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Forum: Politics, Philosophy, and Religion Topic: Contradiction and the Absolute |
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Posted: 23 Jan 2017, 5:49 pm
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| I would say that religion, not philosophy, is what keeps us sane beyond the scope of our knowledge. I began this thread by describing the experience of Buddhist Enlightenment. Buddhism is all about being in your right mind. Its prime goal is sanity. Alternatively, Judeo-Islamo-Christian beliefs ulti... |
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Forum: Politics, Philosophy, and Religion Topic: Contradiction and the Absolute |
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Posted: 20 Jan 2017, 9:26 pm
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| There are two types of beliefs: absolute and empirical. If two beliefs are true opposites, then if x is true, then -x is false. This form of contradistinction only appears absolutely. Most opposed beliefs are not true opposites, meaning that if p is true, q can either be true or false, and vice vers... |
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Forum: Politics, Philosophy, and Religion Topic: Any other atheist here? |
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Posted: 20 Jan 2017, 7:13 pm
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Replies: 38
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| Also the opposite of atheism is theism. In a strictly logical sense, both atheism and theism can be false. One is not the opposite of the other. This is best expressed in the tetralemma of Hindu/Buddhist thought: for every proposition x, the truth-table is x, not-x, both x and not-x, and neither x ... |
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Forum: Bipolar, Tourettes, Schizophrenia, and other Psychological Conditions Topic: What is Autism? |
| mookestink |
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Posted: 14 Dec 2016, 10:10 pm
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| I'm thinking that autism is caused by grief: a difficulty letting-go and moving-on. Love does not flow as easily as it does for most people. I called this sociopathy, but that was a bit cheeky. I think it might better be called autism. There are many degrees of autism. In theory, there should be abo... |
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Forum: Bipolar, Tourettes, Schizophrenia, and other Psychological Conditions Topic: What is Autism? |
| mookestink |
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Posted: 14 Dec 2016, 6:34 pm
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| I wrote the following essay without considering autism. I'd like to hear anyone's thoughts as to how or if the autism spectrum fits in here. ------------------------------- Psychiatry and Hinduism -------------------------------- The label "schizophrenic" comes with a lot of baggage, most ... |
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Forum: Politics, Philosophy, and Religion Topic: Hinduism and Psychology |
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Posted: 14 Nov 2016, 8:40 pm
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| Everyone has some experience with the astral plane, whether or not they are aware that such is what it is when experiencing it. It is tied to dreams and drugs, and is our capacity for an ecstatic trance. Astral projection is our first encounter with the weird, a plane separate from the raw material ... |
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Forum: Politics, Philosophy, and Religion Topic: I spirituality/religion a useless insanity? |
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Posted: 20 Aug 2016, 7:47 pm
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| I have schizophrenia, and it is in no way like religious feeling. It is the opposite, in fact. Religion tries to get people to think similarly, to give them a shared spiritual language. If you don't believe in the Christian narrative, find one that sounds less hokey. Buddhism, for instance, is very ... |
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Forum: The Haven Topic: How to stop getting into Internet arguments? |
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Posted: 31 Jul 2016, 7:09 pm
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Replies: 28
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| Truth doesn't need you to argue for it. However, if you must, an ego only gets in the way. If you have low self-esteem already, you are closer to the truth than arrogant asses. |
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Forum: Bipolar, Tourettes, Schizophrenia, and other Psychological Conditions Topic: Any advice? Please |
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Posted: 24 Jul 2016, 9:21 pm
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| Your support network is starting to break down. This is bad. You don't want to alienate everyone who would otherwise care for you. Take your parents' advice and spend a couple weeks in a hospital. Just make the effort, for the sanity of your remaining friends and family. This is from someone who's t... |
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Forum: The Haven Topic: Why don't I do humanity a favor and just go kill myself? |
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Posted: 20 Jul 2016, 11:09 pm
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Replies: 61
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| If your problem is finding meaning, I suggest a religion. That's pretty much the point of them. Just find one you agree with. There's plenty. |
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Forum: The Haven Topic: Task: Give me some hope. Difficulty level: Extreme |
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Posted: 19 Jul 2016, 4:55 pm
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Replies: 5
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| I read a book recently about living with low-functioning autism. It would be a good gift for someone who wants to understand you better. http://www.carlysvoice.com |
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Forum: Bipolar, Tourettes, Schizophrenia, and other Psychological Conditions Topic: Psychosis |
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Posted: 19 Jul 2016, 3:14 pm
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| androbot01: At the request of my aunt, I wrote an essay a few months ago for a psychiatric nursing class. My goal was to explain schizophrenia in a way that would make sense to both schizophrenics and neurotypicals, so no difficult concepts like "grandiose delusions" or "affective dis... |
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Forum: The Haven Topic: I am starting to hate this site. |
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Posted: 19 Jul 2016, 2:31 pm
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Replies: 145
Views: 6,216
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| What topics interest you? Or is it a matter of talking to interesting people first, topic second? |
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Forum: The Haven Topic: I am starting to hate this site. |
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Posted: 19 Jul 2016, 2:09 pm
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Replies: 145
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| I had a mentor who went on a forum for genius IQ's. Very quickly, someone brought up the question of whether or not geniuses should have life partners. My friend said, essentially, that he cares as much about women as most people care about dogs. Pages upon pages followed, where everyone tried to ac... |
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Forum: Politics, Philosophy, and Religion Topic: Belief in Science and Belief in Nothing? |
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Posted: 14 Jan 2016, 8:24 pm
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Replies: 43
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| That's why, in a thousand years, it will still be the best system we have. Philosophy of science changes over time. The science of David Hume is different than the science of Karl Popper. Tautologically, science may still be the same in 1000 years, but what that means in actual practise may be diff... |
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Forum: Politics, Philosophy, and Religion Topic: Immaterialism |
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Posted: 11 Jan 2016, 7:10 pm
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Replies: 39
Views: 1,899
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| Someone who is invested in their feelings would go out and do something vengeful. Feelings and the delusions that they cause are the cause of suffering, second of the Four Noble Truths of Buddhist doctrine. (The others being "suffering exists", "there is an end to suffering", an... |
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