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TheDarkElf

['Member']Joined: April 18, 2020 at 17:35Last active: April 27, 2020 at 03:295 discussions41 comments

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In: Ideas for during quarantine  — view comment
What do you do for work Michael?
April 26, 2020 at 22:28
In: What afterlife do you believe awaits us after death?  — view comment
How long could one remain in this 'soul state' for? And it sounds like you believe fate to be set out before us?
April 26, 2020 at 22:12
In: Is it wrong to talk behind someone’s back?  — view comment
Yeah I agree with this
April 26, 2020 at 22:11
In: Do you agree with the concept of anarchism?  — view comment
Looks like I won’t be doing any travel what with corona and the works. I’ll watch some videos on it though :rofl:
April 21, 2020 at 15:53
In: Do you agree with the concept of anarchism?  — view comment
Are there any feasible ways to examine it more properly and be able to ascertain its chances of success?
April 21, 2020 at 15:13
In: Do you agree with the concept of anarchism?  — view comment
Ok then.
April 21, 2020 at 13:50
In: Do you agree with the concept of anarchism?  — view comment
Are civilization and true democracy really such lofty ideals? Secondly anarchism is the polar opposite to fascism so it hardly seems reasonable to be ...
April 21, 2020 at 13:36
In: Ideas for during quarantine  — view comment
I'd have to go poor mans and that doesn't sound like fun
April 21, 2020 at 13:02
In: What afterlife do you believe awaits us after death?  — view comment
If by this you mean most of the other discussions I've started have been on the lounge that doesn't seem to be a legitimate enough reason to move some...
April 19, 2020 at 15:13
In: Ideas for during quarantine  — view comment
Ok that’s for the tips :rofl:
April 19, 2020 at 14:34
In: False Awakening & Unknowable Reality  — view comment
Ah how interesting, I’ll have to do more reading up about Buddhism then.
April 19, 2020 at 00:25
In: What afterlife do you believe awaits us after death?  — view comment
nice analogies, I like your firm opinions too
April 18, 2020 at 23:48
In: What afterlife do you believe awaits us after death?  — view comment
This is beautiful, thanks for sharing.
April 18, 2020 at 23:46
In: What afterlife do you believe awaits us after death?  — view comment
hahah
April 18, 2020 at 23:44
In: Temporary vs Eternal personality  — view comment
I feel like the person could go through a period of hatred for his mother, even one of a hundred years. This could be caused by some realisation or un...
April 18, 2020 at 23:34
In: Temporary vs Eternal personality  — view comment
Yes and that would make up who you are, but wouldn’t that change for you individually over time?
April 18, 2020 at 23:32
In: Donald Trump (All General Trump Conversations Here)  — view comment
Do people think trump is going to win the re election?
April 18, 2020 at 21:06
In: Communism is the perfect form of government  — view comment
Honestly I would say it is...
April 18, 2020 at 21:02
In: Ideas for during quarantine  — view comment
Online board games Learn an obscure skill, juggling, origami etc Practice an instrument Self improvement - working out, reading good books Sort your h...
April 18, 2020 at 21:00
In: What afterlife do you believe awaits us after death?  — view comment
Fair enough yeah
April 18, 2020 at 20:54
In: What afterlife do you believe awaits us after death?  — view comment
Very true, what do you plan to do after you die?
April 18, 2020 at 20:50
In: What afterlife do you believe awaits us after death?  — view comment
Ahahaha so true
April 18, 2020 at 20:47
In: Temporary vs Eternal personality  — view comment
Alright, what would some examples of those things be?
April 18, 2020 at 20:45
In: What afterlife do you believe awaits us after death?  — view comment
fair enough
April 18, 2020 at 20:25
In: Problem solving thread  — view comment
I’m thinking about buying a computer, it might be bad for my mental health in terms of staying indoors and not exercising as much. The upsides are tha...
April 18, 2020 at 20:21
In: What are you listening to right now?  — view comment
https://youtu.be/9S0ONyRctyE
April 18, 2020 at 20:17
In: Is it wrong to talk behind someone’s back?  — view comment
I like this, you sort of answer the question in a roundabout way but it delivers the point more than you could have directly.
April 18, 2020 at 20:14
In: What afterlife do you believe awaits us after death?  — view comment
I like your outlook on this, hopefully I can become comfortable with not being sure what after-death looks like one day. Because an issue with your li...
April 18, 2020 at 20:12
In: Temporary vs Eternal personality  — view comment
Not exactly, I would say identity is how you perceive yourself and how others perceive you. If this is a legitimate definition for identity then it wo...
April 18, 2020 at 20:01
In: What afterlife do you believe awaits us after death?  — view comment
I don’t believe in an afterlife, I don’t really know what I believe at this point, I’m just asking questions and trying to come to some sort of conclu...
April 18, 2020 at 19:56
In: What afterlife do you believe awaits us after death?  — view comment
This is a great post, the testimonial idea definitely holds a lot of stock. Are you thinking about them in a specific case or religion?
April 18, 2020 at 19:31
In: What afterlife do you believe awaits us after death?  — view comment
This makes sense, yeah. This is not taking into account a religious aspect though?
April 18, 2020 at 19:27
In: What afterlife do you believe awaits us after death?  — view comment
I see what you’re saying. So for right now the only evidence is that we die and there is no evidence pointing to anything after that. This does discou...
April 18, 2020 at 19:25
In: Temporary vs Eternal personality  — view comment
I’d say it’s quite possible that they could fluctuate to the same degrees you’ve laid out. An eternity is an unfathomably long time and the switch bet...
April 18, 2020 at 19:21
In: What afterlife do you believe awaits us after death?  — view comment
How are you able to be so sure in your opinion? Have you found some proof that shows that there is no afterlife?
April 18, 2020 at 19:05
In: What afterlife do you believe awaits us after death?  — view comment
I agree that those people are all dead. Can you prove that their consciousnesses are not still present at some level or at some place? There is no pro...
April 18, 2020 at 19:04
In: Ethics of knowingly exposing others to infection  — view comment
At a base level I completely agree, it seems like a terrible offence and could even be punishable by the death sentence. The issue is that it is (hope...
April 18, 2020 at 19:00
In: What afterlife do you believe awaits us after death?  — view comment
Are you saying I should attempt to come into contact with the divine? I’d be open to trying but I’m not sure how to go about it. Also what do you mean...
April 18, 2020 at 18:37
In: Temporary vs Eternal personality  — view comment
This is a really interesting concept. What you suggest in that the characters' personality might materialize into something eternal implies that the p...
April 18, 2020 at 18:21
In: What is imagination?  — view comment
I feel like there is no right and wrong answer to this question, as people are different and perceive things differently. One person might project an ...
April 18, 2020 at 18:10
In: Is modern man losing the will to survive?  — view comment
Like you've touched on in your post, because humanity has all of its needs met it has stagnated. Only a few hundred years ago we were fighting against...
April 18, 2020 at 17:56
In: False Awakening & Unknowable Reality  — view comment
I have been thinking about this concept recently and as you said, there is no way to determine if we are in 'reality' or a waking life now. I would su...
April 18, 2020 at 17:45
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