I like your thinking Squirrel! ...and your sig: "God is not inside the box". :)
We only dissect dead humans. With animals we do really horrible things to them alive. If we perceived animals as entities having value in themselves...
The extrinsic forms are very different, the intrinsic content quite similar. All aim at eliminating our sense of ego. They may use different methods...
I think religions of the past were most often attempts to form a relationship with some aspect of nature or the environment. I think the relationship...
True, however I am saying that technology gives us much greater power to define our world than was the case for previous generations. Religions may...
Sounds scary Lori_7! ;) Maybe it's a case that "For now we see through a glass, darkly; but then face to face: now I know in part; but then shall I...
So the Fibonacci series of numbers is made from the interaction of matter, energy and forces?! Really swarm? What matter, what energy, what...
That explains why you dislike religion so much! That exploitative version of God is what I am opposing too (above), in proposing a reconnection!...
I'm not suggesting any "organisation", or even a new religion. I'm arguing for religion (lit: re-connection) from a pragmatic point of view. Does...
Oh damn, I gota go - maybe respond to the others later
The Tao is very like the 'One' of Neo-Platonism that was a huge influence St. Augustine and has been in Christianity generally. The Jewish God of the...
A pattern is only physical if it is made out of something physical Sarkus, like a pattern of seeds in a sunflower. If I only imagine a pattern of...
If the mind is physical, what is a thought made of SG? How much mass has the number 3? How big is the taste of strawberries? How much energy in...
You and I see things very differently SG! Buddhism, Taoism etc. are all climbing the same mountain but from different cultural perspectives....
I hope Spidergoat's advice worked OK yasmin. You can also... 1) Scroll down, and find the text you want to copy. 2) Copy the text you want to...
I think you are right - religion has become sectarian. However, I'm now a bit suspicious of people who describe themselves as 'spiritual', as it can...
Most arguments in this forum focus on “What evidence is there that God exists?” However, I want to give that question a rest and look at religion...
Whether you believe there are aliens out there depends on how you estimate the values in the Drake equation. I think religion is far more earthy...
That's factually incorrect SG. As I posted before 57% of trials before the Benson 2006 trial showed a statistically significant prayer effect on...
I realise I gave a rather flippant response to your point about materialism and reductionism being different - and it deserves a proper response...
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