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You have always existed, you can’t possibly be never not here. You are infinity. You are aware of choice within your dream only. Choice therefore must be an imaginary choice, not real, but only appearing to be real. That’s a not knowing knowing, the divine paradox that is necessary for awareness to...

Pascal (1670) argued that life without God is meaningless and miserable. When people are confronted with their own emptiness, they create obstacles to overcome, attempting to escape boredom. These token victories are merely diversions that distract from spiritual poverty and the recognition that one...

WHY THIS UNCHOSEN LIFE? Answer: Nothing chose life. Meaning nothing exists, meaning, nothing cannot not exist. That’s what you are, you are nothing living forever eternal, there’s simply no choice in the matter. If there is no choice about our existence from our side, that itself points to a powerf...

We were born into this world without any desire for it, without even being aware of it. Why wasn’t it possible that someone else could have existed instead of me? Every single day, thousands of children are born, and perhaps everything happens randomly — but why am I part of this randomness? There c...

Abdullah, would you consider empirical evidence? What your experiment would determine is not DID happen but what WOULD happen according to the theory of what causes evolution (differential survival) You will need a couple of containers, a probability device (say a die), and a large supply of beads ...

I think you have a problem understanding timescales. Specifically Millions and Billions of years. That which was thought to be a paradox shall be brought into the light of day. Q. Which came first, the chicken or the egg? A. They both came at the same time, as gradually one wasn't quite a chicken a...

Two major points make me skeptical about the theory of evolution. First, if evolution is truly responsible for transforming living beings, then surely we should see some evidence of gradual changes in history—or at least today. Even within a single nation or group, you might expect to see someone w...

Does the question, 'Are scientific theories true?' even make sense? If yes, then how and why, exactly? The question “Are scientific theories true?” does make sense, but only if we first clarify what we mean by “true.” If by truth we mean absolute or final correspondence with reality , then scientif...

Realism claims that scientific theories describe the world as it truly is, including both observable and unobservable things. Constructive empiricism, on the other hand, teaches that the real aim of science is empirical adequacy—that a theory should fit what can be observed, not necessarily what ex...

I'm going to make it clearer. The argument I was rebutting was "homosexuality wrong because not NATURAL" (not part of the natural world) I was simply giving examples supporting "sex in Nature is one heck of a lot more complicated than the naive picture". But yes, IF instead of t...

Two major points make me skeptical about the theory of evolution. First, if evolution is truly responsible for transforming living beings, then surely we should see some evidence of gradual changes in history—or at least today. Even within a single nation or group, you might expect to see someone w...

the natural purpose? who decides that? god? "nature"? some pious marxist? structure? have we finished mapping the brain? let alone finding the perfect model? what is the limited function of it? brains are made to be food for zombies... -Imp I think reason can help us differentiate between...

[ Well, personally I don’t see morality as something objective. Still, the OP isn’t illogical. It simply points out that to understand proper sexuality, we should look at man and woman together — just like we understand the proper use of a key only when we see it with the lock. The structure itself...

Two major points make me skeptical about the theory of evolution. First, if evolution is truly responsible for transforming living beings, then surely we should see some evidence of gradual changes in history—or at least today. Even within a single nation or group, you might expect to see someone wi...

The question was who says homosexuality is "wrong" or isn't a "proper" use of their sexual organs? You answered that one can't play football if one doesn't know what a football is. So I asked if you were saying that homosexuals don't know what sexual organs are. Do you really th...