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  1. McDoogins

    Is there a study of belief?

    Thank you.
  2. McDoogins

    Is there a study of belief?

    I'm interested in all things religious, mythological and historical. I was wondering if there are any academic fields that study the issue of belief throughout multiple disciplines, psychology obviously being one of them since this is a psychology sub forum I know Jung was very influential...
  3. McDoogins

    "Christianity is nothing more than the typical socialist doctrine"?

    Thanks man I like to summarize large amounts of data, in that way I think in stereotypes. I like to play with words but still be accurate in the laziest way possible haha. It could also be considered Communist or Socialist in regard to the attitudes toward respecting your "betters" and people...
  4. McDoogins

    "Christianity is nothing more than the typical socialist doctrine"?

    I like to think of Christianity and it's subsequent denominations as Communistic in the sense that they stem from communities. But so does everything else, so there is that.
  5. McDoogins

    Fooling atheists

    My internet sarcasm sensors are in the workshop right now, but if you aren't being sarcastic, Satan wouldn't want you to be Atheist, he would probably want you to be a Satanist.
  6. McDoogins

    Our brain hallucinates our conscious reality

    To me saying all sensations are essentially untrue just because we require a brain to process doesn't mean those things aren't real "to us." I put the phrase "to us" in parenthesis because "to us" or to us is the only thing we can possibly conceive of that is relevant. It's too reductive to...
  7. McDoogins

    The end of science?

    You can't know everything, and even if you did, "everything" denotes there is a or more then a "nothings" Once there is a thing that is a "nothing" it becomes potentially real or stays "a nothing" Finally, if that "nothing" was unknowable it would be the thing that is "nothing" I dipped my...
  8. McDoogins

    Our brain hallucinates our conscious reality

    I mean hallucinations aren't "real" to everyone else, so I guess it would be a universal "hallucination"? Even then once you define what a hallucination is or isn't, it has variables that aren't definable, this is like the Tao or the ever expanding universe in my opinion.
  9. McDoogins

    Is it possible to be an Atheist and Calvanist?

    True, I do tend to get hung up on labels sometimes.
  10. McDoogins

    Is it possible to be an Atheist and Calvanist?

    I think lovesong said it best when she said I'm more of a predeterminist looking into the philosophy of Calvinism. I am interested in what ADigitalArtist said about Christian Atheism however. (atheism to you) haha
  11. McDoogins

    Is it possible to be an Atheist and Calvanist?

    I mean, I see what you're saying, that if everything is predetermined it could be argued there is no point, but just because something is predetermined doesn't mean it loses meaning. If it's predetermined I go to work tomorrow and I go to work out of necessity it doesn't negate the fact that I...
  12. McDoogins

    Is it possible to be an Atheist and Calvanist?

    That's the question I'm asking. I don't know. I guess I'm barely an agnostic. I think God is possible but have seen no evidence of his/it's existence other than as a social construct people create to feel they are safe or have purpose.
  13. McDoogins

    What Determines the Morality of a Sexual Act?

    Whether or not all parties can consent
  14. McDoogins

    Is it possible to be an Atheist and Calvanist?

    Thanks for the response. I am pretty convinced of determinism and evolutionary biology but I also think there is some wiggle room or actual free will.
  15. McDoogins

    Is it possible to be an Atheist and Calvanist?

    Calvanism interests me in that it states in TULIP (an ackronym) under Total depravity that my man is free to not sin, but due to self interest and neccesity will sin more times then not and that he is basically destined to do so. This and the concept of predestination interests me. Also I...
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  16. McDoogins

    Female Pedophiles & Sexual Predators

    No one should be raped regardless of their crime, including rape or even genocide. I view rape as a sexual form of cannibalism.
  17. McDoogins

    Is God Really Good?

    Thanks bro, I try.:cool:
  18. McDoogins

    Is God Really Good?

    It would be interesting if you could take away promises of afterlives in peoples religions that have them, and see if those people still believed in their religions without their reward. This is of course only relating to religions that claim there is an afterlife.
  19. McDoogins

    Is God Really Good?

    I've looked into Confucianism a little bit. It's alright.
  20. McDoogins

    Can someone explain the Trinity please...

    Thanks, I didn't think it would be that easy.
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