Mon 15 Dec, 2008 03:41 am - Aedes,
Are there any codes in place regarding talking to patients about religious beliefs? Are there any guidelines for getting people diagnosed with terminal/very serious illnesses into... (view)
Sat 13 Dec, 2008 12:53 pm - Hi Adva, and welcome to the forum.
Are you saying that if people have a natural need to find innate meaning in life, then by an, likely unconscious, appeal to consequences they arrive at belief... (view)
Fri 5 Dec, 2008 09:14 pm - Russel said some good stuff.
1. is kind of funny, but doesn't really amuse me much
2. makes a good point IMO
3. actually IS funny IMO (view)
Tue 18 Nov, 2008 11:54 am - I have to agree with jgweed here. The term "atheism" seems straightforward, but not everyone uses it the same way in the same contexts all the time.
I'm like Bertrand Russell in... (view)
Sun 16 Nov, 2008 02:33 am - I just wanted to put a link in here to Pythagorean's thread [url=http://www.philosophyforum.com/forum/lounge/general-discussion/587-10-great-questions-philosophy.html]10 Great Questions Of... (view)
Fri 14 Nov, 2008 08:53 am - Considering that this is a thread about nihilism started by someone named The Dude I feel obligated to say "We believe in nussing. We cut off your johnson." (view)
Sat 8 Nov, 2008 11:54 am - I basically agree boagie. Still, when it's natural for me to percieve things negatively, even though I recognize that perception determines the quality of life, I have trouble shifting my... (view)
Sat 8 Nov, 2008 10:11 am - Yea I think politics will still be politics. Unfortunately I don't see that changing.... ever. It's still a change in terms of [i]some[/i] specific policies. It's still a change in... (view)
Sat 8 Nov, 2008 09:59 am - [QUOTE=Rose;32004]Not really. I came across it and found some of the criteria interesting and perhaps somewhat familiar. I checked out Google, and most of what I found was rather negative which... (view)
Thu 6 Nov, 2008 07:23 pm - I enjoy thinking about Solipsism. I've been doing it a lot lately, last night in particular.
Some thoughts on it -
If it is defined as "the view that the existence of nothing except... (view)