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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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Philosophy & Meaning

Mar 11, 2022Mar 2022

Posted by Anvesh

Can someone please explain libertarian philosophy in simple terms to me. I want to understand more about it

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Philosophy & Meaning

Mar 11, 2022Mar 2022

Posted by merit2344

One would go mad if one took the Bible seriously; but to take it seriously one must be already mad. Aleister Crowley

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Philosophy & Meaning

Mar 11, 2022Mar 2022

Posted by merit2344

If it turns out that there is a God...the worst that you can say about him is that basically he's an underachiever. Woody Allen

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Philosophy & Meaning

Mar 11, 2022Mar 2022

Posted by Silver1wun

Too many ways donate to Ukraine! I want to know where we can donate to Russia's military operation.

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Philosophy & Meaning

Mar 11, 2022Mar 2022

Posted by Silver1wun

Too many ways to to Ukraine! I want to know where we can to Russia's military operation.

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Philosophy & Meaning

Mar 10, 2022Mar 2022

Posted by MichaelSanchuk

How many more times are we going to allow them to drag the truth-speaking humans to the psych wards?

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Philosophy & Meaning

Mar 10, 2022Mar 2022

Posted by handell

Quote of the day: “ If people are good only because they fear punishment, and hope for reward, then we are a sorry lot indeed. ” ― Albert Einstein

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Philosophy & Meaning

Mar 9, 2022Mar 2022

Posted by MichaelSanchuk

The caption of a low-life odyssey, Charles Bukowski, died on this day in 1994: “There's nothing to mourn about death any more than there is to mourn about the growing of a flower. What is terrible is not death but the lives people live or don't ...

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Philosophy & Meaning

Mar 9, 2022Mar 2022

Posted by MichaelSanchuk

Trust me it won't be pretty.

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Philosophy & Meaning

Mar 7, 2022Mar 2022

Posted by fishline79

A little knowledge: " When would you estimate the "dumbing down” of America began? I submit that It is a relative condition. To some extent our society has always been relatively ignorant and under-educated, but I think the largest factor ...

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Philosophy & Meaning

Mar 7, 2022Mar 2022

Posted by fishline79

Here is an old piece I wrote a couple of years ago. I was browsing my "Word" files and saw it. I thought I'd re-post it. It applies not only to Trump, but to all of those who would follow him. “A Little Bit of ...

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Philosophy & Meaning

Mar 5, 2022Mar 2022

Posted by Greatest

Liberty, Freedom & free will. Does nature deny such concepts for humans?

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Philosophy & Meaning

Mar 5, 2022Mar 2022

Posted by puff

About the Russian protests, and protests in general. I do recommend people watch

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Philosophy & Meaning

Mar 4, 2022Mar 2022

Posted by UrsiMajor

I now know what American life during the Holocaust was like. Half of your friends were like," Oh no, I have to pay a few cents more per gallon of gas." And half your friends are like, "Oh my god, innocent people are dying in war crimes."

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Philosophy & Meaning

Mar 2, 2022Mar 2022

Posted by August1

Religion gravely stunts your growth

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Philosophy & Meaning

Mar 1, 2022Mar 2022

Posted by Captain_Feelgood

I don't care if you like the guy's stances on what-ever topic you wish to point at, but you can't deny he really is one of the most intelligent, mentally sophisticated and articulate speakers out there. He touches on many great points throughout this...

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Philosophy & Meaning

Feb 28, 2022Feb 2022

Posted by Toonman

Should any company own everything?

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Philosophy & Meaning

Feb 28, 2022Feb 2022

Posted by PBuck0145

Late term abortions

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Feb 27, 2022Feb 2022

Posted by UrsiMajor

But we keep going anyway.

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Philosophy & Meaning

Feb 26, 2022Feb 2022

Posted by Sookiesue

Time for a reality check. About a week ago I was complaining about the weather. I feel so ashamed today. In the first place we should be grateful we have any kind of somewhat normal weather pattern left to complain about. And in the second place, I...

