Question by Bob H: People like Chomsky and Zinn…?
I’m a big fan of Howard Zinn and Noam Chomsky, and I’ve read a lot of their material. I’m wondering though, who are some other modern day liberal professors or philosophers similar to Zinn and Chomsky?

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Answer by Michael
Zinn is hardly a philosopher and liberal is not the appropriate word to describe these two greats. But john pilger and bob fisk are two great journalists of the ilk of zinn and chomsky

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Question by Rachel_not: I need some help with Alchemy? Puffers, spiritual, etc.?
I’m doing a report on Alchemy, and have a couple questions

-How did modern Alchemy come from the Puffers?
-Is the Philosophers stone really a stone, or an idea that could be of any substance?
- In general, and in a way said as simple as possible, can you explain spiritual alchemy to me?
Thank you so much, it is VERY confusing!

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Answer by Gray Bold
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Philosopher%27s_stone

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Question by Analyst: What are your thought on this text?
It all begins with the ‘I am’.
The most self-evident of all truths, that ‘I’ signifies something distinct and unchangeable, is not just under dispute in the modern world; it is rejected by default. According to the inter-subjectivity of today’s researchers, genes and environment are the only factors to explain who you are; as if we’re some sort of biological robots without the presence a free will.
The fact that we have a conscious experience of this life cannot be explained by modern science; it is a phenomena in-itself (no, this is not a reference to Kant). Even the (seemingly) anti-spiritual English philosopher, Bertrand Russell, accepted this, but managed his headache by claiming that beyond the recognition of its existence, no further analysis was possible (my interpretation, not an exact quote).
If there is no free will, there can be no meaning of life beyond what our senses has to offer. To the truth seeker, the idea that this life is mainly about survival and earthly pleasures, is simply unbearable. The superficiality of the mundane way of living, the futility of social ambition, and the lack of independent thought, repels him/her so strongly, that almost any alternative path of life, no matter how riddled with uncertainty, is regarded as a better alternative. -As long as there is some justified hope for an elevation to a higher level of consciousness. Even chaos is preferred to the horrors of total stagnation.
Emotional numbness and mental stagnation are connected as plague and fever. No truth seeker can be anything but hypersensitive (not to be confused with hysteria, which is a form of social manipulation). He/she observes more, sense things stronger, and is easily caught up in an emotional turmoil. This makes him/her, needless to say, vulnerable.
Most people refuses to see the distinction between weakness and vulnerability. Weakness is to choose the wrong path when you can choose otherwise. If your vulnerability is overrun, you’re out of options. Every effort will just make you sink deeper down. Weakness is related to will, vulnerability is how much your system can handle.
A truth seeker is strong in the true sense of the word. He/she takes on the most formidable task of all; to acquire a genuine insight in the self and the universal purpose it was put here to serve. The everlasting search for meaning, the rejection of hypocrisy, and the primus motor for all of his/hers endeavours: The belief in a sharp distinction between good and evil.
Evil is ultimately the lack of will to understand.

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Answer by hamihum
cute

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Question by Labatt113: So does this say there is a god or at least a soul?
I will spare you of all the interesting history on the pineal gland I do suggest researching it in modern times and back to the great philosophers etc.

1)You pineal gland is what allow you to dream.
2)In the growth of a baby in the womb for the first 50 days the pineal gland is most active.
4)Upon death your penal gland empties all that interesting fluid(DMT) out in your brain.

Now if you have any idea about the pineal gland and DMT or even not that should say something as an entry and exit point. What do you think?

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Answer by lollipop
Grasping at straws, comes to mind. But don’t give up your search.

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Question by Sergio M: Is ancient philosophy interesting?
I’m a biology major who wants to take some philosophy classes as upper-level electives. There are 3 main history of western philosophy courses:

Classics of Ancient Western Philosophy
Course Description: Ancient Greek philosophy focusing particularly on works of Plato and Aristotle.

