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THREAD Chicks
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Wyote, I wasn't implying you were in any way negative, or even a push over. But its just that Ive noticed over and over (both in myself and in the younger members of my family) that whenever I fe...
THREAD SocietyGay Marriage?
17 Posts • 5061 Views
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To Chained Wings: I didn't mean the world itself, I mean my perception of the world. All my life, I'd typically only really cared about myself, my close friends and family. But lately, I...
THREAD why continue?
63 Posts • 20166 Views
Philosophy Forum
Miracleman that's an incredibly offensive post. Let me ask you a question, how can you believe in Heaven, and believe in God, and not be a big religious guy? You're pretty much saying you be...
THREAD Desperation, by Stephen King ***SPOILER***
4 Posts • 7672 Views
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This is just a general discussion for the book "Desperation" by Stephen King. Primarily, in search of some of the underlying messages in it. For example, on the hard-cover copy of the book f...
THREAD GodQuestioning God's Existence
98 Posts • 23850 Views
Philosophy Forum
i have to agree whole heartedly with lastresort. if you have no knowledge of religion you dont think that good things, that there is some supreme being controlling it, you think its good luck, or that...
THREAD social mobility in the class system
15 Posts • 5310 Views
Philosophy Forum
DumbTeen: The argument you have for aristocrats falling coupled with the argument of the immigrants taking far too many generations to move up (which I believe is not only immigrants, but generations...
THREAD Tear me apart
8 Posts • 2808 Views
Psychology Forum
"Ultimately I was curious Chris, if any, which would you say you may fear more, deep down, becoming your dad, or not being able to? Perhaps niether really matter and you are simply worried abo...
THREAD PerceptionCan't tell what's real and what's not
4 Posts • 10322 Views
Psychology Forum
Hi. So I'm seventeen and a Junior in High School. I have always been I guess what you can call a normal kid. I wasn't very popular but nevermind all that. Ever since the 4th grade, I h...
THREAD Gay's
19 Posts • 10460 Views
Philosophy Forum
well no, i was actually talking about sexual orientation, not gender. although i do think the two may be connected in several ways, i don't know. i just thought it was interesting how the greeks...
THREAD ChristianityA Little Quiz
34 Posts • 10222 Views
Religion Forum
Forgive me for questioning the historical accuracy of a book that has frogs as a possible weather forecast. Don't particularly know that one but birds of feathers & flight seem to be more a...
THREAD Relationships... or Lack Thereof
7 Posts • 3263 Views
Philosophy Forum
I just read the thread on having kids, and it brought me to another thought. I'm 26. I have a good, decent-paying job that I like (most of the time). I have money saved. I drive a nice car. I&...
THREAD Atheism & AgnosticismScared to be atheist
22 Posts • 5945 Views
Religion Forum
her :) i think its easy to fall into the trap of chosing 'the right religion' as opposed to seeking god from the little we know about him.. remember religion in itself is man made... as i...
THREAD GovernmentOccupy Wall Street
33 Posts • 8242 Views
Politics & Current Events Forum
This question made me feel strange. It feels good to think on this. Why do people work? What are their motivations for it? That alone probably shapes a man's view of the world in such a way...
THREAD LawSame Sex Marriage Should Be Legalized Worldwide!
59 Posts • 21712 Views
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"it's immoral and it's a mental defect. it's mental illness. the gay lifestyle is twisted and is anti-human." How do you know what it is, you are more than obviously not an...
THREAD Poetry*Smiles with in Solitude*
202 Posts • 48153 Views
Stories & Poetry Forum
Someone once said to me "I am the luckiest man in the world." He was in a hospital bed after being hit by a truck. I laughed it off but the look on his face was one of joy and serious...
THREAD Life & DeathScariest Thing About DEATH
72 Posts • 19771 Views
Philosophy Forum
my priorities have changed drastically in the last year... i used to challenge death, i've been the victum of two "jumpings" by groups of people... i never feared i even laughed while b...
THREAD Ethics & MoralityScience of Morality, Anyone?
1 Posts • 2209 Views
Philosophy Forum
Science of Morality, Anyone? Where, in American culture, is the domain of knowledge that we would identify as morality studied and taught? I suspect that if we do not quickly develop a science...
THREAD Mental IllnessSelf-Medicated?
11 Posts • 3335 Views
Psychology Forum
"...secret squirrel conspiracy ...' I couldn't have resisted any better... take it from someone dealing with a dumbed down world... which used to rank high in the top ten among cou...
THREAD Shake it off and step up....
2 Posts • 4486 Views
Talk Talk
A little story and some quick advice to those on bad days...... I don't know who wrote this, and I received it several times over the years via email. It always seems to show up in my in...
THREAD SocietyArguments for the prohibition of drugs
22 Posts • 8795 Views
Politics & Current Events Forum
THX:" I am not so sure that I can agree with you. In argument 2 you suggest that it is fiscally efficient to use a blanket enforcement. I do not think that the billions of dollars we have spent o...
THREAD GovernmentDoes the goverment have rights to penalis those it
67 Posts • 16826 Views
Politics & Current Events Forum
I tend to disagree with certain concepts, Asian culture provided systems of transportation (rail, etc) IN these cultures the primary form of local transport was walking or bicycles. Which form a healt...
THREAD Crash
6 Posts • 3433 Views
Movie/TV Reviews
so many things were great about this movie, i hardly know where to begin. you definately have to be comfortable with different ethnicities in order to appreciate the humor. there is one racial ste...
THREAD Gender PsychologyTeen girls dressing like Hookers
0 Posts • 5234 Views
Psychology Forum
amen to this thread! parents most of the time allow their children to dress the way that they want to try and get closer to their distanced teen. you know how you discover a really good thing and afte...
THREAD Society & SociologyRacism on SNL
0 Posts • 14665 Views
Psychology Forum
Ok, hear me out, then tell me if I am wrong. All my life I have heard the "Golden Rule." You know, do onto others as you would want done to yourself. Well, for some reason I took the sayi...
THREAD The "What probably is = what is" fallacy
31 Posts • 8991 Views
Psychology Forum
I think (maybe) I understand the reason for our misunderstandings with each other. We've been arguing about different things. This whole time I've been arguing that we can't make meanin...
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