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To: Thehammer who wrote (46370)

6/19/2013 6:02:48 PM

From: average joe

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How do you know what everyone else thought?

Koan knows everything and what he does not know he makes up and what he can't understand he accepts on faith. He is especially familiar and chummy with the ancient Greeks.

To: koan who wrote (12)	12/14/2008 11:30:26 AM
From: GROUND ZERO™	14 Recommendations Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 71

What??? You completely missed my point, I'm not talking about religion... and you're now answering a question I didn't even pose, nor did I ever suggest that God exists or not, you did... You asked how can religious teachings be tested and I told you... nor did I challenge evolution, but you defend it like it's your own personal religion, you seem confused... I asked you several questions and you've completely ignored them... and you have failed to tell me how our law do not support broad religious tenets... Nonetheless, it is now clear to me that you have some other agenda, some axe to grind, more likely to bash religion than to discuss anything on the table that may be empirical... I'm not a religious buff, I don't care about religion or their gods, but you introduced the point and the question, and now you talk about some Greek gods... where did that come from? Keep your Greek gods, keep your discussion, and keep your thread... I can spot a pseudo intellect when they begin to present their agenda, you have now done that as well, your comments are too shallow to be authentic or genuine... any legitimate philosopher who has a brief encounter with you will discover quickly that you don't know what you're talking about, I know philosophers, you're clearly not a philosopher... Good luck and enjoy your thread, so long...<g> GZ

To: Thehammer who wrote (46370)	6/19/2013 10:58:15 PM
From: koan	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 85487

Because the big thinking (republics) began with the ancient Greeks. They were the first large culture to engage in sustained free thinking. It was what Plato was doing that was so important, not any specific idea. Plato, almost 2500 years ago wrote a book that hit the nail on the head. The Allegory of the Cave in The Republic by Plato. Story: People are living in a cave and their reality are shadows on a wall, not even the real thing. Paraphrased: One guys strays out of the cave into the sunlight and sees blue sky, green grass, birds singing, etc. It is beautiful, so he runs back into the cave to tell the rest of the folks what a wonderful thing he has just seen. They kill him. Sort of like, if I were to bring up a discussion of existentialism, or zen, while I am playing poker and they were watching a football game. They would kill me. Conservatives always want to kill liberals for their ideas-lol. Plato knew that trip 2500 years ago.