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The Beginning of the Search for True Gnosis/Salvation

Posted on: 07/08/2011 13:42

Pondering my past as I sip on my morning coffee:. I remember as a young teen slowly waking up to the idea that the adult world was random & not "fair" or "rational." Most adults were motivated by fear, insecurity or just plain ignorance. Orwell's 1984 and Huxely's Brave New World shook me to my existential roots. My suspicions were confirmed. Yikes! This was the world I was entering. I had a feeling of being lied to. Science addressed the "how" but left out the "why!" School was boring! Churches were out of touch!

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Antinatalism

Posted on: 06/13/2010 22:29

So, I've been thinking alot about antinatalism (click for link) and I was wondering what the fine folks at the 'cafe thought about the idea. The more I read about it the more I agree with the idea and the more it depresses me...

 

 

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Religion and Faith

Two random new ideas of God

Posted on: 08/14/2009 09:10

 I just thought of these a while ago.  They're not ideas of what a theoretical God is like so much as theories of his motivation, these being motivations other than absolute good, which resolve the why-is-there-suffering dilemma.

 


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Attention

Posted on: 07/19/2009 20:33

In this blog entry I address how attention modulates the significance of relationships.


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Jesus of the many worlds

Posted on: 06/24/2009 21:46

The Bible speaks of many realities besides the one with which we are familiar. It speaks of heaven and earth and hell, of course, but it also speaks of "a new heaven" and "a new earth" as well as "new heavens," Sheol, "God's Kingdom" a "New Jerusalem," the "bundle of the living" and God's court, to name but a few of its alternative realities. I like to connect up such notions with the possibility of multiple universes of which modern Astronomy, Cosmology and Physics make us aware.

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The Strong Free Will Theorem

Posted on: 06/05/2009 01:55

One final post on free will, prompted by the recent mathematical Strong Free Will Theorem.

 

(No, the theorm itself is not mine.)

 


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Free Will, Parts 2, 3, and 4: Growth, Adjustment, and Indecision

Posted on: 05/28/2009 02:37

In these three posts, I flesh out why I think we have a measure of free will:

Growth

Adjustment

Indecision

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Religion and Faith

Your views on Agnostic Philosophy

Posted on: 05/14/2009 09:29

I myself am Agnostic. Agnostic is Greek for "doesn't know" or "don't know". I am a left-wing libertarian, and I think religion has brought nothing but evil and war upon this Earth.

Back to the question, do Christians look down on Agnostic thinkers and Atheists, mainly because we aren't accepting of your God or whatever? It's a tricky situation, mainly because Christians, creationists or a religion believing in God will say

"Well, how can you prove that God doesn't exist?" 


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Free Will, Part 1: Anticipation

Posted on: 04/19/2009 20:42

In this series of blog posts, I'm going to explain why free will is not a matter of yes or no, but of how much:

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Religion and Faith

Atheists, agnostics, freethinkers - what is your moral philosophy?

Posted on: 04/17/2009 21:57

Here's a question that has been floating around in my head for a while:

For those who would call themselves atheists/agnostics/freethinkers - What is the philosophical foundation of your morality? That is to say... why BE good? How do you know what good is? Does good/evil, right/wrong even exist?

If you have a moral system, where does it come from? What justifies it's form and existence?

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