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    Thread: Eliminating Religion?
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(December 24, 2010 at 12:07 am)theVOID Wrote: (December 23, 2010 at 11:30 pm)Marx Wrote: You cannot eliminate religion wholly; there are individuals who need to believe there is something superior...
Marx Religion 14 3308 December 25, 2010 at 12:39 am
    Thread: Eliminating Religion?
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(December 23, 2010 at 11:35 pm)Minimalist Wrote: Well....I think it would be a good thing to do away with the ignorance upon which religion thrives. It would mark a step in humanity's evolution int...
Marx Religion 14 3308 December 23, 2010 at 11:43 pm
  Question Thread: Eliminating Religion?
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You cannot eliminate religion wholly; there are individuals who need to believe there is something superior to look forward to, merely beyond the material world and towards the afterlife. There are a...
Marx Religion 14 3308 December 23, 2010 at 11:30 pm
    Thread: What book are you reading?
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(December 11, 2010 at 1:10 pm)Paul the Human Wrote: (December 11, 2010 at 1:05 pm)Marx Wrote: Has anyone ever read the following: To kill A Mockingbird (no, but plan to one of these days.) The Tim...
Marx The Arts 236 48154 December 11, 2010 at 4:06 pm
    Thread: What book are you reading?
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Has anyone ever read the following: To kill A Mockingbird The Time Machine Brave New World Fahrenheit 451 Stranger in a Strangeland The Grapes of Wrath Lord of the flies 1984 The Road Animal Farm (on...
Marx The Arts 236 48154 December 11, 2010 at 1:05 pm
    Thread: Karl Marx followers?
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(December 6, 2010 at 10:40 pm)theVOID Wrote: (December 5, 2010 at 10:57 am)Marx Wrote: Does anyone here read or like the philosopher Karl Marx? No thanks, I'm not delusional. Pragmatism and Marx ...
Marx Philosophy 18 9174 December 11, 2010 at 10:55 am
    Thread: What book are you reading?
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(December 9, 2010 at 3:31 pm)Chuck Wrote: Hmmm, I barely knew JK Rowling existed. But I have to say I think Sword of Truth series is complete trash without noticeable redeeming qualities - sloppy...
Marx The Arts 236 48154 December 9, 2010 at 6:57 pm
    Thread: What book are you reading?
Post: RE: What book are you reading?

(December 8, 2010 at 9:06 pm)HeyItsZeus Wrote: To Kill A Mockingbird by Harper Lee (1960) I truly recommend it! [Image: http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_rxw7yisVTL8/TH...dfirst.JPG] I have always wanted ...
Marx The Arts 236 48154 December 9, 2010 at 3:12 pm
    Thread: Is Religion a tool?
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(December 6, 2010 at 4:57 pm)lilyannerose Wrote: This is how religion becomes a dangerous tool. Unbelievable that one would even consider a theocracy in the US, however, I don't laugh in the face o...
Marx Religion 38 8005 December 6, 2010 at 5:02 pm
    Thread: Is Religion a tool?
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(December 6, 2010 at 4:35 pm)Welsh cake Wrote: I'd argue religion is more like a machine, a machine that makes tools out of theists. [Image: http://i7.photobucket.com/albums/y264/lo...orship.jpg] T...
Marx Religion 38 8005 December 6, 2010 at 4:40 pm
    Thread: Karl Marx followers?
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Are you implying that Karl Marx wanted his theory to be applied to slay humans? I do believe Friedrich Engels wanted a more 'peaceful revolution' rather than a violent one. Ah, I have never heard of t...
Marx Philosophy 18 9174 December 6, 2010 at 4:11 pm
    Thread: What book are you reading?
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(December 5, 2010 at 9:53 pm)thesummerqueen Wrote: EverythingAfter would kick me if I didn't include Eliot - Emily Dickens and Robert Frost were probably my real introduction to poetry, and I can ...
Marx The Arts 236 48154 December 5, 2010 at 10:14 pm
    Thread: favorite movie?
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(November 1, 2010 at 3:56 am)Vaughan Wrote: What is your favorite movie? Hard Target is my favorite movie.I love action movies so it is my hard favorite movie........................! Funny Girl, be...
Marx Off Topic 42 10276 December 5, 2010 at 9:55 pm
    Thread: What book are you reading?
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What a lovely poem, Whitman? It's very good :) John Donne's poem http://www.luminarium.org/sevenlit/donne/mourning.php " A Valediction Forbidding Mourning" (December 5, 2010 at 9:40 pm)thesummerqu...
Marx The Arts 236 48154 December 5, 2010 at 9:45 pm
    Thread: What book are you reading?
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(December 5, 2010 at 9:09 pm)thesummerqueen Wrote: (December 5, 2010 at 9:00 pm)Marx Wrote: Hehe...don't have time during the day? I lose a lot of sleep trying to catch up on all my books! Plenty ...
Marx The Arts 236 48154 December 5, 2010 at 9:32 pm
    Thread: favorite movie?
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(December 2, 2010 at 9:36 pm)thesummerqueen Wrote: I missed one for a movie I can watch over and over and over again: Casablanca "Of all the gin joints, in all the towns, in all the world, she wal...
Marx Off Topic 42 10276 December 5, 2010 at 9:08 pm
    Thread: What book are you reading?
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(December 5, 2010 at 8:41 pm)thesummerqueen Wrote: (December 5, 2010 at 8:38 pm)Marx Wrote: I’ll definitely have to check out all of your books...when I retire! High Fantasy is simply just amazing...
Marx The Arts 236 48154 December 5, 2010 at 9:00 pm
  Sad Thread: Karl Marx followers?
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(December 5, 2010 at 12:20 pm)Shinylight Wrote: I too agree with some of his points but not all. He had some very good ideas and theories, sadly the Russians bastardised a lot of it. Quote:I agree! ...
Marx Philosophy 18 9174 December 5, 2010 at 8:46 pm
    Thread: What book are you reading?
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I’ll definitely have to check out all of your books...when I retire! High Fantasy is simply just amazing, it's like you’re in your own little dream world. Ever heard of Sabriel? By Garth Nix, I believ...
Marx The Arts 236 48154 December 5, 2010 at 8:38 pm
    Thread: Karl Marx followers?
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Hahahaha! That made me laugh. Why, he's a dead ringer of a bichon frise - that's for sure. Awesome! I've been reading into his works/theories for about a year and a half now. I don't agree with all hi...
Marx Philosophy 18 9174 December 5, 2010 at 12:13 pm