There is always a social form of expressing the sacred in any community. So I do not separate religion from spirituality simply in that manner....
And he put plastic covers on the couch and chair's for Christ's sake! Take your shoes off at the door!
Reminds me of my sister who uses the Bible to prove her points. I understand the point of the OP, but I always think it is funny that this 2,000...
Yes, but did you live through 2/4/2021? I mean 2/5/21... no, 2/6/21... wait---did you survive 2/17/21... er, 2/18/21... whoops, I mean---2/25/21...
Yes, I define religion in terms of a formal, institutional, organized form. I do this because this is where man takes his experience of the...
I agree. Fear is a very compelling force to maintain and build membership. Fear is a very big part of the struggle for power, i.e. large numbers...
Again I think what you are talking about here is an issue of transition from the multiplicity of hunter gatherer cosmology to a later dualism that...
Yes, those things are very real, they are not human constructs. I was still referring to our concept of good and evil. Kamikaze pilots are...
A 'discovery' works. But I do think most social constructs are so firmly integrated into our culture, and such a strong part of our cultural...
Back when Philosophy was in its prime, and philosophers performed at the Fillmore and were making so many gold records that they used them as...
That's the one! And in Quantum Mechanics it is called the Zeno Effect.
I have been meaning to weigh in on this part of the discussion too. I think that good and evil as we understand it is a human construct. In fact,...
Yes, you are exactly right--because what we experience is the phenomena of a moment of Now that has already passed. The particles for that moment...
Epiphenomenalism is a philosophy that argues that mind is an illusion, and simply reflects the biological processes of the physical brain....
First let me respond to your previous post---I do agree, and I probably used the term proof in speaking of reincarnation, and proof is a strong...
I guess I didn't quite get into this part much---though I did speak of reincarnation. Dr. Grof has uncovered cases of people who even had...
Yes actually, and that is based on my experience as well. In my writing, I refer to the research of Dr. Stanislav Grof and others to back up this...
I remember Woody Allen writing something about the most pressing questions regarding the afterlife. I forget, it was something like, "Do they...
I always needed proof of such things. But today I am convinced that there is life after death. Part of this happens to do with my Filipina wife....
Envy can take you down dark roads. As to the issue of Nazis, one problem with religion is that it makes people susceptible to utopian thinking....
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