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 Topic: God |
Letum
Replies: 23
Views: 612
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 Forum: Politics, Philosophy, and Religion Posted: Tue Nov 10, 2009 12:58 pm Subject: God |
Any principle that explains everything explains nothing.
Nonsense!
Any principle that explains everything explains everything.
A principle that explains anything explains nothing. |
| Topic: What Do You Think Happends After Death? |
Letum
Replies: 15
Views: 417
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Forum: Politics, Philosophy, and Religion Posted: Sat Nov 07, 2009 6:52 pm Subject: What Do You Think Happends After Death? |
Having never beeen dead I can't really answer that question now can I/ 
Death could be described as the point when your body stop functioning.
There was a time in your past when you didn' ... |
| Topic: People with AS predisposed to religious thought? |
Letum
Replies: 31
Views: 576
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Forum: Politics, Philosophy, and Religion Posted: Fri Nov 06, 2009 1:17 am Subject: People with AS predisposed to religious thought? |
You seem to have missed something.
You stated that I didn't have evidence that my eyes had ever told me the truth.
You then stated that I knew that they had lied to me.
Yes.
The data from your ... |
| Topic: People with AS predisposed to religious thought? |
Letum
Replies: 31
Views: 576
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Forum: Politics, Philosophy, and Religion Posted: Thu Nov 05, 2009 9:23 pm Subject: People with AS predisposed to religious thought? |
you went from me not having evidence that my eyes have ever told me the truth to me knowing that they've lied to me! Were you very tired when you wrote that?
Those two are not strictly exclusive o ... |
| Topic: People do not exist |
Letum
Replies: 49
Views: 963
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Forum: Politics, Philosophy, and Religion Posted: Wed Nov 04, 2009 2:16 pm Subject: People do not exist |
Nagasena, a Buddhist philosopher, whom the Greek philosophical world had contact with, refuted personhood as a class error.
he argues that in the same way that you can't touch the part of the city ... |
| Topic: People with AS predisposed to religious thought? |
Letum
Replies: 31
Views: 576
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Forum: Politics, Philosophy, and Religion Posted: Tue Nov 03, 2009 10:24 pm Subject: People with AS predisposed to religious thought? |
I'm a firm believer in reason over faith.
So, you have faith in reason, but no faith in faith? 
Whilst this may sound facetious, it's a good point.
It is a circular argument to justify the u ... |
| Topic: People with AS predisposed to religious thought? |
Letum
Replies: 31
Views: 576
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Forum: Politics, Philosophy, and Religion Posted: Tue Nov 03, 2009 10:14 pm Subject: People with AS predisposed to religious thought? |
| Either your a very charismatic Aspie, or you haven't had many job interviews. |
| Topic: People with AS predisposed to religious thought? |
Letum
Replies: 31
Views: 576
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Forum: Politics, Philosophy, and Religion Posted: Tue Nov 03, 2009 8:13 pm Subject: People with AS predisposed to religious thought? |
Occam's Razor may be a useful tool to decide what idea is more practical to believe, but it doesn't bestow truth or even likelihood.
Just because it is simple and intuitive, doesn't mean it is more l ... |
| Topic: People with AS predisposed to religious thought? |
Letum
Replies: 31
Views: 576
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Forum: Politics, Philosophy, and Religion Posted: Tue Nov 03, 2009 5:32 pm Subject: People with AS predisposed to religious thought? |
The world around me is likely how I'm seeing it right now
Given your justified doubt, what gives you assess to the knowledge of what is likely the case and what isn't?
There is nothing at all t ... |
| Topic: People do not exist |
Letum
Replies: 49
Views: 963
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Forum: Politics, Philosophy, and Religion Posted: Mon Nov 02, 2009 4:15 pm Subject: People do not exist |
Nagasena, a Buddhist philosopher, whom the Greek philosophical world had contact with, refuted personhood as a class error.
he argues that in the same way that you can't touch the part of the city ... |
| Topic: PERSONALITY/CONCIOUSNESS - SEPERATION (philosophy) |
Letum
Replies: 18
Views: 408
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Forum: Politics, Philosophy, and Religion Posted: Mon Nov 02, 2009 3:42 pm Subject: PERSONALITY/CONCIOUSNESS - SEPERATION (philosophy) |
It's not really philosophy either.
Philosophy typically consists of arguments that follow rational, well defined steps.
What you have written doesn't do that. It's not the case that the evidence i ... |
| Topic: PERSONALITY/CONCIOUSNESS - SEPERATION (philosophy) |
Letum
Replies: 18
Views: 408
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Forum: Politics, Philosophy, and Religion Posted: Mon Nov 02, 2009 1:45 pm Subject: PERSONALITY/CONCIOUSNESS - SEPERATION (philosophy) |
| There is nothing 'Scientific' there. |
| Topic: Anyone obsessed with Greek mythology? Help wanted! |
Letum
Replies: 6
Views: 225
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Forum: Politics, Philosophy, and Religion Posted: Mon Nov 02, 2009 12:00 pm Subject: Anyone obsessed with Greek mythology? Help wanted! |
Wiki informs me that the Greek polly-heads are:
Greek mythology
Greek mythology contains a number of multi-headed creatures. Typhon, a vast grisly monster with a hundred heads and a hundred serpen ... |
| Topic: Which form of government is better? |
Letum
Replies: 25
Views: 570
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Forum: Politics, Philosophy, and Religion Posted: Mon Nov 02, 2009 6:39 am Subject: Which form of government is better? |
I'm strongly against giving everyone over 18 the vote. We should learn to listen to guys like Plato.
I assume you mean -The Republic- wherein Plato wrote the handbook for every miserable totalitari ... |
| Topic: Best spiritual tradition |
Letum
Replies: 18
Views: 381
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Forum: Politics, Philosophy, and Religion Posted: Wed Oct 07, 2009 7:58 am Subject: Best spiritual tradition |
Hinduism.
Bright colours, good stories, fun traditions. |
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