How can God, simulataneously, have a plan and give us free will? It is mental gymnastics--a conscious intellectual decision to believe in God...
Well said. Because we have, for this moment in our species' history, no significant natural evolutionary restraints on us, we are able to rise...
Kharakov If God didn't make God's presence know to me I might Use God to plug up gaps. Dunno why though, reasoning seems to be able to come up...
I agree with you about the power of words. "The limits of my language mean the limits of my world." Ludwig Wittgenstein--German philosopher
I'm sorry, not wrong about everything, just possibly about the part about God as a figment of our imagination.
Although I am not certain of the veracity of this claim (please see all other references made by many to the inability to prove or disprove God),...
Anchor Steam is excellent--They also make a great porter.
Poker!?! On television!?! Think of the children! Won't someone please think of the children!?!
I would say that Judaism has no corner on the market when it comes to feeling that its position is superior--most religions seem to have that as a...
Which, of course, leads to the obvious question, "what is the truth?" Again, every society of human beings has set out to define who they are and...
Don't give me that you git! You're type makes me puke; you vacuous, stuffy-headed, malodorous pervert! (Unashamedly stolen from Monty Python)
Read "The Bet." It is an interesting study of the way people act and what they value.
From Sparknotes.com Whereas Ralph and Jack stand at opposite ends of the spectrum between civilization and savagery, Simon stands on an...
I suppose you're right that Garp is not a sad movie as such...it has its sad moments, although when Garp is killed at the end he smiles and speaks...
How about The World According to Garp?
I agree
Some day our fearless leaders will come to the realization that one cannot legislate morality. The United States' war on drugs is a public...
The other thing to keep in mind is that the Electoral College will continue to exist unless an amendment to the constitution is passed which would...
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