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is reality a singular truth?
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This philosophical question is grounded in science.
Young demonstrated with a light and two slits that light was a wave. Einstein wrote a paper on the photoelectric effect that demonstrated that light was particle. From science we move to philosophy. Both conclusions were proved scientifically correct. Is the real universe a fixed and singular thing? If so we can be right and wrong about it, or something in between. Quantum mechanics suggests a similarity to mysticism. It depends on us, our thought and interaction. It there one absolute and fixed truth about reality? Science says otherwise. It depends on you and your interaction. I doubt that reality is some fixed singularity "out there". There is no singular truth, it depends on you. |
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~ i loved you, first
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interesting poem
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Speaking of Peggy
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Thank you for the welcome, leigh, and appreciating the poem. It's about a friend of mine who visited India, got ill and died there, very sad but inspiring one of my best poems, I think. Interesting how the negative can so inspire the creative and positive. I wondered who Peggy was and here is the answer. Your poem is a little too deep for me, nevertheless, I enjoyed reading it. Thanks for sharing. 
I'm glad you enjoyed it. In the future I may post poems or lyrics which are more accessible. |
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Speaking of Peggy
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a pleasure to read, thankyou. You are welcome, I'm glad you like it. |
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Speaking of Peggy
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Thank you for the welcome, leigh, and appreciating the poem.
It's about a friend of mine who visited India, got ill and died there, very sad but inspiring one of my best poems, I think. Interesting how the negative can so inspire the creative and positive. |
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I can become manic, then the Earth becomes like heaven and I can feel that I am possessed by alien gods or become an alien god. There are four of them, usually, and they are called Demonlords. They have interesting names and appear in my published books as fiction or fantasy.
How does this rate as strange? |
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sex.
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sex? is it important ? why? I think it depends on the people, important for some but not for others For most people, especially men, it will be important. Physical intimacy and pleasure are often important for bonding relationships, and many have a strong desire for sex, feeling frustrated and unsatisfied without it. Pleasure and satisfaction enrich and improve life, and with the right person sex can be highly pleasurable and a valuable experience. |
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Speaking of Peggy
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Humanly recollected
your ashes of our thoughts tracing a line there where the irrevocable cuts cuts off your memory traces laced with thin threads of concern stitching events,places,impressions gathering all we know cupped in trembling hands treasured like the future never could be Frictionless time teaches nothing nothingness teaches everything there in the severed silence your responses representing that unique channel sculpted through the living spaces touching people, faces, glimpses now stand deserted, a citadel of otherness pressed into the relief of history's endurance carved stone that means flesh and breath power and purpose Ripples into the inanimate offerings on the sacrificial altar these scattered words this trembling flame |
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Big Bang Debunked?
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If a scientist discovered a new bacteria, he or she would describe it, and present photographs these days, yet they would not have to do all sorts of extra research on the details of it's evolution or peculiarities of biochemistry before publishing their findings. This has been a pretty interesting thread. The contrasts between science and religions are often presented, but I think that ultimately science also requires a level of faith. You need faith in the scientific method, that observations can be trustworthy, and that logic is applicable. In any system of thought or belief there are going to be assumptions, premisses or matters of faith to get the ball rolling, and, since so many different ideas could be in our initial assumptions or points of faith, could we ever know which is the more "correct" or accurate system? I agree with some of what you wrote and disagree with other parts. This idea that religion and science are opposed, that's only held by people who are uneducated on both. Science describes the natural world, religion the supernatural world. Ain't no conflict in believing in both, regardless of what those who never cracked a Bible open in their life would tell you. If you accept that both worlds may exist, it's not a question of which system is more accurate, it becomes a question of if you will follow the evidence where it leads. This makes sense to me, I think I see your point. Yet I have some education in religion (perhaps not enough) and the idea that religion describes the supernatural world seems radical. This would suggest that the vast majority of mainstream Christians are uneducated in religion, since they interpret the book of Genesis, for example, as a literal account of the creation of the physical universe and human origins. This leads to the clash with scientific descriptions. My own take on it would agree with Cambell, that the bible is a myth and it was originally understood as a profound metaphor that pointed towards a transcendent insight, and this would be supernatural. The Gnostics had this understanding, and it was mystical, so similar to Eastern religions. What do you think about this? |
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Big Bang Debunked?
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If a scientist discovered a new bacteria, he or she would describe it, and present photographs these days, yet they would not have to do all sorts of extra research on the details of it's evolution or peculiarities of biochemistry before publishing their findings.
