, his perspective is that "liberal humanism" is the most dominant ...

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Philosophy & Meaning

Jan 6, 2019Jan 2019

Posted by Beowulfsfriend

It is understandable that the Xtions believe men are superior to women with thrme,whole god thing and Eve taking the blame thing, but why do so many athiests, especially many cons think in a similar vein?

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Philosophy & Meaning

Jan 21, 2018Jan 2018

Posted by Funandfondles

Women’s movements baffle me, simply because people in this day and age that try to use reasoning, can’t see that woman are superior to men. An x linked genetic disease that shows up in 1/100 men only shows up in 1/1000 women, they are more ...

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Philosophy & Meaning

Oct 11, 2019Oct 2019

Posted by Beowulfsfriend

This has been asked a thousand times and will be asked again by an other. Without doing a lexicon, what do you think evil is? Personally I vacillate. So what do ya'll think. Lots of posibilities from we are animals, thus there is no evil to infinity...

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Philosophy & Meaning

Aug 9, 2021Aug 2021

Posted by JayJay386

How?

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Philosophy & Meaning

Mar 20, 2019Mar 2019

Posted by zblaze

LINKPHILOSOPHICALLY SPEAKING | An Atheist with a Tall Hat On: The Forgotten History of Agnosticism - TheHumanist.com

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Philosophy & Meaning

Mar 23, 2022Mar 2022

Posted by Flyingsaucesir

Evil is not something supernatural. It is simple cruelty, the willful infliction of pain on others, the desire to do harm. And by the same token, grace is not supernatural either. It lies squarely within the range of human potential. And the ...

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Philosophy & Meaning

Sep 10, 2020Sep 2020

Posted by Hages

POLLMarx or Nietzsche

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Philosophy & Meaning

Aug 11, 2018Aug 2018

Posted by Matias

Is empathy the root of human morality ? - - - - - - Empathy and Reciprocity are the roots of moral behavior, but human morality adds an important layer : a shared system of norms and values several members of a group can tap into ...

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Philosophy & Meaning

Nov 18, 2018Nov 2018

Posted by doubtingtommy

Free will or determinism?

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Philosophy & Meaning

Nov 22, 2018Nov 2018

Posted by rcandlish

Do you think it is inevitable that with increasing understanding and the resulting applied technologies, that humans will interfere with their future evolution and redesign aspects of our being?

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Philosophy & Meaning

Dec 20, 2018Dec 2018

Posted by Darius77

What quality(ies) of the opposite sex do you appreciate the most?

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Philosophy & Meaning

Sep 24, 2018Sep 2018

Posted by JanGarber

I was just listening to Terry Gross interviewing Derek Black, former white nationalist on Fresh Air. One of the tin gs that interested me was that the reasons he gave for leaving that movement were the same as the ones that people on this site give ...

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Philosophy & Meaning

Mar 29, 2019Mar 2019

Posted by LloydBrumbaugh

Agnosticism is not the same as atheism. But everyone here seems to be atheist. Is anyone interested in discussing evidences about WHETHER there is a god????

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Philosophy & Meaning

May 5, 2018May 2018

Posted by SueZ

What do you think about the idea that the "god experience" is within you, is part of being and accessible via meditation? Hello fellow agnostics, I am appealing to your open minded curiosity to help me explore an idea about the mind's capability for...

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Philosophy & Meaning

Jun 12, 2021Jun 2021

Posted by bbyrd009

Are you really just mad at “God?” Acknowledging this will lead to growth. at least im pretty sure it will, but tbh i have no idea really, i just made that up

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Philosophy & Meaning

Oct 29, 2021Oct 2021

Posted by Matias

Transgender and transrace - what´s the difference?

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Philosophy & Meaning

May 19, 2019May 2019

Posted by SleeplessInTexas

John Lennon - Imagine (World Leaders Lipsync Version) I have to admit, this made me cry. This is a very profound video. What you are about to watch is not real. It could be, if our world leaders and each of us would come together for each other ...

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Philosophy & Meaning

Aug 14, 2022Aug 2022

Posted by TheMiddleWay

LINKWhy religion without belief can still make perfect sense | Psyche Ideas

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Philosophy & Meaning

Oct 31, 2019Oct 2019

Posted by bolivar

I am interested in the afterlife.Any anecdotes,memories,or theories would interest me.

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Philosophy & Meaning

Nov 6, 2021Nov 2021

Posted by Matias

One of the worst misnomers in the current political debate: "Social Justice Theory" 1. It is not a theory, but a modern quasi-religion for secular people, or a religious ideology for people who need a "Theory for Everything" which explains what is ...

