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Daniel C

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Shamshir. Thank you for explaining yourself once again. Your tripartite conception of "what we trying to grasp" is interesting and definitely one to b...
September 16, 2019 at 12:39
Shamshir. This will indeed be a great way to express yourself on this matter on a literature forum. But, this is a philosophical forum; therefore you ...
September 15, 2019 at 16:39
Elucid, my friend. Pause and consider: the question "if condemning someone to hell foreverover over somethings is a just punishment", must be based on...
September 14, 2019 at 21:46
Also always bear in mind, even if its difficult and you rather feel to ignore it, because it may be so tough to have to live with it: The Bible, "God'...
September 14, 2019 at 18:55
Can you see what is happening now? We have arrived at the point where our reason is driving us to exceed the boundaries of Biblical scripture to make ...
September 14, 2019 at 15:51
Shamshir and Relativist. Your discussion has reached a turning point or perhaps a position of checkmate. The questions now are: what is the difference...
September 13, 2019 at 16:37
Theology is always the theory of a specific religion and in that also always apologetic, i.e. defending the religion concerned. It also comprises more...
September 11, 2019 at 13:26
After having had a look at the RC dogma on this topic it has become clearer to me how this concept of an "immortal soul" came into existence and hoe i...
September 11, 2019 at 10:23
Wayfarer. Thank you for thorough analysis. It just shows that there are some real philosophical minds on this forum! To me one thing is very clear fro...
September 10, 2019 at 11:34
tim wood. Yes, I agree with you - that type of confusion must be avoided. Let me make another attempt to make it clear what this is all about: how cer...
September 09, 2019 at 21:05
But of course! Why didn't you point it out earlier?
September 09, 2019 at 14:41
My question to you is: based on the New Testament, how can it be dogmatically justified that it is true that there is an entity known as the "soul / s...
September 08, 2019 at 17:13
MichaelJYoo. If I am correct, it seems that you are interested in philosophical text books which can be used on an introductory level of the subject. ...
September 08, 2019 at 17:05
TheMadFool. If so, why is it that I don't find any contribution on this forum written by an animal? If you are right, there must be at least one or ev...
September 07, 2019 at 16:59
We are rational and so are other animals. But, there is something special about human rationality which make us distinct from all other living creatur...
September 07, 2019 at 14:37
Perhaps, if there is one important point to remember about Nietzsche, it is that he is a figure playing a vital transitional role in the history of ph...
September 07, 2019 at 13:36
Thank you Christopher - yes the Judeo-Christian Bible. But isn't this view another example of how bad Christian theology can be? The whole idea of a "...
September 07, 2019 at 12:05
Schopenhauer1. I like your references to Sartre with regards to the fundamental human situation and more specifically life in respect of purposefulnes...
September 06, 2019 at 18:50
Judaka. I agree with you as far as "authoritarian" positions are concerned: I refuse to accept a point of view which implies that any "authority figur...
September 06, 2019 at 12:50
Gregory. On the book that you read that states: "we are God". Perhaps the concept may sound strange to us who are used to western ways of thought. But...
September 05, 2019 at 21:04
Yes, it all seems to be becoming something like a thrilling human adventure: the many aspects of life (and death) getting involved; the fact that the ...
September 05, 2019 at 09:45
Alcontali. Thank you for your contribution, a very interesting one, because religion has now been introduced, more specifically a theistic one, viz. I...
September 04, 2019 at 17:23
3017amen. Before I start with my attempt to explain and to criticize I want to make one point - please bear the following in mind all the time in this...
September 04, 2019 at 10:35
Thank you 3017amen for your response. With this response you brought out something very important: the fact / value distinction. Psychology is a socia...
September 03, 2019 at 19:50
One important reason, I think, to keep this distinction lies hidden in the paradox of the "distance" between these two "entities". You can never be an...
September 03, 2019 at 12:26