Philosophy

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Comment by Kelvin Hilerio on March 14, 2013 at 4:35pm

Currently reading some of Jean Paul Sartre's fictional works.

Comment by JP Carey on October 16, 2012 at 2:34pm

Yes! I've made it home to here -I finally have some minds for conversations :)  Today I am 42yo, I've always been a thinker and alone. In fact I've spent 13 YEARS as a carpet cleaner STARING AT THE FLOOR, LOST IN THOUGHT.  In that time I've had some pretty profound ideas. amazing to be here, today

Comment by Fidd Chewley on August 15, 2012 at 9:36pm

Faith is opacity. Doubt is clarity. Travel lightly. The encumbered mind is one's own prison; the freed mind is one's own salvation. There is no type of panic that will get us out of the quicksand of our minds, nor will arguing that "my panic will save us and your panic won't" help anyone. Eventually they will sink, leaving the calm floating on top when the true help arrives.

Comment by Smiley Courtney on September 21, 2011 at 8:13am

Board moderator;

You have some good sources here. Can you put up an expandable biblio? A place for us all to share books, etc. we've founf informative?

Comment by Bryon on December 11, 2010 at 3:24am

ummm... If you are a southerner you can crash on my couch for a night or so while you find your way out of hell....free even.

Comment by Vangelis Stamatopoulos on October 24, 2010 at 2:53am

According to wikipedia, the 5th-century BCE Greek philosopher Diagoras is known as the "first atheist". But I imagine that atheism has existed in some form or other ever since (wo)man first created god(s) for their amusement/fear. Philosophers and free thinkers down the century have come across great opposition from theists, even Charles Darwin himself delayed publishing his great work due to the consequences to theism and therefore the repercussions that he would experience from theists. Today in Australia, atheism seeks to exclude non-theist groups it does not see as fitting in its modified definition of atheism. You can read more in my blog here.

Comment by Kelvin Hilerio on September 19, 2010 at 7:12pm

Language as the root of religion, that' is interesting but i think the problem is more deeply imbeded in us. Language may indeed make the problem bigger though.

Comment by Kevin Ray Smith on September 19, 2010 at 3:52pm

Okie, I think you are on to something. There is a theory among those who study how religion began that states,religion began as a result of a virus of language. A virus where certain words were taken to mean something spiritual. When in fact, they were never intended to be understaood in that way.

Comment by Okie Tokie on June 10, 2010 at 4:48pm

IF language had never been developed, there never could have been religion since it is spread by words, spoken and written.

Comment by Keith Brian Johnson on June 7, 2010 at 2:19pm

I meant to say that he then needs to show necessary existence or necessary nonexistence *before accepting premiss (2) as well.*

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