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Pleasure and Joy
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RE: Pleasure and Joy
(August 27, 2013 at 7:13 pm)BrianSoddingBoru4 Wrote:
Quote:We have senses of pain and pleasure yet we don’t know exactly what they are. We don’t like pain and we like pleasure that’s all we know. Science is so feeble that it can’t even give explanation to our different feelings like what is love and what is hate. Although every one of us experiencing in our daily lives the pleasure of love yet there is no tool that can prove scientifically what is love. If you say, “I love you” and your listener response “prove it” that makes you hang in the middle of air as you don’t know what to do next because you are a believer of science and science has no tools to help you out in this case.

I'm completely fed up with this childish kark that love is some mysterious, undefinable something.

Love is the subjective condition that exists when another person's happiness is essential to your own. This definition is not original with me (bonus points and an onion milkshake for the first person to source it correctly), but it seems unarguable. If you are indifferent to someone else's happiness, you can't claim to 'love' them, I think. Similarly, it seems perverse in the extreme to claim that you don't love someone when their happiness is a vital component of your own.

Boru
There is no person in the world who is living without some kind of faith. Every person believes in something. Faith is all about human understanding. Now this human understanding gets its shapes through influences of personal interests. It would not be an exaggeration if I say our point of interests moulds our understandings. It is specifically the case with phenomenal concepts, which are inside our minds and bodies, but we can’t explain them scientifically.

We know there is universe as we have physical sense of it but we don’t know what is the cause of this universe and why it is running so systematically like a Swiss wristwatch. It is an illogical idea that universe is controlling its own self. Do we think universe is controlling our lives on earth and it is the universe, which regulates the time of our lives?