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Philosophy & Meaning

Feb 26, 2022Feb 2022

Posted by dalefvictor

Thought this would or could be of interest. Five laws of Stupidity.

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Philosophy & Meaning

Feb 26, 2022Feb 2022

Posted by puff

Just some thoughts. Been watching media coverage of protests against the Russian invasion of Ukraine in different countries, especially English speaking "5 eyed" ones. There are protests, rather minor but covered by the media. The last months have ...

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Philosophy & Meaning

Feb 26, 2022Feb 2022

Posted by FrostyJim

O.M.G. ! These are the most powerful videos online... nothing phony - just real people... telling real stories that most people don't want to hear. WARNING... be ready to see the ugly truth if you are willing. This is a YouTube channel with a ...

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Philosophy & Meaning

Feb 24, 2022Feb 2022

Posted by LovinLarge

How much better off we would all be if we could get the Second Amendment kooks, climate change deniers, antivaxxers/antimaskers, etc., etc. (you know who you are) to adopt this mentality.

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Philosophy & Meaning

Feb 24, 2022Feb 2022

Posted by August1

I joined this site a few weeks ago to share in the love of critical thinking about the virtue of atheism, not to measure my prowess with the condescending hubris of egomaniacal bullies. But as luck would have it, I've managed to attract a few ...

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Philosophy & Meaning

Feb 24, 2022Feb 2022

Posted by puff

Whatever we ...... say it is! lol A serious topic. Agree that is the trend we are seeing. Nothing to hide, nothing to worry about.

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Feb 23, 2022Feb 2022

Posted by Reignmond

Most older Atheists became so after trying to learn more about religion so they could make sense of it.

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Philosophy & Meaning

Feb 23, 2022Feb 2022

Posted by Spinliesel

Jerry's Wisdom: Choose wisely

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Philosophy & Meaning

Feb 22, 2022Feb 2022

Posted by MichaelSanchuk

What would your choice be?

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Philosophy & Meaning

Feb 21, 2022Feb 2022

Posted by August1

Knowing that I would become a staunch atheist, god still created me to help others appreciate the fact that he doesn't exist.

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Feb 21, 2022Feb 2022

Posted by homoveganatheist

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Philosophy & Meaning

Feb 21, 2022Feb 2022

Posted by Reignmond

LINKStudies say atheists, believers both do good, but for different reasons - The Washington Post

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Philosophy & Meaning

Feb 20, 2022Feb 2022

Posted by waitingforgodo

MURDER MOST FOWL Is it ethical to kill animals if you then eat them? Is it ethical to kill animals who would otherwise kill the animals you intend to kill and eat? Is it ethical to kill?

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Philosophy & Meaning

Feb 20, 2022Feb 2022

Posted by MichaelSanchuk

Humans be real unintelligent over half their lives. Some are lucky and wake up. Not sure which is worse. Staying dumb or being dumb for so long then waking up and realizing. Just how truly stupid you still are. Love me some humanimals.

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Philosophy & Meaning

Feb 19, 2022Feb 2022

Posted by FrayedBear

Seen on fbuk this morning & IMO very appropriate given all the Americans currently in denial of their conditioning: - for @Fearlessfly, @Tejas, @Wordywalt2, @Alienbeing

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Philosophy & Meaning

Feb 19, 2022Feb 2022

Posted by MichaelSanchuk

Just a nice Saturday afternoon short read. Enjoy. Most definitely don't love you. I DO LIKE MOST AT LEAST.

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Philosophy & Meaning

Feb 18, 2022Feb 2022

Posted by Sookiesue

To me, you are all beautiful trees.

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Philosophy & Meaning

Feb 18, 2022Feb 2022

Posted by Wallace

Just saw the the following quote: "We're all atheists to some degree; the (absolute) atheist just believes in one fewer gods than the monotheists."

