Philosophy - February 2007

what caused the beginning of the universe?

What is our purpose on earth? What was nature thinking if all that happens is, we live then die and nothing else? How does that benefit nature, it has no purpose.

We are the only intelligent beings in the universe, (that we know of). Is it just by luck? No other creature even comes close.

It is obvious that there is only one true religion but how do you decide which one is correct? It is impossible. If you are born with agnostic parents you will probably be agnostic, born with buddhist parents you will be buddhist. So its basically like a lottery.

2007-02-15 17:39:09 · 7 answers · asked by Anonymous

Check out:
http://we-the-lost-tribe.blogspot.com/

I was surfing and found that post. What do you think? Would you have the balls to claim to be divine?

If not, why not? The Buddhists do. They claim everyone is.

2007-02-15 17:33:12 · 7 answers · asked by Militia-Angel 3

where me and my family can stay for ever. also help me in migrating to that place

2007-02-15 17:25:06 · 11 answers · asked by jfk123in 1

"Adolf Hitler was a great man who did what he needed to for our future."

That is what history would tell us if WW2 had gone the other way, with Germany and the Nazi's winning the war.

For proof of this we need only look at (in this timeline) the US President that ordered the dropping of the nuclear bombs on populated semi-unprepaired Japanese cities, is he not regarded as having done what he needed to for our benefit.

Therefore my question is, is it not true that those who we regard as "evil dictators" and those who we regard as "great leaders in difficult times" are tard of the same brush, the only difference being history has gone with or against them?

What does this say for our present and future?

SERIOUS ANSWERS ONLY.
Please explain your answers.

I thank you in advance for your insight.

2007-02-15 17:23:34 · 19 answers · asked by Arthur N 4

Help a poor student who just realized that he chose somebody that is impossible. Please have thoughtful answers and not copy paste answers. I will give best answer only to the person who has the best answer that I can understand.

2007-02-15 17:13:05 · 7 answers · asked by Fyrebyrd 3

2007-02-15 17:02:31 · 20 answers · asked by Ejsenstejn 2

Jobs that people with masculinized brains are good at are almost paid more than jobs which use the abilities of a feminized brain.
Why should this be the case?
Shouldn't primary teachers be paid the same as secondary school teachers?
Shouldn't nurses be paid the same as doctors?
Shouldn't counsellors be paid the same as engineers?
After all, most engineers I've known couldn't counsel someone to save their lives, or someone else's!
And most secondary school teachers could not surivive teaching primary school. They wouldn't want to.
How many doctors could work as a nurse for a year, and not given up from frustration and stress?
Jobs that women tend to be good at, involving patience, social skills, communication, care for health and well-being, multi-tasking and a holistic perspective, are almost always underpaid.
Shouldn't different skills be recognised as equally valid and renumerated accordingly? Why is Maths more valuable than English?

2007-02-15 16:50:14 · 4 answers · asked by Anonymous

do you guys believe this to be true ? what are your opinions

2007-02-15 16:43:26 · 4 answers · asked by peeps you 4

time seems to go quicker, feels like the end of a cycle is upon us.

2007-02-15 16:40:37 · 5 answers · asked by stynque1 1

And when you think back on your younger years...do you realize that you weren't who you THOUGHT you were then?

2007-02-15 16:19:24 · 7 answers · asked by LolaCorolla 7

New Book: "Another Thought" by OC Tross defines this era as the age of deception.

2007-02-15 15:56:28 · 7 answers · asked by ken123 3

2007-02-15 15:48:35 · 14 answers · asked by franchesca_kid 1

I asked a question a little while ago about what should be done about the small of mind and I received many interesting answers. Many of the answers where saying that a superior intellect would be able to recognise the inferior and steer clear of them, leaving them to wallow (if that is the right word) in their ways. This would allow the superior intellect to remain unblemished and morally superior.

This however leaves me with 3 questions:

1. What is the superior intellect and why?

2. Should it not be the duty of those who have the intelligence and the knowledge disseminate it through out the world, helping the lower of intellects to rise up (by force if need be)? And

3. If the superior intellect has the will and the ability to remove or restrict the lower intellect (once it has been established that the lower intellect is remaining so by choice) why then should the superior intellect be restrained by the pasivity and non-violence of others?

Please explain your answers

2007-02-15 15:43:09 · 8 answers · asked by Arthur N 4

of personal freedom is what is most important and I base my decisions on that factor. What about you-what is the core that you base your decisions on?

2007-02-15 15:25:37 · 13 answers · asked by Salsa 3

Think that they are so Phuquin Smart?

Just Wondering.

LiL EarlE

The Postal Service Rules

www.enterthecollector.com

"The Journey Begins"

2007-02-15 15:21:14 · 9 answers · asked by LiL EarlE 2

2007-02-15 14:43:03 · 6 answers · asked by Lost. at. Sea. 7

2007-02-15 14:41:09 · 18 answers · asked by Anonymous

...or someone else's?

2007-02-15 14:36:24 · 10 answers · asked by [ΦΘΚ] PIяATE 4

Is it near? Hows it gonna happen? Whats it going to be like ? Most of these i know cant be answered but give me ur input or actually something you heard!

2007-02-15 14:28:35 · 16 answers · asked by loving my life as a mommy 1

Only serious answers. Which one do you think is most relevant today

2007-02-15 14:19:05 · 14 answers · asked by Travis 2

What is the most complicated question asked, the ones that make your brain hurt if you try to think about it, a paradox of some sort.

2007-02-15 14:17:42 · 10 answers · asked by Jeff w 2

2007-02-15 14:12:23 · 8 answers · asked by sdj_0000007 1

2007-02-15 13:58:26 · 4 answers · asked by Steve 1

...why the human race has not achieved, and never will achieve, its full potential, that word would be....?

2007-02-15 13:52:27 · 44 answers · asked by Anonymous

In what sense is evil "infinite"?

2007-02-15 13:47:47 · 18 answers · asked by sokrates 4

I tell her my dreams, so vivid, so real as they are. She feels I never really sleep. I feel she really doesn't remember her dreams. My dreams are sometimes prophetic, I am happy I dream like I do, I dream in flight, they are colorful dreams. Most of my dreams would be hard for one individual to understand or grasp. Do you see what I see or are you a non dreamer?

2007-02-15 13:47:15 · 5 answers · asked by lee f 5

I am a former born again christian now a happy atheist yet Im keeping it in the closet because in america I am outnumbered by the Christians who beleive their ways are so right they have to shove them down the throats of the masses and judge the non-believer even though I came to my decision from 25 years of freethought and scientific research some 20 year old who is told by his church jesus is the way and may find me to be wrong even though Ive done more research than life that he has had on this earth . who has opened up and found a way to help others think, important think is an important word here if you dont know what it means look it up.

2007-02-15 13:44:56 · 8 answers · asked by Arizona is Hot 2

Me and this guy have been going out for a little while and i feel like ive known him since birth ,the only thing i can even think about is him and he feels the exact same way. Its just that i dont want to love him! because i know everything is gonna go wrong and im going to regret them in the end.so can y'all please help.

2007-02-15 13:44:36 · 11 answers · asked by Anonymous

If you look at the way life works, we don't choose to live. We are born with a survival instinct that gives us an innate desire to live. And the pleasure of sex is what baits most people into reproducing, usually by accident. If life is the product of intelligent design, it seems to me that the designer has made life in a way that forces us into it, traps us in it and coaxes us into producing more life. I never really thought about it that way before. Have you?

2007-02-15 13:37:52 · 7 answers · asked by Subconsciousless 7

2007-02-15 13:36:29 · 3 answers · asked by Anonymous