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  1. Ella S.

    Why does God prevent us from helping one another?

    The slaughter of non-combatants in Ukraine, Israel, Palestine, Afghanistan, etc. is fairly well known at this point. The news publishes more death and tragedy every day. People in countries I can't reach suffer from poor infrastructure and corrupt governments. In fact, people suffer from that...
  2. Ella S.

    For those who have a religious belief in fate, destiny, divine providence, etc.

    Could you explain a bit about what you believe about fate, destiny, divine providence, etc.? How does this belief impact your life? How do you feel about the subject? What do you think are some misconceptions surrounding the topic, from your perspective?
  3. Ella S.

    Stoicism on Trans Issues

    == What is Stoicism? == Stoicism was a movement that originated with Zeno of Citium and his student, Chryssipus. It was a development of Cynic philosophy, which in itself was an elaboration of Socratic ideas. In order to understand what Stoicism is, we must first understand the key ideas that...
  4. Ella S.

    I'm sorry for my poor conduct on this forum

    I have failed to live up to my own standards of conduct. This has likely resulted in a great deal of harm. For that, I am sorry. Here is the problem as I perceive it. I have been hyper-critical, passive agressive, judgmental, and extremely opinionated almost as a hard rule through my posts...
  5. Ella S.

    Why isn't this board more obsessed with restrooms?

    And who's in them and what they're doing and whether or not the rest of us are invited? We need multiple threads on this fascinating subject to adequately cover it.
  6. Ella S.

    Nature and Logos

    I'm interested in comparing/contrasting some ideas here. To me, I worship the Nature described by the ancient Stoics and by Spinoza, which was often called God. More specifically, the Stoics saw God as the animating force entangled within (but inseparable from) matter, and they called this...
  7. Ella S.

    I am not a Romance-Drained Aegosexual

    This is a post that I'd prefer to not make, because the subject of romantic feelings and sexual drives feels like glorifying the irrational. However, I personally believe that I have an obligation to correct the record in an effort to avoid contributing to ace-erasure. I made a statement awhile...
  8. Ella S.

    For Christians: The Sinlessness of Jesus

    It's been said that Jesus experienced temptations, just like all humans do. Specifically, many people point to Satan's temptations of Jesus during his 40 days in the desert. Do you believe that Jesus experienced concupiscence? That is, that he experienced the temptation and desire to sin? If...
  9. Ella S.

    Temperance

    I open this thread out of a genuine interest to hear other users' thoughts on the virtue of temperance. I'm particularly interested in those who try to live in accordance with temperance and what advice they might have for others who might be doing the same. I have a few questions: 1. What is...
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  10. Ella S.

    Value of Philosophy

    Continued from here: Objective Morality Without God I don't intend to attack philosophy as a whole, just the majority of modern academic philosophy. This is a great counter-argument, but not because I care about what people find intellectually stimulating. It's because the field of...
  11. Ella S.

    How to tell why a thread was locked?

    Perhaps I should do a bit more skimming on the forum. I don't intend to request that any thread is unlocked. I'd just like to know why some threads I've participated in have become locked, particularly in case I may have inadvertently contributed to it. Two recent threads I've posted in have...
  12. Ella S.

    My RF Anniversary - First Year on RF

    This time last year, I had just recently left homelessness and finished physical therapy, and I was a Neo-Sethian. I joined RF with the hope of having my understanding of Gnosticism examined in the public eye, since there was very little on the subject elsewhere outside of small chat rooms...
  13. Ella S.

    Historical vs Religious Interpretations

    It seems that historical and archaeological interpretations of various texts can often be dramatically different from the religious interpretations of these texts. You see this most commonly exemplified in debates like the one between historian Bart Ehrman and theologian William Lane Craig on...
  14. Ella S.

    "Evidence" for God - Continued from another thread

    Continued from this post: Why I’m not atheist or agnostic. I would like sources for each of your following claims: That people have discovered relatives they did not know they had in NDEs That all "cave men" believed in an afterlife (since as far as I'm aware, the specifics of Neolithic...
  15. Ella S.

    How often do pantheists use the word "God?"

    According to this article by World Pantheism, most of the pantheists they're involved with don't use the word "God:" Pantheism as "Sexed-up Atheism" "His one caveat is that scientific pantheists should not use words like “God.” Well, we don’t...In practice, while a significant minority of our...
  16. Ella S.

    Thank you, Pagans

    I'm going to be honest, I've been struggling a lot these past 6 years, especially as far as mental health goes. Recently, I've taken a step back and started to join local LGBT support groups, go back to therapy, and I'm starting to gain some acceptance with local pagan groups. It's been awhile...
  17. Ella S.

    For scientific-minded believers, what is God the Creator of?

    If the diversity of life is the product of evolution, life itself is the product of abiogenesis, the earth formed naturally from space dust, and matter traces its origins to the Big Bang, then what did God create? Most creator deities that are now referred to in English as "God" are given as...
  18. Ella S.

    Narcissism and Philosophy

    I recently read this fascinating paper by Steven James Bartlett, titled "Narcissism and Philosophy" https://philarchive.org/archive/JAMNAP While I recommend reading the paper in full, as listed above, I can quote the points that I'm interested in discussing here. And Do you think these...
  19. Ella S.

    Reformed Epistemology

    Has anyone here heard of "reformed epistemology" where the belief in God is taken as a foundationalist basic belief? Does anyone know the arguments for this? I lean quite heavily towards Rationalism, almost to the point of solipsism, so I find the idea of God being a basic belief to be...
  20. Ella S.

    Immaterial Minds

    I have looked at a variety of definitions for what a deity is and a great deal of them seem to refer to an immaterial mind. Even definitions like an "absolute principle" frequently define this "absolute principle" as a "Supreme Being" that is independent from matter. Even definitions that call...
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