I meant it differently. How can parents of happy children be held responsible for another couple's unhappy children? The way you phrase your previous ...
Well, there doesn't have to be, unless you believe that parents of happy children are somehow also responsible for unhappy children. I suppose this ti...
The fact that there exists a distribution between happy and unhappy people doesn't lead to the conclusion that procreation is experimentation. It mean...
Who is to say? Good question. Like I have hinted at before, I am not in favor of everybody having children. Love or hope is not enough. One needs to b...
Why do we learn to swim when initially it is dangerous and scary and we may drown? As long as we have a proper teacher we'll learn that swimming is he...
For children who have had a healthy upbringing life is generally a positive experience. I'd consider that enough reason to put the "Procreation is bad...
What research has there been done on mystical experiences experienced by a sober mind? It seems like a phenomenon that could be really hard to pin dow...
I'd turn it around. Every individual that is part of a state allows that state to restrict their liberty, because they seek whatever it is that the st...
What the story about the child is supposed to illustrate is that grief and suffering are illusory in nature. When one stops thinking about them, they ...
Whether there can be love without attachment is a valid question, to which a Buddhist would answer in the affirmative. To explain how and why is perha...
I'd like to add that we are now talking about natural events, like earthquakes and death, which cannot be considering evil, which was the original top...
The loss of a family member is an event, and an event cannot be overcome, only accepted. But I am assuming you meant to ask "how to overcome the grief...
I regard Hell as a mental state, which one can dwell in during physical life and possibly after. A state devoid of Good, which could be described as a...
The "Problem of Evil" points towards the existence of evil and it being seemingly irreconcilable with the existence of God. However, in pointing out t...
Both are problematic. I suppose a more fitting term in such a case would be hypothesis or supposition and to the degree one is aware of their own igno...
No. But a difficulty arises when we seek to prove or disprove it, though disproving is generally easier than proving. I guess what I'm getting at is t...
What? Sure, but isn't the sentiment underlying the second proposition that one doesn't believe 2+2=37? Isn't the question whether something is believa...
Isn't calling something unbelievable akin to saying one doesn't believe in it? Maybe I misunderstand what your point. I'm not religious, if that is wh...
Modern news distribution has us worrying about all sorts of things which in fact have very little influence over our day-to-day lives. Who cares what ...
Anyone who follows reason will come to the conclusion that nihilism is untenable. For the same reasons we cannot prove something has objective value, ...
Pride in the context of the seven deadly sins is closely related to arrogance and feelings of supremacy, whereas pride nowadays seems to be a synonym ...
At the point of conception it becomes the parents' responsibility. If they were not ready for that responsibility then they should have used contracep...
Oh certainly. Buddhist and Taoist philosophy are seen by many as complementary teachings. Zen or Zen Buddhism is a well-known example of a branch of B...
The way I look at it, the struggle you speak of is not inherent to life but a result of upbringing. I view Buddhism as a way that could repair that da...
I like the Buddhist point of view, which (simplified) says that 'harm' or 'suffering' is a product of unfulfilled desire. In such a philosophy, suffer...
As for the benign negative emotions: things like physical exercise, talking to a person about the problem, simply counting to ten and taking a big bre...
Intuitively I would say yes. The question would be why one desires to intentionally hurt others, and in otherwise healthy human beings I would relate ...
Emotions like the ones I mentioned (fear, anger, insecurity) that a person has not found a means to discharge and thus are "trapped" in his mind. This...
In matters like these it is difficult to speak of "knowing", but my reasoning is simple. Even without or with closed eyes we can still see images. Whe...
Being mean holds close relation (and is perhaps synonymous) to discharging negative emotions, like frustration, fear or insecurity, onto other people....
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