bible describes atheism as a condition of the heart and is all about seeking what is ephemeral, not acting with insight.
(psalm 14:1, 2) thus it rightly says the whole world is lying in the attraction of what is ephemeral.
(wicked one is not a correct translation.1 john 5:19) thus even believers who pray to god (for material blessings) are actually atheists as they are not trying to be poor in spirit.
Now I know what's going on. You are fucking crazy and you are trying to recruit people into your fucking cult.
“Our Race is Living Being, Mankind is our Religion, Hindu, Muslim, Sikh Christian, there is no separate religion." - SATGURU RAMPAL JI MAHARAJ
who are we fooling, as long as we humans exist there.
will never be peace even under god's rule.. i think god realize he have created a mess and said screw this .
and have left us on our own.. each day there is another crisis, what's next.... there is no solution to bring harmony among mankind, hell.
" It worries me that as scientific progress continues more and more nations will get access to nuclear weapons. It's true the world is better than in past centuries but in most of those we didn't have the ability to wipe out that same world." -Layka
who are we fooling, as long as we humans exist there.
will never be peace even under god's rule.. i think god realize he have created a mess and said screw this .
and have left us on our own.. each day there is another crisis, what's next.... there is no solution to bring harmony among mankind, hell.
War sucks ick. All the icks, in fact. It cuts lives short, tears whole families apart, and it always seems to bring out the absolute worst in humanity. And it's being happening for a very, very long time.
I didn't pointed the 8% to get you depressed. I mentioned it because war is something that's being happening "forever". And I don't think it will change. While some scholars see warfare as an inescapable and integral aspect of human nature, others argue that it is only inevitable under certain socio-cultural or ecological circumstances which, in my opinion, means is human nature. Common causes of war conflicts are competition for resources, religion, unification/autonomy.
We are humans, If we see something that we like/need, we are going to ask for it nicely. If others comply, everything will be fine. If others don't comply, we will take it, by any means.
But it's not just us, chimpanzee go to war for some of the same reasons we do.
http://www.theguardian.com/science/2010/jun/21/chimpanzees-territory-killing-neighbours http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/notrocketscience/2010/06/21/chimpanzees-murder-for-land/
i believe in god but i'm not sure of anything....what about you?.
There is no evidence to back up the existence of a god, any god.
Plenty of evidence subject that religion is bad and a destructive force in human history and in the world.
Ismael
who are we fooling, as long as we humans exist there.
will never be peace even under god's rule.. i think god realize he have created a mess and said screw this .
and have left us on our own.. each day there is another crisis, what's next.... there is no solution to bring harmony among mankind, hell.
"If the world feels like a more violent place than it actually is, that's because there's more information about wars -- not more wars themselves." Overall, we're in the midst of an unheard of "long peace," as no major powers have clashed since World War II. - Professor Joshua Goldstein
who are we fooling, as long as we humans exist there.
will never be peace even under god's rule.. i think god realize he have created a mess and said screw this .
and have left us on our own.. each day there is another crisis, what's next.... there is no solution to bring harmony among mankind, hell.
I don't know about god(s).
The Lessons of History, they concluded: "In the last 3,421 years of recorded history only 268 have seen no war" (p. 81).
That amounts to nearly 13 years of war for every year without war.
War is defined as an active conflict that has claimed more than 1,000 lives.
Of the past 3,400 years, humans have been entirely at peace for 268 of them, or just 8 percent of recorded history.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peace#Plural_peaces
http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Three_Hundred_and_Thirty_Five_Years'_War
http://www.nytimes.com/2003/07/06/books/chapters/0713-1st-hedges.html
obviously i'm having ex cult issues, family still in and a wife that's all kokoo for cocopuffs as well as our marriage isn't good.
i would like to leave her, she has never been the kind of wife i wanted.
anyway the stress is getting to be to much, thinking about things all the time and its effecting my work as well as otherthings.
"I have to wonder what medications a lot if those previois posters are referring to." - Mikado
"i have never felt or known anyone who felt like a zombie from the medication, not if the people who where genuinely ill enough that they felt like a zombie prior to the medication." - Mikado
Certain types of depression require specific types of medication. Each person reacts to those chemicals differently, and doctors basically have to set up a dartboard, prescribe whatever hits, and see what happens. The human brain is immensely complicated, and we don't know much more about it.
http://www.nimh.nih.gov/about/director/2011/antidepressants-a-complicated-picture.shtml
http://www.heretohelp.bc.ca/visions/medications-vol4/myths-about-antidepressants
http://m.huffpost.com/us/entry/550098
http://www.theguardian.com/science/head-quarters/2013/aug/15/antidepressants-depression
http://www.mayoclinic.org/diseases-conditions/depression/basics/symptoms/con-20032977
http://www.heretohelp.bc.ca/visions/medications-vol4/myths-about-antidepressants
Take care,
Ismael
obviously i'm having ex cult issues, family still in and a wife that's all kokoo for cocopuffs as well as our marriage isn't good.
i would like to leave her, she has never been the kind of wife i wanted.
anyway the stress is getting to be to much, thinking about things all the time and its effecting my work as well as otherthings.
