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    Mangling others' religions

    Is it justified to interpret someone's scriptures differently than those the scripture belongs to? For example, the New Age teaching that Jesus was a guru who lived in India, and that he was teaching a form of eastern religion. No he didn't and no he wasn't. Seems to me, we have to understand...
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    UFO mystery solved

    Perhaps many UFOs are ball lightening? I recommend studying ball lightening. It's weird and common enough. There are even some videos of it.
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    Quotes from scientists

    I've been collecting quotes from scientists. Thought I'd share some. (One per post so people can comment if they want). Truth is so obscure in these times, and falsehood so established, that, unless we love the truth, we cannot know it. (Blaise Pascal)
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    Why is morality a problem?

    Some seem to think there is no such thing as objective morality because no one can agree. Does this mean laws are immoral and that we should not have laws? (since they are arbitrary and promote the moral views of some but not others). But can we agree on enough? Things such as: murder...
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    awe + amazement = pantheism

    Pondering whether non-theism can be improved by incorporating pantheism. Various aspects of reality seem weird and mysterious: quantum mechanics, consciousness, mind, information, energy, entropy, time, force, quantum fields and the standard model, special and general relativity, the fact of...
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    Is provability required for belief?

    Materialists/physicalists seem to think you should only believe something that's provable. This limits belief to the subset of the physical universe provable by the scientific method. An example of something not provable but worthy of belief: You meet someone you think you will become lifelong...
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    Activism by atheists

    Do quotes such as these following qualify as activism, meaning, wishing for change in society? (Argumentation is a tool of activism, an action.) All these quotes assume it's better if there were no religion, with the assumption that certain intuitions promote religion...
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    Should parents teach their children religion?

    Activist atheists answer, no; parents should not be allowed to indoctrinate their children with their religious beliefs. This is why all children should attend public school, so they can learn scientific rationality. Certainly, some religious beliefs harm others, and these harms should be...
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    Activist atheism

    Lately I've been studying viewpoints of various atheists, and am disturbed at many of their radical agendas for society. They want to abolish religions, including home school and religious schools. Basically, they consider non-atheists as people not deserving of participation in society, because...
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    Souls can affect matter

    I often hear materialists claim there is no spiritual realm and, therefore, no souls or spirits. One reason they give is that souls can't interact with the body; that spirits can't affect matter. But there is a way; I'm surprised no one has thought of it. Here's how it could work: If a spirit...
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    Science is based on philosophy

    Science is based on philosophy, therefore, philosophy is essential in determining truth and knowledge. People often claim that all that is needed is science. The scientific method of science is a philosophical construct, using epistemology to determine the nature of truth and knowledge, and how...
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    Is philosophy mere imagination?

    Atheists who object to anything non-material often refer to this as mere imagination. They say if you believe in God, that it is your imagination. Or if you believe in a spiritual realm, that it is your imagination. Or if you are a dualist thinking consciousness is apart from the...
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    Non-Christians obsessed with Christianity

    Seems a lot of people who are not Christians are obsessed with Christianity. As if they still struggle with whether or not it is true. The claims of Christianity are not true, and the Bible is fiction. It contradicts science, archaeology, common sense, and document analysis. It is worthwhile...
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    The assumption of materialism/physicalism

    I am troubled that many science minded people assume materialism/physicalism; that everything is physical. I agree that the scientific method provides provable knowledge about the physical universe, and that it is impossible to prove anything at all otherwise. But proving something is true...
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    Consciousness is process?

    I often hear people claim that the subjective experience of conscious is a process of matter. Examples of such process are: (1) electronic circuits, and (2) computer programs. I don't dispute that consciousness has a physical basis. But using the analogy of process implies, I think, that...
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    Is atheism a religion?

    I realize atheism doesn't claim to be a religion. And I'm only referring to those atheists who feel they must convert God-believers to atheism, or else these God-believers will destroy civilization. There is an intensity of emotion, an anger, an urgency in these atheists' interactions that...
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    Mind/body dualism and quantum mechanics

    Mind/body dualism and quantum mechanics Assumes dualism. For those insisting on declaring materialism true and dualism false, don't expect me to reply. Randomness Toss a coin: 50% heads, 50% tails. But in a vacuum on a perfectly flat surface by a robot that throws exactly the same each time...
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    It's not just hard, it's impossible

    It's not just hard, it's impossible Could an advanced artificial intelligence controlling a robot butterfly in the Himalayas calculate when to flap its wings to create a hurricane in the Atlantic? No, of course not. No computing power no matter how advanced could ever calculate such a thing. It...
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    Couldn't design it if you tried

    Couldn't design it if you tried Seems to me, regarding the origins of biological life and subsequent evolution, even the most micromanager of an intelligent designer couldn't possibly have designed the complexity we see today. For example, how could this intelligent designer have choreographed...
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    How does consciousness interact with the brain?

    How does consciousness interact with the brain? Assuming dualism; that consciousness is not merely an illusion created by brain complexity, nor an emergent property caused by the neural network. Seems there is two way communication: From brain to consciousness: after receiving sensory...
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