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Society & Lifestyle > Mythology & Folklore Do fantasy creatures really exist?: 1 of 34

We have gone through an age of strong faith in objectivism, which started as a philosophy seeing nature objectively apart from the subjectivity of religions and existential philosophy. The branch of philosophy turned into our current natural science, which has brought us great advances in many areas. Unfortunately the systema... More..
Religion & Spirituality > Religion & Spirituality (Other) Can God and Darwinism coexist?: 15 of 113

"God" was a philosophical concept in western civilisation before natural philosophy was made a separate discipline, leading to our current natural science. Natural philosophy was attempting to recognize and map patterns in nature itself, apart from deeper existential and theological questions. If we take some steps back from ... More..
Religion & Spirituality > Bible Study Can information contained in the Bible be placed in the realm of absolute truth, or does it simply present us with fables and myths?: 5 of 26

We need to keep in mind that most people couldn't read and only the educated elite could write during Biblical times. Religious traditions were transferred through time orally until written down. Even then the scriptures needed to be modified according to new challenges. The focus was more on seeing religious authorities and ... More..
Religion & Spirituality > Theories of Spirituality Understanding the law of attraction: 7 of 33

The Law of attraction is far from a secret through history.Already 2500 years ago Siddharta Gautama, also known as the Buddha, said in the opening verses of Dhammapada: "Mind precedes its objects. They are mind-governed and mind-made. To speak or act with a defiled mind is to draw pain after oneself, like a wheel behind the f... More..
Politics, News & Issues > Government & Policies Anarchy: The idea of a world without government: 1 of 4

Most people probably think about anarchy as destructive and inhuman conditions, in an area where weapons are the only valid currency and the worst psychopaths in charge. 'The animal in us would be loose'. That's at least the associations governments often want to sell their people as the only alternative to ever stricter cont... More..
Religion & Spirituality > Christian Beliefs & Culture Is Jesus just a myth?: 23 of 77

The most popular answer to the question seems to be a big angry no for even raising it in the first place. My answer to the question is also no, but I think we make the opposition a big favour by totally and blindly denying any non historical aspect of the stories about Jesus.Firstly we need to keep in mind that there were no... More..
Religion & Spirituality > Religious Speculations & Criticisms The power of belief: 3 of 10

What is a belief? I think the following definition from dictionary.com covers most of the word's meanings well: "Mental acceptance of and conviction in the truth, actuality, or validity of something".It's obviously difficult to identify ones own beliefs when seeing them as truth, actuality or validity. They are more apparent ... More..
Arts & Humanities > Meaning of Life Imagination as the cause for existence: 4 of 11

I am one of those who see imagination as a fundamental aspect of reality. I understand that I better not talk too openly about this view to anybody, since imagination is still commonly defined as a failure to observe Reality correctly. I take the chance of speaking outside of my closet here, though.Our modern western way of t... More..
Relationships & Family > Love & Lust Can love and ego co-exist: 3 of 7

The word "ego" is used in very different contexts, from philosophy and psychology to gossip and curses. First of all we need to clarify what we're talking about. Dictionary.com's primary definition is: "the "I" or self of any person; a person as thinking, feeling, and willing, and distinguishing itself from the selves of othe... More..
Religion & Spirituality > New Age Concepts Lucid dreaming: Fact or fiction?: 6 of 10

Of course lucid dreaming is fact. In retrospect a dream can be seen as a fictional story, though. While dreaming you believe it to be reality, unless you are experiencing a lucid dream.For instance, you dream that you are in a classroom while lightly asleep near your daily state of mind. Its awareness of having finished schoo... More..