This is in no way intended as a warning that you should give up your medication. This is in no way intended as a warning that you should give up your medication.
They can make you more depressed.
http://www.m.webmd.com/depression/features/antidepressants
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/m/pubmed/21459521/
They can make you suicidal.
http://www.fda.gov/drugs/drugsafety/informationbydrugclass/ucm096273
http://www.rxlist.com/script/main/mobileart-rx.asp?articlekey=88888
http://www.healthline.com/health/depression/dangers-of-stopping-antidepressants
Combining them with common medications can kill you.
venlafaxine (an antidepressant) and tramadol (pain management for a bad back) http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Venlafaxine
http://www.nytimes.com/2007/02/27/health/27brody.html?_r=1&
Meds alone often don't fix the problem.
Depending on the cause and severity of the condition, many people need counseling in conjunction with the medication. Because let's face it: Unless you have an incurable, chronic problem, you can't keep taking pills for the rest of your life as your go-to coping device. There are often things outside the realm of a physical chemical imbalance that need to be addressed.
If you feel something odd, call your doctor immediately.
Take care,
Ismael
This is in no way intended as a warning that you should give up your medication.
This is in no way intended as a warning that you should give up your medication.
atheists believe that god should stop the large-scale injustice on earth; if he does'nt, then he does not exist.
jws believe that god will intervene sometime in the last days!.
interestingly, both throw themselves on their own expectation of soemthing god should or will do, yet in fact something god does not have to do.
Preacher it is.
And thanks. Still working on my English. Ismael
atheists believe that god should stop the large-scale injustice on earth; if he does'nt, then he does not exist.
jws believe that god will intervene sometime in the last days!.
interestingly, both throw themselves on their own expectation of soemthing god should or will do, yet in fact something god does not have to do.
"Conversely, No belief in God, means there is deep sadness within arising from having no real purpose in life. That sadness gives him pain. This pain will be transmitted to the people around him knowingly or unknowingly. Can't help. That is the inevitable outcome of having no belief in the existence of God." - ex
Philosophy of religion, examines religion from the outside, attempting to employ logic, reason and research to understand religion on a more humanistic and scientific level without assuming the truth of any particular god or religion.
Philosophy of religion points to restrict itself to assumptions which can be agreed upon by people of any religion or none, and then seeks to analyze and evaluate religious beliefs from that basis. Leading philosophers may be considered authoritative but disagreement should be satisfactory provided the critic has sound arguments.
Philosophy of religion criticises religion when this is reasonable though the two are not necessarily opposed. Even so, the two disciplines overlap in the area of natural theology, which refers to attempts to demonstrate the truth of particular religious doctrines from a neutral basis.
Some of the major questions addressed by philosophy of religion include:
Does God (or gods) exist?
Is the concept of 'God' coherent?
Is the existence of evil a problem for the existence of God?
Are the specific doctrines of various religions, such as the Christian Trinity, coherent?
Are any of the various philosophical arguments which have been proposed to prove or disprove the existence of God valid?
Is a life after death possible? And if so, are there any serious reasons to believe there is one?
Is religious faith valid?
Can religious doctrines properly be considered basic beliefs, as argued for instance by Alvin Plantinga?
Is it permissible to believe in religious doctrines on the basis of pragmatic considerations? (Pascal's wager, William James' will to believe)
Can ethics be defined in terms of God's nature or commands, and are there any logical problems in such a definition?
Do you take into account any or all of these questions when you give a lecture?
Philosophy is divided into branches. Metaphysics is the study of the nature of reality, Epistemology is concerned with the nature and scope of knowledge, and whether knowledge is possible. Ethics, or "moral philosophy", is concerned primarily with the question of the best way to live, Meta-ethics concerns the nature of ethical thought, comparison of various ethical systems.
Ethics is also associated with the idea of morality. Aesthetics is concerned with art, taste and the psychology behind beauty, Political philosophy is the normative study of government and the relationship of individuals, Logic is the study of valid argument forms. Philosophy of mind deals with the nature of the mind and its relationship to the body, Philosophy of religion is a branch of philosophy that asks questions about religion. Philosophy of language is the philosophical study of the nature of language.
With one is your branch? You look like someone whose job title is "philosopher" but had been exposed to a lot of theology, or maybe a theologian taking cover and claiming to be a philosopher. Sorry, what are you?
Ismael
