http://allphilosophy.com/ All the latest philosophy http://allphilosophy.com/topic/5370 Make your vote! Current opinions are:<ul><li>Well<br />I think it should just be up to the adult to decide how s/he wants to live and start a family under. Desire--and financial ability--should be the only consideration for this. As an American, so-called "nuclear families" are extremely common. The "joint family" you are describing occurs fairl...<p></li> Sun, 05 Jul 2009 04:15:26 -0500 http://allphilosophy.com/topic/5368 Make your vote! Current opinions are:<ul><li>Well<br />How can anyone ever enjoy anything when others are suffering? You can't just feel bad all the time. I was completely against the Iraq War, though I do see the need for the struggle in Afghanistan as it is the only way I can see defeating the Taliban. I am sorry for your father, and I am sorr...<p></li><li>Hero worship and personal perspective<br />The fact of the matter is that people often don't feel anything for someone or something they are not personally connected to. If they do recognize the heaviness of the circumstances, they will refuse to exercise their empathy to save the solidity of their own prejudices. There are many more that...<p></li><li>War<br />Me, personaly, the only reason i see America and England fighting here is to gain glory, to become this large nation held together ready to fight away all 'evil' with out a call for help to be mustered. I come from Afghanistan and you want to know how my father died? He was killed by a bullet ...<p></li> Sat, 04 Jul 2009 05:46:06 -0500 http://allphilosophy.com/topic/5366 Make your vote! Current opinions are:<ul><li>The denial of death<br />To quote a brilliant thinker ... “The idea of death, the fear of it, haunts the human animal like nothing else; it is a mainspring of human activity - designed largely to avoid the fatality of death, to overcome it by denying in some way that it is the final destiny of man.” Personally, I t...<p></li><li>Well<br />There's a perfect explanation to fear in evolution. If animals didn't either fight or run during danger, that animal would (or theoretically DID) die, and become extinct. Only the animals that had the instinct to preserve their life with what they had--scurrying away or fighting--moved on to ha...<p></li><li>Fear is nothing but slavery to God<br />When human being's or any other form of life is threatned by another of it's kind or it's own thoughts the first reaction is almost always prodictable. To run. But why? When it's darkness you can never run quite far enough and if we run before a predator then it will only give chase. So why have ...<p></li> Fri, 03 Jul 2009 12:32:33 -0500 http://allphilosophy.com/topic/5364 Make your vote! Current opinions are:<ul><li>Deep<br />Dunno...is she hot?<p></li><li>cougar!<br />haha, I'm just kidding. You haven't really given enough information to really say anything about the marriage. Obviously, you two are from different generations, but that isn't always a negative thing. You two could be perfectly compatible in every way. Just by the fact that it is unusual, ...<p></li> Sun, 28 Jun 2009 17:51:48 -0500 http://allphilosophy.com/topic/5362 Make your vote! Current opinions are:<ul><li>Personally, I believe<br />That the Bible clearly shows that the end times are upon us. There is only one being that has the ability to prepare and protect the entire population of the earth, and the is the almighty, living God. Before mankind pushes himself over the brink of extinction, God will step in to save those that...<p></li><li>?<br />lol barring sending everyone into space, there would be no way to prepare 6 billion people or even just 2 people for the end of the world, as there would be no more world. Are you talking about a specific, preventable "world ending" scenario?<p></li> Sun, 28 Jun 2009 17:44:21 -0500 http://allphilosophy.com/topic/5360 Make your vote! Current opinions are:<ul><li>yes<br />i subscribed to nihilism for a time... but your description of the belief structure is off... nihilism is a three pronged belief: 1. nothing exists. 2. if something did exist there is no way we could know about it. 3. if somehow we could know something existed, there is no way to convey t...<p></li> Sat, 27 Jun 2009 16:41:38 -0500 http://allphilosophy.com/topic/5358 Make your vote! Current opinions are:<ul><li>Hmmmm<br />Well, I am wondering what you mean by 'human.' Humans are a species, just like cats and dogs, and there is really no philosophy behind that. Philosophy is not the basis of human existance, we would exist without philosophies, we just wouldn't be the same in the sense that we would have no morals ...