The Philosophy Discussion Forum

gaffo wrote: ↑Sun Feb 10, 2019 2:04 am in the above i'm a democrat.

which are you?

An observer.

bahman wrote: ↑Wed Jan 30, 2019 7:46 pm Matter which is not conscious.

Our equations are descriptions of observed behavior. Matter does not follow any instructions.
It has been written many times that the sun rises in the east, and sets in the west. But it would do so, even if nobody ever wrote about it.

What the buck is blind matter?

Religion is like a review of half a movie, written by someone many years ago. In that review they make their own conclusions how the movie ends.

Science is a rejection of that review, by someone who watched the whole movie.

I've got six regrets that'd I'd change, if I got the chance. Most of them was from before I became an adult. All of them are 100% - no hesitation - give me a Groundhog day, please - regrets. And by the way, the '69 "My Way" song is a cover, not a Sinatra original. It was first recorded in ...

We know for a fact that Q uantum F luctuation creates matter from nothing. Proof from 2011: https://phys.org/news/2011-11-scientists-vacuum.html And that matter is energy/information. So, doesn't that conflict with physicalism? Isn't materialism dead? How can anyone still hold on to that? Are their ...

Islam is something most of its members are born into. They are practically brainwashed from childhood to think Islamic. Since they were impressionable, naive, innocent kids, they have been told that Muhammad lived "the perfect life" according to "Allah, the most gracious and powerful&...

Our body (and brain) is probably just an avatar. No more real than a holograph.

As Einstein said, when he realized that he'd lost the battle with Bohr:

Reality is merely an illusion, albeit a very persistent one.

Dawkins is a hack! *mindless one shouthing "fire" in the theater.....to sell his books. Dawkins assumes the only OT YHWH is the one in the Torah. well its not, there is another YHWH - the one in the other 1/2 of the Old Testement - the one written about by the Minor Prophets. Amos/ job/ H...

The undoing of religion are heavily suggested in various scriptures. Bible - Book of Revelation: "and i saw no temple in the city (New Jerusalem) Buddha predicted that 5000 years after his death, him and all his teachings will be forgotten. Prophecy of the Popes only foretells of 113 "pop...

My goodness, such a naïve perspective. Did it ever occur to you that maybe there would be a lot less mass murdering done by those who shout that particular rebel yell if there were a lot less instances of evil western imperialists invading their sovereign lands (covertly and overtly) in order to ga...

Walker wrote: ↑Sat Dec 29, 2018 12:16 am You apparently think that those who kill in the name of God do get to decide.

Well they are closer to the original version than any pious self righteous homemade version is. Sadly.

My message is not that the terrorists are right, but that God is evil.

Let's assume for a moment that God exists, and that the Old Testament describes him. If we soberly and honestly analyze that description, we get something similar to Richard Dawkins description: The God of the Old Testament is arguably the most unpleasant character in all fiction: jealous and proud ...

I hate birthdays. One step closer to death + unwanted attention. Not that life is that great, but the other thing is unknown.

I always thought philosophy was an individuals approach to life or a subject. I learned very late in life that it is a branch in science. What attracted me to it was that it is "the why". That's right up my alley. Fits me perfectly. I love science and "the how", but it is "t...