1. Psychoanalysis does not equal psychology.
2. Psychoanalysis resembles religion while psychology largely does not.
However, I do think that humans HAVE to be religious no matter what. They might not have an official religion, but they do have rituals and their own form of meditation to keep...
If you had to explain to a curious friend only one thing about your religion, the thing that you consider to be the most important aspect of your religion to the exclusion of all else, what would you tell your friend and why? Lets assume that your friend is completely ignorant of your religion...
Is talking about religion even worth it? Does anything positive ever come out of it? Or do people just like arguing? (In the same way that they enjoy watching violent movies and events).
Oh, its Hindu? I definitely haven't read it then. The last time I took the religious test I got 100%, but I know almost nothing about it really. I've been told you have to be born a Hindu too, though I doubt that is universally true.
No.
Why? And why do I need a "set of moral values"? Now...
The gun jammed? No, actually I don't plan on it.
A chair could easily be seen as a table, or a projectile, or firewood. It depends on the observer, and the label "chair" doesn't tell us what the chair is really, it only tells us what the chair is in relation to us. It is an inter-subjective...
That depends on how you define exist and illusion. The illusions themselves exist as electrical signals in your brain, but when it comes to the substance of the illusions, I don't know.
What about when it comes to practicing death? Practicing Death-The Key to Enjoying Life by Michael E. Tymn...
There is no truth, and there is no morality. There is only the illusion of such, and this illusion occurs as a result of our hedonistic tendencies, our desire for pleasure and our fear for pain. Belief in truth and morality are the products of desire. Of course, our desire for pleasure and fear...
I don't see why this individual would assume that Pagan religions are more primitive than monotheism? The reconstructionists have emerged thousands of years after monotheism. You definitely would not have to unlearn monotheism to be pagan in the same way that you would not have to unlearn...
They probably think you're a "satanist", or at the very least that you're going to hell. I doubt most of them will ever accept your religion, so you might as well keep it to yourself for the time being.
It may not be the right thing to do, but if I was a wiccan at a catholic high school, I'd...
Well, of course consciousness is not empty of existence. What made you think that consciousness could be either empty or full of existence? I do not believe that consciousness is either full or empty of existence. I believe that consciousness is existence, simply because consciousness is not a...