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Philosophy & Meaning

Jun 14, 2022Jun 2022

Posted by Matias

Christians believe in the miracle of the virgin birth : The Holy Spirit inseminated Mary and she gave birth to Jesus Christ. But many atheists and secular humanists also believe in a sort of miracle: the miracle of the Scientific Revolution and - ...

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Philosophy & Meaning

Jun 13, 2022Jun 2022

Posted by SpikeTalon

Courage is not the absence of fear, it is the conquest of it.

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Philosophy & Meaning

Jun 13, 2022Jun 2022

Posted by Beachslim7

POLLI want to know how you lefties explain this one Feminist facing 3 years in prison for saying men can't be lesbians Lets say he was born as a man but identifies as a female lesbian. Since he is a woman, why isnt this statement ...

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Philosophy & Meaning

Jun 12, 2022Jun 2022

Posted by Matias

It is one thing to originate an idea, and it is another thing to live according to this idea. Example: The Founding Fathers deemed it self-evident that all men are created equal, but they did not include black people or women in the category "men"....

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Philosophy & Meaning

Jun 12, 2022Jun 2022

Posted by Silver1wun

POLLSaw this and it reminded me of so much more than mere religions.

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Philosophy & Meaning

Jun 12, 2022Jun 2022

Posted by Matias

One of my pet ideas is that one can hardly overestimate the hidden influences Christian ideas still have in our Western societies, even among people who call themselves atheists and rarely miss an occasion to rail against Xtians. One prime example is...

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Philosophy & Meaning

Jun 11, 2022Jun 2022

Posted by KateOahu

To Have or To Be? and The Art of Being In the mid-1970s, twenty years after his influential treatise on the art of loving and four decades after legendary anthropologist Margaret Mead turned to him for difficult advice, Fromm became interested in ...

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Philosophy & Meaning

Jun 10, 2022Jun 2022

Posted by Jolanta

Paulo Coelho. The Winner Stand Alone. An interesting book with lots to think about.

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Philosophy & Meaning

Jun 9, 2022Jun 2022

Posted by rainmanjr

LINKJoshua Knobe - What is Intentionality?

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Philosophy & Meaning

Jun 9, 2022Jun 2022

Posted by Advin

The sky according to Islam😁😁😁

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Philosophy & Meaning

Jun 8, 2022Jun 2022

Posted by Partyhawk

Our Home is actually in the Milky Way Galaxy, one in a 100+ Billion Galaxies. I've been lately watching a bunch of "The Universe" different documentaries on YouTube. I'm thinking we are no more then a particular Germ inhabiting a grain of sand. I ...

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Philosophy & Meaning

Jun 8, 2022Jun 2022

Posted by Matias

Many atheists don't like it at all, to say the least, when science is called the child of religion. Nevertheless, this metaphor is correct from a purely historical point of view. First, what we call science today was born in a thoroughly religious...

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Philosophy & Meaning

Jun 7, 2022Jun 2022

Posted by Word

For as long as people have been seeking knowledge, they have sought after and philosophized about the secret or hidden knowledge that has and will always elude the pursuit. However, an understanding of the secret knowledge has been revealed to ...

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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

May 31, 2022May 2022

Posted by Matias

"We never love anyone. What we love is the idea we have of someone. It’s our own concept – our own selves – that we love. This is true in the whole gamut of love. In sexual love we seek our own pleasure via another body. In non-sexual love, we ...

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Philosophy & Meaning

May 30, 2022May 2022

Posted by skado

A little Spinoza for your Memorial Day from Will Durant’s “The Story of Philosophy” published in 1926 “The essential principal of is that the language of the Bible is deliberately metaphorical or ...

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Philosophy & Meaning

May 30, 2022May 2022

Posted by Matias

We in the lucky countries of the West now regard our two-century bubble of freedom and affluence as normal and inevitable; it has even been called the "end" of history, in both a temporal and teleological sense. But this new order is an anomaly, it's...

