RegularGuy

My parents stuck together when it would have been better for my brother and me if they had gotten divorced. Or not? Who’s to say how things would have...

Like I said, I’m not intending to convert anyone. The OP asked what religion should do for us today. I answered that. And, no, I don’t believe that Ch...

Because we are a terrible species, and yet He loves us so much that he would be tortured to death for us even though he was faultless. Call it a myth ...

i am a believer in Christ, but I wouldn’t call myself a follower of any church, dogma or otherwise. I feel like I have very good personal reasons for ...

Well, if it doesn’t work out the way you want it to right now, then I hope for you that you can adapt to whatever may come. Life almost never does wha...

Don’t fool yourself. After six months or less you would be begging for freedom.

Pretty much no since Reagan. Not unless you are criminally insane.

I believe everyone should know their individual purposes when their time comes or presents itself. It’s a choice to accept the challenge or not. I’m s...

I said I didn’t speak for God. You seem to know Him better than me. After all, you claim to know the absolute standards for good and evil.

Of course I don’t speak for God. I think you are confusing me with you.

I don’t think humans can be rational. Everything about us is irrational.

Humans aren’t absolutely good or bad. Likewise, there are no absolutely good behaviors. You might give money to the poor. Something you and I think is...

I agree with this, but probably not in the way you think. Humans have no business judging absolute good and bad. Only God has that authority.

A matter of perspective to ourselves and others.

Most people want to live in a world without suffering. Of course. But to some other conscious beings what are we? We all must suffer to experience and...

Nope. You’re still not getting it. Humans are not the center of the universe as you might think. To us, it is bad. To them, it was good. There is no r...

What about to the guy who hates him?

Clearly, I think exterminating people is bad. To the dolphins, it would be very good.

My point is: compared to what? Some fiction where people don’t suffer? If there is an absolute, then it is in Heaven with God. I’m sure you don’t beli...

Okay. The one absolute is that there are no other absolutes than this self-referring statement. Also, you continue to misunderstand me. If, for exampl...

You completely misunderstood me. Also, to say there are no absolutes is an absolute is like saying the fictional unicorn is an actual unicorn. I meant...

Am I the only one on this forum with self-awareness? It seems that everyone here feels they are guiltless good people. I try to be good to the best of...

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You’re welcome! I wish I knew how to cure myself of my discomfort. Doctors have told me that there is currently no known cure. I do however agree with...

Now I understand you better. I like what you have to say about controlling hallucinations. I have different “problems”. Your hallucinations sound nice...

I didn’t say or mean this at all. I meant in how we treat individuals in our relationships. Even a marooned person has intrinsic value, but of course ...

I will address this point first. I don’t agree that I have “schizophrenic episodes”, though others disagree. I am allowed to move freely in my country...

Cool

I’m sure you’re saying something valid, but I don’t know what it is given the information provided. You’ll have to do a better job explaining what you...

Now they just lock you up.

They used to give lobotomies for that.

Most people don’t have the financial means to leave the country, let alone their own state (in the US). Then there’s the problem of gaining citizenshi...

To dismiss it as “just relativist thinking” doesn’t do away with its strength. My response should have been directed to the thread as a whole, not jus...

Who’s to say what is good? I’m thinking of the old Taoist parable. Also the story of Adam and Eve who thought they could gain such knowledge by eating...

Isaac is talking about what behaviors are most frequent (that we don’t usually act angry). You are saying that people feel angry at times but usually ...

He’s saying it’s not a tendency. Behaviors and feelings are different things. You’re both arguing past each other.

Sure, but that is too simple. A perceived bad act by one may not be perceived as bad by another. A perceived bad act can cause a perceived bad act by ...

I’m usually only angry when I’m watching cable news or when people shit on me (figuratively, of course).

Absolutely.

That’s metaphysics.

It’s merely a prerequisite. Suppose you thought about what would be good for all living things, not just humans. Then you could logically conclude tha...

It has been said that the gut is the second brain. Consciousness occurs in at least some living creatures. Why couldn’t it pervade the universe? What ...

There are so many ways that people can have pleasure and avoid pain that are not suited to optimal survival, though. Heroin to avoid pain, and overeat...

I have a good psychiatrist now. Two in a row! I’ve seen 12 psychiatrists since I was 19, and most of them were checked out emotionally from their jobs...

I thought at one time I would be happier and healthier in an institution. I don’t think so anymore. I would miss my wife, mother, and boys. They are a...

I’m not mentally ill. I just don’t fit into a society that has diagnosed me as “mentally ill” due to the reality that there is no place for me here. O...

Well, thanks for blatantly ignoring me. Anyway, I don’t care if you think I’m crazy. It happened to me. It also happened to the US diplomats in Cuba. ...

Total self awareness

I have found the same thing in my stays on psychiatric units. No one is more empathetic and caring for people who are down and out than the mentally i...

The Russians used microwave weapons against diplomats in Cuba a few years back. At least US intelligence figured it was the Russians. Nearly all count...