Athena

Are you preparing to write a science fiction book? That was a long post and I don't think many would read it through. I couldn't help muse at your exp...

You make a good argument for diversified awareness but Cicero believed if we used good information and good logic we would come to agreements and I be...

Daniel Kahneman's explanation of fast and slow thinking is an interesting answer to your question. Fast thinking is based on beliefs. Slow thinking in...

I have thought if the Bible did not include the old testament, that would be an improvement. Then we could have in the beginning was logos, instead of...

Fascinating statement- that judgment and belief are different. I think that is exactly the point I have been trying to make. Before Jesus there was Mi...

Good job. Now the question is how to get Christians to learn about such things, and all the warring and power games that lead to the Bible we have tod...

Doesn't the Bible say we were born into sin? Something akin to evil? If not why did God sacrifice his own son? Why do we need to be saved by Jesus, in...

:lol: Obviously you have not read what Darwin said but appear to have a Christian understanding of science. Christians worry a lot about aborting chil...

Whoo- a commandment can be ignored? In war, it is essential to follow the commander. I am groping here because I understand the word as Americans do a...

The problem with Christianity is not believing there is a God, the reliance on this God. The simplicity of this thinking and believing that is the bes...

Independent thinking should always keep us a little outside of the mob, and when we are not in agreement with what the mob is doing, it is our duty to...

Thank you so much. So what is up the Christians who argue as though those quotes are not part of the Bible and have nothing to do with the Christian l...

Yes, that is exactly what this thread about but some of you word things better than I do. Criteria- a principle or standard by which something may be ...

Thank you very much! The churches I have visited talk a lot about the dangers of those heathens and pagans and the need to protect the neighborhood fo...

"Day After Tomorrow" a huge freeze forces the people in North America to migrate South. No, we can not join them for political reasons. This notion co...

I totally agree, and we are not going to achieve that goal arguing about what a holy book says because all of them are mythology and not scientific th...

How fortunate you are to be able to read the Bible in Arabic. I have found one language does not easily translate to another. Also, the Romans could n...

You do not see a difference between what? A moral being a matter of cause and effect, or a moral being what the Bible says God likes and doesn't like?...

I find your question of what Jesus actually did the most interesting. I do not remember one account of Jesus participating in the sacrifice of an anim...

A moral claim is a matter of cause and effect. No one helped the Little Red Hen make her bread so she didn't share it. The Little Red Engine made it o...

Life is capricious. Applying a concept of justice to it is humorous to me. :lol: "There but the grace of God go I."

Trump is doing what he believes his base wants. And he seems to be alining himself with bullies because his supporters admire people with power. I thi...

I agree with all the good things you say about this form of communication and I disagree with a little. For example I have become very close with a wo...

My logic is the opposite of yours. I love being a life long student reading books or watching videos of college lectures, and then sharing what I lear...

Liberal education is education for good moral judgment and it results in a much higher morality and has done far more for humanity than religion. Our ...

2+2+4. There is no evil in the equation. What happens is the consequence of the action and there is no evil in the equation. However, if we know we ar...

Looks like plenty has been said of love. If anyone wants to discuss love we can pull up a past discussion or maybe start a new one? I have a concern t...

I feel like Alice in Wonderland. I am not understanding why you ask that question. Moral is a matter of cause and effect. We are not being punished. W...

What makes you think everyone has experienced love? I would say for practical reasons and as a result of dysfunctional families, many choose power ove...

Again nicely said and I am particularly delighted that you touched on the matter of authority. I am sorry everyone, I can not stop thinking of politic...

Okay, let us address dogma and authority. What does one study to be a religious authority? What does one study to understand reality? I think science ...

Can I weigh in here? Religion is based on mythology not facts that have been validated. Morality based on cause and effect is akin to science and fact...

That was beautifully said, and so is the notion of cause and effect (morality) that strong, when it is understood. I have lost one of my most precious...

I don't think you answered the question. What is being judged, the person or the act?

Ouch, ouch that thought hurts! Our own limited consciousness is not the whole of reality! If we do wrong, the harm is done if we know about it or not ...

Kahill Gibran says we speak when we are not at ease with our thoughts, and I feel uneasy with what you said. I do not believe in a designer of our exi...

I think the unpleasant problem of which you speak is what democracy is about. We all have a voice. Granted no one is going to pay much attention to me...

Does it matter which notion of God a person finds believable? How about logos and science, does that work? I think logos comes with abolute truth, but...

Reading what you said, I thought of primates and social animals in general. The group decides the rules and one's position in the group depends on the...

When it comes to choosing a belief system, I will put my faith in science and have absolutely no desire to go back in time before there was sceince. I...

Personally I do not believe a God has spoken with people and if he did they would not understand him any more than back in the day people could have u...

Science is working on resurrecting the dead. This google page might be of interest? https://www.state.gov/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/Annex-E-FY-2019-C...

How is a principle determined? If it is the word of God then that is a for sure the right thing. If it is just what an individual thinks, how can we b...

So how does a person go about finding meaning? We just meditate or what?

I disagree. To be moral a person must be well informed. A moral is a matter of cause and effect and a person who does not understand cause and effect ...

We have a choice. We can follow 3 simple rules and reduce the spread of the virus and go about our lives almost as normal, or we can ignore the rules ...

Good moral judgment is essential. How do people gain good moral judgment?

You made an excellent point. I am really blown away by how differently history is being presented today compared to 60 years ago. Now, this has to lea...

Why of course that racism is natural and nothing has changed in a thousand years, except today when a police office kneels a man's neck, the whole wor...

Nicely said. However, don't you think the mentality of abundance has made a big difference! I mean a really big difference! In Oregon, no one will sta...