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I was brought up to understand the difference between fact and opinion and learned to keep my intellectual life to myself and out of the hands of the education system and employers. Nothing about God or religion. I sought to understand fundamentalism because "fundamentalist Christians"...

I neglected to say that I'm not a man. I am not offended when it is assumed I am a man, but I am curious as to why.

That's a lovely sentiment but I must admit, I'm a little hurt that you think me so dense that you would need to repeat your remark regarding "us" enjoying "our simple pleasure of message exchange" and the "blessing" of the internet. I understood you, quite clearly, the first time. You are...

I am not at all optimistic. The more "intelligent" a superpower is, the less likely the people in that superpower are to "back up". And, in my opinion, that is man's only hope. You can't have Americans hauling their kids to soccer practice in their minivan twice a week and have peace on...

Apparently, in my effort to carve my post down to a reasonable size, I rewrote it so many times that it makes no sense to anyone but me, eh? I'll try to avoid that in the future.

Either my eyes aren't what they used to be or I'm not doing it right. When I find my reading glasses, I'll try it again. :(

Just stumbled onto this site and wanted to share it. Piles and PILES of stuff! http://www.counterbalance.org/

Unfortunately, some ideas are not expressable in ordinary language. Wouldn't limiting everyone to just these words and these concepts stifle thought? I have trouble communicating, at times, because some insist some of the words we DO have don't mean what dictionaries say they mean. In some...

Re: Morality What if there is an objective basis for morality that man has simply misinterpreted? Look at man and animals. What is the real difference? Isn't it the ever increasing desire and increase in effort spent trying to change what is? What if "morality" is simply "reality"? One...

I SEE!! LOL! A drifter! Excellent! Some of the best posts I've ever read were posted by a fella who couldn't stay on topic if his life depended on it! I look forward to tracking down some of YOUR gems! ;)

Wow! No pressure there! :eek: Seriously...thank you for the welcome, Susma, but I'm afraid I am inclined to avoid knowledge, whenever possible. I find knowledge gives reality's suckerpunches a little too much power for my taste. I hope you fine folks can tolerate someone who usually...

Good for a giggle. (Or a meow.) Recipe for perpetual motion machine: Take one long history of organized religions -- supposedly based on belief in a Creator of All Things -- oppressing man's natural i.e. "God-given" curiosity, set aside to fester and oxidize. When vinegar is...

Thanks for the "howdy", Phyllis! Unfortunately, I couldn't carry a tune if you stapled it to my forehead and carted me around in a wheelbarrow. Have you ever noticed, though, how some folks kind of become their names? Though I suppose with women it would be their maiden name. Sharp is one of...

Wouldn't omnipotence preclude the very existence of evil? Is anyone here studying (or re-studying) religious texts from an assumption of omnipotence? Or... Has anyone here come across the idea that if what man calls "evil" isn't evil then it must be something else? And what that...

Forgive me for interrupting but I would really like to know... on what do you base your condemnation of Falun Gong?

Hello, I've participated in two other forums (long-term) both of which were eventually overrun by people who had no interest in dialogue and who didn't seem to care that they weren't welcome. Hopefully, it wasn't because I attract such people. :eek: