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Why do I get more intelligent comments on religion from philosophy than “Jesus-freak”?

Posted by admin on 17 Dec 2008 6:10 pm. Filed under Philosophy.
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Don H If both parents are albino


Are Freaks called that for good reason or is the world mad at them for being so rediculous. Even Christians are embarressed by the infentile behavior of people who are gonnabe raptured.

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What religion do you think comes closest to the truth?

Posted by admin on 13 Sep 2008 8:36 am. Filed under Philosophy.
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HegelianObjectivity asked:


Brushing aside the idea of absolute truths, what religion’s beliefs/tenets do you think are most harmonious ‘with humans inherent nature, and which one makes the most sense.
I got it – religions try to fit human’s qualities, instead of people striving to meet objective tenets of religion – bottom-up instead of top-down. But with that in mind, what religion characterizes human’s naturalness the best, what is most in alignment with our natural selves?

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Is there a difference between God peddling and “bearing testimony?” Can you tell the difference?

Posted by admin on 29 Aug 2008 6:02 pm. Filed under Philosophy.
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Nick M asked:


We are sometimes transformed by certain events in our life. We then have a story to tell. We might attribute the transformation to God. We might also find some magical connection between our story and the words written in certain scriptures. Question is when does “bearing testimony” become God peddling?

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Who decides if a person hearing voices or claiming a connection to god is crazy?

Posted by admin on 27 Aug 2008 2:11 am. Filed under Philosophy.
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Ruby asked:


How come some people are referred for psychological assessment if they say they are communication with ‘God’, yet Nun’s who claim to have a direct intimate relationship with God are respected?

Who has the right to decide what is reality and what isnt.

How do we know what is real and what is not!

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How will God reward the people who suffered in life?

Posted by admin on 26 Aug 2008 6:05 pm. Filed under Philosophy.
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TKD540 asked:


Many things in the world are unfair. People having billions and then three billion people in the universe working for under 2 dollars a day. People die, starve, and experience great suffering. How do you think God will accomodate them for this, considering that its already in the past and it will eternally be engraved in reality?

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What is God and how to believe in whatever it may be unless it is universe?

Posted by admin on 23 Aug 2008 4:10 pm. Filed under Philosophy.
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ohmshri asked:


How to believe in something in which you dont even know what it is? Why every religion is manipulative or used manipulatively? Why God cant be debated and questioned? Why religions dont evole to reflect science, culture and society?

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Is God not a perfect being, just as incorruptible as the heavens described by Aristotle?

Posted by admin on 21 Aug 2008 7:29 pm. Filed under Philosophy.
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Anthropomorphic asked:


On page 130, Grant describes St. Ambrose’s rejection of “Aristotle’s incorruptible celestial ether, because this would imply the incorruptibility of the heavens. But the world is corruptible…” It seems to me that Aristotle’s model of the outer sphere can be represented quite easily as God Himself, or even as the heavens in which He dwells. Is God not a perfect being, just as incorruptible as the heavens described by Aristotle? Or is Ambrose suggesting that there is a difference between the Earth and what lays beyond it. Even so, this still resembles Aristotle’s conception of the Un-moved Mover ‘allowing’ the Mover to operate.

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What is the best argument against the existence of God?

Posted by admin on 20 Aug 2008 12:35 pm. Filed under Philosophy.
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Space Cowboy asked:


I don’t care if you believe in God, I just want to know what you think the best argument you’ve heard against his existence. For the sake of this question, assume that God is:
1. Eternal, or at least as old as the universe
2. Omnipresent, or at least capable of being many places at once
3. Omnipotent, or so powerful that we wouldn’t understand his limitaions
4. Sensient (no Hagelian “Geist”, I mean a god that knows he exists and that he is God.)
5. Purposeful.
6. Not “created” or “evolved” or other things that would make him just a better version of us.

I am also asking the opposite question, and I would appreciate people answering both questions.
I actually asked the opposite question as a different question:

http://answers.yahoo.com/question/index;_ylt=Ag.2XwmaMxhO4elIql.fKDrsy6IX?qid=20060710180340AAKJGw5

So there is 10 points available for both answers if you answer the question in both places!

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What are good philosophy essays about the existence of God?

Posted by admin on 16 Aug 2008 1:01 pm. Filed under Philosophy.
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Matt G asked:


I am looking to do some reading from philosphers on the existence of God or there not being a God. What are some must reads?

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Is knowing God the most important wisdom you will ever know?

Posted by admin on 14 Aug 2008 4:26 am. Filed under Philosophy.
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davidm asked:


The world in which we live places great value on knowledge. But people don’t always strive to know the most important things. The truth is you may be extremely knowledgeable about insects, or stars, or the sciences. You may be very wise about those sorts of things and people might really admire you for that knowledge. That’s all well and good, but if you don’t have the wisdom of God, you’re missing the most important knowledge a man can ever hope to attain.

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