As for your critique on blind faith, I can say that in Quran there is no commandment to scarify own children. Quran commands everything in compliance with nature whereas sacrificing own children is not a natural concept. So far, I have not seen any commandment in Quran to be un-natural.
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Pleasure and Joy - by Harris - May 8, 2013 at 2:11 pm
RE: Pleasure and Joy - by Silver - May 8, 2013 at 2:50 pm
RE: Pleasure and Joy - by Harris - May 9, 2013 at 2:25 pm
RE: Pleasure and Joy - by littleendian - May 21, 2013 at 7:54 am
RE: Pleasure and Joy - by Baalzebutt - May 8, 2013 at 2:51 pm
RE: Pleasure and Joy - by Angrboda - May 8, 2013 at 5:54 pm
RE: Pleasure and Joy - by Neo-Scholastic - May 21, 2013 at 10:05 am
RE: Pleasure and Joy - by Tonus - May 21, 2013 at 10:14 am
RE: Pleasure and Joy - by Harris - August 24, 2013 at 11:46 am
RE: Pleasure and Joy - by paulpablo - August 24, 2013 at 2:35 pm
RE: Pleasure and Joy - by Harris - August 25, 2013 at 7:07 pm
RE: Pleasure and Joy - by Fidel_Castronaut - August 31, 2013 at 8:11 am
RE: Pleasure and Joy - by paulpablo - August 25, 2013 at 7:19 pm
RE: Pleasure and Joy - by Harris - August 26, 2013 at 1:09 pm
RE: Pleasure and Joy - by paulpablo - August 26, 2013 at 2:16 pm
RE: Pleasure and Joy - by Harris - August 26, 2013 at 6:50 pm
RE: Pleasure and Joy - by genkaus - August 25, 2013 at 1:58 am
RE: Pleasure and Joy - by Walking Void - August 25, 2013 at 9:04 am
RE: Pleasure and Joy - by freedomfromforum - August 25, 2013 at 12:40 pm
RE: Pleasure and Joy - by Neo-Scholastic - August 26, 2013 at 7:54 pm
RE: Pleasure and Joy - by Harris - August 26, 2013 at 8:21 pm
RE: Pleasure and Joy - by genkaus - August 26, 2013 at 11:58 pm
RE: Pleasure and Joy - by paulpablo - August 27, 2013 at 5:11 am
RE: Pleasure and Joy - by Harris - August 27, 2013 at 10:06 am
RE: Pleasure and Joy - by genkaus - August 27, 2013 at 10:31 am
RE: Pleasure and Joy - by Harris - August 27, 2013 at 4:31 pm
RE: Pleasure and Joy - by Bad Writer - August 27, 2013 at 8:46 pm
RE: Pleasure and Joy - by paulpablo - August 27, 2013 at 11:32 pm
RE: Pleasure and Joy - by Harris - August 31, 2013 at 7:07 am
RE: Pleasure and Joy - by genkaus - August 31, 2013 at 10:23 am
RE: Pleasure and Joy - by paulpablo - August 31, 2013 at 5:41 pm
RE: Pleasure and Joy - by paulpablo - September 6, 2013 at 3:49 pm
RE: Pleasure and Joy - by Harris - September 7, 2013 at 2:38 pm
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RE: Pleasure and Joy - by paulpablo - September 7, 2013 at 2:40 pm
RE: Pleasure and Joy - by genkaus - August 28, 2013 at 1:46 am
RE: Pleasure and Joy - by paulpablo - August 28, 2013 at 4:27 am
RE: Pleasure and Joy - by Harris - August 31, 2013 at 7:18 am
RE: Pleasure and Joy - by Esquilax - August 31, 2013 at 8:19 am
RE: Pleasure and Joy - by Harris - September 6, 2013 at 4:13 pm
RE: Pleasure and Joy - by paulpablo - September 6, 2013 at 5:19 pm
RE: Pleasure and Joy - by Harris - September 7, 2013 at 2:47 pm
RE: Pleasure and Joy - by paulpablo - September 7, 2013 at 2:50 pm
RE: Pleasure and Joy - by paulpablo - September 7, 2013 at 2:54 pm
RE: Pleasure and Joy - by Harris - September 9, 2013 at 4:08 pm
RE: Pleasure and Joy - by paulpablo - September 9, 2013 at 4:11 pm
RE: Pleasure and Joy - by Fidel_Castronaut - September 7, 2013 at 5:34 pm
RE: Pleasure and Joy - by paulpablo - September 7, 2013 at 1:56 am
RE: Pleasure and Joy - by genkaus - September 7, 2013 at 3:45 am
RE: Pleasure and Joy - by Harris - September 9, 2013 at 3:47 pm
RE: Pleasure and Joy - by paulpablo - September 9, 2013 at 3:51 pm
RE: Pleasure and Joy - by genkaus - September 9, 2013 at 5:10 pm
RE: Pleasure and Joy - by Harris - September 12, 2013 at 1:33 pm
RE: Pleasure and Joy - by genkaus - September 12, 2013 at 3:54 pm
RE: Pleasure and Joy - by Harris - September 15, 2013 at 7:52 am
RE: Pleasure and Joy - by paulpablo - September 15, 2013 at 10:17 am
RE: Pleasure and Joy - by paulpablo - September 15, 2013 at 4:18 pm
RE: Pleasure and Joy - by genkaus - September 15, 2013 at 1:18 pm
RE: Pleasure and Joy - by Harris - September 25, 2013 at 12:40 pm
RE: Pleasure and Joy - by Zazzy - September 25, 2013 at 1:08 pm
RE: Pleasure and Joy - by genkaus - September 27, 2013 at 8:27 am
