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    Thread: Is it possible?
Post: Is it possible?
Many religious people I speak with say they are able to believe without evidence, that they "choose" to believe. I wonder, is it possible to "choose" to believe in something that has no evidence? Is ...
 compass Religion 24 7303 May 8, 2012 at 6:40 am
    Thread: How to avoid losing respect for friends
Post: RE: How to avoid losing respect for friends
Quote:You believe in GOD, and believe that we were all created to which makes you feel like you have a purpose in life..It makes you feel special. I believe that we are uniquely emergent beings withou...
 compass Philosophy 35 13351 April 17, 2012 at 9:08 am
    Thread: How to avoid losing respect for friends
Post: RE: How to avoid losing respect for friends
(April 16, 2012 at 10:13 am)Insanity x Wrote: My friends beliefs are not my problem. If they are really my friend its not important. If my friendship is at risk because I'm putting pressure on it by...
 compass Philosophy 35 13351 April 16, 2012 at 10:20 am
    Thread: How to avoid losing respect for friends
Post: RE: How to avoid losing respect for friends
(April 15, 2012 at 7:28 pm)padraic Wrote: The simplest way to keep friends to be a friend. If you are unable to accept a person as he/she is ,without trying to change them,you are not their friend...
 compass Philosophy 35 13351 April 16, 2012 at 9:39 am
    Thread: How to avoid losing respect for friends
Post: RE: How to avoid losing respect for friends
You don't have to respect any opinion that doesn't draw from logic or evidence, you wouldn't be being honest with yourself if you tried. You just need to humor it politely and if the discussion is goi...
 compass Philosophy 35 13351 April 15, 2012 at 5:06 pm
    Thread: How to avoid losing respect for friends
Post: RE: How to avoid losing respect for friends
(April 15, 2012 at 3:16 pm)RaphielDrake Wrote: (April 15, 2012 at 3:05 pm)compass Wrote: (April 15, 2012 at 1:56 pm)RaphielDrake Wrote: You give him a cold, hard stare for about three seconds th...
 compass Philosophy 35 13351 April 15, 2012 at 3:48 pm
    Thread: How to avoid losing respect for friends
Post: RE: How to avoid losing respect for friends
(April 15, 2012 at 2:11 pm)fr0d0 Wrote: Creation science is a science, if hotly contested. It has little to do with religion IMO. Therefore your objection to keeping this person as a friend is based...
 compass Philosophy 35 13351 April 15, 2012 at 3:24 pm
    Thread: How to avoid losing respect for friends
Post: RE: How to avoid losing respect for friends
(April 15, 2012 at 1:56 pm)RaphielDrake Wrote: You give him a cold, hard stare for about three seconds then you move on swiftly to a subject thats less controversial. If he has all the facts you ha...
 compass Philosophy 35 13351 April 15, 2012 at 3:05 pm
    Thread: How to avoid losing respect for friends
Post: How to avoid losing respect for friends
I chose to put this post in the psychology section because it refers to my feelings about friends who believe in religion and (shall we say) unproven phenomena. Over the last four years I have increa...
 compass Philosophy 35 13351 April 15, 2012 at 1:47 pm
    Thread: Do you believe in free will?
Post: RE: Do you believe in free will?
Free will would surely go out the window as soon as you were "forced" to be born. You can therefore never have free will living a life that was not freely chosen.
compass Philosophy 451 225785 April 15, 2012 at 1:32 pm