Outlander

Freedom is having the ability to lose it. Something like a skill, trade, or craft takes time to hone and master, which requires work, effort, and time...

Funny I was going to post "there's no 'I' in team". Meaning the needs of the many outweigh the needs of the slightly less many. We agree to vote, not ...

I still don't know if he was a theist or an atheist and that's what scares me. :sweat:

There is a foundation. Imagine you when you were six years old. If I punished you, spanked you, or otherwise made you feel bad, you knew it was undesi...

Is meaning purpose? Or is purpose meaning? If existence has no meaning or purpose (whichever you err on the side of) how does that relate to an object...

Sure, if they could. But they can't. That's why they're religious. Your ancestors were the same of other scientific reactions and happenings they coul...

In even shorter: fast and unstable wins the race. It wins many races, that's for sure. I'm not sure why you're so inclined to frequent a place that ho...

Why is it that a boy raised on a remote island somewhere can find joy in building sand castles, collecting shells, and watching the clouds or the tide...

I guess it would depend on both where those who doubted less than you ended up and where those who doubted more than you did as well. I'm sure there's...

Dumb it down for me some. A newly built wall, and it's future state of ruin (provided it's not repaired as needed) both exist, just not in the same pl...

Eh, it's not all that bad. You can still talk to people. Hang out. Material concerns and physical death are no longer paramount. Not really at least. ...

Acknowledging the hedonic cycle is as good a start as any I suppose. Is life worth living due to constant satisfaction? Well that one's up to you. Mea...

Fallen world. Plain and simple. Let it go. So you can use the system against itself, and see how far you are allowed to go. It may not be far. Or.. it...

Well, sure, in a way. If a philosophical argument were indisputable fact it would have already crossed over into the threshold of science already, gra...

Because. Why don't we have "White History Month" or "Men's Day", just to remind other people they are so marginalized they need a holiday to commemora...

A single person invented the nuclear bomb. Considering all persons being equal, i'd call that pretty horrible. Though perhaps considering it was (ofte...

I'm sure there are those who think just about anything really. Perhaps even a significant amount. You answered this yourself. Better odds. Still, I th...

Nothing brings one a sense of peace like not being able to defend oneself or at least die defending oneself on equal terms I suppose.

Science. Humanity evolving. Forms of atomic communication over large distances (which are documented) that have yet to be discovered by science. Plant...

"No comment" = "I don't agree with this, but what I do agree with makes this seem like nonsense to me. But I like some things you post or at least som...

Beauty transcends even this for it is truly in the eye of the beholder. If beauty can be comprised of wholeness and fragmentation, then surely the who...

Would you perhaps consider posting little snippets of the article that you found most captivating or relevant to whatever point you desire?

Obviously for them, it did. At least their understanding of it and the "realities" and resulting problems it presented in their own lives at least. Go...

Like, just one or a few or their own? There's two levels to attraction, physical and mental. You can't really help either. For example on other sites ...

I'm a theist myself mind you, but it's often done in the following ways. People form groups for survival. The purpose of a society or group of people ...

Nah, you're just going through the hedonic treadmill or cycle as I like to call it. I mean, you only need to do a simple Google search to see how fort...

Have you tried weed? Edit: If she's a diamond in the rough, at least get decent life insurance first.

Ew, no. I revoke my suggestion. Wholeheartedly.

Lol. No not like that just perhaps a small consensus vote of "key argument" etc. perhaps including counter-arguments and sub-arguments, etc... basical...

I don't think anything other than they're all the same at this point with exception of the following statistics: Greece: 90% Christian. Turkey: 99% Is...

So you'll have an interesting enough topic, one that's essentially answered several times over in the first page or two- then someone finds an off-exa...

The interesting part is there's no reason that would be required.. realizing that, I'd say no, I'm me.. now in your scenario assuming the memory and b...

Well the statements quoted present secondary logic derived from I'm not really sure where, human understanding and belief I assume? Who said God was m...

Panspermia is actually a widely-accepted theory. The possibility at least. But how did their life evolve? Earth is just a circumstantial prop in this ...

:grin: I guess I would instead say philosophy has done what science has yet to do. That something being giving meaning, purpose, and direction into an...

It was a poor one, I agree. Still, two states of being, allegedly. The first I described (cavemen-esque days) and today (microchips, spaceships, and e...

Your missing the point. We didn't go from cavemen bashing each other over the head for food, shelter, love, and even just for fun to interconnected so...

If it's not race or religion or income, people will find something else to fight over. Those are the most popular however, mind, soul, and body, respe...

How much of this OP is just baker's atheist background talking, and how much of it is relevant outside of that context. OH. All of it. :lol:

This is about as good as any I can recall at present.

Welcome, to start what exactly is your understanding of free will and what side of the fence of it, whatever it may be, are you on? Define it for us i...

https://youtu.be/vQDhESUu5zU

Ironically, for the same reason people need scientific beliefs and ideas. To avoid fright and confusion. Or to benefit themselves and *scoffs* of cour...

You shouldn't. Absent of scientific understanding, something you did nothing to bring about, we live in a world of spirits, gods, and magic. Don't be ...

Maybe they were radioactive. See radiation damage. Or time lords that distort the flow of time. Kinda like in the ending of Superman: The Movie, but t...

We work for the same reason we think, with the belief, if not latent hope, that we'll end up having to do much less of it in the future. You can expan...

Just so you know, I'm on the PC, listening to a few songs on YouTube, and just got back from playing a console system. So. But. For the pure point of ...

Someone on here introduced me to the concept of the hedonic treadmill, something I believe may be of relevance to your claim. Take my favorite PC game...

Meaning is not potential. Fool.

I must have missed that part sorry. ... Long before Paul or Jesus or anyone here on Earth as you reference them, the prophecy existed. The restriction...