Athena

Perhaps even thinking punishment is a teaching skill is a mistake. Our culture is based on having a jealous, revengeful, and punishing god. Imagine be...

That is such a wonderful thought! A woman in Canada developed a method for teaching virtues that can be used in schools or by families. She is very cl...

That was fascinating! I want to refer back to a book about math that I am reading because it really made me think about thinking math. What is thinkin...

I love the work everyone has put into posting and this one is very interesting. When nature changes the hormones the behavior will change. I strongly ...

Thanks as I said above, what I thought was almost too terrible to bear has turned into a good thing. However, I am still pondering what you have said ...

Thanks but the bad thing turned into a good thing. :grin: It seemed like an end-of-the-world event but now I see it as the beginning of wonderful new ...

I was just thinking out loud and reacting to what others have said, including someone in a completely different forum and a TV show about a Native Ame...

Amazing what a difference a word can make. I think we have an agreement. I don't think that explanation comes up in any creation stories.

Baboons do not learn from chimpanzees. The baboon can see the chimpanzee stick a twig in a rotting log and get termits but it never attempts to do so....

Most mammals don't fly but bats do fly. Would that difference mean a bat is not an animal? It appears you are saying humans are not animals. We have a...

Thank you both of you. As I was working on my previous reply I started to wonder why I think language and thinking are so important. Humans can be inc...

I believe we share much in common with other animals because we are evolved animals. Aboriginal people around the world learned about life by studying...

I will say "no." Sound is not the only way animals communicate. They also communicate with smells and behaviors. The reaction is as automatic as jumpi...

Which god are you talking about? I am cool with logos, reason, the controlling force of the universe, but I do not believe the god who walked with Ada...

Without education for higher-order thinking skills, we are not exactly thinking. We are reacting to stimuli just as animals do. To rapidly advance tec...

In the US we fought the American Revolution against Britain's monarchy. Our Declaration of Independence could also be called a Declaration of Responsi...

Sorry for the delay in replying. I recently attended a meeting where someone promoted using a psychedelic mushroom to release the fear of death, addic...

You are still a kid. However, you are old enough to start experiencing some awesome mental activity! Our brains change as we age and it is not all bad...

Is it love or lust? You speak of virtues and so many positive things happen when we are virtuous, but I don't think things go so well without virtues....

I return to this thread because the problem of serious family estrangement seems to be resolving. We will be going through some trials and tribulation...

Here is what Cicero had to say about the existence of the gods.... Not so different from today's debates about the existence of a god. I think we have...

How does a god exist? Do any animals other than human beings worship a god? I am thinking about the existence of the things we talk about and also the...

Some of us are horrified by animal and human brutality and others are not. Why do you think we perceive things so differently?

I have pulled out a 1942 math book to share with a child I am tutoring in math. Why a 1942 book? because the focus is on practical math. Many number s...

Thank you for the additional information about Aristotle's acceptance of slavery based on his sense of human decency that went with it. In the argumen...

All animals are less civilized and rational. You may look at them and see rational decisions, but it is your human brain doing the rationalizing, not ...

That argument has troubled my thinking for many years. Who is going to buy the stuff that makes corporations rich, if the people can not afford it? Wh...

This thread is wondering and that is a good thing because from the beginning the importance of the subject is how we treat each other and teach our ch...

Societies swing. Some things get worse and worse until people unite to change what is causing things to get worse. This is the fun of life. We have pr...

I agree with everything you said. When Britain had to prepare for the war, it realized most of its military-age men were unfit to serve in the army an...

"All gods have anger issues. Athena was just as petty and vengeful as the others." Wikipedia :rage: Obviously you are ignorant of the ideology of demo...

Let's use rational thinking. The Messiah is based on a myth. Information collected from science and history is based on valid facts. It took doctors a...

Wow, I sure wish we could have lunch together and talk about the link you posted. The final paragraph is why I say I think democracy and an understand...

OMG, your question excites me so much I can't wait to read what you have to say next without reacting to your question. My first thought is Athens. At...

What you said defines a problem with our notion of being "rational". 600 years ago it might have been rational to believe the Bible is the word of God...

"Why does it matter"? :razz: What a delicious question. We can fall back on ancient beliefs to answer that question. Because, if we don't get things r...

That explanation of why civilizations fall is elegant. Does anyone here disagree with that explanation of why civilizations fall? If we all agree abou...

Your link requires a subscription so I look for another. It is a fascinating subject and I am so glad you brought it up. Hellen Keller was deaf and bl...

That is a good explanation. Now how about the Glory of Islam, 8th to 13th century, and the decline? How about China that was more advanced than all of...

People around the world live as they did at the beginning of humanity. They can use nature to meet their needs, as animals do, but they did not advanc...

It is not desirable to be 100% formal logic because what is so may not be so tomorrow and our thinking needs to be flexible. We need to be creative. W...

I am feeling a little frustrated in part because I am aware of a serious family problem and it seems next to impossible to get my mind to focus on any...

Chardin was a Catholic priest who lived in China and the Chruch forbade him to publish his book. He said something like this, "God is asleep in rocks ...

Nice thought. Does this link compliment what you said?

Your comments are perfect for continuing the conversation. The animals will not be ruled by our modern cultural understanding of time. They will never...

My goodness, so much concern about the dog knowing the time. Did the dog have a watch? Is there a clock on the wall of the train station? How is the d...

What if we did not have a system for numbering things and a system for telling time? What if our experience of life were the same as other animals wit...

I watched "What the Bleep Do We Know" again last night and got a new understanding of what the movie intends to say. The movie blends quantum physics ...

I googled for information about Buddhism. The first Buddha came from a royal family and he renounced those family ties and obligations. This set the s...

Regardless of what happens. Your words have changed how I think and I think I will like this change. What we all want is love and love does increase l...