Classics of Modern Western Philosophy
Course Description: Philosophers from the “modern period” of philosophy focusing on those writing in the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries, such as Descartes, Spinoza, Locke, Hume, and Kant.

Nineteenth-Century Western Philosophy
Course Description: Works of major nineteenth-century philosophers such as Kant, Hegel, Fichte, Schopenhauer, Mill, Frege, and Nietzsche.

I’d like to take all three before graduating if I can just to have a well rounded knowledge of the topic. I don’t have to take them in any order, but I’m wondering if it would be of any help to take ancient philosophy first to better understand the later guys, or are they more stand-alone? Also, like it says in the title, I’m wonder how interesting ancient philosophy is compared to other eras. One concern I have as a fan of science is that, back then, humans knew fuck all about anything. So I also want to know if/how relevant Plato and Aristotle are to modern philosophy.

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Answer by Mono
Well Aristotle might be slightly boring, especially concerning his Nicomachean Ethics, because he is the main base for Western ethics in general and you’ll probably feel like you know everything he’s telling you. Except you know, about women and slaves being inferior. But Plato is pretty awesome. I’d go for Ancient before doing the others.

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Question by : Some people say: philosophy is dead….is that true?
I think the job of a philosopher is to sum up human efforts by finding connections between different branches of knowledge,but modern scientists usually talk about physics,chemistry and biology by cutting them off from aesthetics,ethics and religion,thus giving a too technical insight on basic human problems.Do you think scientists like Sagan,Hawking or Dawkins are compensating Russell,James or Durant when they talk about origin of life and universe?We really don’t need philosophers now?

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Answer by Nila V
Science and Philosophy are in different end . But they should meet one day at one point. That is the main purpose

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Question by Twist Of Fate: What was I supposed to receive on my first day of Catechism course in the Roman Catholic Church?
Because the only thing that I received was a Sixth Revised Edition of Christ Among Us A Modern Presentation Of The Catholic Faith For Adults by Anthony Wilhelm and nothing else? Am I in trouble to start the course off? Also my Catechist said a couple of things which confused me and shocked me particularly that he believes that the fact that priests can’t get married is heresy. Also he said that Catholicism is a religion of rational thought and that the God of Nature can’t contradict the God Of Reason as they are both one and the same yet he said that the Gospel of Matthew and the Gospel of Luke contradict themselves, and that he doesn’t believe in the concept of a soul and that was invented by Greek Philosophers or something like that and that we as the body or something like that are the soul or at least that’s what I thought I heard him say. Is he a heretic? What do I do?
I mean seriously the man has been a Catechist for that church for 36 years and I’m pretty sure they aren’t gonmna take my word over his word as it will ultimately be my word versus his word.

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Answer by Cdk uBeR
thank G0D a Catholic, cuz im tired of those crazy a55 christians who dance, sing and wave their arms around like stupid idiots swearing as if they can feel g0d

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Question by je-actx: Why is religion considered mythology?
I had the opportunity to take a Philosophy course and the professor and the book addressed religion as mythology. I was surprised at the beginning, but I got to recognize that it makes sense. The Greeks worshiped Zeus. The Romans worshiped Apollo. We now know that Zeus and Apollo are part of the world’s mythology. Religion today is like religion in the past. So, what do the experts (philosophers, historians, archeologists) know about religion that we the normal people do not know? Scientists use evidence to prove their theses, so if they say religion today is mythology, what evidence do they have to prove that? Do they know Jesus existed? What do they know about how Christianity started? etc.
What I want to know is if scientists have historical facts and evidence that we the normal people don’t know.

Religion is a state that provides comfort to the human mind. So everything is an illusion? I guess so.

Do you think religion today is modern mythology?
Pilgrim,

So who follows the TRUE religion? Christians, muslims, Jews… who?

All of them have killed and been killed for the Only True God
wefmeister,

That’s what religion does, comfort you, does it not?

I was trying to be objective, if you know what that means…
Earl D,

People like mystery and excitement. Religion is the source of that.

