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MadOvid @MadOvid (67) • Canada 5 Mar 07

god

morality

noble lie

plato

truth

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MadOvid I'm afraid I have not made myself understood. I'll try again. The philosopher is the one who first seeks to understand the opinions on which society is based, after he realizes that these opinions are often baseless or based on ideas the average person does...

21 Mar 07

MadOvid @MadOvid (67) • Canada 5 Mar 07

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MadOvid It may be true for those of us who are willing to go beyond morality, to travel those dark waters of philosophy beyond belief or good and evil, that they will be able to find the Truth and be better off because of that. They will be made stronger by what they...

19 Mar 07

MadOvid @MadOvid (67) • Canada 5 Mar 07

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MadOvid I agree with yo to a point. The morality of telling her that her dress is ugly may change according to what type of person she is, and what kind of day she is having. Yet the morality of holding her down and raping her, is something that most of us would...

19 Mar 07

MadOvid @MadOvid (67) • Canada 7 Mar 07

Well how about it, is there a God and can we prove it using a rational, philosophic search for the Truth? Or is he a belief, a metaphysical idea that cannot be proved or disproved? And Christians, Mormons, Muslims, etc. You...

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MadOvid Why can't we prove God though? You would think that a being that powerful would make his mark known in the universe. A lot of smart people have given pretty convincing arguments about the existence of God, others have given pretty convincing arguments about...

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lunodragon @lunodragon (41) • United States 9 Mar 07

God is Perfect A= B Perfection is a form of Balance B=C Balance needs Good and Evil C= D+ E God is good, or the opposite of evil A=D or -E How does the math work???A=B???The only way to prove that god is perfect (in the sense...

god

perfection

philosophy

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MadOvid I'm not sure I get what you're saying. I would agree that in this imperfect world there are no perfect solutions. We may need to reach a balance between certain contradictory forces. But the world God exists in, if there is a God, is beyond this one. God, to...

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MadOvid @MadOvid (67) • Canada 13 Mar 07

We're all taught to believe that democracy is the best form of government. But is it? What's your proof?

democracy

government

regime

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MadOvid I believe Aristotle said that the good thing, possibly the only good thing, about democracy is that it leaves its citizens alone. Yet a part of democracy seems to be this 'middling' effect, where art and education seems to be geared down to the 'lowest common...

14 Mar 07

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heartuvgold @heartuvgold (493) • United States 7 Mar 07

If there were no God, wouldn't there be no good only evil in the world? God represents good, and Satan represents evil, so it stands to reason... if there were no God there would be no good. We would have no war because...

higher power

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MadOvid Then where do morals come from? Is there a special morality organ that excretes morality into your blood system?

8 Mar 07

MadOvid @MadOvid (67) • Canada 2 Mar 07

Personally, I find the idea laughable? But conspiracy proponent's claim that they have evidence that the 911 attacks were hoaxes perpetrated by the US government. That the Pentagon was hit by a missile and that the World Trade...

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MadOvid Where's your proof that this was orchestrated by the President? Besides, the man's an idiot.

8 Mar 07

MadOvid @MadOvid (67) • Canada 7 Mar 07

Well how about it, is there a God and can we prove it using a rational, philosophic search for the Truth? Or is he a belief, a metaphysical idea that cannot be proved or disproved? And Christians, Mormons, Muslims, etc. You...

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MadOvid 1)It's reasonable to assume that in a nearly infinite universe that it would be probable a planet would be the perfect distance from a star to produce life like ourselves. 2) Ecology is a self-regulating system. It needs no overseer to keep it in check. And...

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TRWilliams02 @TRWilliams02 (349) • United States 3 Mar 09

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MadOvid I've done a similar post before and got a lot of response from it when it came to making some extra money. A lot of people referred me their profile to check out links which I did! Thank you to all those who helped. I was wondering if anyone out there had any...

