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THREAD GovernmentPro Communism in America
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Communism is the work, to me, of rebels disliking the way things are on the basis that capitalism is essentially a form of a pyramid economy where the place is dictated by luck, i.e. into what social...
THREAD SocietyWould society be better without money?
92 Posts • 66646 Views
Philosophy Forum
I truly appreciate your views Ironwood. I guess I'm very idealistic, and it didn't occur to me at the time to question the way society is made up (has been made up in the past, and may well...
THREAD ElectionsRon Paul on the Constitutional Crisis
2 Posts • 2342 Views
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Ron Paul: We Are Enabling A Future American Dictatorship Steve Watson Prisonplanet.com May 31, 2011 2012 Presidential candidate Ron Paul has warned that a lack of oversight from Congress, the...
THREAD BiologyCloning
93 Posts • 24705 Views
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"Since there is an obvious difference in the conception of clones and regular human beings, who's to say something isnt lost in the different forms of conception? Physically nothing appears...
THREAD EconomyIndustry and aristocracy
2 Posts • 3308 Views
Politics & Current Events Forum
I am going to start making threads that begin with a quot from Tocqueville's "Democracy in America". I am also making my own rule about post I will read and reply to, and post I will ig...
THREAD Natural Cures & Alternative MedicineGreen Tea and Cancer
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Health & Wellness Forum
You said you were skeptical of using concentrated extracts, why is that? In regards to concentrated extracts, whereby a specific molecular part of the plant is isolated, my concern is that our bodies...
THREAD War & TerrorismChomsky and WTC
0 Posts • 607 Views
Politics & Current Events Forum
Do people really think that the Americans did this to themselves? Plenty of Americans think this. And there is plenty of very good reason to believe this probable, Chomsky was just giving a lon...
THREAD ChristianityExcerp: America is not a Christian Nation
155 Posts • 42634 Views
Religion Forum
'YOU can say we were supposed to be secular... BUT the old old historic buildings with the Ten Commandments show us that history approved of God's laws.' Please sight examples of these buildin...
THREAD ChristianityA few questions for Christians.
13 Posts • 3033 Views
Religion Forum
1). They would indeed both go to Heaven in my belief. 3). Simplistic example, sure, but it raises the point. The fox and the cat are not real world animals but they teach an important truth. Thus, th...
THREAD Epistemology: Truth & KnowledgeIs there a path to wisdom?
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Philosophy Forum
i do understand your point, But i guess that's why i'm not that satisfied with my job, there are millions of ways to solve a puzzle, finding those different ways gives me joy, not satisfying...
THREAD Infinite universes from Matter and Anti-Matter
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Philosophy Forum
I believe linear time is merely a "subjective" category of thought and perception and not an objective physical property of the external world, and infinity, I think, is merely a symptom of...
THREAD EconomyPetro dollar and Iran war
24 Posts • 9746 Views
Politics & Current Events Forum
11. How can US dollar stands strong when oil price going down? (12/3/08) The oil price now drops below $50/barrel. To my theory, the dollar should drop too. Because the buyers now have excessive pe...
THREAD Relationships & LoveBreakup E-mails
0 Posts • 2893 Views
Psychology Forum
Dear you, I'm writing you to tell you a story. A story which, if understood correctly, won't be a tragedy or a comedy. There once was a soul, lost inside of a human being but somehow it w...
THREAD BiologyWhat About Eugenics?
23 Posts • 10637 Views
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First of all, I'm sorry for posting my reply late, but I didn't have any time to reply as I was busy. But I'm back now, heh heh... Now back to the original topic. To Summit- What...
THREAD Relationships & LoveChrisD
16 Posts • 6036 Views
Psychology Forum
Play? Please. I wouldn't stoop to pretending to be anything but what I am, and that is all I need to be for the right woman for me. I am only lonely now because I'm having to restructure m...
THREAD Life & Deathwhat is your theory on life?
270 Posts • 53519 Views
Philosophy Forum
Ok, conway. I completely understand what your saying. I cant say your wrong, and i wont. I only disagree with any of the theories and philosophies on here because i have a different perspective. I can...
THREAD War & TerrorismFreedom fighters, or terrorists?
22 Posts • 10983 Views
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First, I find it interesting that you folks are arguing about the fact that you agree that a stereotype is being placed on muslims as terrorists. I don't agree, butIi do see your point about how...
THREAD BiologyIs evolution science?
3 Posts • 2563 Views
Science & Technology Forum
First let me offer this disclaimer. I do not need "evolution" to be untrue for my belief system. For that I simply reconciled reason and logic, the truth of scripture with what I observe &am...
THREAD Rehab & AddictionAlcohol vs. Marijuana
72 Posts • 106663 Views
Health & Wellness Forum
Marijuana and alcohol were both developed at around the same time. Marijuana was first produced as hemp in Thailand and China and was one of the earliest domesticates. It was grown for its fiber uses...
THREAD Habits & BehaviorThe Unspoken Language.
3 Posts • 2841 Views
Psychology Forum
For every aspect of how a person behaves, thinks or feels; there is a psychological opinion or outlook. My personal obsession, and it is an obsession, is body language. I have never been taught wh...
THREAD Physics & CosmologyQuestion about the speed of light
15 Posts • 4447 Views
Science & Technology Forum
Yes, I appreciate this. But it doesn't explain, if there really is no mass, why light would slow down in denser material. If there is no mass, there is no friction, and the speed of light should...
THREAD Conscious and Sub-ConsciousConsciousness is just the tip of the iceberg
24 Posts • 12486 Views
Psychology Forum
To stop bad habits you have to consciously make an effort to stop the bad habit becoming further entrenched in the unconscious, a good way to start is to understand that the unconscious itself is just...
THREAD Physics & CosmologyQuantum Physics Double Slit Experiment
50 Posts • 16496 Views
Science & Technology Forum
I've been reading into the philosophy of virtual reality ( the matrix and so on) by Slavoj Zizek and there's a passage that really got stuck in my head, thought i might share it cause it kin...
THREAD SocietyPoverty
20 Posts • 7005 Views
Politics & Current Events Forum
With all the debate recently for amending the United States Constitution in favor of recognizing marriage as a union between a man and woman, perhaps a more appropriate amendment should guarantee each...
THREAD God in Religionwhy do you believe in god?
253 Posts • 120858 Views
Religion Forum
Baeuphemia, Let me ask you directly what it is that you are concluding to have faith in exactly, your belief in the impossibility of nothing and the idea that something must be? I am also unsure...
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