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Philosophy & Meaning

Mar 24, 2018Mar 2018

Posted by Mea

What gives your life meaning? What keeps you going?

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Philosophy & Meaning

Dec 17, 2018Dec 2018

Posted by PolyComrade

My problem with many atheist - especially self defined atheist activists - is that I just don't really have much interest in trying to convince others what they should believe. I especially don't feel like I want to convince people to adopt my ...

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Philosophy & Meaning

Sep 8, 2020Sep 2020

Posted by FrostyJim

What would you have done? The vulture is waiting for the girl to die and to eat her. The photograph was taken by South African photojournalist, Kevin Carter, while on assignment to Sudan. He took his own life a couple of month later due to ...

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Philosophy & Meaning

Jan 7, 2018Jan 2018

Posted by silvereyes

The Introspective Illusion & how accurate are we in regards to ourselves?

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Philosophy & Meaning

Jun 4, 2018Jun 2018

Posted by McVinegar

When "our" sun goes nova, all that star stuff will be spread out across the galaxy to become new life. Death is not the end and inevitable, but from death comes new life. Don't let fear keep you from living your best lives. It's all you get, each go ...

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Philosophy & Meaning

May 17, 2020May 2020

Posted by HaejungKim

POLLTotalitarian and Democracy society

0 votes Totalitarian society with 1% of atheist leaders
3 votes Democracy society with 99% of theist citizens

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Philosophy & Meaning

Aug 2, 2018Aug 2018

Posted by Yanya

'It was quasi-religious': the great self-esteem con The Birth of the Narcissism Revolution

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Philosophy & Meaning

Jun 6, 2019Jun 2019

Posted by Matias

Truth as such has no value in itself

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Philosophy & Meaning

May 17, 2020May 2020

Posted by augimmun

What I was leading to in my last posting is that people believe whatever they want to believe. What they want to believe is based on what confirms their underlying world view/belief system and that their world view is based on what satisfies their ...

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Philosophy & Meaning

Mar 31, 2018Mar 2018

Posted by sassygirl3869

Diversity is the Key

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Philosophy & Meaning

Jan 30, 2019Jan 2019

Posted by AwarenessNow

Magical thinking: the belief that one's ideas, thoughts, actions, words, or use of symbols can influence the course of events in the material world. "Magical thinking can be plotted on a spectrum, with skeptics at one end and schizophrenics at ...

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Philosophy & Meaning

Mar 24, 2018Mar 2018

Posted by arca2027

What Guides You?

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Philosophy & Meaning

Jan 2, 2019Jan 2019

Posted by mzee

Ok judge not

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Philosophy & Meaning

Sep 28, 2017Sep 2017

Posted by paul1967

What type of death do you most fear?

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Philosophy & Meaning

Jan 26, 2023Jan 2023

Posted by fishline79

TWENTY FIVE THINGS NOT TO TRUST: 1. Anybody who tells you they're blessed...2.Salesmen...3.Anyone who won't show their tax returns...4.People who wear bow ties...5. Rich people...6.Sure things...7.Anybody who invites you to worship with ...

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Philosophy & Meaning

Apr 12, 2020Apr 2020

Posted by WilliamCharles

LINKKurt Vonnegut, Christ-Loving Atheist - Image Journal

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Philosophy & Meaning

Apr 29, 2018Apr 2018

Posted by TheAstroChuck

Language matters because we think, reason, and express ourselves through language. You are not thinking as clearly as you are able, if you are tripping over sentence structure or have a very limited vocabulary. Standard definitions are also ...

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Philosophy & Meaning

Nov 30, 2017Nov 2017

Posted by TiffanyJV

Depression from Nihilism

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Philosophy & Meaning

May 17, 2019May 2019

Posted by Matias

We all hold some assumptions to be true and they lie too deep to be proved; one could call them framing beliefs. Like a frame, those fundamental beliefs are not part of the picture (i.e. our daily experiences, our world-view, our norms...), but ...

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Philosophy & Meaning

Jan 26, 2023Jan 2023

Posted by fishline79

........................ WHAT GOOD IS ART ?................................ ART HELPS YOU PASS THE TIME ON YOUR WAY TO DEATH ART CHALLENGES YOUR SENSES ART ALLOWS YOU TO SEE THE WORLD DIFFERENTLY ASK ART A QUESTION. IT MAY ANSWER YOU ART ...