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Philosophy & Meaning

May 30, 2022May 2022

Posted by Julie808

What are your thoughts on the idea of "collective consciousness" as something we absorb not necessarily through religion or formal education but through the shared real world experiences of humanity? By that I mean as told through stories, ideas, ...

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Philosophy & Meaning

May 29, 2022May 2022

Posted by Matias

To borrow an expression from novelist Margaret Atwood, I'd say that we are "doomed by hope". Hope drives us to invent new fixes for old messes, which in turn create ever more dangerous messes. Hope elects the politician with the biggest empty ...

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Philosophy & Meaning

May 28, 2022May 2022

Posted by puff

When there is more action done regarding restricting access to books in schools when compared with restricting assault firearms, something is severely awry with society.

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Philosophy & Meaning

May 28, 2022May 2022

Posted by Matias

Question : Is something morally wrong, reprehensible, because individuals , or a whole society, judge it so, or is something intrinsically wrong, no matter what people think? Example: Imagine a world where slavery is ubiquitous and universally ...

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Philosophy & Meaning

May 27, 2022May 2022

Posted by MizJ

LINKWabi-sabi

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Philosophy & Meaning

May 26, 2022May 2022

Posted by skado

Does love exist?

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Philosophy & Meaning

May 24, 2022May 2022

Posted by Matias

I am not a Conservative (at least not in the American meaning of this word), but I have to acknowledge that this political "tribe" has understood something about politics in general that their opponents and critics seem to have forgotten: that in ...

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Philosophy & Meaning

May 23, 2022May 2022

Posted by TheMiddleWay

It's not a perfect rule, but it's as close as we've gotten.

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Philosophy & Meaning

May 22, 2022May 2022

Posted by Matias

Nowadays it is fashionable to constantly pillory white people and to put Western culture in the dock. The list of charges is long: sexism, racism, imperialism, colonialism, slavery, etc.... Shouldn't we also remember once in a while that most of ...

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Philosophy & Meaning

May 20, 2022May 2022

Posted by Archeus_Lore

From Merriam-Webster Dictionary. - - "Karma" - - "The force generated by a person's actions held in Hinduism and Buddhism to perpetuate transmigration and in its ethical consequences to determine the nature of the person's next existence." . I do not...

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Philosophy & Meaning

May 18, 2022May 2022

Posted by callmedubious

While sitting at our breakfast bar this morning, with a coffee, i watched my neighbor walk her dog by our house & had an epiphany: the actual weight of human beings is only about 3 lbs. our brains are what makes us human so, basically, the rest is ...

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Philosophy & Meaning

May 17, 2022May 2022

Posted by Matias

Do animals have morality? - - - - No. One may say that they show 'moral behavior', but this would be a kind of behavior that we - the only moral animals on earth! - interpret as 'moral'. Morality is a set of norms, rules, commandments and values. ...

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Philosophy & Meaning

May 16, 2022May 2022

Posted by Matias

A thought experiment: Let's imagine a utopian society that wants to abolish all differences between male and female. This society raises children in a completely gender neutral, uni-sex way: same haircut for girls and boys, same clothes, same ...

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Philosophy & Meaning

May 15, 2022May 2022

Posted by FvckY0u

I'd like to explore stoicism more in depth. Any comments regarding stoicism?

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Philosophy & Meaning

May 11, 2022May 2022

Posted by Flyingsaucesir

I think the kids have the moral high ground on this one. And that's not even considering climate change.

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Philosophy & Meaning

May 11, 2022May 2022

Posted by Matias

Shouldn't those who call themselves humanists protect human life just as bird lovers protect the lives of birds ? They also protect nests containing eggs from which chicks have not yet hatched, because they know that inside those eggs are ...

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Philosophy & Meaning

May 10, 2022May 2022

Posted by FrostyJim

There are many creators on here that may enjoy this video...

