Athena

Wow, to me that judgment is about attitude. It is like getting crazy because you don't like chocolate ice cream. I love make-believe and would never w...

Obviously to me, the story of Orga and Qubit is a moral tale and I judge it worth repeating. Someone asked Jesus why he speaks in parables and he repl...

Do you mean it was not one-upmanship to question if I forgot about Lilith? This is my last response to a post that makes me the subject.

What if not all God stories are untrue, but we simply don't know enough to interpret them correctly? Personally, I think superstition came late in hum...

Thank you for motivating me to look for the Etymology of "God". This information proves there is so much more for me to learn.

Ninti is a Sumerian goddess who healed the river that is the center of the Sumerian story of Eden. "The Sumerian word for rib is ti, and the rib-heali...

Perhaps you live in China? Only if you have always lived in a region that is not Christian-dominated can you not have "particularly Christian concepts...

Perhaps the word "epistemology" can be used to explain the importance of the gods? Epistemology is derived from the ancient Greek epist?m?, meaning "k...

We would not have an argument if you were not doing exactly what I said atheists do. You are using a Christian concept of God and creation for all you...

I can not imagine anything of importance that we would know without the effort to understand cause and effect and universal truths. If we don't ask th...

You may not have intended to attack or insult but those gods are the foundation of democracy and western civilization. They are the substance of liber...

Oh dear, crash and burn. Your ignorance and intolerance has ended the fun. And that was a knee-jerk emotional reaction to what I said, not the rationa...

:heart: Your post makes me wonder if I died and went to heaven. I am home sick with covid and you make me very glad I am here with you, instead of dis...

:cheer: :cheer: :grin: You might be the people but we are the real people. I am referring to the tribal notion that "my tribe is the best and most des...

I want to address this separately because I don't want my point lost in too much verbiage. Have you spent much time arguing whether there is or is not...

I have bolded the statement I want to reply to. I think there are examples of untouchables in many cultures however, not every culture would have inst...

I don't think that is possible for a conscious being. I also have no desire to go to heaven. I think it is our nature to want stimulus and that leads ...

Oh yeah, My mental health program is being a Senior Companion. I pick people up and take them where they want to go, we have lunch together and play g...

Not enough fat, salt, and sugar to make food as unhealthy as it is today, and chances are good the meal had to be worked for with real physical labor....

I was unaware of this history of violence and it makes me curious. Why did the Hindus kill Muslims and Sikhs? I don't think it was like the Hebrews wh...

Wow, I have to agree with that. When I get in the creative space of writing it is the only thing that matters. It is not that I am totally confident i...

Thank you for clarifying that point. I have covid and want to avoid things that pull me down.

If one thinks life is wonderful or that it sucks may depend on psychological matters. I want to quote from the book Gods in Everyman by Jean Shinoda B...

Whoo. wait a minute. Do you have any stories of people who believe in many gods behaving like those who think there is only one god who has favorite p...

Because "God is asleep in rocks and minerals, waking in plants and animals, to know self in man." Chardin. I am less familiar with the Mayan Factor ex...

May I argue they did exist and were just as real as the God of Abraham? Each one is a concept and concepts are powerful. Every Evangelical experiences...

Might that be what democracy is about? It is empowering everyone who is affected by a decision to come to the table and explain what is and what shoul...

You mean join a nudist colony? That would give some people joy. :grin:

I totally like that explanation. The Greeks had a concept of what is public and what is private. Liberty depends on respecting what is an individual, ...

I have mixed feelings about relationships and having children. Today, I don't think I would want to bring a child into this world. Our present technol...

I am sorry. Everything in life has some risk. You could have the best job in the world and a lovely house, great car, and loose it all. Then who will ...

Hum, I thought getting married and having children was how to actualize myself as a woman. I used to feel very sorry for single people because they di...

The math has no meaning until we give it meaning. I don't think there is any empirical evidence of your ethical considerations. Exactly how do we come...

What you said is very exciting. I just spent the morning with a deceased friend's daughter and carried over the discussion we are having here with her...

I don't know if this is relevant but- The education controllers did the same thing with teaching reading. I could not learn to read because when I was...

I love that idea! Maybe that would give us a much better perspective on the meaning of being human.

Oh dear! What can you tell me about the 1960s-1970s math education failure? :broken: I really care. I consider my failure to understand higher math as...

You have soothed a painful wound. I was expressing my joy of learning and how I what others to interact with me in another forum and a mod closed thre...

I like your words "intentionally create unnecessary desires in order to acquire superficial pleasures". This seems very much the focus of our consumer...

OH come on. I was looking forward to a better answer. One that might help me understand what you are talking about. When it comes to math, I am an idi...

I think in the past it may have been easier to be happy? I really am not sure about that. Aging chances our thinking soooo much! I grew up thinking ha...

I very much appreciate teachers confirming the truth of things I read in books and/or experience. Your question has a very deep meaning with no empiri...

I was raised by a mother who thought I was a child with great wisdom. I have tried to live up to that my whole life. :rofl: The older I get, the less ...

Don't tell me I forgot to put in the word "not" again. I hate it when I do that. You reminded me of shows of poor people around the world that I have ...

I don't know if that is enough information for that judgment. Do you want to provide some of those categories on the chance of conceiving me?

In India, it seems religion and math went hand in hand. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Indian_mathematics That is not so in the West outside of Egypt a...

Why is math important to philosphy? What I experience is mentioned in the video about Spinoza, that the more I learn and expand my consciousness, the ...

I have been watching and rewatching this video about him. Especially his reasoning of cause and effect impresses me as how the ancient Athenians thoug...

I think in the West much of Eastern is considered nonsense. But I also think this is more about perspective than fact. Is God outside of nature or is ...

:lol: It was not an alien that changed the daughter/son. It was hormones! That person most certainly is not the sweet child I raised. Try a stroke or ...