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I think I’ve reached the final stage of my deconversion where I’m willing to ...
abyers1970
Against my better judgment I have started watching Gunsmoke on TV again and I did a little ...
DenoPenno
In stark contrast to America's Christian nationalists:
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Silly, Random & Fun
Feb 19, 2021Feb 2021

Posted by snytiger6
LINKDo Shootings Occur Because God Was Banned from Schools? Here’s a Great Response | Hemant Mehta | Friendly Atheist | Patheos
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Philosophy & Meaning
Dec 14, 2020Dec 2020

Posted by bbyrd009
it's a put-on
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Quotes
Sep 23, 2020Sep 2020

Posted by Hages
"The only fence against the world is a thorough knowledge of it." - John Locke
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P.A.T.C.H. People Against The Christian Hypocrites
Nov 20, 2019Nov 2019

Posted by HumanistA
Most Christians I know, including my mom and grandma, actually do believe that the Bible is "The Word of God" and not a piece of literature by humans with lots of personal biases and preferences. How do you know that these persons did those writings ...
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Quotes
Nov 4, 2019Nov 2019

Posted by Mostly_Harmless
Faith is believing what you know ain't so.--Mark Twain
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General & Hellos
Sep 21, 2019Sep 2019

Posted by Remiforce
ARE METHODS OF DIVINATION USEFUL?
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General & Hellos
Sep 19, 2019Sep 2019

Posted by Remiforce
IF YOU SAY YOU "BELIEVE", IS THAT ADMITTING YOU DO NOT KNOW, & IS KNOWLEDGE EVEN POSSIBLE?
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Action Advocates for our Environment and Ecology
Aug 23, 2019Aug 2019

Posted by LetzGetReal
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Psychology
Jun 20, 2019Jun 2019

Posted by AnonySchmoose
"Shahzeen Attari explores the psychology of saving the planet" “We live in a world that must dramatically reduce its use of fossil fuels and water, but efforts to encourage people to change their behavior have proven notoriously difficult'' ......
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Academic (e.g., Science)
Feb 8, 2019Feb 2019

Posted by Denker
What do you think of the value of knowledge? Is it worthwhile collecting facts, or should one focus on thinking techniques and tools? Or is it more about wisdom? What is the difference?
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Religion & Spirituality
Dec 21, 2018Dec 2018

Posted by AnokaShiva
LINKCollective Evolution - Conscious Media
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Philosophy & Meaning
Nov 13, 2018Nov 2018

Posted by SleepingOnABoat
Is knowledge only probabilistic? Rene Descartes is probably the most famous of philosophers for limiting knowledge, but many others have come to the conclusion that everything and anything we have knowledge of can only considered to be true to a ...
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Academic (e.g., Science)
Oct 24, 2018Oct 2018

Posted by Umbral
So accurate.
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Philosophy & Meaning
Oct 8, 2018Oct 2018

Posted by WeaZ
What life-altering things should every human ideally get to experience at least once in their lives?
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Academic (e.g., Science)
Sep 12, 2018Sep 2018

Posted by WeaZ
Do you think there is a limit to what humans can create through technology and science?
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Philosophy & Meaning
Sep 3, 2018Sep 2018

Posted by AstralSmoke
What is normal? Normal was yesterday. If you lose a leg, one day you're hopping around on one leg, so you know the difference. Terry Pratchett
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Philosophy & Meaning
Aug 12, 2018Aug 2018

Posted by Denker
Knowledge and thinking fills the mind with things to do, it keeps you busy forever with new things. Do you find that innocence plays a role in finding inner peace?
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Music, Movies & Books
Aug 2, 2018Aug 2018

Posted by HippieChick58
I find this distressing!
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Academic (e.g., Science)
Jul 29, 2018Jul 2018

Posted by Matias
Science is unable to set its own priorities. It is also incapable of determining what to do with its discoveries. For example, from a purely scientific viewpoint it is unclear what we should do with our increasing understanding of genetics. Should we...
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Philosophy & Meaning
Jul 29, 2018Jul 2018

Posted by TheAlchemist
POLLTheir are things that can be proven to be unprovable. Nobody has the answers to everything. And the reason we don't ask ourselves about what is not known is because that's exactly what we fear the most. We fear what we don't know, so we believe its ...
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Academic (e.g., Science)
Jul 28, 2018Jul 2018

Posted by Fulishsage
I am curious of people's thoughts of science here. Are you confident in science? Are there sciences that you feel are not as valid?
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Philosophy & Meaning
Jul 25, 2018Jul 2018

Posted by Mikestr
How convinced are you?
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Philosophy & Meaning
Jul 25, 2018Jul 2018

Posted by mistymoon77
Hearing and seeing something can be mistaken and mislead into other things. I personally follow my gut for many things which has helped me through many tough times.
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Philosophy & Meaning
Jul 23, 2018Jul 2018

Posted by Sheannutt
Message to the world.
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General & Hellos
Jul 18, 2018Jul 2018

Posted by WeaZ
What is your presentation?
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Music, Movies & Books
Jul 16, 2018Jul 2018

Posted by WeaZ
Name that movie... Go back to then! What? THEN! I can’t! Why not? We pass it! When? Just now! When will then be now? SOON!!!
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Politics
Jul 10, 2018Jul 2018

