Athena

But what songs should I be singing? You tease me. I am not sure of what you intend to communicate.

Wow, why did you say that? The US adopted the communist income tax and is now destroying the family to have every adult in the workforce and is talk a...

Very interesting! I want more information. How does this tie into a change of attitude that began during 1950-1960? Eisenhower and the establishment o...

You seem very well informed and I would like to know how you became informed so I might follow that path? I have not seen anything that would make me ...

You make my heart sing. :love: People in US political forums just do not understand what the discussion is about and I was so frustrated with them, I ...

Apollodorus, think about what you are saying very carefully. The USSR "liberated" women long before the US did. This is an economic thing that we have...

Once upon a time societies were organized by family order. Admittedly there may be some problems with that, but it does not become the government's pr...

Oh is that why our banking system and some industries have been run by psychopaths, a lack of a father in the home? I think you may have a point. Woul...

Oh my goodness, you asked a very, very important question! There are two ways to have social order, culture or authority over the people. Native Ameri...

That is a different subject but it is related to this one. Perhaps we can move closer to the subject by asking how do men organize and how do women or...

How are both patriarchy and matriarchy flawed? If you can answer that, it would be the discussion I was hoping to have.

That question is not relevant to the importance of the homemaker.

We used to educate for independent thinking and for civic and industrial leadership. I have this crazy notion that democracy in American meant not rel...

Hum another very interesting reply and also far from what I expected. You might notice how much the function of government has changed since women hav...

Well, that is an interesting comment. Before you decide who is a fool you might want to have more information. But I am pondering what you said and wo...

The US is unlikely to have a new enemy as long as fracking meets our oil needs. However, it could very well create new enemies. I so wish we would lea...

I love your statement. :heart: When in the 21 century has the US fought a war for survival? Our constitution tried to limit our wars to our defense an...

Whoo, whoo, the US was known for its resistance to entering wars and coming up with the idea of a United Nations, to resolve conflicts with reason, a ...

Yes, and that civilization surpassed Christian Europe. My above post was too long so quickly I say in this short post, the enemy is not Islam. The ene...

That is not exactly what they want. The first thing they accomplished is convincing Turkey to operate the airport. The airport is essential to receive...

That appears to be a well-informed answer. I am impressed. I am also uneasy because the US seems to be experiencing the same intolerance. War is good ...

Absolutely, what they developed did not come out of the blue, and that is why I do not expect Afghanistan Muslims to do well. I think you hit upon som...

I totally love a historical perspective. If Islam regains its glory, I do think that will happen in Afghanistan because they are not coming from a civ...

No, the only thing disrespectfulness will get is negative.

Yes, the US modeled its industry after Britain's autocratic order and it follows that the US is more autocratic than democratic.

There are two ways to have social order, culture, or authority over the people. In 1958 the US stopped transmitting its culture and that leaves only a...

I don't think Buddhism has one official book like the Christian Bible. It is not an organized religion like Judaism, Christianity, and Islam, but is l...

How do you think that put-down contributes to the thread?

The most fun thing about philosophy is the questions that are asked. I want to applaud you for asking such an interesting question. That said, I think...

I will vote for Buddhism over Christianity. However, Buddhism can be filled with demons and gods and it can be chauvinistic. It also falls way short o...

That was not logic, it was a stupid argument. We are not born with knowledge of math or anything else. We only have the potential to learn. When we ar...

Awe, the word "effect" makes all the difference. We are all trying to exchange information and only rarely do we have the pleasure of success. The inf...

I am done. Not even a child prodigy would do simple math without a teacher. Mathematical concepts do not automatically come with being human. Only the...

I am good with what you said up to the last line. Why did you have to add the term "neural system?" Does the universe have a neural system?

And human, when broken down to its root meaning, means moist soil, That means contained in our word human is the belief that a god made us from mud, b...

No, a child does not automatically know 1+1 = 2. It takes a lot of work to get a child to understand the concepts of math. There are primitive tribes ...

You may think that but how much have you studied the subject of animal thinking and communication? Where do you get your information about the origina...

No, the reason of all things in the thing. Humans may or may not come to understand the reasons. We do not have global warming because humans reason t...

Without experience, human beings would not be as they are and they would not be able to function in the man-made reality we have created. Higher-level...

Asking why is fundamental to reasoning on a human level. Studies of Bonobo indicate they can think abstractly and reason but they do not have the rich...

Hum, how is reasoning different from empirical learning? I get that not all reasoning is empirical, but I would not say empirical learning is not reas...

That seems agreeable with the notion of logos and when you study the information that is in the form, you can be conscious of it, right? I am not sure...

Oh, oh I am afraid we have an argument of conflicting ideas. Every creature on earth must perceive and use information for survival. I also think the ...

Wow, this is a challenge. I still don't think I am getting your meaning. I looked for the meaning of "casual" and got this "not regular or permanent"....

Ouch, I am not understanding what you said. Can you reword that? From my perspective, the information is in the rock if we are conscious of it or not.

Everything might be up to our ability to precieve and our interpretation of what we perceive, but to think that covers everything that can be known, i...

I won't quote everything you said because we can refer back to it. I just want to say those thoughts are totally awesome! Now my brain is so overstimu...

:lol: That would not be so bad if that god were an unknown god instead of a god-like Zeus who has human qualities. Doesn't the bible say God is beyond...

You kind of lost me in the explanation of why humans don't agree on the correct information, but I love your use of the concept of fractals. Hum, when...

The first sentence made sense to me. The second sentence makes sense to me. The third sentence makes sense to me. The first half of the fourth sentenc...