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Topic: What is an Agnostic? By Khayyam and Bertrand Russell |
American Visitor
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Forum: Philosophy and Religion Posted: Thu Dec 04, 2008 11:38 am Subject: What is an Agnostic? By Khayyam and Bertrand Russell |
Cyrus,
As we agree, there are undoubtedly many Muslims who are looking for a better way to interpret their religion. While Muslims seeking to leave fundamentalism will have to find their own way, ... |
Topic: What is an Agnostic? By Khayyam and Bertrand Russell |
American Visitor
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Forum: Philosophy and Religion Posted: Sun Nov 23, 2008 11:44 am Subject: What is an Agnostic? By Khayyam and Bertrand Russell |
Cyrus,
I enjoyed the article by Chris Hedges. I agree with most of what he said. His point against militant atheists is what I’ve been getting at.
The goal of the United States from the begin ... |
Topic: What is an Agnostic? By Khayyam and Bertrand Russell |
American Visitor
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Forum: Philosophy and Religion Posted: Sun Nov 16, 2008 10:05 am Subject: What is an Agnostic? By Khayyam and Bertrand Russell |
Cyrus,
You have put up quite a bit of material. I want to address your most important points. Because maintaining a healthy culture which can support freedom and democracy is messy, I wish secula ... |
Topic: What is an Agnostic? By Khayyam and Bertrand Russell |
American Visitor
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Views: 577205
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Forum: Philosophy and Religion Posted: Wed Nov 05, 2008 8:39 am Subject: The Triumph of Secularism |
Cyrus,
I believe our most recent election is the triumph of secularism over the traditional American Judeo-Christian culture. We will soon see how things work out. I hope you are correct and I am ... |
Topic: What is an Agnostic? By Khayyam and Bertrand Russell |
American Visitor
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Forum: Philosophy and Religion Posted: Sun Nov 02, 2008 9:50 pm Subject: What is an Agnostic? By Khayyam and Bertrand Russell |
Cyrus Said:
1) Secularism and Secular Democracy are not ideology or religion.
2) Secularism and Secular Democracy is the only concept that guarantees religious freedom.
3) Great majority of Ame ... |
Topic: What is an Agnostic? By Khayyam and Bertrand Russell |
American Visitor
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Views: 577205
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Forum: Philosophy and Religion Posted: Sat Oct 25, 2008 11:57 am Subject: What is an Agnostic? By Khayyam and Bertrand Russell |
Cyrus said:
We are the citizens of the United States of America who represent over 16% of the American people (over 45 millions) who strongly adhere to the following beliefs:
1) We believe in t ... |
Topic: What is an Agnostic? By Khayyam and Bertrand Russell |
American Visitor
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Views: 577205
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Forum: Philosophy and Religion Posted: Wed Oct 22, 2008 9:02 pm Subject: Catholic Church |
Cyrus,
I don't understand how this post advances your cause. Condemning the Catholic church doesn't advance the Zoroastrian cause.
The Catholic church is a very big organization, so some bad ap ... |
Topic: What is an Agnostic? By Khayyam and Bertrand Russell |
American Visitor
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Forum: Philosophy and Religion Posted: Mon Oct 23, 2006 3:14 pm Subject: What is an Agnostic? By Khayyam and Bertrand Russell |
Faith and Reason
Godel’s Contribution
As I noted previously, Godel’s proof has extreme implications for reason.
What could it mean to say that a mathematical proposition was true if there ... |
Topic: What is an Agnostic? By Khayyam and Bertrand Russell |
American Visitor
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Forum: Philosophy and Religion Posted: Tue Oct 10, 2006 7:32 am Subject: What is an Agnostic? By Khayyam and Bertrand Russell |
More Thoughts on Dualism
Recap of Problems with Materialist Reductionism
Materialism reductionism is the prevailing philosophy among the Western intelligentsia particularly in Europe. It is t ... |
Topic: What is an Agnostic? By Khayyam and Bertrand Russell |
American Visitor
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Forum: Philosophy and Religion Posted: Sun Sep 17, 2006 8:50 am Subject: What is an Agnostic? By Khayyam and Bertrand Russell |
Dualism
Materialism Fails
In the proceeding post entitled “Wylie Coyote,” by applying Godel’s proof, I have shown that it is impossible to devise a group of self consistent axioms about the phys ... |
Topic: What is an Agnostic? By Khayyam and Bertrand Russell |
American Visitor
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Forum: Philosophy and Religion Posted: Wed Aug 30, 2006 10:09 pm Subject: What is an Agnostic? By Khayyam and Bertrand Russell |
The Conscious Mind
Introduction
Before moving into a discussion of dualism, I would like to briefly cover some of the experimental approaches to brain function and consciousness. This discussio ... |
Topic: What is an Agnostic? By Khayyam and Bertrand Russell |
American Visitor
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Forum: Philosophy and Religion Posted: Wed Aug 16, 2006 9:23 am Subject: What is an Agnostic? By Khayyam and Bertrand Russell |
Wylie Coyote
Introduction
The only tool we have to use to understand the world is the human brain, human observation and human reason. One of the issues anyone trying to understand the unive ... |
Topic: What is an Agnostic? By Khayyam and Bertrand Russell |
American Visitor
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Forum: Philosophy and Religion Posted: Mon Jul 31, 2006 10:38 am Subject: What is an Agnostic? By Khayyam and Bertrand Russell |
Myths that Heal
It is my intention to return to the philosophical question of consciousness as soon as possible, but to complete the discussion of the proper roll of religion in a Western Democracy ... |
Topic: What is an Agnostic? By Khayyam and Bertrand Russell |
American Visitor
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Forum: Philosophy and Religion Posted: Mon Jul 17, 2006 8:41 am Subject: What is an Agnostic? By Khayyam and Bertrand Russell |
Religion, Often Evil but Necessary for Civilization
Blind Ideology is the True Enemy
Although I have argued against the anti-Christian secularists who have killed and tortured millions in the n ... |
Topic: What is an Agnostic? By Khayyam and Bertrand Russell |
American Visitor
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Forum: Philosophy and Religion Posted: Sat Jul 01, 2006 9:04 pm Subject: What is an Agnostic? By Khayyam and Bertrand Russell |
Holocaust, what Holocaust?
Radical Skepticism and Nihilism
Rene Descartes began his philosophical research by applying radical skepticism to his previous beliefs. Before setting out on his in ... |
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