Philosophical Speculations

I am chilled out. I'm just the most doubting Thomas you ever met. I enjoy sewing discord and challenging people. I actually do believe Idealism offers a viable opportunity to redirect our thinking in a more constructive direction. Now what I am unsure of is what direction that new thinking should ta...

I have basically scanned all of these comments and am left to ponder, "Are all of these words really necessary?" Do people that think like this actually go out armed with all of these words to face their day? Beat me up, I can take it. This isn't my first rodeo. The words are secondary, w...

I have basically scanned all of these comments and am left to ponder, "Are all of these words really necessary?" Do people that think like this actually go out armed with all of these words to face their day? Beat me up, I can take it. This isn't my first rodeo.

I think what many point to as "human suffering" is caused by their own self indulgence and desired self importance. I doubt many here worry about where their food comes from, their electricity, who deals with their waste, who pays for their medical bills, who serves and protects them from ...

When one argues a fantasy over reality it is sad. Idealism has absolutely nothing to do with ideals. There are several things going on here in my mind. As is often the case a group captures a concept and owns it. They get to use it any way that trips their trigger. I have a great imagination but hav...

I can't argue with your words because I don't know what they mean.

Learning, like dying is an individual experience. One time a friend told me he had read there are about 4200 recognized religions. I have no way to know if that is correct but if there are that is a lot of different beliefs. So my beliefs are different than yours. Not surprising and I don't think th...

As far as the train wreck is concerned being good for humanity that requires there to be a correct outcome in a correct time line. I don't believe in either of those. In the west we have a priesthood that more and more is coming from the ranks of lawyers and therapists. This priesthood receives larg...

One outcome, the train wreck, is based on empirical evidence pointing to a predicted outcome. The "healing" is contrary to evidence and points to a fantasy or faith. There have been a million books written as such. As to the suffering. A huge percentage of the population already suffers s...

I have become to believe ... [/i] This wording somehow seems key here, so I'm curious how is it that the believing in a coming train wreck, presumably involving some massively dire consequences, adding exponentially to the suffering, must somehow prevail over the believing in a healing process, on ...