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lordwarwizard @lordwarwizard (35747) • Singapore 2 Mar 07

Alright guys & gals, this is a rather philosophical question so I would appreciate intelligent answers. One exception would be witty answers packed with humors - I love them always so they are right anytime. :P So what do you...

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MadOvid You sir, are the product of coalition of random events creating a unique being that has no double. I find that pretty amazing.

6 Mar 07

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lordwarwizard @lordwarwizard (35747) • Singapore 2 Mar 07

Alright guys & gals, this is a rather philosophical question so I would appreciate intelligent answers. One exception would be witty answers packed with humors - I love them always so they are right anytime. :P So what do you...

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MadOvid oops. I meant to say case. Although, Plato does use the image of the cave to talk about politics and how we are trapped by it. So maybe I really did mean to use cave.

5 Mar 07

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lordwarwizard @lordwarwizard (35747) • Singapore 2 Mar 07

Alright guys & gals, this is a rather philosophical question so I would appreciate intelligent answers. One exception would be witty answers packed with humors - I love them always so they are right anytime. :P So what do you...

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MadOvid Personally I think nihilism is something to be fought against, not something that should turn into a personal ideal.

5 Mar 07

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lordwarwizard @lordwarwizard (35747) • Singapore 2 Mar 07

Alright guys & gals, this is a rather philosophical question so I would appreciate intelligent answers. One exception would be witty answers packed with humors - I love them always so they are right anytime. :P So what do you...

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MadOvid It depends. Do you think? I think, therefore I exist. I have no evidence that you think (since I can't look into your mind), so I'm going to have to take your word on that.

5 Mar 07

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lordwarwizard @lordwarwizard (35747) • Singapore 2 Mar 07

Alright guys & gals, this is a rather philosophical question so I would appreciate intelligent answers. One exception would be witty answers packed with humors - I love them always so they are right anytime. :P So what do you...

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MadOvid I'm more of an agnostic than anything else. I would dearly love for God to exist. But its been commented by numerous philosophers, starting with Plato, that people are in a continuous process of becoming. We become toddler, become teenagers, become adults,...

4 Mar 07

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lordwarwizard @lordwarwizard (35747) • Singapore 2 Mar 07

Alright guys & gals, this is a rather philosophical question so I would appreciate intelligent answers. One exception would be witty answers packed with humors - I love them always so they are right anytime. :P So what do you...

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MadOvid Didn't Descartes say that the only thing you can be sure of is your own existence... I think, therefore I am.

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peachtabernilla @peachtabernilla (305) • Philippines 3 Mar 07

I know that we are all taught by the elders, on what is rightr and what is wrong...doing good gives you rerward afterwards but doing bad have a right punishment...some things are bad to others but it isn't to the other one...some...

evil

good

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MadOvid Why is that evil?

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MadOvid @MadOvid (67) • Canada 3 Mar 07

We are living in a new world, where increasingly our lives are spent in virtual worlds of ones and zero's. I know a few people who spend a large part of their lives on online communities called MMORPG's, virtual worlds that exist...

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MadOvid I think you made perfect sense. And yet the IRS seems to think that the online economies has enough value to tax them. Especially when you can exchange that virtual money for 'real' money.

4 Mar 07

whisky7 @whisky7 (2) • China 16 Feb 09

When I entered into university,I recognised a girl.We never talked with each other before.I heared she was miled from others.I felt so very good when I communited with her by message.I found I liked her a little.I wanted to tell...

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MadOvid When I entered into university,I recognised a girl.We never talked with each other before.I heared she was miled from others.I felt so very good when I communited with her by message.I found I liked her a little.I wanted to tell her the my feeling.But I`m...

16 Feb 09

lordwarwizard @lordwarwizard (35747) • Singapore 2 Mar 07

Alright guys & gals, this is a rather philosophical question so I would appreciate intelligent answers. One exception would be witty answers packed with humors - I love them always so they are right anytime. :P So what do you...

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MadOvid prove to me that the spiritual world exists. And that if it does that I, an imperfect human being, can have a meaningful connection to that world.

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