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Philosophy & Meaning

May 10, 2022May 2022

Posted by TheMiddleWay

There's no better example of dogmatic thinking in some atheists.. ... than some atheists' response to their thinking being called dogmatic. 😏

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Philosophy & Meaning

May 9, 2022May 2022

Posted by puff

Timeless advice

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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

May 7, 2022May 2022

Posted by TheMiddleWay

LINKTwitter thread on "How religion evolved and why it endures" by Robin Dunbar

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Philosophy & Meaning

May 6, 2022May 2022

Posted by yvilletom

Ma and Pa Nature, aka natural selection or whatever other epithet you want to hurl in their direction, don’t care that we’ve been dealing with Covid and its variants for more than two years. They’re saying, “Get over it, or get out!”

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Philosophy & Meaning

May 4, 2022May 2022

Posted by A77RPUNISHED

LINKSam Harris - Taking the Redpill on Freewill | Joe Rogan - YouTube

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Philosophy & Meaning

May 4, 2022May 2022

Posted by FrostyJim

Makes sense to me...

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Philosophy & Meaning

May 2, 2022May 2022

Posted by skado

A great discussion about Free Speech absolutism and Social Media moderation.

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Philosophy & Meaning

May 2, 2022May 2022

Posted by TheMiddleWay

LINK103 Bits of Advice I Wish I Had Known

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Philosophy & Meaning

Apr 30, 2022Apr 2022

Posted by Spinliesel

Why did you tell me ?

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Philosophy & Meaning

Apr 28, 2022Apr 2022

Posted by digifilm4

As a former patron and patient (as well as all of the women I dated) of Planned Parenthood, I am very familiar with the wide range of services the institute offered financially disadvantaged communities. Abortion is but one of hundreds. So this is ...

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Philosophy & Meaning

Apr 28, 2022Apr 2022

Posted by Mcflewster

IMO The most important word of the DECADE is " awareness ' . I.e NOT "WOKE" . This latter word is too ambiguous . Reason : Awareness "switches on" science. Which is your word of the last decade?

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Philosophy & Meaning

Apr 28, 2022Apr 2022

Posted by puff

EU: You can't use our payment system anymore Russia: OK then, if you want something from us, you will have to use our payment system then. EU: That's blackmail!!!!! Gotta love the logic here

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Philosophy & Meaning

Apr 26, 2022Apr 2022

Posted by Jolanta

There comes a time when silence is betrayal. Martin Luther King. Jr.

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Philosophy & Meaning

Apr 25, 2022Apr 2022

Posted by Flyingsaucesir

Sunshine is the best disinfectant. Democracy dies in darkness. Every fascist wants to turn out the lights.

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Philosophy & Meaning

Apr 24, 2022Apr 2022

Posted by ChestRockfield

You can be just about anything you feel you are these days. There are more pronouns and genders than I could even get an accurate count of. Really. Try searching for it and you'll find some incredibly long lists. You would have to make a ...

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Philosophy & Meaning

Apr 24, 2022Apr 2022

Posted by ChestRockfield

You can be just about anything you feel you are these days. There are more pronouns and genders than I could even get an accurate count of. Really. Try searching for it and you'll find some incredibly long lists. You would have to make a ...

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Philosophy & Meaning

Apr 22, 2022Apr 2022

Posted by Archeus_Lore

"The propagandist's purpose is to make one set of people forget that certain other sets of people are human." Aldous Huxley

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Philosophy & Meaning

Apr 21, 2022Apr 2022

Posted by Flyingsaucesir

"Patriotism is the last refuge of a scoundrel." -- Samuel Johnson

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Philosophy & Meaning

Apr 20, 2022Apr 2022

Posted by CourtJester

And another win

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Philosophy & Meaning

Apr 20, 2022Apr 2022

Posted by Matias

Wound up like toys by some force—call it Will, élan vital, anima mundi, physiological or psychological processes, nature, or whatever—organisms go on running as they are bidden until they run down. Only the force is real, not the things ...

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Philosophy & Meaning

Apr 19, 2022Apr 2022

Posted by Castlepaloma

The five laws of Stupid people. This theory was echoed in In 1976, when Carlo M. Cipolla, a professor of economic history at the University of California, Berkeley published an essay outlining the 5 fundamental laws of a force he perceived as ...

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Philosophy & Meaning

Apr 17, 2022Apr 2022

Posted by Archeus_Lore

How men are ruined . . .

