Man, we've really gone around this thing...TTRRRUUUUTH! Now I think what we need to mention is that ethical aspect of ourselves, that part of us that has to in...
Thanks for another reply, which has yet again made me re-think what I said. Here is another version, getting any better? ... McDuff says, 'I'm going to sail...
Hi people. "Truth lies in action..." I don't think this is an off statement, but there are different facets of what truth may be. It can be idea or action,...
Hello everyone, Thanks for the response, its given me quite a lot to consider. I don't like standard definitions of Truth and Knowledge. I would recommend...
... What is a "pure" form of expression? ... I like that! Do you think humor is a mechanism for detachment? For example, if I said "Every night I dream I...
... Lets apply this same argument to science. I claim there's no such thing as atoms...we can observe and measure the effects of atoms but never see atoms...
I believe humor, the joke form, is of the most pure forms of expression of ideas, attitudes and the such that are most usually socially controlled. When a...
Is there a philosophy of humor ? What makes a thing humorous ? Is it necessary for all humor to have a puerile component ? I would very much appreciate any...
Hi, I've just joined this list and was immediately stirred into thought by the following passage, please forgive me if what I say is a bit off topic. ... a ......
Yours and a few other's ignorance of how to perform such a simple task as unsubscribing from this list is also rather a vexation. Visit www.egroups.com and go...
Hi Zeitman, Thanks for your comments - my apologies if you found me patronising! It is exactly because I find it patronising to have a religious structure...
Hello everyone I'm new to this group, however, I can say that I am glad to be part of a group that discusses matters at an intelligent level, and seem to be ...
... Philosophy... It affronts my sense of self determinism to have an some academic try to figure out my thinking. I find it patronising. People make is sound...
Dear Amber (lovely name), If you "beleived"; in what you wrote, then you shouldn't have forgoten what you wrote and asked people to send what you wrote to...
Religion.... It affronts my sense of self determinism to have an institutionalised religion impose a structure on my thinking. I find it patronising. My ...
... Some people need religion because it provides answers to unanswerable questions, and it provides a formula for life. I know one person (actually, a good...
I feel it is time I contributed to this discussion, and I have many things to say, so here goes: First of all, the poll in, I beleive, Digest #159. I think...
... I agree and the reason exposes an important argument point..rational thought. Deciding is a rational act, not a reaction. And when one starts to think...
In a message dated 07/17/2000 7:03:39 PM Eastern Daylight Time, ... at ... We seem to be letting it go. don't we? Church attendance is getting smaller and...
What part of rural east Tennessee? I live in Maryville, right outside of Knoxville. Anyways, my point is that if certain people believe they are strong...
... This is a very interesting thought. I would advocate everyone to build their own system of opinions and follow it, as long as they are able to abolish or ...
Hello all, I find it interesting that many people have pushed the issue of a God and morality/ethics when posed the question on the necessity of Religion....
... Nothing has meaning in-of-itself...it's meaning is given through agreement (Language). That's what Existentialism is...things don't have meaning or...
Someone wrote... ... Survival. I don't kill because I don't want to be killed. I don't steal because I don't want to be stolen from. Part of my need to survive...
... Who said we were intelligent species? have you asked the monkey?!!! we have created goodness and evil for our own advantage, we have justified every little...
If human beings are incapable of discerning between right and wrong without the instruction of a religious deity, what does that say about the state of affairs...
