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by Jeztyr - whispering in the ears of kings on January 31st, 2008
How do YOU deal with the concept of evil?
by Desiderata on April 3rd, 2011
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If we were all created equally does that mean we all have an equal purpose?
by pearloaf is not yelling and dreams of bal on February 22nd, 2011
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Was Hitler taking fredrick niche at his logical conclusion with regards to the "Die Ubermensch" - The Superman"?
by ChrisLittleChrist on April 1st, 2011
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Science points to the brain and nervous system for the bodies sense of pain. Therefore does a soul feel pain without a body?
by luv2suconu on May 17th, 2011
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From your point of view, is there validity to this quote? Explain your answer if you like. (Quote 4 - Cloudman) See description:
by cloudman on March 3rd, 2011
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Haha,
The thing that gets me is that people have waking dreams, hallucinations and are subject to illusions, for instance a straw in a glass of water appears bent when it is actually straight. Furthermore, we have dreams, whilst dreaming we can be convinced that they are real...
Also, it is known that the colour of things we see is actually the colour reflected by them - things in reality are quite colourless... We know everything is made out of smaller things (such as strings, atoms etc.) but yet we see whole things and solids...
I'm having trouble with this, for all I know you, this website, my laptop could all be figments of my mind and even if you aren't i'm not certain that my senses show the universe in truly the way it is???
by ... on January 31st, 2008
and what about your personal experience?
by mila_world on August 5th, 2010