This strengthens order in society. I would appreciate as much order as possible in my society if I didn't want to see it burn for the...
Here in England I have a dictator. He's called the collective conscience. We english used to have a King that we could atleast take pride in...
I agree with this. If an action's good consequences out-weigh the bad then it's perfectly fine to do it. -- Good consequences: You have...
Science is the effort to know "The Truth." The faith in the existence of an unchanging truth is the same as a priest's faith in an unchanging God....
Evil People are inherently evil. People are inherently people and aren't inherently anything else.
Men can create things beyond themselves, which includes the ability to create values and give value to all things.
What's a good person? Someone who does what he ought to do rather than what he ought not to do? I don't believe there are such things that determine...
Nietzsche criticised cogito ergo sum, saying that a thinker is not neccessarily a prerequisite for a thought and that it is our firm belief in cause...
Einstein's special relativety (or maybe it's general relativety) suggests that as an observer approaches the speed of light that observer experiences...
Fully compatible. A belief is an acceptance of a certain perspective; reason is the means in which the acceptance of that perspective is...
So, in other words: "We do have a meaning but it is only known by our God". This is what I was talking about in an earlier post. Christian's base...
Nihilism reduces everything to nothing. Good and bad. Beautiful and ugly. It is the most abominable thing imaginable. Though I doubt many true...
Oh, I think the confusion is coming the misconception that "faith" and "seeking to overcome nature" are the only ways that lead to the belief that...
I think these amount to the same thing as including faith in your reasoning is to act as if it is reason.
I think this explains it: In other words, a "fictitious ("made-up") world" is substituted for the actual world from the stand-point of faith when...
I think: "to use faith as reason", e.g. "you should not do that because God says it is wrong."
I believe the text that Enmos quoted: Means that to put "faith" within "the categories of reason" leads to nihilism. I presume that by this it is...
Nihilism (from the Latin nihil, nothing) is the philosophical position that values do not exist but rather are falsely invented. Most commonly,...
Reality is something that I can not fully recognise. Reality is something that I project myself on to and is the collection of experiences that...
Yes, people actively do what is (to their awareness) in their best interest. Yes, the above can be applied and people do plan ahead for things too....
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