<p></li><li>Philosphy is ...<br />It's the search for meaning in an otherwise neutral world, the endless need for purpose, individual integrity, survival, and importance. Without some kind of philosophy to live by and support, we lose our self-worth. Therefore, it's the pursuit of pacifying the anxiety of being alive.<p></li><li>Interesting<br />I'd say, in a sense, philosophy IS what is it be human. The ability to think abstractly and put reasons behind actions. I should note that I don't consider "philosophy" as exclusive a club as others. I think a group of kids hanging out talking about a movie and why it was good, or people exp...<p></li><li>discuss?<br />I want your opinions.<p></li> Fri, 26 Jun 2009 07:23:50 -0500 http://allphilosophy.com/topic/5356 Make your vote! Current opinions are:<ul><li>Absolutely not.<br />Absolutely not. How is it unethical? For Christs sake, humanities instinct is one of bravery and exploration(not exactly the right words, but I can't seem to find the one I'm looking for). When did everyone become such wimps? Caring for an underdeveloped cell is ridiculous. So in that case we sho...<p></li><li>There are more ways still<br />My friend above me is forgetting something.why not have fertilized eggs when 80% of a woman's fertilized eggs do not reach the womb and are lost during menstruation.the woman knows it happening because mensuration is especially heavy and painful.so why not use those eggs for medical purposes if i...<p></li><li>Yes to most.<br />My opinion is that yes, we should harvest these cells in every way EXCEPT in fertile eggs. The other ways are umbilical cords (which is virtually infinite and can be used after they've been cut), and the other way is adult stem cells, which do not require the destruction of the embryo. This is a ...<p></li> Thu, 25 Jun 2009 23:32:29 -0500 http://allphilosophy.com/topic/5354 Make your vote! Current opinions are:<ul><li>Of course there is<br />Of course there is Love. Make yourself a gift for another. When you stop asking what you want for yourself and instead seek to give yourself to another, to someone you love, you lose the fear and attachments to dirts and materials like money. Like you said, not to say those things are bad,...<p></li><li>Connection<br />Social bonding, exploring ideas, exploring the mind.<p></li> Thu, 25 Jun 2009 03:21:44 -0500 http://allphilosophy.com/topic/5350 Make your vote! Current opinions are:<ul><li>Sometimes<br />Sometimes they definitely are reactions to your subconscious, or even consciousness. Your fears and hopes that sometimes you weren't entirely aware of. More often they're just random. Places you've been, work, that show you just watched a marathon of, whatever the TV you accidentally left on...<p></li><li>Maybe it's me...<br />I think to a extent, dreams helps us understand the way we think. I don't really think they have a meaning to them like predicting what's going to happen next or that kind of stuff. It just helps us figure out who we are. <p></li> Thu, 25 Jun 2009 03:18:21 -0500 http://allphilosophy.com/topic/5348 Make your vote! Current opinions are:<ul><li>Don't make alcohol illegal, that's just stupid as shiite - but legalize dem drugs<br />There are good moral reasons for legalizing most drugs (assuming there is no way to simply take them out of circulation, as was done with Quaaludes), it is not that drugs aren't harmful (pot is pretty tame, but by no means benign) but the harms of criminalizing large sections of the adult, otherw...<p></li><li>Sure<br />I see no harm in it really. I don't think we need to change the laws on alcohol.<p></li><li>Pot or alcohol?<br />Pot most definitely. Think about it. There's violent drunk people and happy easy going high people. <p></li> Wed, 24 Jun 2009 16:42:53 -0500 http://allphilosophy.com/topic/5346 Make your vote! Current opinions are:<ul><li>Y fear?<br />Why Fear at all? hate , yes .... I hate big unethical business corporations. Captalist big business enterprises harm the environment more than a publicly owned big business body. <p></li><li>Well<br />Any one of them is dangerous, it all depends on who is in control of what and why. I think big business has the most potential to be dangerous as its overall goal can only be about self-interest, though not all corporations are purely selfish and evil. Big government can be good for regulat...