This has been a pretty interesting thread. The contrasts between science and religions are often presented, but I think that ultimately science also requires a level of faith. You need faith in the scientific method, that observations can be trustworthy, and that logic is applicable. In any system of thought or belief there are going to be assumptions, premisses or matters of faith to get the ball rolling, and, since so many different ideas could be in our initial assumptions or points of faith, could we ever know which is the more "correct" or accurate system? |
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Dead Love
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My dead love won't sleep no more
river styx to yonder shore fathom deep no dredge undone next time round we reach the sun come and see my point of view how I fear that deepest blue Demon path purpled my skin through the spirit find our kin to strike a lonely chord to open sacred doors his you-me prism twisting heart can she feel cupid's deadly dart? stars exploding into space time imploding younger fate give me back all that you lost just takes more to loose the most she walks alone to the other side my mind's left dead white black eye burn so bright translucent you fade away from the favors due my dead love won't sleep no more |
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The Oceans are Dying
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what a highly detailed response.
Well, if killing off humanity would be the best way to solve this problem, what do you think the best strategy would be? Perhaps if we funded a small team of genetic engineers they could say splice a successful flu virus to say the AIDS virus, or something really deadly. Yet typically a percentage survives diseases. It would be a start, yet what would be fully effective? |
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The Oceans are Dying
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Most of the oxygen is produced by oceans, and the rainforests. Since the oceans and rainforests are being destroyed we could expect the oxygen level in the atmosphere to continue dropping. At a certain point this would destroy the animal kingdom. Without the animal kingdom most of the plant kingdom will be destroyed. Extinctions in the past have never been this severe. It could be predicted that only bacteria, some fungi and a few plants would survive the impact of humanity.
is such a scenario realistic? Is there any way to avoid it? |
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man made god.
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Published bibles and in particular old testament versions are grossly mistranslated to the point of propagandized political agenda. Goliath was a foreign nobleman, not a giant. The serpent in the garden of eden was childish wont of mankind, not an independent being. Ashe (pronounced 'eve') is a feminine aspect not a person. Adm (pronounced 'adam') means literally "humankind" and was not a person. The hebrew term for the "soul" actually means to breathe. The "immortal divine soul" was in fact invented by Plato, the New Testament authors were each unquestionably Greek educated (expensive private schooling for Romans). Platoism was extremely popular at this time, the "scientific truths" held by Catholicism (eg, the divine unchanging heavens, the superior place of man among other species, etc.), these were simply everyday beliefs of the time and included into proto-Christianity due to proximity. The word devil never existed before the 12th century. The Greek word for demon actually means angel. I could go on forever. Most parables are designed specifically to deal with hebrew systems of law and socially based government. The people themselves didn't believe in omnipotent superbeings, that's just not what is written in hebrew scriptures. It's mistranslated and intentionally misleading to represent very rudimentary medicinal guides and community welfare systems as a Lord of the Rings adventure. It's just not what it says in the primary source documents. what are the primary source documents for the old testament? How would we know they are primary? quite possibly Claytablets with Cuneiform Writing on them! so primary would be far older than hebrew culture? |
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man made god.
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Published bibles and in particular old testament versions are grossly mistranslated to the point of propagandized political agenda. Goliath was a foreign nobleman, not a giant. The serpent in the garden of eden was childish wont of mankind, not an independent being. Ashe (pronounced 'eve') is a feminine aspect not a person. Adm (pronounced 'adam') means literally "humankind" and was not a person. The hebrew term for the "soul" actually means to breathe. The "immortal divine soul" was in fact invented by Plato, the New Testament authors were each unquestionably Greek educated (expensive private schooling for Romans). Platoism was extremely popular at this time, the "scientific truths" held by Catholicism (eg, the divine unchanging heavens, the superior place of man among other species, etc.), these were simply everyday beliefs of the time and included into proto-Christianity due to proximity. The word devil never existed before the 12th century. The Greek word for demon actually means angel. I could go on forever. Most parables are designed specifically to deal with hebrew systems of law and socially based government. The people themselves didn't believe in omnipotent superbeings, that's just not what is written in hebrew scriptures. It's mistranslated and intentionally misleading to represent very rudimentary medicinal guides and community welfare systems as a Lord of the Rings adventure. It's just not what it says in the primary source documents. what are the primary source documents for the old testament? How would we know they are primary? |
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is it real?
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you sound ironic with two bunnies for a photo. Would you rather be unconfusing?
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What's up?
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maybe "dear" is more popular in writing, such as a letter.
I'm in Queensland, Australia, and here it's about 10PM. Do you get up very early or stay up late? What are your interests? |
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New here!
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Don't know if this is the right site for me.. I'm finnish and looking for new friends preferably from UK. I was born in London. does that count? I bet you speak a few languages. |
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What's up?
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I'm also new here, so I can't tell you much, but there seem to be a whole lot of different threads in which a couple of conversations are going on. I live in Australia, so the time difference makes it tricky to know when the posts were made.
I'm pleased to meet you (is this meeting?) do you log onto this site everyday? |
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SAY STUFF!!!
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David, you'll be our magic show for the night, since you can move forums around with your special powers. whos the musician? we need music. I'm a musician, but how to play here? |
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