Yeah, that's my beef with it being included in the Humanist "Statement of Principles" document I was reading. I tend to think altruism is...
Maybe we should each define what we mean by the word "altruism"? I pretty much interprete it like the standard dictionary definition of "unselfish...
Asguard, By me answering yes to your questoin "is religion REALLY so bad?" does not mean I feel it is the "root of all evil". I have brought up...
Merlijn, Yeah maybe your right about this being more related to ethics, but I was just thinking about it in the sense that Humanism is a...
Another stupid joke: Two old man are sitting on the front porch in their rocking chairs. The first old man has this big grin on his face, so the...
Tyler. my brother, I think you're making too much of a big deal out of this girl biting you. Sounds to me like she was definitely flirting. Do you...
Nelson, Actually I don't feel this dream has anything to do with a conflict between my conscious and subconscious minds, or with any ill relations...
I was recently reading through a document entitled "The Affirmations of Humanism: A Statement of Principles" Which can be found here :...
Speaking of dreams, I had a strange one last night. I dreamt I was in a very old house, victorian style and really fancy. There were others in the...
Asguard, "It promotes hope promotes understanding promotes forgiveness and tolerance even helps promote help of poor and those less...
Nelson, This is getting redundant, but ohh well. If this were true, than the verse would have said: They will diminish and continue to...
Ahh, the colorful diversity of dialect. I became quite aware of this as a teen when moving from New York (nuw yauwk) to Atlanta (alana). My first...
Another Taoist lesson Tao Te Ching Chapter 5: "Heaven and earth do not act from any wish to be benevolent; they deal with all things as the...
Nelson, I AM reading carefully, it appears you are the one who's confused. Look again at what I said: "Wait a minute, isn't this saying exactly...
Merlijn, Wow, that's some pretty interesting information. I've had to read it a few times to get the gist of it, not because you weren't clear in...
Nelson, "Everyone that accepts Love in their Hearts go to Heaven. Which means that everyone that is compassionate and altruist, simple and...
kmguru, Thanks for the compliment on the web-site. :D I admit I have neglected it for about a year, but have just recently been working on more...
Merlijn, In a previous post you discussed attractors in relation to complex systems and I understand (I think?) what you are talking about. I...
Wait a minute, isn't this saying exactly the opposite of what Nelson has been trying to argue? If I understand this passage correctly it is saying...
Raithere said: This is true. What about Revelation 20:15, that says: "And whosoever was not found written in the book of life was cast into the...
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