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The Philosopher's Thread

An SI Board Since December 2008

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21	Here are a couple of age old questions. What is God? Do you believe in your co	FJB	-	3/20/2010
20	<i>Our lives are totally meaningless if they are spent in unbearable pain.	Hawkmoon	-	3/19/2010
19	When my dad was dying at home from cancer his friend a doctor left a bottle of m	average joe	-	3/14/2010
18	If there were a way for me to have the pain, instead of my sister, I would do it	FJB	-	3/13/2010
17	"The greatest evil is physical pain." Saint Augustine	average joe	-	3/13/2010
16	My sister tells my mother she would like to die rather than experience the pain	FJB	-	3/13/2010
15	"Religion is a primitive form of philosophy, [the] attempt to offer a compr	average joe	-	7/30/2009
14	"The [U.S.] Constitution is a limitation on the government, not on private	average joe	1	7/29/2009
13	What??? You completely missed my point, I'm not talking about religion... a	GROUND ZERO™	14	12/14/2008
12	There is no use in debating the existence of any of the 5,000+ religions, as the	koan	-	12/14/2008
11	<i>And how would one do that exactly?</i> It's very easy... ju	GROUND ZERO™	3	12/14/2008
10	>> With science I can test and idea. with religion one cannot test it. B	koan	-	12/14/2008
9	<i>With science I can test and idea. with religion one cannot test it.<	GROUND ZERO™	3	12/13/2008
8	We all only have a part of the elephant. We must compare ideas to see the whole	koan	-	12/13/2008
7	Mandelbrot set. Ever see this? It is very good, and fun to watch. Watch all 6	koan	-	12/13/2008
6	I agree with most of what you say. And I believe in quantum pjysics multiverse t	koan	-	12/13/2008
5	<i>we try to understand as much as we can. </i> But, how can we cla	GROUND ZERO™	2	12/13/2008
4	I don't feel I know much of anything really. But that is the human condition	koan	-	12/13/2008
3	How do you know that what you claim to know is true, since your perceptions of t	GROUND ZERO™	3	12/13/2008
2	People often think of existentialism as nihilistic, but I think that is the wron	koan	-	12/10/2008
1	Musings: I was in an exchange a few days ago about whether existentialism coul	koan	-	12/10/2008

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