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Is induction as a means to reach a conclusion rational?
According to Humes's argument, induction by its nature assumes a uniformity that is not justified. This is a very deep and interesting observation, and a point often used by the religious to justify ...
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What does this quote from William Blake mean?
What does this quote from William Blake mean?
Prisons are built with stones of Law, brothels with bricks of Religion
It appears without context in a collection of proverbs.
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Is Kant a Christian Philosopher, not merely a Philosopher who happens to be Christian?
Kant categorical imperative simply seems to me a rational founding for a Christian ethic. As this is the centre-piece of his moral philosophy, it seems to me he is at least morally a Christian ...
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Is Theological Agnosticism a defensible position?
Given that there is a substantive body of debate between atheism and religion, how can the proposition that the existence of God(s) is unknowable really be defended?
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Clarification of Octavias Pazs comment on Catholicism
In Octavio Pazs Labyrinth of Solitude whilst writing about the Aztec Religion, in passing he says:
The situation prefigured the introduction of Catholicism which is also a religion superimposed ...
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Can one ask for more than they deserve?
I would appreciate if answers can cite the individuals or religious-paradigm that derive the answer.
The concept of being 'deserving' suggested an availability, if not a right, to something. ...
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What are the consolations of Atheism? [closed]
Religion is often popularly characterised by atheists as a consolation. One can turn this around and ask what are the consolations of atheism?
To answer this question correctly is to mirror the usual ...
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What did Nietzsche mean by accusing Christianity of slave-morality?
In a piece of journalism I read today
But I've come to believe that there's also something deeper at work: that most of the world's people live with the legacy of slavery. Even in a nominal ...
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Is there a way to prove that God, if he were to exist, can intervene upon human lives?
Suppose there are two people, one who believes in a god and one who does not. Both suffer from a common cold or some mild sickness. The person who believes in a god prays to ask his god to heal him of ...
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What is the difference between The one, Buddha-nature, Brahman and Tao?
God in Christianity, Dharmakāya in Buddism, Brahman in Hinduism, Beneath Abstraction in Taoism and Flying Spaghetti Monster in Pastafarianism are all plays as a ultimate, eternal and absolute being. ...
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The real question of the Holocaust is not ‘where was God?’, but ‘where was man?’ [closed]
For a debate I have to argue "The real question of the Holocaust is not ‘where was God?’, but ‘where was man?'" I am arguing for the point (not my personal view).
So far the points I have got are:
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If religion is a human trait, does that prove all religions are false?
Does the fact that there was prehistoric religion and that humans have displayed religious behaviour by worshipping gods long before the creation/rise of the Abrahamic religions (and the other major ...
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What can suffice as a scientific proof for God? to what domain can such a proof belong to?
"Scientific" theories require proof, and there are certain guidelines and standards for the proofs to be acceptable to the "scientific" community in that domain (Algebra, Computer Science, etc.). ...
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devolving or self-limiting omnipotence
A being that is omnipotent should have within its own scope of power possess the ability to deprive self of this omnipotence; limit own power, either permanently or for a time; alternatively to ...
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Is 'Transcendental' originally a philosophical concept or a theological one?
I had understood 'transcendental' to be religiously inspired terminology and in fact exclusively so, so it came as a surprise to me that it had a philosophical side to it - as a term it was introduced ...
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Does contemporary art embody the desacralisation of western culture?
Its noticable that all the great artistic traditions embody their religious worldviews. From hindu temples, christian churches, greek statues of gods and heroes, egyptian sarchophagi etc.
However the ...
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How can I start learning about Philosophy of religion? [closed]
every religion has unique philosophy that may have Common Traits and Common definitions.
What are the deals Philosophy of religion?
What are the resources Philosophy of religion?
How can people ...
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Is gender a property of essence or existence?
In his address, the Holy Father said:
According to the biblical creation account, being created by God as
male and female pertains to the essence of the human creature.
The use of the word ...
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What differentiates a cult from a religion? [closed]
Say for example scientology from hinduism?
What are the hallmarks of a cult that sets it aside from a religion?
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Do Nietzsches arguments against Christian morality also stand against the other main world religions?
All the major world religions, without being a specialist in theology, emphasise compassion. A quality that Nietzsche would find "feminine".
Does his arguments apply only to Christian morality or ...
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Is there any connection between the catholic conception of confession and psychotherapy?
Confession is healing of the soul by repentence to God mediated by a priest, psychoanalysis indulges in a confession of the secrets of the soul in order to heal. Is there any connection here or am I ...
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In what sense is atheism scientific?
I have been reading a bit of Dawkins and the like and they all seem to hold a very strong viewpoint on atheism and its associated ideology. I have not found a direct citation for this but he ...
