It is so hard to explain these things. When under a lot of stress, especially if I have not slept or had eaten very much, I have intense experiences o...
Yes, I am not dismissing of people's beliefs of any kind because experience can be so strange, and our whole attempts to understand them from a logica...
I would probably accept most experiences of precognition as natural phenomena now, although I haven't had any for some time, so it is hard to explain ...
I have altered my title because I realise that the majority of people who use this site are people who think in a critical way. However, I am interest...
Thanks for the links. The aspect referred to in the link which I thought was most interesting was the whole idea of microwave effect and the whole que...
It is interesting that one of your ancestors was an archbishop who was friendly with Madame Blavatsky. I have read some of her writings and also, anot...
One aspect which I think is important to consider is the whole way in which Christianity developed as a mainstream religion and may have, at many time...
I think that part of the problem is that many people have not been socialised to see the importance of getting an act together as an individual task. ...
You speak of behaviour traits as being inherited, and one idea which I came across in biology is that generally it has been maintained that only 2 str...
I think that many, including Jung, have interpreted the resurrection in this way, although most people who adhere to mainstream Christianity believe f...
It is hard to know to what extent we are determined and how much of a role we have in determining our lives. It seems to me that some people get a bet...
What you are saying is interesting. I am wondering how you see the physical and intellectual intertwined? What role does body play, and where does min...
I do think that there is a difference between the psychology of the elite and the mass of humanity, in terms of experience and the wish to preserve ce...
I would say that it was the whole struggle with life on a daily basis. Even now, I even struggle sometimes with even replying to the comments. Life se...
I do believe that philosophy is the absolute adventure, beyond material and all other gains. We may stand back in trepidation, clinging on to what we ...
I do hold onto what's inside, and I do keep in touch with friends, even though I have not been able to meet up with people for a year. I do wonder how...
I think that social conditions are also important. Personally, I live with about 10 to 12 people in one house, in London, so that all the rules of soc...
To some extent we are stuck with our bodies and their changing nature. We can clothe them and modify them to some extent. They can enable us to achiev...
I think that you are pointing to an important question in asking what it means to be human. The whole question of conformism, mysticism and the whole ...
I do think that our problems probably stem from our parents. Certainly, when I have been in therapy I have felt that I was dealing with a whole spectr...
One aspect which I think is worth you considering is how this connects to your whole philosophy of egoism. The needs of those in power over others is ...
I do not have any problems with the idea of Jesus being born through a sexual act. What I wonder about is why is this so significant for people? If Je...
I just read the article you referred to in the Metro, but it is more complex than this. Obviously, how we speak about preference matters. Language abo...
I was going to respond to your previous thread but as this is your more revised thinking I am doing it here. Also, I can also say that I was brought t...
I think that seeing who one is sexually attracted to in terms as being race and as possible racism would be taking political correctness to the ridicu...
Do you think that the reason why people have such an extended adolescence is because they never reach adulthood? Also, we could ask what does adulthoo...
My understanding is that there is so much uncertainty about the person known as Jesus because the Gospels were written a long time after Jesus's death...
I think that could explain why I have poor self esteem in groups. I am only about 5 ft. When I was 18 people used to often think I was about 12 or 13....
I do believe that our whole experience of the body affects the whole question of whether we are happy or not. The way we are perceived, as well as our...
Thanks for clarifying Levinas's idea of face to face. It sounds interesting, the whole relationship with vulnerability, and the enemy. The whole exper...
The whole way in which images in the media affect us is a fascinating one.The whole way we perceive ourselves as ugly or attractive does affect us so ...
It seems awful that you had a philosophy tutor who wished you to 'parrot' what was taught. It seems to defeat the whole purpose of studying philosophy...
I just read your links and found the one about Julia Kristeva"s ideas on horror very interesting because I could relate to that based on my experience...
I am still reading 'The Zhuangzi'. I can see why it is considered as a literary classic. I might have finished it by now if it wasn't in such tiny pri...
You referred to some interesting ideas in your recent posts. You spoke of St John of the Cross, but I did read his book, 'The Dark Night of the Soul' ...
It appears that you have done a lot in this area, so thank you for pointing me in the direction of important writers on this topic. I am aware, to som...
Thanks for the link. I will explore further tomorrow, to postpone any real headaches, before bedtime. The philosophical headache could even become a t...
I think that the idea of intimacy and disclosure is becoming an increasingly unusual idea, as we move into the information age. We are becoming used t...
I have looked at your link on DH Lawrence , and thank you for providing this. I do think that novelists and other creative writers can provide us with...
Perhaps that sums up the situation. When I tell friends that I am spending time reading and writing on a philosophy forum, some of the responses sugge...
I think that you are correct to identify the idea of masks, as most of us function on the level of personas. Socially, we may put ourselves in grave d...
I might be a bit of a romantic philosopher but I feel positive about what has been lost. Perhaps I grew up listening to too much music by INXS and the...
Yes, I think that you have a point. We can perceive beauty and admire it but perhaps stand back in awe. Perhaps the idea of desire, especially in the ...
Perhaps I am the wrong person to be responding to your post, but I am writing from the perspective of being brought up to believe as a theist. I am ou...
I definitely agree that the body comes with a whole load of limitations and I do wish for a whole philosophy of the body to be created. Perhaps this i...
I noticed your remark about the whole area of linterest in comparative religion and how it is not the way for making a living, and I do empathise. Wou...
I think that you are sensitive towards others. If anything, I feel that I need to be more aware of this thread because I created it and I don't wish f...
I found page 13 of the thread extremely difficult, mainly due to the tension between literal and non literal interpretation of scriptures. When I was ...
I have just seen your second post, which I think that you may have written as I was writing this one. I do agree with your perspective of disadvantage...
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