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Feb 18, 2022Feb 2022

Posted by August1

Once a nihilist, always an atheist!

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Philosophy & Meaning

Feb 18, 2022Feb 2022

Posted by Sgt_Spanky

If I hear one more person say "No one is above the law." I'm going to scream. Let's be clear about this, many people are above the law: rich people and celebrities frequently are but no one is more above the law than the lawmakers themselves. The ...

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Philosophy & Meaning

Feb 18, 2022Feb 2022

Posted by tinkercreek

Well said, indeed

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Philosophy & Meaning

Feb 17, 2022Feb 2022

Posted by Matias

"It is curious that while good people go to great length to spare their children from suffering, few of them seem to notice that the one (and only) guaranteed way to prevent all the suffering of their children is not to bring those children into ...

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Philosophy & Meaning

Feb 17, 2022Feb 2022

Posted by August1

POLLLet's assume cryptocurrency and mobile payment options don't eradicate the need for physical money.

Will America ever evolve to a point where we stop printing "In God We Trust" on our legal tender?

6 votes Yes
12 votes No
12 votes Maybe

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Philosophy & Meaning

Feb 17, 2022Feb 2022

Posted by Sookiesue

So, @marychristmas and I were discussing this last night. Is it right to ever assume everyone (or even just someone) agrees with you? Is that a good basis for a stance?

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Philosophy & Meaning

Feb 16, 2022Feb 2022

Posted by fishline79

Here is my take on the increasing trend of the uneducated rabble to latch onto any new cult, phony religion or pseudo-political movement that crops up.

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Philosophy & Meaning

Feb 15, 2022Feb 2022

Posted by August1

Reality is the only hallucination we can share with others.

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Philosophy & Meaning

Feb 14, 2022Feb 2022

Posted by August1

"I am a survivor...of my own mind." Does that make sense to anyone?

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Philosophy & Meaning

Feb 14, 2022Feb 2022

Posted by MichaelSanchuk

The False Self

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Philosophy & Meaning

Feb 14, 2022Feb 2022

Posted by Sookiesue

So it goes. Just block them away.

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Philosophy & Meaning

Feb 13, 2022Feb 2022

Posted by August1

Can you choose what to believe?

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Philosophy & Meaning

Feb 13, 2022Feb 2022

Posted by August1

Former believers' weigh-in (way out)?

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Philosophy & Meaning

Feb 13, 2022Feb 2022

Posted by August1

When was God born?

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Philosophy & Meaning

Feb 13, 2022Feb 2022

Posted by alliwant

Satisfaction = what you have ÷ what you want

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Philosophy & Meaning

Feb 13, 2022Feb 2022

Posted by August1

Forget the symbolism of martyrdom and righteous devotion to blind faith, do you not find it utterly disgusting aesthetically to see a dead guy on a cross hanging around the necks of Christians? This is a limp, dead guy... held up by nails... on an ...

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Philosophy & Meaning

Feb 12, 2022Feb 2022

Posted by MerlinZap

Meanwhile people still hold onto the "Good Book"

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Philosophy & Meaning

Feb 12, 2022Feb 2022

Posted by MerlinZap

A simple contradiction caused a whole religion to fail.

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Philosophy & Meaning

Feb 12, 2022Feb 2022

Posted by Sookiesue

“We need much more than individuals making ethical choices. We need political, technological and economic transformations too.”

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Philosophy & Meaning

Feb 11, 2022Feb 2022

Posted by August1

You need to regret the same thing as many times as it takes for you to eventually realize it is no longer worth regretting

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Philosophy & Meaning

Feb 11, 2022Feb 2022

Posted by Toonman

• X-Men is about civil rights. If you didn’t get that, you didn’t get X-Men. • Black Panther is about colonization. If you didn’t get that, you didn’t get Black Panther. • Captain America literally fought nazis. He is the embodiment of ...