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Philosophy & Meaning

Aug 8, 2020Aug 2020

Posted by KWAPELL7

‎Friday, ‎August ‎07, ‎2020 as many detractors - have requested - a postulate that is - Grammatically - & - Punctuationally - Correct - I have modified the postulate below to include - "NO" punctuation - thus allowing the critics among U - ...

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Philosophy & Meaning

Jan 9, 2018Jan 2018

Posted by silvereyes

“Blind belief in authority is the greatest enemy of truth.” Do you agree?

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Philosophy & Meaning

Dec 25, 2022Dec 2022

Posted by puff

Point one: Need to buy me a smart phone then Point two: Prepare for court cases where they will need to prove beyond reasonable doubt that whatever medicine deserves a "vaccine" status. Social credits, here we come. Will you be a good enough ...

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Philosophy & Meaning

Oct 7, 2018Oct 2018

Posted by 273kelvin

POLLDoes evil exist? As non-believers do we still accept the concept of evil in its pure form?

36 votes Yes some people are just evil
77 votes No not in its pure form. The bad things that people do can be explained by genetics, upbringing and society

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Philosophy & Meaning

Nov 29, 2018Nov 2018

Posted by evidentialist

One of my favorite people speaks. Oh, he has been dead for quite some time, but technology has preserved some of his heretical ideas.

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Philosophy & Meaning

Sep 21, 2019Sep 2019

Posted by zblaze

LINKRichard Dawkins on scientific truth, outgrowing God and life beyond Earth - YouTube

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Philosophy & Meaning

Apr 1, 2018Apr 2018

Posted by Mea

What character traits indicate someone is a "good" person?

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Philosophy & Meaning

May 16, 2018May 2018

Posted by Tomfoolery33

I was thinking about my old beliefs about the soul, and decided that when I referred to the soul, it was actually a metaphor, or a handy descriptor for something else, and then I started trying to pin down that "something else." I think now, ...

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Philosophy & Meaning

May 25, 2019May 2019

Posted by m16566

Do you remember Cosmos with Carl Sagan?

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Philosophy & Meaning

Mar 28, 2018Mar 2018

Posted by TyrionLannister

Purpose

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Philosophy & Meaning

Mar 19, 2021Mar 2021

Posted by Secular_Squirrel

Faith is having a complete confidence in a person or ideology without the need for evidence. Any complete confidence in anything without the need for evidence is an overconfidence. Arrogance is having an overconfidence in one's abilities or ...

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Philosophy & Meaning

Jan 23, 2023Jan 2023

Posted by rainmanjr

LINKWhere Does Your Sense of Self Come From? A Scientific Look | Anil Ananthaswamy | TED - YouTube

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Philosophy & Meaning

May 9, 2018May 2018

Posted by LetzGetReal

There are MORE than two but... This is for sure!

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Philosophy & Meaning

May 5, 2020May 2020

Posted by Matias

"In a certain sense, postmodernism seems to be the last step of secularization. As long as we still have depths, essences, and foundations, we are still in the awe inspiring presence of the Divine, we have not really killed God. We have simply given...

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Philosophy & Meaning

Apr 17, 2023Apr 2023

Posted by jackjr

I am a huge proponent of the Death with Dignity movement (my late partner opted for this) and follow all ideas on this issue. I was able to get a letter published in all three of our local papers which included an NPR link. Thing is this issue, like ...

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Philosophy & Meaning

Oct 24, 2019Oct 2019

Posted by Dumbassaphobia

So this is a poll... do atheists believe in capital in capital punishment?

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Philosophy & Meaning

Apr 13, 2021Apr 2021

Posted by JeffMesser

One secular vision of how things work

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Philosophy & Meaning

Oct 21, 2018Oct 2018

Posted by Matias

"Human power depends on mass cooperation, mass cooperation depends on manufacturing mass identities – and all mass identities are based on fictional stories, not on scientific facts or even on economic necessities." (...) "Religions, rites and ...

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Philosophy & Meaning

Oct 29, 2018Oct 2018

Posted by Filiusnatura

Have we substituted religious activities and believes to political polarization? Intriguing how the human needs to adhere to some current of thoughts... no shades of grey, so it seems the way go in our "modern and civilized" days.

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Philosophy & Meaning

Feb 3, 2019Feb 2019

Posted by David2770

POLLTrying to prove something to my psychology friends.

6 votes Just pick one option [Yes]
9 votes Or [No]
11 votes Meaningless is the meaning of everything and at the same time nothing.

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Philosophy & Meaning

Apr 6, 2018Apr 2018

Posted by SoulShine

What do you value most in life, what is your strongest purpose?