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Philosophy & Meaning

Apr 17, 2022Apr 2022

Posted by Word

Knowledge is a subset of belief, they say. I do not see the logic in the statement. Knowledge, information and communication are synonymous used in different context. Information communicated becomes knowledge received. I explain: ...

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Philosophy & Meaning

Apr 17, 2022Apr 2022

Posted by AlanCliffe

I recently attended a memorial service also attended by the children and grandchildren of the decedent, three sisters from each generation, all but one dressed in black, becomingly. Two groups of three sisters each, an unrelated man glad to see ...

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Philosophy & Meaning

Apr 16, 2022Apr 2022

Posted by Matias

The question of whether consciousness – seen from an evolutionary point of view - is an adaptation or a by-product cannot be answered. But one thing is obvious: Consciousness is not a gift from Mother Nature to her children, it is a curse that ...

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Philosophy & Meaning

Apr 14, 2022Apr 2022

Posted by CourtJester

I think I won the argument

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Philosophy & Meaning

Apr 14, 2022Apr 2022

Posted by Wendy91604

LINKWOTMQ: He Is Risen! So what? - YouTube

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Philosophy & Meaning

Apr 13, 2022Apr 2022

Posted by ChestRockfield

First, a little background you need: I hate textspeak. I mean, some of it I have to be okay with. Items and acronyms that have been in the lexicon for so long that virtually everyone knows them like 'LOL' are too ubiquitous at this point to argue ...

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Philosophy & Meaning

Apr 12, 2022Apr 2022

Posted by Matias

Like defenders of libertarian free will, transhumanists believe we can make ourselves into who we are today and, should the mood strike us, remake ourselves into who we will be tomorrow. But this is impossible. Because of evolution, we got made. We ...

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Philosophy & Meaning

Apr 11, 2022Apr 2022

Posted by Archeus_Lore

It is human nature to follow the path of least resistance, the easiest path. It is human nature to believe what one would like to be true, as opposed to any evidence to the contrary . . . . As an Agnostic, if I have anything that I get comfort from, ...

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Philosophy & Meaning

Apr 10, 2022Apr 2022

Posted by fishline79

I don't pretend to understand the intention but it kept mine. But then, I never was any good at "music theory"!

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Philosophy & Meaning

Apr 10, 2022Apr 2022

Posted by PBuck0145

How to avoid confronting and dealing with "conspiracy theories": simply assert that the Conspiracy Theorists Have a Fundamental Cognitive Problem.

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Philosophy & Meaning

Apr 9, 2022Apr 2022

Posted by Archeus_Lore

“Mathematics knows no races or geographical boundaries; for mathematics, the cultural world is one country.” David Hilbert David Hilbert was a man who was forever optimistic about the future of human culture and science. When he was a young ...

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Philosophy & Meaning

Apr 9, 2022Apr 2022

Posted by Archeus_Lore

From someone who has studied many languages: Language is fraught with errors. I could ask three people what the meaning of the word "voluntarism" and get three different answers. Language is a weak form of communication because none of us have a ...

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Philosophy & Meaning

Apr 7, 2022Apr 2022

Posted by Mcflewster

I reckon that Putin has thrown down a challenge to philosophers. "Prove that there is only one type of democracy."

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Philosophy & Meaning

Apr 4, 2022Apr 2022

Posted by FrayedBear

A whole bunch of memes for your pleasure?

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Philosophy & Meaning

Apr 3, 2022Apr 2022

Posted by Fernapple

I have often heard atheists and agnostics accused of believing in nothing, especially by apologists. As though, all belief has to be sourced in god or religion to exist at all. The usual response is that you do not, believe in belief. But I would ...

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Philosophy & Meaning

Mar 31, 2022Mar 2022

Posted by PBuck0145

Who is Lauren Southern?

