Where I live, we just narrowly missed getting hit by a Category 4 hurricane which just ripped through the Gulf of Mexico. Storms on the ocean are, you...
I think I need more discussion of this, which seems central to your plan. I read your answer to SSU, but don't get it. Or maybe you don't get it eithe...
Yes, if we remove human beings from the equation, then I agree sustainability is likely technologically possible. No worries on replying, there is no ...
I'm referring to human thought, which is an electro-chemical information medium, that operates by a process of division. Don't believe me, see it for ...
Apologies, but I've forgotten what your point is in this particular case. In the real world, or in the dictionary? As example... In the dictionary, th...
Hi again Karl, Well, obviously we're not opposed to clean energy and abundant fresh water. If we confine your post to a purely technical analysis of h...
I'm not sure I understand your question, so please feel free to expand on it. Until then... As your sentence suggests, the story we call "meaning" typ...
Ya think? :smile: There's another angle to beef eating which perhaps you haven't fully considered? If we are willing to torture and kill entirely inno...
No, not aware. Explain it if you wish, listening. Limitations on the rightful authority of science, I can vote for that. I might clarify that by editi...
Another quick interruption. Having already plugged my sagely wife above, I will now shamelessly plug my own "blowharding to save the world" thread, wh...
Sorry to interrupt, but I thought I should report that my wife has the perfect description of philosophy, which she offers with a wink and a smile. Ph...
Generally I agree with this. Humans tend to relate to reality through stories. The ego is a story. Meaning is a story. The past and future are stories...
It's ok to endlessly post. Just keep in my mind that you're trying to engage readers in a story which has no arc, a strategy which is likely to lead t...
We have to eat every day. We have to sleep every day. We have to go to the bathroom every day. The brain is just another mechanical apparatus of the b...
Is philosophical pessimism working for you? Is it taking you towards the day when you won't bother posting on this topic any more because you've solve...
Ok, I can relate to the forest dream. There's a wonderful state park only 4 miles away from our house, a 7 minute drive. I spend a LOT of time in the ...
And.... There's no convincing evidence that we even understand the concept of existence well enough to make the God debate question meaningful. As exa...
Agreed of course. Doesn't it depend on how the job is defined? If we define the mission as developing facts about reality, there is a conflict between...
Seems like fair game to me, though perhaps investing this much effort in debunking takes the targets more seriously than is merited. I got an educatio...
"Die to be reborn", a key Christian teaching, seems very similar to the Eastern books you are referencing. I would agree that when "die to be reborn" ...
I'm not really arguing with this, but feel the need to remind readers that the role of ideology in religion seems greatly exaggerated on philosophy fo...
Um, not to hijack the thread, but can you list any other organizations who have experienced the mass child rape phenomena to the same degree as the Ca...
In the near future the only word typed on the Internuts will be "me". But then people will complain that requires too much typing, so it will be short...
Wow Wayfarer, great post! :up: Yes, and the real obstruction isn't incorrect thoughts in particular, but the medium of thought itself. The obstruction...
It can be argued that both faith and reason can lead to the same place if followed far enough. Perhaps what creates the supposedly huge gap between th...
Returning now to the thread title, "evidence for the supernatural". The leading theory in my mind is that the supernatural concept is referring to rea...
Good point, that's true. It would be interesting to have a forum feature that limited members to posting only say, once a week, in selected threads. A...
Yes, agreed. 1) We might reflect upon the spectacular success of these mortal writers in creating tales which have survived the test of time. As examp...
Hi Bitter, Your post sketches the history of religion being a powerful force, which like any powerful force, was often hijacked by those concerned pri...
That's a beginning to it, yes. One could explore in that direction. And/or, one could ask.. We've discovered all this ignorance through a long investi...
Yes, reason has led you to believe this, reason has led you to believe that. But you never apply the processes of reason to reason itself. You're acce...
You love to do this typing back and forth, back and forth, but you never quite get around to questioning your own chosen authority in the same way you...
It could, but isn't required to. Take something easier as example. Let's say we're not all that political really, but we lean left. We can honestly di...
When I first arrived here I put a great deal of thought, time and energy in a thread which engaged many readers, only to see that thread entirely vani...
Such debates have the potential to be useful and interesting (imho) if the conversation matures beyond challenging this or that position within the Go...
It's justified emotionally. We all have the right to seek comfort where ever we can find it. And we all have the right to reject or ignore inconvenien...
Aha, now you are getting somewhere, bravo. Yes, whether one is a theist or atheist, the possibility that there might not be any authority which we can...
What typically happens to make a person an ideologist is that they use an ideology to enhance their self image. This process is easy to see in some of...
No pretending is necessary, as you could easily figure out for yourself if your ideologist's mind wasn't set on auto-rejection mode. "Although I would...
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