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  1. osgart

    What do different religions teach about casual sex?

    They should get to know each other real well before jumping into marriage, or sex. Something to be said for patience.
  2. osgart

    What do different religions teach about casual sex?

    I was watching some videos about older people who were fiercely in love with their partners for a lifetime, and had wonderful lives. And I see younger people today and I think to myself why aren't they capable of that kind of thing. They must be living in their imaginations, and it just...
  3. osgart

    What do different religions teach about casual sex?

    Sex to me is a specific unique passionate love for the other person. It's unique. Otherwise without that particular passionate love for the other person it's just empty masturbation to have casual sex. Casual sex is meaningless. If you have unique passionate love for the other person then as a...
  4. osgart

    Are Humans God ?

    The word God means power and authority over lives, and existence itself. Humans will never be more than a fleeting, fading power that is here today, gone tomorrow. Truth is the only thing with authority, and by truth I mean in accordance with virtues. Humans can be noble, but they are often...
  5. osgart

    How do we overcome tribalism?

    They can be good or they can be bad. It depends on the principles a tribe uses to unite. I think it's natural for people to relate in smaller circles. A tribe can be whatever the tribe decides to be. As for the treatment of total strangers outside your tribe that's where the real problem is...
  6. osgart

    The Need for Religious Literacy

    I don't disrespect or respect anyone on the basis of religion. Although I would love to hear about other religions that are not mainstream and not fundamentalism. I get sick if I have to discuss Christianity and Islam. Fundamentalism is something I have absolutely no interest in other than...
  7. osgart

    Why are you staying sober?

    I stay sober because alcohol is destructive, and causes regrets. I was never an alcoholic, but I know some who are. I have contempt for alcohol. It feels like quitting. Quitting on one's self is among the worst things. Plus it messes with my judgment. I'm an atheist so I don't blame God...
  8. osgart

    poll: are you an ape?

    We are animals with transformative abilities. Only human apes can transform their hearts by the power of understanding and comprehension. I don't see other apes with that capability. The capacity for understanding and self awareness enables humans to have free will, and can transcend what the...
  9. osgart

    Favorite Christmas Music

    Nat King Cole, The Christmas Album, not Christian, but I like the melodies because I grew up with them. O Tannenbaum is nice.
  10. osgart

    Jesus' Failed Second Coming Prophecy and What this Means for Christianity

    Christians read the Bible just how they want to read it, non critically. You can't argue with that kind of wishful thinking. A fundamentalist has no Bible legs to stand on. Your conclusions will be romanticized, and rationalized away no matter what.
  11. osgart

    Why are most people who answer my questions atheists ?

    I'm at I'm an atheist, who happens to be religious for my own reasons.
  12. osgart

    Strange

    ive always tried to form my own ideas about this. And i try to get as much input as i can from human knowledge. Honestly one can only go so far before they realize there's much that'll probably never be known in this lifetime about it. What i'm convinced of is some kind of non living...
  13. osgart

    Why did God Not Allow Humanity To Be All Knowing ?

    Is there no form and function in Brahman? What then is Brahman? Is Brahman aware and intelligent? What about personal identity?
  14. osgart

    Why did God Not Allow Humanity To Be All Knowing ?

    If i believed in God then i would know that the reason humans are not all knowing is that they'd make endless war in heaven. Besides God favors komodo dragons over humans don't ya know. What if all knowing is an impossibility?
  15. osgart

    Would you choose God

    I choose the most trustworthy over the least trustworthy. I choose the best character over the worst character. If there was a God then that God would have to prove both trust and character to what that God created. Just accepting a God without proof of trustworthiness and character is a no...
  16. osgart

    Happy Birthday Vulcanlogic!!

    If you choose to purge all emotion , still, Happy Birthday!
  17. osgart

    Can we speculate that God exists ?

    Ok, yes. However what does God actually do? I would say speculating about God is far better then just accepting God exists without any reason to believe so.
  18. osgart

    Do you like that you wouldn’t have existed at all ?

    Going it alone is when you find out a lot about yourself. I've learned to be my own best friend from that. That's a lot better than self sabotage. I have been mercilessly self critical in the past, and even to the point of being neurotic. But I've learned since then, to never give up and to...
  19. osgart

    Do you like that you wouldn’t have existed at all ?

    I'm glad you came through it TB. What helps me is being grateful for the good times, when the bad times hit, or when I experience permanent loss. I try to not fixate on the bad things. Sometimes I take things in little spurts, and not all at once. Oh well, I'm only human, sometimes it's...
  20. osgart

    Do you like that you wouldn’t have existed at all ?

    There's a lot of pain I can tolerate. It's just that I've had times where the pain went beyond my ability to bear it, and it lasted a long time. Today I don't experience much of any pain. So I managed to survive what I was going through. As far as emotional pain , I don't think anyone is...
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