praxis

You appear to be saying that the cure for atheism (and the inherent anger and groundless pride that comes with it) is cured by religion because atheis...

I stand corrected.

I knew it, he was a Jedi.

I don't think anyone here is on team Spinoza.

Religious folk require validation by a higher authority, and who's smarter than frick'n Einstein.

A google image search for Jesus suggests that practically no one listens to him. That does seem about right.

Adaptive vs maladaptive. Maladaptive emotions don't align with the situations that they arise in, like something benign triggering a panic attack when...

Everyone grows up eventually.

Einstein claimed that fanatical atheists are unchained but still feeling the weight of the chains, like phantom limb syndrome or something, I suppose....

Thank Lily-white Jesus that you did delete them. :pray: https://www.learnreligions.com/thmb/fYKu1meMfGEFkqj8HaLO0su0Ee8=/1500x844/smart/filters:no_ups...

Does standup too... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VqmOs8Zqw5o

You neglected to share the reasons you like Plato's Phaedo so much.

You believe that pantheism somehow prevents stoicism from being quietism?

Correction, the worst kind of troll is a childish troll.

Weird, didn’t work for me copying and pasting the title on an iPhone but did work on my desktop when I tried it later.

Search function must be malfunctioning.

No results in a search for “Plato's Phaedo”

You characterize it as anti-white and politically polarizing, which seems to suggest that there’s a racial component that’s being utilized by the ‘ant...

I had to go though the motions of posting a snippet from wikipedia about something that should have been apparent to you from your own postings for yo...

A lot of posts in the religion topic were deleted, and personally, I thought the vicious anti-white diatribe by 180 was expressed in a way that I coul...

I reference the premier authority in the matter... I would express regret for bursting your little bubble, Amen, if I felt any regret.

I’ll just wait for the street cleaner to do their work.

Your participation would be incontrovertible proof that such argument is invalid.

I think that I know what you mean but disagree. If we sapiens are good at anything it’s making distinctions. Interesting in that philosophy can develo...

I was wondering if mysticism has anything to do with the Einstein quote about ‘hearing the music of the spheres’ (musica universalis). @"3017amen" has...

I’m thinking that you may not have hung out with the folks that 180 was describing on your visit South. Btw, I’m always suspicious of people who “wear...

When Master Kyozan Ejaku was master of Tohei Temple, Master Isan Reiyu sent him a letter along with a mirror. The package arrived at the temple and Ma...

You're not explaining why. What you're saying only kind of makes sense if we assume that the "music of the spheres" is theism (whatever that entails),...

I'm sure that Einstein was smart enough to distinguish between deafness and dissonance, and that he knew how to say what he meant. In any event, still...

I’ll put you down as an honorary member of my personal fan club. Oh, and I righted your right. Free typo correct is just one of the many perks of bein...

Maybe I should backup a bit and go back to what initially caught my interest, the claim that atheists cannot hear the music of the spheres. I don’t kn...

Daniel Dennett alone in a drawing room holding a candelabra. Animals don’t have the capability to reason or assess according to strict rules of validi...

Sure, what’s the worst they’ve done? I’m really asking because nothing terrible comes to mind. Meaning there can be consciousness without logic. Critt...

I’m not going to even dignify that with an answer, and in any case it doesn’t matter. It feels like you’re being evasive. There’s no need for that, I’...

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=wgN1sLcAQnw

I’m not an atheist. Please exercise better common sense observations. You contend that only a religion could inform him of that? And please exercise b...

Despite his genius I guess Albert didn’t know that sound can’t travel in a vacuum. And if it’s a choice between fanatics, I’ll take the reason/science...

The creators of the profoundly prophetic “Mr. Roboto” a one hit wonder? I think not. https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=uc6f_2nPSX8

If true that would be a sufficient condemnation for me. Religion is for those who, for whatever reason, are not inclined towards self-actualization an...

Pros of science: iPhone Cons of science: A-bomb Pros of religion: Grace Cons of religion: Jihad

I did, but looking again I notice the other topic title.

Why Buddhism is True by Robert Wright. Alan Watts is fun too.

I'm curious why you use the term 'optimism' rather than denial, short-sightedness, or the like.

Yes, I have a genuinely poor memory.

I’d say that the line between pre-birth and after-birth is arbitrary, and we touched on this earlier with Tzeentch‘s claim that ‘all people are born f...

Isms are nothing but nothing-but-isms.

Men too can certainly relate to a body part reacting to stimulus in a way that may not be inline with conscious will. The reaction nevertheless has a ...

I knew I knew it but got impatient and looked it up. Duh..

Anti-group-think group-think, maybe that’s a thing?

A system is a set of things working together as parts of a mechanism or an interconnecting network. Even you should be able grasp this rather simple c...