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Stosh

['Member']Joined: December 07, 2016 at 17:19Last active: December 20, 2016 at 22:00None discussions23 comments

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Well, putting it that way , I wouldn't agree that I Wouldn't expect it ,,, lets say the introvert really wasn't sure of where they stood in relation t...
December 14, 2016 at 22:44
Is the painting grim ? or lively? cant answer as is. I need to know the style or an example similar , to venture my wild guess properly. Is it like th...
December 14, 2016 at 18:55
No its not obvious , its incredibly subtle. Im thinking the hand motion is a summation of all your beliefs, even the ones subconscious. Your 'sincerit...
December 14, 2016 at 17:19
Congratulations, you just freed Jorndoe from philosophical self contempt about not taking action about everything wrong in the world. :) That should b...
December 14, 2016 at 15:08
What is this pre-occupation I keep sensing with simplest coherent belief ?
December 14, 2016 at 14:24
Maybe I do agree, to a degree, with the opening post, umm its certainly more my style to act rather than leave someone to nasty fate. Like BitterCrank...
December 14, 2016 at 12:43
What does Morpheus have to do with it :)
December 13, 2016 at 23:19
Notice that I have "victim" in quotation marks, that's to alert that I think, that the writer has predetermined who is right and wrong. Its not a neut...
December 13, 2016 at 23:09
Then go do it. Your ethics , your obligations , your actions. See how that doesn't intrude on anyone else's rights or beliefs? See how nobody tries to...
December 13, 2016 at 22:19
What if the "victim" deserved it ? I'm thinking almost all people have some sort of equation by which they deem a violent reaction is indeed warranted...
December 13, 2016 at 20:39
You'd at least have to define what the 'divine will' was.
December 12, 2016 at 22:10
Calling humans a 'logical entity' is probably an oxymoron. ;)
December 12, 2016 at 21:51
For contrast, If the universe did exercise will, then I figure we would see inexplicable suspensions of the physical laws. Ex: The universe wants men ...
December 12, 2016 at 19:52
If I said life has no objective meaning , the point I am expressing is that there is no overarching thing which is relying on us to fulfill some plan,...
December 12, 2016 at 16:52
Well, I know what you're saying, in common parlance there is the idea that things might be real or unreal. But you get into a quagmire ,which has alre...
December 11, 2016 at 18:09
IF, Skepticism requires unassailable provable justification to support a claim as fact....This skepticism is a process which doesn't allow its own exe...
December 11, 2016 at 17:12
I'm thinking the handshake indicates we aren't holding a weapon in that hand , nor making a threatening fist , there is physical contact , not too thr...
December 11, 2016 at 14:35
I spoke in the inverse to shed light on from that angle , since I think that in this case, the linkage of A to B is really the same as linking B to A....
December 11, 2016 at 14:32
I love what I read of the eastern philosophies, yet , I am certainly one who, however characterized for it , easily disagree with Confucius where he m...
December 11, 2016 at 13:48
I'm willing to make a serious contribution , I posted two other posts which gained no response ,so I wasn't going to write a thesis until I figured ou...
December 09, 2016 at 22:59
I suppose this means that if someone habituates their affectations , they are genuine, and if someone overcomes their fears , its disingenuous.
December 09, 2016 at 18:30
I think this is a quick dismissal of a weakly worded position. It presumes that there is a goodness which is not circularly arrived at. If one doesn't...
December 08, 2016 at 23:00
Hi, I'm thinking the effect is partially causation and partially correlation. There's six conceptions of Lambda , the actual state of Lambda, is none ...
December 07, 2016 at 18:00