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Philosophy & Meaning

Feb 11, 2022Feb 2022

Posted by TheMiddleWay

Is morality objective or subjective? What about absolute versus relative? I have a hard time understanding how people can argue that morality is somehow fixed such that certain actions are inherently and inevitably right or wrong. My perspective is...

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Philosophy & Meaning

Feb 7, 2022Feb 2022

Posted by PBuck0145

Critical Race Theory

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Philosophy & Meaning

Feb 7, 2022Feb 2022

Posted by creative51

If there were no humans, would Time exist? (I am not referring to the magazine)

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Philosophy & Meaning

Feb 7, 2022Feb 2022

Posted by RussRAB

As followup to my recent post concerning religion and government and recent discussions about religion as an evolutionary trait, the thought occurred to be that the development of religion amoung human societies is more accurately understood as what ...

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Philosophy & Meaning

Feb 6, 2022Feb 2022

Posted by notconvinced887

Faith is useless without proof. I like the idea of the ubermencsh and the idea of making ourself better without a God

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Philosophy & Meaning

Feb 5, 2022Feb 2022

Posted by puff

Why has Neil Young not spoken out against the Canadian protests? He is Canadian They have adopted his 1 song, altering the lyrics to "Keep on truck'n in the free world" As an anti government policy re covid protest, are they not creating vaccine ...

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Philosophy & Meaning

Feb 5, 2022Feb 2022

Posted by skado

In keeping with the standards that have become the norm on this site (if they were ever different) I offer no "proof" or rational justification for the following comment. It is my earnestly held opinion - nothing more - based on four years of ...

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Philosophy & Meaning

Feb 5, 2022Feb 2022

Posted by RussRAB

What are the major differences between government - especially in a more ancient context - and religion? We tend to think of the two as being different sorts of entities, but I suspect that the reason for this is that religions have existed in ...

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Philosophy & Meaning

Feb 2, 2022Feb 2022

Posted by Matias

Can anybody can have the last word on any topic ?

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Philosophy & Meaning

Jan 30, 2022Jan 2022

Posted by puff

Some say that the unvaccinated should foot the bill for medical treatment for Covid-19. I disagree as if people start getting "ramped" for lifestyle choices it could set a dangerous precedent and destroy the Hippocratic Oath. However If the ...

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Philosophy & Meaning

Jan 30, 2022Jan 2022

Posted by AJimboShep82

I just got to thinking how Christians pray to their god and call him father as if he were a parental figure but what kind of parent would put his children in harms way as an example of Job essentially stating to his enemy to destroy everything he ...

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Philosophy & Meaning

Jan 30, 2022Jan 2022

Posted by Castlepaloma

Finally Canadian are pushing back from harmful vaccination mandates. A year ago, I said they will try to mandate vaccines. Most here said they would not mandate it. Here we are, fighting for our choice of body, freedom and human rights...

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Philosophy & Meaning

Jan 29, 2022Jan 2022

Posted by Toonman

Another group of snake oil salesmen making money off your fear, paranoia, and irrationality. In the event of complete societal collapse-- 1. Not only will your paper money be worthless, so will coinage and every precious metal. 2. Your ammo will ...

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Philosophy & Meaning

Jan 29, 2022Jan 2022

Posted by Castlepaloma

All in all, we are just another sheep in the mall

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Philosophy & Meaning

Jan 28, 2022Jan 2022

Posted by Toonman

When people call something weird, the something really isn't weird. It may be unorthodox, unusual, out-of-the-ordinary. Or it may merely be interesting, which is something Americans avoid like a dog turd dipped in anthrax. "Weird" is what people ...

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Jan 27, 2022Jan 2022

Posted by puff

Bloody Hell. If this does not concern you...........

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Jan 27, 2022Jan 2022

Posted by Castlepaloma

Be the master of your own fate.

