I disagree. There are laws designed to enslave men. There are laws designed to set them free. There are laws designed to create cartels and monopolies. And there are laws designed to preserve free-markets. The idea we just can't pass good laws therefore economic slavery is okay is just a...
The 1936 words of FDR ring more true today than when they were spoken after the Great Depression:
"An old English judge once said: 'Necessitous men are not free men.' Liberty requires opportunity to make a living - a living decent according to the standard of the time, a living which gives man...
I recently watched an episode from Morgan Freeman's TV series on God. Here is the segment:
Akhenaten got rid of all the major Egyptian gods and invented Aten another name for Ra the sun god. Aten was to be worshiped as the only one true god. And Akhenaten claimed he was the only spokesman...
I don't assume they do. I never said that. I believe when people die there's a light at the end of a tunnel. Everyone goes into the light. And once you go into the light, you experience God's infinite beauty which is pure bliss. After we experience God our experience of self just stops. I...
I believe in the golden rule of karma. If you cause suffering in others you will experience suffering in your life in equal proportion. And the same is true with being selfless in the service of others. When you help other people achieve joy and happiness you will experience joy and happiness...
I believe in democracy. If a bill doesn't make everyone unhappy then it's not a good bill!
It's really funny how Republicans criticize Democrats as if Democrats are Republicans. I never really understood what it meant to be Democrat until I was on a Code Pink bus in 2004 on my way to...
Yes, I agree, God just exists without purpose. Many people worship a lesser god of judgment because they have been trained to be obedient to a single authority or king. The king is pretending to be God in order to rule his subjects effectively. Here's list of all the people over the centuries...
I did not say God was a mystery. You are laboring hard for no reason.
If you say God doesn't exist for you then I believe you.
Everything we know occurs within a well defined context. What I am talking about is speculation of what exists outside the box of your closed mindedness. I'm not...
Capitalism sucks. Every few years there's a "crisis" that isn't supposed to happen. Just look at the numbers:
Obviously you have the "I have mine screw everyone else" mentality. But for the average bloke making the median wage capitalism is only good for the people who pay the lobbyists...
I disagree. Morality is very contextual. The executioner and the soldier commit murder but depending on which side you are on it is considered okay. Sex is morally okay as long as it is consensual. Some people include you must be married for it to be moral. Some people don't think sex...
Assuming Hell exists and people are cast down into it, I think the first thing that happens to someone in Hell is they are given omnipotent powers. Now at first this may sound like a good thing. But after having sex with two chicks two million times you will become bored. Your mind has a very...
Why does it matter so much to you that people have to "earn the right" to be in Heaven? If everyone gets into Heaven to experience eternal bliss then why do you care one way or the other. If you are experiencing eternal bliss at the same time as someone you think is not worthy then it should...
synchronicity - the simultaneous occurrence of events which appear significantly related but have no discernible causal connection.
A close friend of mine he had to put his cat down yesterday because is was sick and suffering and there was no hope for a cure. He was quite distraught about it...