Fri 12 Sep, 2008 03:03 pm - astrotheological,
First, find a question that's impossible to answer and then get out your thesaurus, and translate it into the most arcane language you can find. If arcane language is... (view)
Fri 12 Sep, 2008 02:12 pm - Didymos Thomas,
[QUOTE]What good is religion? None if religious is abused. If used properly, if used to cultivate loving kindness, then religion is wonderful.[/QUOTE]
But why religion? Why... (view)
Fri 12 Sep, 2008 10:55 am - astro,
I remember that story - fossilized bacteria found in martian rocks, but as a false call. Didn't it turn out to be a product of the micro-photography work, something about coating the... (view)
Fri 12 Sep, 2008 07:51 am - Grimlock,
'Sorta' is perfectly apt. Like all questions - when examined, it devolves into a myriad of other more or less determinable questions (like the miasma of a rotting God!)... (view)
Fri 12 Sep, 2008 07:05 am - So that's the philosophy of the philosophy of what philosopy is about - the why of why do we ask why? I think it's funny...in a :perplexed: sort of way. (view)
Fri 12 Sep, 2008 06:43 am - Another interesting question Grimlock -
but do you account for the fact that that human warfare is unlike the death that occurs in evolution? The cheeta picks the weakest from the herd - we... (view)
Fri 12 Sep, 2008 05:28 am - Didymos Thomas,
I find your easy dismissal of very serious charges aginst religion equally knee-jerk - but infinitely less honest.
I didn't say there's nothing good about religion,... (view)
Thu 11 Sep, 2008 09:12 pm - We are all brains in jars, fed electrical impulses we mistake for reality.
(equally valid statement)
The first claim IS understood figuratively - and if you disagree THEN YOU ARE WRONG, AND... (view)