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Philosophy & Meaning

Jan 26, 2022Jan 2022

Posted by puff

Something serious to think about. Is this the POTUS needed in these times of international seismic movements?There is a ban on 35's holding the office of POTUS. Why is there no upper limit? I cannot see Joe Biden being able to complete his full ...

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Jan 26, 2022Jan 2022

Posted by Mcflewster

Confessions first I am continually trying as gently as I can to find out why members of this website post here. In particular which ones actually praise agnosticism. I do not ...

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Philosophy & Meaning

Jan 23, 2022Jan 2022

Posted by Dougy

Not a Good Idea 🧐

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Jan 23, 2022Jan 2022

Posted by Dougy

Immortality & Sociopaths

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Philosophy & Meaning

Jan 23, 2022Jan 2022

Posted by Dougy

Morning After Coffee with Jesus

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Philosophy & Meaning

Jan 22, 2022Jan 2022

Posted by puff

Interesting commentary from the WH re Ukraine "I would note that the United States has delivered more security assistance to Ukraine in the last year than any point in history. In the last year alone, we committed $650 million in security assistance...

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Philosophy & Meaning

Jan 19, 2022Jan 2022

Posted by FvckY0u

I was thinking about this so figured I'd post it in this group. Misinformation is everywhere. Misinformation is like a virus. How do you counteract misinformation? First, you need to have a trusted source(s). A source where you trust the ...

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Philosophy & Meaning

Jan 17, 2022Jan 2022

Posted by dalefvictor

Wondering if anyone else on this site listens to the Lex Fridman Podcast. The one for last night or the night before was a discussion between two Conservatives on what Conservatism is about. What I heard made no sense to me as it does not seem to me...

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Philosophy & Meaning

Jan 16, 2022Jan 2022

Posted by puff

"Persona non grata":- An unacceptable or unwelcome person Example: Novak Djokovic, 9 times Australian and defending champion, is now persona non grata with the regime. What a difference a couple of years make. I see no meaning ...

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Philosophy & Meaning

Jan 13, 2022Jan 2022

Posted by Hudson007

Is it true there is life after dead?

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Philosophy & Meaning

Jan 13, 2022Jan 2022

Posted by puff

Time to tax the non-believers. Put in philosophy as I wish to pose this question Are we about to enter a new "Dark Ages" where one ideology totally dominates over all others, with no room for dissent?

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Philosophy & Meaning

Jan 12, 2022Jan 2022

Posted by Hudson007

Can we survive without money?

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Philosophy & Meaning

Jan 12, 2022Jan 2022

Posted by K007

Please listen

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Philosophy & Meaning

Jan 12, 2022Jan 2022

Posted by K007

LINKShanti S Bangalore at Samarpan Group Speaker Sharing on "I, the Agnostic" AA Recovery Sharing - YouTube

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Philosophy & Meaning

Jan 12, 2022Jan 2022

Posted by K007

Hello my friends

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Jan 11, 2022Jan 2022

Posted by PBuck0145

One can't be too careful!

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Philosophy & Meaning

Jan 10, 2022Jan 2022

Posted by mistymoon77

Without it getting thrown back at ya. Just sayin..

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Philosophy & Meaning

Jan 10, 2022Jan 2022

Posted by Castlepaloma

Big Technology community guidelines??? Clear as mud.

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Philosophy & Meaning

Jan 10, 2022Jan 2022

Posted by Castlepaloma

Rowan Atkinson on free speech.

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Philosophy & Meaning

Jan 9, 2022Jan 2022

Posted by JackPedigo

As a contributing member of an international group known as “The Brights.” I often find interesting postings. I do believe there is a meaning to LIFE (writ large) and that is to evolve. Human life evolves through knowledge and ...

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Philosophy & Meaning

Jan 9, 2022Jan 2022

Posted by Word

Is there a philosophical view that explains the control of knowledge such that, those that know, use what they know to control those that do not know? Such as we see with capitalism slavery, patent and intellectual right laws and used by ...

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