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The problem is choice, (paradox) Or is enhancing choice the solution to increasing free will [closed]
While reading Incognito by David Eagleman, there was a chapter about justice and the neural plasticity of the brain. The ability (or in some cases inability) to regulate "moral" functioning. The legal ...
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How are we to interpret the logos with God in the beginning? [closed]
We've all heard of the Gospel of John and "In the beginning was the logos and the logos was with God." Many commentators and scholars have etymologically traced the term back to the notion of Word or ...
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Are omniscience and omnipotence mutually inconsistent?
I see this in The God Delusion by Richard Dawkins:
If God is omniscient, he must already know how he is going to intervene to change the course of history using his omnipotence. But
that means ...
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What is the reputation of the Perennial Philosophy within the Philosophy of Religon, and in Philosophy in general?
I've just come across the writings of Fritjof Schuon and they appear to be impressive. There is a hint of new-ageism about him, and having never heard of him before I have no idea of his general ...
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Why apes started to contemplate and become altruistic? [closed]
Again my question raised when thinking of myths, their origins, mysticism and religious institutions. It is said that prieshood came to existence, when ape first landed from trees to earth collecting ...
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What is the origin of the concept of “axis mundi”, and how has it influenced Western philosophy?
Historically, many civilizations have contained in their culture, in one way or another, the concept of the "axis mundi" or world axis. Examples of this include Yggdrasil from Norse culture and Mount ...
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Does the notion of an all-powerful God conflict with the idea of free will?
In Abrahamic religions, God is often believed to be wholly omnipotent. People also seem to believe that humans have "free will", esp. insofar that they feel they are in control of their own actions. ...
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What does this quotation suggest about Gurus in religion?
I was reading this article on the concept of "Gurus" in various religions, and the following quotation regarding Sikhism caught my attention:
On the importance of guru, Nanak says: "Let no man in ...
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How does Kant's moral philosophy define “goodness” and evaluate the moral worth?
Philosophy.SE, this is my first time being here, hence please pardon my inexperience of phrasing the question.
I was discussing the moral philosophy of Kant vs the moral philosophy of the Christian ...
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Is reductio ad absurdum a valid logical proof?
It strikes me that atheists often in the religion debate will try to characterize religion in a funny or silly way, often comparing religion to belief in fairies or unicorns or flying spaghetti ...
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Is it reasonable to arrive at a conclusion based on lack of evidence to the contrary?
I was having a discussion last night about my atheism, and it was suggested to me that agnostism is the only reasonable conclusion, as it leaves the door open for new information.
This made me think, ...
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In what works does Nietzsche give a critique of Christianity?
I realize that it's in nearly all of his works that he does this, but does anyone happen to know in what sections of what books? I understand there's a great critique of Christianity in Human, All Too ...
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What are the fundamental differences between the belief system of science and religious belief systems?
While most religious belief systems affirm the existence of certain things, the belief system of (natural) science tends to deny the existence of certain "not-reproducible" things.
Let's look at two ...
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Do messenger-based religions contradict an all wise God?
Many religions, and in this example Islam, believe their holy book to be the literal word of God-as in the messenger Muhammad had absolutely nothing to do with it-that God's literal word was spoken ...
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Does monotheism assume only a good or bad God? Why? [closed]
I have read from various sources that monotheism requires God to be good, and many such religion also advocates a good God.
In Philosophy and in relation to monothesim, what are the arguments and ...
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Distinguishing between philosophy and religion
How do you make the distinction between philosophy and religion? Are there some philosophies/religions that are hard to categorize as being one or the other?
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Do Traditionalists still exist? [closed]
I was wondering if the philosophy of Traditionalism (a la Rene Guenon and followers) still had followers and thinkers writing? If so, who?
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Is there something in the real world that cannot be proved nor disproved? [closed]
It is often said that you cannot prove nor disprove God. People who bring forward this kind of reasoning often try to persuade you that there is a kind of balance, a truce; you can't prove your point ...
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Theology, “study of religion” or “study of God” [closed]
In wiktionary.org theology is defined as "study of God", while in Microsoft's Encarta Dictionaries, it's defined as "study of Religion".
Can we use theology in terms of "study of religion"? I mean ...
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Are there more modern schools that follow Epicurean philosophy?
As Wikipedia says in its article, Epicureanism in short means:
pleasure is the highest good, thus gain it through living virtuous life and expecting less.
Based on this definition, is there a ...
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Is it inconsistent to praise God for apparent action while claiming that apparent inaction is a mystery?
Finally the site is open! I've been waiting to ask this for a week or so. I have been pondering typical responses concerning intercession and resultant positive/negative outcomes and am hoping someone ...
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Are the limitations of language proof against the divinity of holy books? [closed]
Many religions like Islam and Hinduism have holy books(the Quran and the Vedas, respectively) which claim some kind of superhuman origin. However, are the limitations of languages then counter to ...
