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  1. Alex_G

    Heaven

    As opposed to building a little box and saying they do want to live there u mean...?
  2. Alex_G

    Heaven

    Yeah i think so. Its interesting (to me at least) that an idea of heaven is in essence quite abstract, and removed from the reality of mortal life by definition, is in essence as alien a place as could be defined perhaps. And in that foreign place you project all those feelings of warmth...
  3. Alex_G

    Heaven

    What of people who are criticizing (or simply pondering) their own idea of heaven (highly specific and odd or otherwise)? To be frank in my experience most notions of heaven full stop could be described as often weirdly specific and odd. (For the record, I dont mean to criticize any and...
  4. Alex_G

    Heaven

    Yeah i understand that, i was just using it as a way of asking a broader question about heaven and the things people value rather than claiming that Catherine was asking such a question. Because what notion of heaven is truly seperable to that persons feelings and experiences here on Earth
  5. Alex_G

    Heaven

    In Emily Bronte's Wuthering Heights, Catherine is speaking to her childhood nurse, Nelly. Catherine tells Nelly that if she were in heaven she would be miserable. “I dreamt once that I was there……heaven did not seem to be my home; and I broke my heart with weeping to come back...
  6. Alex_G

    Richard Dawkins on Children

    I very much don’t think parents should impose aspects of their religious beliefs on a child, namely the teaching of religious theology as fact, or the invasive involvement of ritualistic proceedings such as circumcision. It ultimately represents child abuse, which ranges from mild to the more...
  7. Alex_G

    New gender?

    Gender is a broad spectrum, much more complex than sex. I must say (obv having not followed this show or the person) the picture strikes me more as a gimmick/fashion statement than particularly demonstrative of gender.
  8. Alex_G

    Is religion really that bad of a thing?

    I am hesitant to respond with a simple yes/no answer to something that encompasses a broad range of religions that vary wildly from one another across the spectrum. I do however think that in general they do more harm in this world than good through distorting honest, authentic and real world...
  9. Alex_G

    Why Debate the Existence of God, I Mean, What's The Point?

    Well a discussion of psychopathy is something else. Its a personality disorder, a complex entity in definition and cause. It however doesn’t prove beliefs in the general population as therefore having no potential effect on how people act, behave and engage with their surroundings. For you to...
  10. Alex_G

    Why Debate the Existence of God, I Mean, What's The Point?

    Well it depends on what belief and what specific behaviours you are talking about. I don't think a general 'chicken or the egg' analysis is adequately sophisticated to describe. Because clearly various beliefs and behaviours alike can precede a belief in god, just as the can come after...
  11. Alex_G

    Why Debate the Existence of God, I Mean, What's The Point?

    I never said it was the only thing that can drive behaviour or even the most important only that it has potential to, such that debates surrounding the subject and their outcomes can therefore have a potential effect on subsequent behaviour through changed beliefs. As for what sorts of...
  12. Alex_G

    Why Debate the Existence of God, I Mean, What's The Point?

    Well in so far as belief in god drives particular behaviours then outcomes of such debates could have the potential to impact or change the way people live their lives.
  13. Alex_G

    Marx on Social Progress and Women

    Well in part yes, as the social position of women is one aspect of overall social progress rooted in the cultivation of equality of opportunity and fair human rights. So in that regard measuring it will tell you about social progress specifically regarding those things. To put it another way, i...
  14. Alex_G

    One Problem with Capitalism?

    I do basically agree with the sentiment of the position quoted but i tend to take it one step further. That it is unfortunate that capitalism peddles a ruthless game, one which does favour more aggressive and extroverted traits, leaving many good, profound and authentic people by the wayside...
  15. Alex_G

    Why No One Religion Fits All?

    Well your Hello Kitty metaphor still begs the question of whether your Jewish religion is 'true' doesn’t it? Furthermore, as your example shows, Hello Kitty is simply a brand, albeit a successful one. What’s true in the metaphor is that of childhood imagination, play and...
  16. Alex_G

    Why No One Religion Fits All?

    It could, but is that really the most likely explanation for all the world’s religions and spiritual beliefs? That one is right and the rest are simply the works of lazy/stubborn and the ignorant? For one it would beg the question of which way around it is? Who is in fact right, and wrong, and...
  17. Alex_G

    Is Truth soooo 2013?

    Loosely speaking ive always approached the topic of truth with a certain sobriety. That before even beginning, one requires a process of transmitting a reality to an observer or experiencer for the word to have any meaning or any domain in which to be used. You cant just have 'Truth' existing on...
  18. Alex_G

    Why No One Religion Fits All?

    Whilst they may be mutually exclusive in their specific theological claims they do however all share a similarity in their apparent role in human life. To note that some 'work' for some people and others for other people is just to admit to a simple observational truth. It appears to me that...
  19. Alex_G

    Why No One Religion Fits All?

    I think its interesting he should focus on the birth of humans as it relates to this subject. When i picture a new-born baby one of the last things i think about is the reigio-spiritual endeavours of man. The trials and the experiences of life fashion ones individuality like a sculpture from a...
  20. Alex_G

    Are We in Need of Salvation?

    Hm, well in a way yes and no is my answer. From a strictly religious perspective (namely judeo christian) i dont subscribe to these sorts of views regarding original sin, what constitutes the sin, second coming judgement and so forth. I find its a dangerous and warped way of looking at life...
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