Athena

Who do you think is a Christian? :rofl:

I love that solution. :clap: I had a teacher write a huge red F covering my work because she was angry with me. :lol: I got her back. I refused to coo...

Good for you being so self-aware. I feel a desire to give you defense. Like if I were a teacher and had Christians in my classroom, I would also assum...

I am quite sure there are many things you have not heard yet. What concerns me is I don't think you have a desire to learn of things you do not alread...

:rofl: Thank you for a good laugh. I am doing my best to work with the God of Abraham mythology. Perhaps the question of what a god can do should not ...

Almost but I am not comfortable with the notion that humans can know the word of God. We discover universal laws but the words we use to explain those...

Do you mean I have to believe something that is unbelievable because that is what people who deify Jesus have done?

Yes, people were ignorant and superstitious and yes the Church attempted to create social order, but if we are speaking of the Catholics, they were no...

There is no human nor god that can break the laws of the universe.

I like the word logos better than the word God. God implies a personality like Zues, or the jealous, revengeful, fearsome, and punishing God of the Bi...

I am not sure ignorance works and fear of the supernatural is ignorance? What is our goal? What do you mean, whose letters am I using? What kind of ar...

Even the gods must follow the laws of nature. Logos, reason, the controlling force of the universe made manifest in speech. The gods do not manifest l...

What makes something true is how well it works. I do not know the first person who said "look for God in everyone", I just know doing so has a positiv...

That is about like saying we can not catch a fish because it does not stay in the same place. May I offer the concept of democracy? It is rule by reas...

Speaking of children's TV programs, Sesame Street was amazing at crashing through the prejudice barriers and creating a place where puppets looked dif...

You may be interested in the Virtues Project. I have the 52 pack of virtue cards and have used them with friends and children. I hope to return to sha...

The little boy saved his town by sticking his thumb in the hole of the dam. :grin: Oh dear, I think it is the matter of the heart and that I was bless...

I believe reason and culture override instinct. We can all learn virtues and good manners if they are taught. That was the original purpose of educati...

I remember hearing constantly about the violence between the Irish and the British and it seemed all around the world people somehow people imaged a d...

Can I add to what said my grandmother's rules because I think they eliminate social problems? 1. We respect all people because we are respectful peopl...

I am white and really do not believe I was prejudiced against anyone until having bad experiences. The first time I saw people of color, they did a mu...

I have been told he will do counseling now. Actually, we have heard quite a bit about children having a problem because of the fight to open schools. ...

I have many college courses on DVD's and Cd's and audio tapes, from the Great Courses company. I have been listening to a 3 part series on the early m...

I see everyone is speaking of how the pandemic is affecting them. I have had my ups and downs and thankfully mostly ups. But I am an old goat with a l...

I so enjoyed watching the Public BroadcastingChannel Yesterday. There was a celebration of music in the evening and it was uplifting. All but one Pres...

You are right, but could use a little more information. What is a matter of truth is a matter of morality. The line of reasoning for this conclusion i...

Absolutely, that is the very meaning of being civilized! The enlightenment was about lifting everyone out of the dirt and taking us from being worms t...

In this pandemic, we must realize we are in this together. Separated by distance does mean we are not in this together. The whole world is having the ...

That is called dementia of Alzheimer's disease.

I hardly think it is bull shit because it is true, however, our understanding of it is inadequate.

You are Jack are having an absolutely marvelous discussion that I wish all of us would have! Before the 1958 education act that focused the US intense...

:lol: Calling rap rape was a Freudian slip. Unfortunately, when I think of rap I think of the anger directed against women expressed in some rape musi...

That was said very well. Sometimes poetry is the best way to speak truth.

I love political cartoons and in a very old book about poverty that I have, there pictures worth the saying "a picture is worth a thousand words". The...

Most likely our line of humans out-competed the Neanderthal because of our greater ability to organize group behaviors than enhance survival. Human su...

I think we are definitely seeing the better side of humanity. I wish there were a general understand that the Christian God did not become forgiving a...

Public education is essential and using our schools and public media to transmit a culture and necessary information such as when the economy collapse...

Whoopy :party: We have agreement. I am blown away by the US giving money to all citizens for no other reason than they are citizens and giving busines...

I think there are reasons to believe we are transitioning to a New Age. Transitions can be hard and this is not the first time a transition has lead t...

I did a different google search and got a different result. The link explains a disaster philosophy could shape government policy and that means a pos...

The US also had a standard of horror and it was very much a part of our education. We used heroes from around the world and since the earliest civiliz...

Perfect, you totally get the importance of coffee. :grin: And thank you! I am not interested in philosophical discussions that are like word games. Th...

Hum, presently international organizations are attempting to reduce procreation by giving women jobs. When women have jobs other than caring for famil...

My daughter and granddaughter have high-risk jobs. They have been in the same space with infected people. My daughter was sharing an office with an in...

For sure liberal education makes each person his/her own authority. And it is with this authority that we vote for the best leaders and gladly follow ...

Only highly moral people can have liberty and only well-educated people can be highly moral. So how well educated is the population? Our Statue of Lib...

Do you know of a book that explains the Japanese way? On the public broadcasting channel, I have seen how well organized Japanese neighborhoods are an...

What a perfect way to describe what has happened to the US. The people have become disconnected from the process of the civilization that supports the...

The beavers' behavior comes in the genes, not the development of the brain. We can inherit skills like beavers, birds, and other animals and insects. ...

I love the debate the two of you are having. If we want government services we must give up a degree of freedom. If we are going to rent instead of ow...