<p></li><li>All of the above<br />Recently I have heard a lot from the group that fears and hates "Big Brother." Naturally, I don't like government telling who can marry or what I can and cannot say but I acknowledge some reasonable limitations. What I find so strange is that these people have a tendency to support the enforcemen...<p></li> Wed, 24 Jun 2009 13:12:10 -0500 http://allphilosophy.com/topic/5344 Make your vote! Current opinions are:<ul><li>Angles<br />Just for another angle on this, there is evidence that genetics might have something to do with one's beliefs about the divine (I am not suggesting that it is 'just genes' but there is some evidence of it) in which case it would seem that both atheism and theism can be default positions depending...<p></li><li>a state of ignorance<br />i can't see how anything other than a state of ignorance can be the default.<p></li><li>Agnosticism<br />If I flip a coin, and ask you "out of these two outcomes, heads or tails, which one will be the coin toss result in?" Despite the fact that there are two possible outcomes, there are three possible answers: "Heads" "Tails" And, "I don't know"<p></li> Tue, 23 Jun 2009 01:35:30 -0500 http://allphilosophy.com/topic/5342 Make your vote! Current opinions are:<ul><li>no<br />it's stupid to think that war is needed. it's only needed because of people trying to take control, if not for that, i'm pretty sure we would be fine without it...<p></li> Mon, 22 Jun 2009 16:21:15 -0500 http://allphilosophy.com/topic/5340 Make your vote! Current opinions are:<ul><li>How do we know we exist?<br />Reality...Just signals in your head.<p></li> Mon, 22 Jun 2009 16:19:35 -0500 http://allphilosophy.com/topic/5338 Make your vote! Current opinions are:<ul><li>I like it!<br />Thanks for the quote, Weydon! You are superb as always!! I think this quote should always be referenced when people begrudgingly cry out "What would our forefathers say?!" when changes in laws are being proposed. Not all change is good, but all proposed changes should be weighed, measured, a...<p></li> Mon, 22 Jun 2009 10:49:16 -0500 http://allphilosophy.com/topic/5336 Make your vote! Current opinions are:<ul><li>No<br />Murder is the unlawful and often premeditated killing of another human being. Killing in self defense, the defense of others, euthanasia, or an execution (I am against capital punishment) are NOT murder. Except in some crazy circumstance like the law utterly fails to protect the innocent and ...<p></li><li>What's a murder?<br />You have a Very Interesting Observation. Quite funny. But nevertheless a valid one for this forum Murder is neither wrong, right or necessary. Murder means a death of a human (you can add trees and animals these days) which is caused by another human being. Murder is therfore considered a cr...<p></li><li>Necessary<br />Now, I think this might get me flamed, but I do believe that murder is quite necessary. I think it's important to human survival. I don't really think it's wrong to kill another human being, IF you have a reason. A good reason. Too many people are fooled by a sense of false innocence.<p></li> Thu, 18 Jun 2009 04:23:11 -0500 http://allphilosophy.com/topic/5332 Make your vote! Current opinions are:<ul><li>Don't worry, it's really nothing<br />How would you interpret this? Nothing is real. The Beatles, Strawberry Fields Forever Would you say that nothing i.e. not anything is REAL Or as NOTHING, i.e. the concept of nothing being real or materialised as reality of some sorts?<p></li> Fri, 12 Jun 2009 05:00:29 -0500 http://allphilosophy.com/topic/5330 Make your vote! Current opinions are:<ul><li>Philosophy is never dead<br />Gogol’s Dead Souls: The gentleman in their carriage was not handsome but neither was he particularly bad-looking; he was neither too fat nor too thin; he could not be said to be too old, but he was not too young either. Does this not remind you of some of your online contacts? On woman’s...<p></li> Fri, 12 Jun 2009 04:56:32 -0500 http://allphilosophy.com/topic/5328 Make your vote! Current opinions are:<ul><li>Not so much<br />A little bit, yes, because they do live their lives with little or not interaction but even some exchange of text feels like a connection. I think I feel more like a parallel like when it comes to celebrities and especially the artists I appreciate. Their existence is almost surreal to me, so whe...<p></li><li>The straight and narrow of it<br />Parallel straight lines are lines that, being in the same plane and being produced indefinitely in both directions, do not meet one another in either direction. Do you feel similar about being on par with your online contacts though not meeting? <p></li> Fri, 12 Jun 2009 04:41:11 -0500