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Philosophy & Meaning

Mar 31, 2022Mar 2022

Posted by Ryo1

Iron Man and the Villains of Society Existential Comics

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Philosophy & Meaning

Mar 29, 2022Mar 2022

Posted by Dejahay

Nothing great comes from an obedient child

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Philosophy & Meaning

Mar 28, 2022Mar 2022

Posted by AlanCliffe

A friend called yesterday with a title idea: God is Sexy, or God is Sex-Ease. Which led us to a theological discussion. Perhaps in spite of her Christianity, she doesn't think the body and the spirit must be or should be at war. She does think ...

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Philosophy & Meaning

Mar 27, 2022Mar 2022

Posted by aplaceintime

LINKAna Kasparian I Don't Care About Your Religion - YouTube

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Philosophy & Meaning

Mar 27, 2022Mar 2022

Posted by Ryo1

Indiana Wittgenstein and the Temple of Disappointment 😆

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Philosophy & Meaning

Mar 25, 2022Mar 2022

Posted by MichaelSanchuk

I can’t stay, mother I love you, but I wasn’t born to please you I wasn’t born to make you happy or give your life meaning I wasn’t born to rot under your wings like an unhatched egg I can’t stay, teacher I wasn’t born to be put into your...

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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

Mar 23, 2022Mar 2022

Posted by JackPedigo

Anthropic principle: basically simply stipulating to be true what is desired to be true. However, in detail, the belief that, if we take human life as a given condition of the universe, scientists may use this as the starting point to derive expected...

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Philosophy & Meaning

Mar 22, 2022Mar 2022

Posted by Robert101

Often I get so lost in my thoughts 💭! Careful of what you think 🤔! Your mind is a weapon! Use it wisely

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Philosophy & Meaning

Mar 22, 2022Mar 2022

Posted by Robert101

Worth reading through!

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Philosophy & Meaning

Mar 21, 2022Mar 2022

Posted by DarkMatter

Do you pray? Do you yearn for spirit-based community?

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Philosophy & Meaning

Mar 20, 2022Mar 2022

Posted by MerlinZap

A simple explanation of my theology.

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Philosophy & Meaning

Mar 20, 2022Mar 2022

Posted by Archeus_Lore

If you have spent your life living in this country, and never ventured out of it to some other places where they speak different languages, have a completely different culture than yours, you may be a very bad judge of just how to rate your own ...

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Philosophy & Meaning

Mar 19, 2022Mar 2022

Posted by Archeus_Lore

"Before Greece the domain of the intellect belonged to the priests. They were the intellectual class of Egypt. Their power was tremendous. Kings were subject to it. Great men must have built up that mighty organization, great minds, keen intellects, ...

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Philosophy & Meaning

Mar 15, 2022Mar 2022

Posted by merit2344

Imagine that the brain is a computer and that religion is a virus. Atheism is the wiping of that virus. NICK HARDING

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Philosophy & Meaning

Mar 15, 2022Mar 2022

Posted by Barnie2years

Sometimes it’s just really hard not to believe in karma!

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Philosophy & Meaning

Mar 15, 2022Mar 2022

Posted by Spinliesel

Good morning! I am looking for this sweatshirt. It will make my life so much easier.

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Philosophy & Meaning

Mar 15, 2022Mar 2022

Posted by Anvesh

Any thoughts here

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Philosophy & Meaning

Mar 15, 2022Mar 2022

Posted by Anvesh

Unfortunately most of the people rush towards churches and mosques rather than observing nature. We can learn immensely from nature it self

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Philosophy & Meaning

Mar 15, 2022Mar 2022

Posted by Anvesh

It pushes me know to think

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Philosophy & Meaning

Mar 15, 2022Mar 2022

Posted by Anvesh

Is it not true

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Philosophy & Meaning

Mar 14, 2022Mar 2022

Posted by Silver1wun

This picture says so much; especially depicting the aloneness one feels awaiting 'what is so', becoming obvious to those 'trailing'. A tragedy of being old is that most of what you see that others don't won't become clear to them until after you're ...

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Philosophy & Meaning

Mar 14, 2022Mar 2022

Posted by Anvesh

Wealth will slip away from foolish person who continuously depend on divine intervention Capable men/ women will certainly secure wealth atleast after a hundred trails. Human efforts defines one's destiny not divinity An age old wisdom which I came...

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