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  1. Hamilton

    Poll: Openness to Change

    As for beliefs, I've somewhat given up. I do not anticipate new religious beliefs dramatically different from current world beliefs. Perhaps discoveries made on other planets will lead to new beliefs. Perhaps the cultures that develop there will introduce new beliefs. I am not currently...
  2. Hamilton

    Atheists: what do you think about all things spiritual/religious? Religious people: what about atheists?

    I view them almost as I view myself, regarding our different Sets of Beliefs: When our bodies die, our consciouness continues. We will probably have the same fundamental beliefs after we leave our body as we had while in it. Our new circumstances will cause us to modify those beliefs.
  3. Hamilton

    Which sacred texts of your own and other traditions have you studied?

    I found it easiest to start at 114 and work backward. But you would also find al-Maryam beautiful and easy to read and understand. Possibly al-Imran, too.
  4. Hamilton

    Spiritual significance of the full moon in various religious and cultural traditions

    For me, and lacking a specific recognized religious/spiritual tradition, the Sun represents "That which is commonly called God". The full moon represents the female. I talk (what is "prayer"?) to both. The Sun as it rises, Kheperlike, and shines on my small, golden Surya, catching the first...
  5. Hamilton

    Darwin's Illusion

    With counter evidence. I was pretty clear about the futility of responding to the more hostile posts on this thread. If all you wanted was any response for whatever, yes you got it. I am pleased to have made you happy. Now that I have done so, I hope you won't bother me anymore, at least until...
  6. Hamilton

    Darwin's Illusion

    More useless sarcasm.
  7. Hamilton

    Darwin's Illusion

    Cladking - Arguing against religious beliefs is difficult. I appreciate your efforts. Your posts are interesting and show more patience than I am willing to exercise at present, because of the futility of trying to explain (not persuade, just explain) to closed minds. Whether true or false...
  8. Hamilton

    Darwin's Illusion

    Sarcasm.
  9. Hamilton

    Darwin's Illusion

    Very many people who study and research and experiment - "scientists" and everyone else, but here, specifically those who identify as professionals of science - utterly reject the outdated fantasies of Darwin. Some of them give lip service, in order not to be prejudicially excluded from...
  10. Hamilton

    Do you think christianity and spiritualism can work together?Yes or no?

    Donna Clements of Thundersley Christian Spiritualist Church.
  11. Hamilton

    What is the relationship of philosophy to religion?

    That sounds like a conflation of philosophy with ideology. I think what you meant when you said philosophy is something like "one's life philosophy", which I mistakenly took to mean "formal philosophy." Thank you for the clarification.
  12. Hamilton

    What is the relationship of philosophy to religion?

    I wrote my previous post from a Christian perspective. In Islamic countries logic and philosophy are taught before college. In the U.S. they are not a general requirement even in college. The two Buddhist schools I looked into also require philosophy. I imagine whether logic and philosophy are...
  13. Hamilton

    What is the relationship of philosophy to religion?

    Not at all. Philosophy of religion is a major field in philosophy. And they both deal with identifying and presenting reality, and they both change their conclusions as new evidence and better explanations appear. Philosophy departments routinely teach about religions. I suspect religios...
  14. Hamilton

    What is the relationship of philosophy to religion?

    Please explain what you mean about philosophy being anecdotal?
  15. Hamilton

    What is the relationship of philosophy to religion?

    I love gaining new knowledge. So that makes me a fan of religion and science both, plus more Sadly, philosophy is not a major requirement for people who attempt to indulge in scholarship (or crude argument) in those two areas. As a result much of their arguments, while sounding sound, are...
  16. Hamilton

    Demons, is there any evidence they even exist?

    No. Why are being so silly! Well, now that you mention it, I suppose there might be people who have deified Darwin. There have been people who more or less worshipped Socrates, Washington, Mao. I think you forgot what I said in response to how darwinism is a religion. So, I am not too...
  17. Hamilton

    Demons, is there any evidence they even exist?

    Wonderful! I was not addressing "Anyone accepting the scientific evidence for the theory of evolution in the 21st Century". If they are not darwinists fine. I was addressing darwinists according to the description I gave. Now you say there are no darwinists because (you claim) your different...
  18. Hamilton

    Demons, is there any evidence they even exist?

    I was referring to the word as used by Darwin himself in The Origin of Species. It's a common word which I took in the common sense of the word, not as a translation of some Hebrew word. But I do note thst Darwin believed that life was breathed into the first kind or kinds of life. Part of his...
  19. Hamilton

    Demons, is there any evidence they even exist?

    I think it is funny (not disrespectfully) that you would not know whether a darwinist is a person ("who") or a thing ("what). But maybe I misunderstood. Maybe you were asking me for a specific example of a darwinist - in that case, Darwin ; and a definition of Darwinist - without looking at a...
  20. Hamilton

    Demons, is there any evidence they even exist?

    The "trait" is "the notion of being entitled to respect for ignorant beliefs."
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