I believe in God the universal God- Nature, Earth, wind, rain, Sun, Moon…

I considered myself a Secular Humanist

Secular means non-religious, not without god.

Humanist means a person who seeks the common good for humankind
Eds,

I share your thoughts of a living God, but to me, this God should be a god that unifies, not that divides.

I notice how many Christian denominations exist today – they are hundreds.
Why would God want to be divided into many different groups?
they fight one another, what for? They worship the same god, what is wrong? Because they have different EARTHLY dogmas on how to lead their churches?

The problem with ‘The Only True God’

Many wars have been fought because of the Only True God. Every single monotheistic religion claims that their god is the True God. How do you explain this?

I’m sorry to say this, but the world will never change until humans accept that this ‘Only True God’ doesn’t exist. Our God should be universal, don’t you think? And this god should be accessible to us. This ‘god’ might be the reasoning nature gave us. Our brain that is more advanced than the brain of other creatures on earth.

Have a happy 2007!

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Answer by cork
guess life is a myth..are you here?

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Question by Jack Rivall: Are Complaints About Morality Really About Sex?
Both the Christian Right and the Republican Party talk a lot about morality: restoring morality to America, improving people’s morality, etc. If you think about it, though, they aren’t really talking about ‘morality’ in general. They’re talking about sex. For some strange reason, the entire spectrum of moral behavior has been reduced to sexual behavior, sexuality, reproduction, and how one uses their body.
To better understand just how peripheral sexual behavior is in the field ethics, stop to consider how much time is spent on sex as compared to lying, cheating, poverty, racism, etc. in the writings of major philosophers throughout history. Sex, sexuality, and reproduction are obviously topics that are addressed by various philosophers, but not nearly as much as the other topics — especially in modern philosophy.
Imagine that you are browsing through channels on television and come across one of the many televangelists complaining about the state of morality in America. You hear all the standard rhetoric about how morality has been declining, about how secular beliefs are destroying morality, about how the youth are being corrupted, etc.
Morality is about far, far more than what and with whom you do things with particular body parts, but it would be hard to learn that from observing modern conservative Christian commentary. Why is that?

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Answer by Don H
So, You are just starting to notice that Christians are fixated on sex?

Where have you been?

love and blessings Don

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Question by coolgirlnas: Should I go after my dreams of doing what I love and becoming famous?
Except for my family, I have always felt like I was invisible. I hated high school because no one really noticed me and I didn’t have many friends at all… I was really lonely. But I am easy on the eyes and everything.. I mean I am pretty and stuff, and believe me, I am. I don’t know, I’m just a little unique, I look at things differently and I’m kind of poetic sometimes, and I analyze life the way people analyze poetry… to the point where nothing makes sense..I am a modern-day philosopher, I guess.

ANYWAY, lately I’ve been thinking that maybe the solution to my feeling so invisible is to become famous. I am an avid dancer and singer and I have no doubts I could be successful if I really want to. And to be honest, the money means nothing to me. Really. I don’t ask for gifts, ever, even on my birthday, tangible things are valueless to me. The only thing I want is for people to know who I am, care about what I have to say, do what I love (sing and dance) on a big stage, and, most notably, so I can show all the popular girls in high school that I was never invisible.

But then I look at how lonely Michael Jackson was, and I’m not saying I’m gonna be as big as he was, but like, he was miserable. And loneliness is something I don’t wanna go through anymore. I am usually lonely, I spend a lot of time thinking by myself and I guess the main driving power for me to become famous is so that I won’t have to be lonely, but it it happens then that is a HUGE backfire.

I’m in college right now as a freshman and I have made little to no friends partly because I am focused on becoming famous in the future so much. Sometimes I think about how just making friends in college will fill that void of being invisible, but then again, dancing on a big stage will always sound fun, regardless.

Thoughts?

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Answer by Chelsea’s
Follow your dreams, no matter what.
The simplest solution would be that. ^0^

And by the way, saying you’re pretty isn’t very…well, you know.

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