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Philosophy & Meaning

May 1, 2018May 2018

Posted by ibelieveindog

I took my 12 yo son to the Museum of Tolerance a couple weeks ago - and bought him Anne Frank’s Diary - just ahead of his mom taking him to Norway, where her grandfather was a Resistance fighter. In these times, we all need to know which side ...

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Philosophy & Meaning

Mar 18, 2019Mar 2019

Posted by Shanemonty4

POLLWas jesus entirely made up

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Philosophy & Meaning

Jan 28, 2023Jan 2023

Posted by barjoe

Every single human being on the planet was born an Atheist. It takes indoctrination akin to severe child abuse to change that.

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Philosophy & Meaning

Jan 1, 2019Jan 2019

Posted by rogueflyer

My favorite short description of Humanism. "Humanism is a rational philosophy informed by science inspired by art and motivated by compassion. Free of theism and other supernatural beliefs, Humanists reside in the natural world and thus ...

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Philosophy & Meaning

Apr 20, 2021Apr 2021

Posted by johannesweg

Ockham’s razor, Russell’s teapot, and the lottery paradox. Ockham’s razor and Russell’s teapot are often used by atheists to support their opinion that the denial of alleged supernatural entities is the only rational attitude. They criticize...

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Philosophy & Meaning

Dec 4, 2018Dec 2018

Posted by Albert_Camus

Thing you can't live without

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Philosophy & Meaning

May 16, 2019May 2019

Posted by Matias

Some people think that science has all the answers that matter, and that things that cannot be proved have no value and are of no importance. Their motto is something like "Prove it or shut up!" But almost none of the things for which people live ...

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Philosophy & Meaning

Oct 26, 2019Oct 2019

Posted by Biblebeltskeptic

LINKWhy Am I Believing This? – Dominique | Street Epistemology - YouTube

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Philosophy & Meaning

Dec 17, 2021Dec 2021

Posted by Mizbecca

Question am I Agnostic? I don't believe in God or Christianity...I much rather believe in Santa Claus, the Easter Bunny, and the tooth fairy. I really don't care about Christianity or any religion...you do your thing I'll do mine...I stay away from ...

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Philosophy & Meaning

Aug 17, 2021Aug 2021

Posted by Unity

Perspective

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Philosophy & Meaning

Mar 14, 2023Mar 2023

Posted by Thibaud70

Can ethics be based on science ?

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Philosophy & Meaning

Jan 3, 2019Jan 2019

Posted by JacarC

SJWs UNITE: Jordan Peterson has said repeatedly, "Life is hard." Tell me how him saying that is in anyway wrong? Peterson's message is clear, "Become responsible for your life. Think for yourself." Again, tell me how those statements are in anyway...

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Philosophy & Meaning

Jun 1, 2022Jun 2022

Posted by Matias

Why the Golden Rule is overrated. Whenever I write about morality in this forum, or that a society needs something like a social glue, I am always lectured that this is just religious rubbish, and that the Golden Rule is quite sufficient when it ...

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Philosophy & Meaning

Oct 22, 2019Oct 2019

Posted by Gatman11

Are Atheists racist

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Philosophy & Meaning

Sep 18, 2022Sep 2022

Posted by SpikeTalon

For those of you out there who value your individual rights and have a sense of justice, the following is something you should strongly consider. Not sure which category this would fall under, so just leaving it here. A post I did awhile back on ...

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Philosophy & Meaning

May 11, 2018May 2018

Posted by EddieDreher

Post Religious Life Philosophies

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Philosophy & Meaning

Sep 30, 2020Sep 2020

Posted by Wolfen1701

I do not consider myself an Atheist, but an Agnostic. I have studied religions and their morals. In the last few years I came upon Stoicism and lately Humanism, I believe mankind is evolving, at some point we have to let religion go. A lot about ...

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Philosophy & Meaning

Feb 9, 2019Feb 2019

Posted by Cutiebeauty

Do you support the idea that we are all created equal as stated in the constitution? Or have times changed to rework this idea? What would make someone less equal than another person? If that's even possible...

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Philosophy & Meaning

Dec 17, 2022Dec 2022

Posted by MacStriker

In reference to the image meme; If you were raised a theist, what (approximate) age were you when started to question/be skeptical of what you were taught, and what was the bit of information that swayed you to not believe anymore? For the Atheists...

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Philosophy & Meaning

Jul 7, 2018Jul 2018

Posted by Geoffrey51

Revolution around the corner? With the groundswell of discontent increasing around the world about all manner of things could there be a repeat of the 1848 European revolutions?

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