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How do we describe perfection
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THERE IS NO SUCH THING AS PERFECTION!!!
I agree with this. The idea of perfection is an illusion we create to keep us striving for better things. Human beings are wishful thinkers. |
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Christianityis the bible CONTRADICTORY?
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*clown* Of course, the bible is contradictory! It contrast between views of life & what is of value. It purpose is to teach moral (social) values & help to bring one closer to GOD.
Yes, it is... |
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Chaos theory
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quite right Azhrei. It all comes down to what and how we perceive our surroundings. Reality exists in the mind. Maybe Chaos is a merely a human constructed thought or observation. Or maybe it is a fou... |
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FuturologyWhat do you think the Future will be like?
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In the next thousand years I would not rule out that humans could become the first self-determinant evolving species ever known. A hybrid bio-electromechanical being. But, then, this would constitute... |
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Emotions & Feelingsare emotions what define human beings?
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Cows have feelings too. They are in great emotional pain if seperated from their calves.
For certain, man is different from animals in that he is cultured. That is, the former generation teaches th... |
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Life & DeathThe meaning of life
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Earth is a small meaningless rock. On that rock you can find human beings. Our purpose? we have none. We are here because of the relationships to love have fun and enjoy this gift that we have been gi... |
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Relationships & LoveWhy am I developing feelings for my fiance's best friend?
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Because you're human. Also, 10 years is a long time and it's even longer between a 15 yr old and a 25 yr old, you're a completely different person now to how you were.
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Why be polite?
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Even though being brash and brutally honest in the past has worked for you; doesn't mean that it's the correct behaviour towards another human being. Maybe you were raised to be explicitly h... |
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Human Nature & EmotionEmotions
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I agree. Depression, along with mayn other traits or emotions, are detrimental to a human beings' health and wellbeing. However, the emotions run through us at vaired times and there is nothing t... |
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SpiritualityFaith: innate or not?
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In any event Decius, I was looking for insight regardless of my or anyone's predisposition. How you could make the blanket accusations you did I'll never know. But I never tried to hide my b... |
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This sounds like a debate for... Super Hero Mania
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Wes Bentley is Blackheart in Ghost Rider
I remember someone here being a fan of his, the kid from American Beauty with the "beautiful" bag they made so much fun of in Not Another Teen Mo... |
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Life & DeathMovies that best describe life/death??
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Terminator (all three of them). Just proves that the human race is so bent on destruction that they will be the cause of the downfall of their own race. At least, thats how i feel. Oh, it also proves... |
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Child & Family PsychologyBeing Lazy
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The human mind can make a Hell out of a Heaven and a Heaven out of Hell. (John Milton) Studying philosophy can do that. |
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Theory of the Man-Machine
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my theory is that there are at least two "types" of existence: physical and abstract. our bodies, brains, cells, and everything around us that causes us to experience are physical--however,... |
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What value do you navigate by?
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Beauty and morality are species of values.
George Santayana says that 'all values must be ultimately intrinsic'. He adds that the good, i.e. that which is desired, is good because of its consequen... |
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Science vs ReligionEvolution of God
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"And as for engineering us, I can't see us so much as cattle in the food sense, unless they had a specific desire for such meat or some natural "human" secretion, spinal fluid etc.... |
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Societya society at eachother's throats.
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>"It's an impulsive response due to insecurity."
-Due to insecurity as well as a subconcious paranoia that I believe we set within ourselves early on (lower level school). It is a... |
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Dressing for your age?
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Beauty is a human construct. It's also a social construct. You can not say that you are "beautiful" alone, but because you have been influenced to think that way or others tell that to... |
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BiologyCloning
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Unfortunately, we cannot really know for certain, unless we actually clone entire human beings. We tend to be an empirical lot, and as a race need sometimes to 'stick our hands into the fire' when we... |
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Society & SociologyRacism on SNL
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this is just going back and forth! Nobody ever agrees. Even us simple people have to get the last word in. I think just shutting up and getting along is the way to go. We are all human and were we liv... |
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Science vs ReligionScience: The One True Religion
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Chris- I'd really love to believe what you just said. But, can you give me an example as to how that could hypothetically occur?
And, even though it hasn't been scientifically proven, 2... |
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What truths would a wise person pursue?
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It appears to me that science has accumulated a great deal of knowledge regarding human nature that would be very useful for everyone to know. Unfortunately our schools and colleges are focused almost... |
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ConsciousnessHow do the ideas of Universal Consciousness and synchronicity fit together?
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Well that idea is an ethnocentrist view. Another term used is collective unconscious. Every human shares common traits, experiences and instincts, so there is a point of synchronized consciousness, or... |
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Life & DeathLife, Already Planned?
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The hardest part about these discussions is that we all have preconceptions and misconceptions. I know little but think much myself. Suess has paraphrased the Bible saying that we are created in God&#... |
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SpiritualityWhat happens after we die?
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"The danger with religion is that it all too often feels threatened, when it need not be, by developments in science and hence tries to argue against these developments."
quite to the con... |
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