Yes, for two reasons: 1) I'd forgot it even existed 2) I'm too stupid to be able to comprehend philosophical statements. However, I may frequently look around during the next two years for inspiration for my R.E full course GCSE

No, not really. I love philosphy, although I have a hard time understanding half of the crap that I had to read when I took philosophy, My favorite topics are the philosophy of Art, and the stuff on existence.. Logic is also very fun to me.

No i just answer what i know.

I always feel a little intimidated around philosophy, although I am good at theology. I think it is the abstract versus the concrete. Abstracts have always been a problem for me. I like the practical and straightforward.

I dont even look at categories.

Yes, I avoid talking about anything I don't know about.

I have read the bible. That's my philosophy.

No, I like the category, because people who are interested in philosophy are often interested in the kinds of topics I like also. I will say that I find most philosophy to be bunk. That might sound strange coming from me, because many of my postings have a philosophical flavor to them -- but the problem with philosophy is the heavy reliance on concept and abstraction in an attempt to capture reality. There's two aspects to this problem: a) it's easy to "over-abstract" and b) abstractions have inherent limitations which cannot be eliminated no matter how smart or careful you are. The challenge for someone who wants to understand themselves and life is to stay "grounded" while doing so, so that they don't produce fantastically elegant theories which don't actually produce any practical benefits for ordinary people. In my view, a philosophy which isn't solidly applicable to everyday life might as well be stored on the top shelf of the library archives. But there's another bit about this that I think is most important -- I say that the way to REALLY understand life is to stop trying to figure it out, and focus instead on practicing being aware. If you pay attention to the specific and exact detailed experiences of daily life on a regular basis, something very interesting happens -- the mind starts to naturally integrate it's experience into a coherent whole without the conscious effort to abstract and conceptualize. This is something that can only be known through experience, it's not something that can be predicted from common sense. So mostly what I'm doing hanging out in the philosophy category is trying to gradually talk people into abandoning the "love of wisdom" for the "love of awareness practice". It's not easy to do.

Not at all. I'm very interested on the subject. If you think about it, all "Pondering Time" questions have a philosophical element to them as well. I love those too.