Posted by Rhetoric
LINKThe Most Intolerant Wins: The Dictatorship of the Small Minority
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Silly, Random & Fun
Jun 28, 2018Jun 2018

Posted by DZhukovin
Okay so I was asked by someone "Self, what are some technologies that aliens have that humans don't?" For one, they are working out of the unseen places, and they know how to work in all the directly unattainable places on our plane of existence....
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Health & Happiness
Jun 9, 2018Jun 2018

Posted by GipsyOfNewSpain
What a Blast from the Past. Quincy Jones' "The Dude" and an Encyclopedia and this Guy. I was Happy, waiting on my First Born, Circa 1981.
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Politics
May 26, 2018May 2018

Posted by hemingwaykitten
Since the advent of modern computers, from the 1950s forward, the big push has been that human intelligence would create devices to give us more leisure time and no need to work exhausting hours. With the monopolization of so many industries taking ...
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Philosophy & Meaning
May 20, 2018May 2018

Posted by PeacefulChaos
The more I learn the less I know. It's intriguing and sad at the same time.
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Philosophy & Meaning
May 18, 2018May 2018

Posted by Sadanty
Agnostism has been around for a long time. Sanjaya Belatthiputta, a teacher who lived round 2600 years ago in todays India, was the proponent of the Ajñana school of thought. Followers of this school were also known as Skeptics, this movement ...
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Philosophy & Meaning
May 16, 2018May 2018

Posted by KateZilla
One of life’s challenges — knowing enough to think you are right, but not enough to know that you are wrong.
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Philosophy & Meaning
May 12, 2018May 2018

Posted by 4w4r3n355
To gain better knowledge is to use your critical thinking, not your ego. Ego is quite anti the way we gain knowledge
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Philosophy & Meaning
May 7, 2018May 2018

Posted by phxbillcee
A short history of knowledge, from feudalism to the Internet | Alice Dreger
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Philosophy & Meaning
May 3, 2018May 2018

Posted by TuyTran888
When a lie repeated so many time, people start to believe such lie as truth. But it is still a lie, even it is repeated billion and billion of time, and when it repeated so much, the truth would be buried far too deep, that is what keeping ...
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General & Hellos
May 2, 2018May 2018

Posted by TuyTran888
Introspection is really needed to improve the self, that is to questions ourself. We can not just asked a few or one question then think we done with the introspection. To achieve higher self that means we must ask all the questions there is to ask. ...
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General & Hellos
May 2, 2018May 2018

Posted by TuyTran888
What would illusion knowledge do to us? How do we know what is illusion knowledge and what is not?
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Philosophy & Meaning
May 2, 2018May 2018

Posted by TuyTran888
The Rabbit and Turtle story is to motivate people to try and keep trying because in life too many people are not motivated enough and amongst those people there are that like the turtle or even worse like a snail but in their mind, they thinks and ...
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Health & Happiness
Apr 22, 2018Apr 2018

Posted by bleurowz
What are some of the things you've mastered that were worth it, but that took real time and effort to learn?
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Academic (e.g., Science)
Apr 18, 2018Apr 2018

Posted by WileEQuixote
LINKWas There a Civilization On Earth Before Humans? - The Atlantic
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Philosophy & Meaning
Apr 12, 2018Apr 2018

Posted by johannesweg
Knowledge: As I mention in my text “Believing veraciously” (cf. links provided at my post on April, 11th 2018 ) according to my opinion the usage of “knowledge” in the strictest sense of word is completely uncontroversial only, when it is ...
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Politics
Apr 10, 2018Apr 2018

Posted by paul1967
POLLWould Oprah make a good presidential canidate?
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General & Hellos
Apr 10, 2018Apr 2018

Posted by BucketlistBob
This website compared to the Facebook site?
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Academic (e.g., Science)
Apr 8, 2018Apr 2018

Posted by Aralt
LINKScientists discover the universe has much less phosphorus than we thought, potentially meaning there are fewer aliens | The Independent
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Philosophy & Meaning
Apr 3, 2018Apr 2018

Posted by Roundcat
What did everyone put for the 'certain' there is no God question? I "feel" pretty sure there is no God because it is extremely unlikely due to zero lack of evidence. However - I couldn't say anything was "certain" about it so I had to answer 0 ...
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Academic (e.g., Science)
Mar 29, 2018Mar 2018

Posted by Howcome
Is medicine keeping up with Science?
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Philosophy & Meaning
Mar 28, 2018Mar 2018

Posted by Parasight
Let's share knowledge. That's the only reason we're here, anyway.
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Religion & Spirituality
Mar 7, 2018Mar 2018

Posted by atheist
QUOTE: 'Faith is actually agnosticism. Faith is what you use when you don't have knowledge.' Dan Barker
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General & Hellos
Jan 19, 2018Jan 2018

Posted by BawdyEclectic
To know a lot about a few things or know something about many things. One makes you useful, the other makes you good at trivia games and impresses people until you're pressed for details. Just hit 'em with big words and random facts and then walk ...
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Philosophy & Meaning
Jan 17, 2018Jan 2018

Posted by Profile
What do you think is the source or cause of aggression? How this affects individual and society How should be treated?
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