This thread has moved too far away from it's original intent for my post to be part of the discussion. Is there another, more current thread I...
I'm ready to be persuaded that my life is one of fatalism and despair if someone can actually provide proof. I have never been convinced by the...
Thomas, I have to say the most of what you wrote is so obscure I have no idea what the meaning is. Two statements you wrote that are patently...
Brian, Thanks for developing this site. I've been looking around at all the sections, and I've been learning quite a bit about Hinduism and...
Susma, I think your posts reflect tha frustration that most of us feel when. "You'd think that somebody who claims X, Y and Z would be more...
The Fourth Way – The Ontological Argument Thomas correctly points out “Aquinas' argument here is similar to Plato's Forms and Immanuel Kant's...
On the other thread that Thomas is referring to, he says: I’m not sure what he means by “still stand,” so I hope he will elucidate. I also...
Well, Snoopy, China Cat Sunflower and Joseph M are doing a much better job discussing the historical compiling of the physical book than I would...
spid3rboy, There's a whole universe beyond me. That doesn't mean I need to postulate a god/gods to make my life meaningful. When we started...
Interesting analogy. How does it apply?
juantoo3, Read the thread. Now what?
Ha! Ha! Ha! Ha! Now that's funny!
What, jauntoo3, ad hominems already? We've only just got started!
The way one asks the questions determines the answers one is likely to find. What do you mean by "out there"?
What does that mean, anyway? If 'G-d is all there is' then this whole endeavor is even more futile than spid3rboy claims existentialism is. If...
Sorry, then.
Demonstrate some requirement that my happiness matters to you. There's nothing stopping me from enjoying the joy of others, but I'm certainly no...
Nearly everything that people say about god/gods is unbelievable. The idea that God created anything at all is unbelievable. Cage talks about...
But it matters to me if I live another 80 years or die tomorrow. There's no requirement that it matters to you. Neither is it a requirement that...
Thomas, You are correct in that if I have never experienced something, then that does not mean that it does not happen. I should have said...
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