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AngryBear

['Member']Joined: January 09, 2019 at 12:44Last active: July 17, 2019 at 14:561 discussions17 comments

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In: In what capacity did God exist before religion came about, if at all? How do we know this?  — view comment
I think the initial concept of God was created for language as opposed to a real being. I think that forces in the universe were personified because w...
July 13, 2019 at 22:02
In: The emotional meaning of ritual and icon  — view comment
I think symbolism comes down to universal language, a language that really is a culture where all things of the mind merge together. It works in the s...
July 11, 2019 at 11:38
In: Free Will or an illusion and how this makes us feel.  — view comment
Again this is just a possibility i'm thinking about and am not 100% sold on it, but I think here that there are preferences and social states but they...
July 11, 2019 at 11:28
In: Free Will or an illusion and how this makes us feel.  — view comment
There doesn't have to be a pattern, because there are so many factors behind a decision its different each time, meaning that the reason why I decide ...
July 11, 2019 at 11:04
In: Brexit  — view comment
I'm a Dual Citizen British and Swiss so I have an escape plan if need be. Having said that I don't like what the EU is becoming, while I agree with th...
July 11, 2019 at 09:15
In: Free Will or an illusion and how this makes us feel.  — view comment
For now I dont think we have free will because if the science of particle physics is correct then it appears everything that happens is a direct resul...
July 11, 2019 at 08:46
In: Is it true that ''Religion Poisons Everything''?  — view comment
Agreed, however I think Athiesm is relatively young, and so in time I think people will get to a point were godless philosophy could be used to kill a...
January 14, 2019 at 17:55
In: Is it true that ''Religion Poisons Everything''?  — view comment
All of the negative aspects of religion exist in other things. So going by Hitchens logic here, its humans poison everything.
January 14, 2019 at 11:46
In: Is logic undoubtable? What can we know for certain?  — view comment
Logic requires total impartiality, are humans capable of this?
January 14, 2019 at 11:43
In: Atheism is far older than Christianity  — view comment
Its hard to know if we had no religious thoughts at any time prior to Christianity. I'm starting to think that during the early paleolithic era, where...
January 14, 2019 at 11:37
In: Is life meaningless?  — view comment
I think meaning is created by our imagination, so therefore life can be meaningful if you really want it to be.
January 14, 2019 at 10:32
In: What if spirituality is the natural philosophy?  — view comment
That’s a very aggressive stance you have there. I’m not an authority on his mental health, what’s the diagnosis? Either way, the idea of merging acade...
January 09, 2019 at 22:54
In: What if spirituality is the natural philosophy?  — view comment
Laird Scranton has written books on how the Ancient Egyptians and the Dogon developed similar theories that ran quite parallel with all kinds of Quant...
January 09, 2019 at 19:58
In: What if spirituality is the natural philosophy?  — view comment
I understand that many studies outline how the brain looks for patterns and compares them to its knowledge in order to seek a truth that makes sense. ...
January 09, 2019 at 19:34
In: Is it possible to be certain about the future?  — view comment
If you look at the universe on a molecular level, you can see that one particle interaction will directly influence other interactions. So its possibl...
January 09, 2019 at 14:39
In: What if spirituality is the natural philosophy?  — view comment
I am suggesting that consciousness is fluid were different components such as emotion and knowledge merge together in different ways at different time...
January 09, 2019 at 14:06
In: What if spirituality is the natural philosophy?  — view comment
Yes you're right, by "natural" I'm talking about a predetermined manner of thinking that we are born with, so while our physical bodies have systems f...
January 09, 2019 at 13:58
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