Apollodorus

It wasn't me who brought up the issue of "degree in cognitive psych". How does it answer the OP question or anything?

To answer the OP question? How else can we determine whether or not the atheist entertains the hope that there is no God? And why does it bother you s...

Why "some atheist somewhere"? Either (1) you accept the possibility or (2) you don't. If you do, then why object to it? And why try to qualify it? Som...

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Maybe some atheists are afraid of having the idea of God in their head/mind. That wouldn't be such an unusual proposition. The atheist wants to have t...

The question is "Do atheists hope there is no God?" Are we allowed to find an answer or make suggestions as to what the answer might be? I think we ar...

So, you're saying you're a believer. Believer in what?

Why can't we all calm down a bit? Otherwise we follow in the footsteps of @180 and we don't get anywhere. Total waste of time. Personally, I think bot...

We understand that. But it isn't a reason to deny the theoretical possibility that in some cases at least atheism may be motivated by fear of somethin...

Nothing more true than that. Unfortunately, atheists often try to impose their views on others which is quite strange really, but that's what Marx, Le...

No one disputes that. But @Fooloso4 said he reads the dialogues differently every time he reads them and he intends to disregard meanings suggested by...

Russia or France or a coalition of NATO and non-NATO countries? This remains to be discussed and determined. It isn't for me to decide. Plus, people w...

You are the one who brought it into the thread. It's been discussed because others questioned the existence of soul or self.

That isn't always the case. Some atheists may start from a feeling of superiority or, as I said, from fear. Not all atheists are the same.

If you can't prove your own statements why would anyone take them seriously?

Nobody disputes that. But that's not what the thread is about.

I did provide proper justification. My suggestion is implied in the question "Do atheists hope there is no God?" Why would they hope that? Possibly be...

I don't think he should be banned. They were trying to ban me by accusing me of being a "Nazi" for making critical observations about the Left. But I ...

Not at all. It wasn't a "conclusion", it was a suggestion that I thought was already implied in the question - as already indicated. Just because you'...

I see what you mean and you are perfectly correct. Christians can feel the same in Muslim or Hindu countries. But I think in a Jewish context it is mo...

Religions may well disappear of their own accord some day. But in the meantime the road to peace seems to be to separate them and keep them apart. Tha...

I think "quite emotional" is an understatement. People like @180 sound like a kettle that is permanently on the boil. But seeing that he's got a "grad...

That's exactly what you don't know. The OP is about how believers in reincarnation justify it in philosophical/rational terms as opposed to purely rel...

I think you've copied that from Wikipedia or some other materialist source. The sense of self doesn't "process and emerge". Ii's always there.

Yeah, when you run out of arguments you start using threats and abusive language. Sounds about right. If you've got a degree in "cognitive psych" then...

Why should anyone "start a world war" if all parties come to an agreement through diplomatic and religious understanding? I think it's the other way r...

Perhaps. I think another reason was that philosophical or spiritual teachings were transmitted orally. But that doesn't eliminate the problem of termi...

Constantinople was Greek for thousands of years. It had a large Greek population until recently and was only renamed "Istanbul" in 1930 under Ataturk'...

I don't know why you're always jumping to conclusions. Maybe you should just relax and think about things a bit first. I was merely highlighting or br...

Sure. But that raises the difficulty as to what constitutes non-anachronistic, necessary and helpful terminology. Are we going to start using Plato's ...

If it wouldn't be terribly different then why object to it? As I said, it is imperative to understand yourself. There is no point understanding others...

There is no doubt that reincarnation has been used metaphorically. But the more prevalent view was religious, including in relation to preparation for...

I believe that's a big element in atheism. Atheists are afraid of the thought of there being anything higher than themselves hence they hope there isn...

You don't seem to have followed the discussion or read the OP.

What you're saying it that Temple Mount has no religious significance to the Jews whatsoever and that Muslims can have a mosque or anything they like ...

It proves that reincarnation can never be proven. Therefore a meaningless question. It doesn't prove that. There is still a theoretical possibility th...

That's what I'm saying. The soul's memories. Absence of memories isn't evidence of absence of existence. Temporary or partial amnesia is not unheard-o...

I don't think anyone was "trying to equate Plato's philosophy with neoplatonism". "Neoplatonism" is a neologism anyway. But @Fooloso4 appears to have ...

Well, people don't remember what they did or who they were in early infancy. This doesn't mean they didn't exist at the time. Absence of memory is no ...

Nobody said anything about removing the site. I said relocate the mosque. This should be done with Muslim support. Islam is a religion of peace and I'...

I think you misunderstood what you were saying. What I was saying was something else. I said philosopher kings not aristocracy. Obviously you couldn't...

Probably. But they've long been replaced with Arabs in the meantime.

Of course a movement would need to be started to promote the plan. Participants could be recruited from all the other movements and organizations that...

That's exactly what I was saying. As the classes already exist, there would be no point recreating them It's enough to replace their old members with ...

Well, I kind of like that type of music myself although I prefer to exchange ideas to listening to music and for some reason people tend to keep askin...

No worries, we understand.

I've already stated a few times I'm not stopping anyone and I don't care. If you're saying I'm not allowed to respond to posts on this thread, that's ...

However, I wasn't talking about "happiness". I was talking about democracy.

Of course I have. I said: "The individual nous is in turn illumined by the Cosmic Nous or Divine Mind. So, there is a continuum extending from Ultimat...

Wealth distribution maybe, but certainly not abolition of private property. Both the Russian cleptocrats and the Swedish technocrats operate in close ...