T_Clark

I have had very strong disagreements on this forum, to the point of offending someone. I've also been angry and harsh. I generally try to resolve thes...

I'm not sure I understand. Are you saying we shouldn't express disagreement, even strong disagreement, with others opinions? That we shouldn't expect ...

Thanks. I just wanted to make sure I understood your position.

Just to make sure we're still talking about the same thing, when you say "both of these," you're still talking about numerology and Platonism, correct...

You can't get rid of the relativity of simultaneity without crumbling the whole edifice of relativity, including the assertion that the speed of light...

I was thinking they are similar in that they understand (misunderstand?) the world as an abstract pattern rather than as an independent phenomenon wit...

I generally like dreams and I remember them much better than I used to. I was going to write about a dream experience similar to yours. From others I'...

Two objects do not have to be travelling the same speed and direction in order to be in the same frame of reference. Also, I'm pretty sure that no hum...

I wasn't really criticizing you. Giving people and their ideas the benefit of the doubt is not a bad way to go. People tend to see patterns where none...

Now maybe you're being too charitable. The point I was trying to make is that numerologists et. al. are just following an impulse that is built into u...

I haven't participated in this thread since back at the beginning, so I don't know what else has been said, but I have been thinking about the issue. ...

It was intended as a joke for our friends in Australia, but no one noticed it or everyone ignored it. Is that where you're from? New Zealand?

You haven't said anything even remotely crazy that I've read. When you say what you say, it makes you seem unconfident and I think it undermines your ...

I think our memories can do whatever they "want." Nothing seems inconsistent. I sometimes have memories but I'm not sure whether they really happened ...

I don't really agree with anyone on this thread. Except for myself of course, but my comments are out of the main channel. Even so, it's a really inte...

I think you're being a bit uncharitable here. As Another discusses below, humans seek patterns. It's my understanding it's built in, human nature. Tha...

I think both the quark and the soul are experienceable. I know some physics. I have a pretty good grasp of how scientists think the subatomic world is...

These are really the only statements in what you've written that can really be judged from a scientific perspective. I guess as rational people we sho...

I was thinking about something else, and this just popped into my head. I've heard estimates that there have been about 100 billion people born since ...

I have experienced deja vu, but not often. It's a neat feeling. I enjoy feelings I can't explain (Not anxiety). I always think "what the fuck is going...

You are an interesting person. Maybe not a friend of the faith but a friend of faith. Something I've wondered - Is Baha'i related to Judaism? I've onl...

I didn't know you could link to a Pandora station. Anyway, I've just started. It isn't that populated yet.

I don't think you're a heretic. I think you are either an apostate or an infidel.

I think you have misunderstood what MysticMonist was trying to get across. I thought your response was insulting and disrespectful. On the other hand,...

Only peripherally related, one of my favorite stories. I was at an informal party that my son's girlfriend invited me to. Maybe 15 people sitting arou...

My main point is that I've never seen any mean-spiritedness in the Christians I've come in contact with.

You misunderstood my point. There are lots of Christians who think I am definitely going to hell. Some have said so. To them, they're just stating fac...

Personal opinion. Smarty pants.

TimeLine has responded to you above. I don't think there is anyone on this forum who has thought more about how to use philosophy to deal with her dem...

To be fair, I've never met a Christian who wants to condemn me to hell. They just think that's where I'm going if I don't see the light. For them, it'...

I think your whole discussion with Another is a good example of what I have said before - I am bothered by atheists unwillingness to accept personal e...

MysticMonist doesn't need me to defend him, so this is me confronting your arrogance and rigidity for my own satisfaction. He's a gracious guy and ref...

I'm with MysticMonist, both in terms of his opinion of new age philosophies/religions and that what you have described is not that. I really enjoy whe...

Since I'm out of jokes, I'll put in some other things I think are funny. This is for StreetlightX, MikeL, TimeLine, Banno, and all the other guys who ...

I've just set up a Pandora station from that era. Gary U.S. Bonds, Beachboys, Otis Redding, Buddy Holly, Little Richard, Dion. Such wonderful music.

I think everything you've written boils down to "How can there be hell if there is a merciful God." The rest is a bunch of word play. I think it's a b...

Hey, just because you're pissed at me for talking trash about your jokes, you shouldn't use a picture of me without my permission.

I listened to an episode of "The Philosopher's Zone" in my car this morning. They were talking about transcendence. The philosopher talked about his t...

Great special effects. I think it foreshadows Star Wars.

Joke of the Day - October 26, 2017 This is it. I'm out of jokes: Frank, Jesus, and a couple of their friends were sitting around shooting the bull and...

We all do live in the same world, so it's not surprising that different times and cultures have similar insights.

You're playing language games. You haven't untied any knots at all. There never were any.

It has nothing to do with being good. I has to do with knowing how to take care of people. How to look out after them.

So, will you be there?

If you can be there, I'll PM my cell phone number and we can talk about it. I think we can achieve the required level of simultaneity.

You didn't seem disrespectful at all. For me, the point of the forum is to bash ideas around and see what works. It's competitive. Recreational. Playf...

I have to drive to New Haven tomorrow morning. I'll meet you at 9:15 at the McDonalds at the rest stop on I90 west right before the I84 exit. Ok? 2013...

Some people are desperate and vulnerable. Philosophy, which turns your mind back in on itself, might be exactly the wrong thing for them. I think for ...

I think you expressed yourself well. I think there is danger of using philosophy as a kind of therapy, but listening to you and others on this forum, ...

I have been diagnosed with bipolar disorder. I know depression, but anxiety has always been what hurt the most. There's nothing wrong with being depre...