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How this site could be more effective (in dealing with matters of God, religion, faith, philosophy, and belief)

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  It would be interesting to have a simple survey on the site to see what basic morals people agree or disagree on, despite traditional background and belief. A simple Yes/No type survey with basic questions would suffice, and the results of this open survey would show a belief presented by a mixed faith population who are actually interested in the result. Too many times we are imprisoned in a creed or dogma that we ourselves do not entirely believe in, it has been predecided by a relatively small group of "wise men" before us. These beliefs are not necessarily our own and are divisive in nature, separating us from all other faith backgrounds. The survey would provide an interesting method of finding out how many people have similar beliefs to ourselves - ignoring tradition religion.

  Also, some replies to the post are merely comments and do not propose an answer to the question presented and should be put under comments, but people want to have their comments shown and not hidden with somebody else's message. Comments should be shown, but denoted in a different colour and not have the Vote For option. Replies should be grouped better so that similar replies are put together for the purpose of showing which general idea is more popular, instead of forcing people to agree with a specific opinion presented by someone else, they could agree to a general idea and type their specific belief as well. Instead of voting for a person's message, one could reply with a comment and vote for the general idea.

  100%  Voted for by monosophia, Stella Luna.

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    Weydon
    March 30, 2006
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    It'd be an interesting survey to know what percentages there are based on the people that come here, I guess. But I don't see how that would make anything easier. The debating needs to say because that's the idea of philosophy.
  • Joao Camilo
    April 4, 2006
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    It is more productive if people went home to study before posting.
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    Neros Decay
    April 11, 2006
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    while the idea is productive in theory i doubt that anyone would really pay attention to the survey. i agree it would be interesting to see what kind of beliefs these users have and the percentages but debating and philosophy arent solely based on religions and morals. so in truth there really is no productivity to it. not to mention it would only spark more religious debates. honestly i think we can all say we have enough of those, so its really not making anything easier.
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    frndofyaweh
    May 3, 2006
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    Philosophy

    Hmmm, I would think it is difficult, to catagorize a subject, that is a subject, on all subjects themselves and. Wikapedia definition of philosophy. [B]Philosophy[B\] is a field of study that includes diverse subfields such as aesthetics, epistemology, ethics, logic, and metaphysics, in which people ask questions such as whether God exists, whether knowledge is possible, and what makes actions right or wrong. The fundamental method of philosophy is the use of reasoning to evaluate arguments concerning these questions. However, the exact scope and methodology of philosophy is not rigid. What counts as philosophy is itself debated, and it varies across philosophical traditions. The term philosophy comes from the Greek word "Φιλοσοφία" (philo-sophia), which means "love of wisdom". The term is notoriously difficult to define (see definition of philosophy) because of the diverse range of ideas that have been labeled as a philosophy. The Penguin Dictionary of Philosophy defines it as the study of "the most fundamental and general concepts and principles involved in thought, action, and reality". ________________________________________________________________________ Philosophy is based in Wisdom and God or any religion on Earth is also seated in spiritual wisdom, thus you cannot have philosophy, "by its own definition", without God or gods. Philosophy is based on things not always seen or evidenced, which is what the Bible says about, our faith in God. _____-----______ It would be nice to have some php functions, but based on what philosophy is; All Philosophy, is designed to save time and clutter, so we can focus more easily, on the topics at hand.___________________________________________________________________________ _____________________________________Since Philosophy itself, breaks down into, one of the most diverse, outlined subjects; Here at all Philosophy, we can break the topic into miniature off shoot topics. Once you log-in; Clicking on the "My Philosophy" link in the above page header, will let you find your way back to your topics and those, whose company you enjoy. *yes, making bold, underlined, [I]Italics[I\], etc, would be nice. _____-----______ EDIT: hmmm, somehow I did it, I got Italics to work above. I am lost with html functions, but learning._____

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