RE: Pleasure and Joy - by paulpablo - September 12, 2013 at 5:24 pm
RE: Pleasure and Joy - by genkaus - August 31, 2013 at 11:05 am
RE: Pleasure and Joy - by Harris - September 7, 2013 at 1:51 pm
RE: Pleasure and Joy - by paulpablo - September 7, 2013 at 2:12 pm
RE: Pleasure and Joy - by genkaus - September 7, 2013 at 2:52 pm
RE: Pleasure and Joy - by Harris - September 9, 2013 at 4:41 pm
RE: Pleasure and Joy - by FifthElement - September 1, 2013 at 12:23 pm
RE: Pleasure and Joy - by paulpablo - August 27, 2013 at 1:27 pm
RE: Pleasure and Joy - by Ryantology - August 28, 2013 at 8:54 pm
RE: Pleasure and Joy - by Neo-Scholastic - August 28, 2013 at 9:37 pm
RE: Pleasure and Joy - by Captain Colostomy - August 28, 2013 at 9:54 pm
RE: Pleasure and Joy - by Neo-Scholastic - August 28, 2013 at 11:06 pm
RE: Pleasure and Joy - by Bad Writer - August 28, 2013 at 11:21 pm
RE: Pleasure and Joy - by Esquilax - August 29, 2013 at 4:21 am
RE: Pleasure and Joy - by Anomalocaris - August 29, 2013 at 11:01 pm
RE: Pleasure and Joy - by Silver - August 29, 2013 at 4:42 am
RE: Pleasure and Joy - by bennyboy - August 29, 2013 at 11:15 pm
RE: Pleasure and Joy - by Captain Colostomy - August 30, 2013 at 1:34 am
RE: Pleasure and Joy - by Neo-Scholastic - August 27, 2013 at 7:35 am
RE: Pleasure and Joy - by genkaus - August 27, 2013 at 9:12 am
RE: Pleasure and Joy - by Neo-Scholastic - August 25, 2013 at 9:14 pm
RE: Pleasure and Joy - by BrianSoddingBoru4 - August 27, 2013 at 7:13 pm
RE: Pleasure and Joy - by Harris - August 31, 2013 at 6:51 am
RE: Pleasure and Joy - by genkaus - August 31, 2013 at 7:18 am
RE: Pleasure and Joy - by Harris - September 6, 2013 at 3:34 pm
RE: Pleasure and Joy - by genkaus - September 7, 2013 at 1:49 am
RE: Pleasure and Joy - by Harris - September 9, 2013 at 2:10 pm
RE: Pleasure and Joy - by paulpablo - September 9, 2013 at 3:11 pm
RE: Pleasure and Joy - by genkaus - September 9, 2013 at 3:28 pm
RE: Pleasure and Joy - by BrianSoddingBoru4 - August 28, 2013 at 5:29 am
RE: Pleasure and Joy - by bennyboy - August 28, 2013 at 8:29 am
RE: Pleasure and Joy - by genkaus - August 28, 2013 at 8:44 am
RE: Pleasure and Joy - by BrianSoddingBoru4 - August 28, 2013 at 7:39 pm
RE: Pleasure and Joy - by Neo-Scholastic - August 28, 2013 at 8:39 pm
RE: Pleasure and Joy - by genkaus - August 29, 2013 at 2:18 am
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RE: Pleasure and Joy - by genkaus - August 30, 2013 at 1:36 am
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RE: Pleasure and Joy - by Ryantology - August 30, 2013 at 10:05 am
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RE: Pleasure and Joy - by genkaus - August 30, 2013 at 11:32 pm
RE: Pleasure and Joy - by Captain Colostomy - August 28, 2013 at 11:24 pm
RE: Pleasure and Joy - by bennyboy - August 30, 2013 at 6:18 pm
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RE: Pleasure and Joy - by genkaus - August 31, 2013 at 12:43 am
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RE: Pleasure and Joy - by genkaus - August 31, 2013 at 6:54 am
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RE: Pleasure and Joy - by genkaus - September 2, 2013 at 5:41 am
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RE: Pleasure and Joy - by bennyboy - September 2, 2013 at 8:28 am
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RE: Pleasure and Joy - by genkaus - September 2, 2013 at 11:33 pm
RE: Pleasure and Joy - by bennyboy - September 3, 2013 at 12:41 am
RE: Pleasure and Joy - by genkaus - September 3, 2013 at 1:43 am
RE: Pleasure and Joy - by bennyboy - September 3, 2013 at 7:14 am
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RE: Pleasure and Joy - by genkaus - September 3, 2013 at 5:34 pm
RE: Pleasure and Joy - by bennyboy - September 3, 2013 at 9:06 pm
RE: Pleasure and Joy - by Neo-Scholastic - September 3, 2013 at 7:35 am
RE: Pleasure and Joy - by Neo-Scholastic - August 31, 2013 at 11:03 am
RE: Pleasure and Joy - by StuW - August 31, 2013 at 8:41 am
RE: Pleasure and Joy - by BrianSoddingBoru4 - August 31, 2013 at 1:13 pm
RE: Pleasure and Joy - by Neo-Scholastic - September 1, 2013 at 12:18 pm
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RE: Pleasure and Joy - by Chas - September 2, 2013 at 10:28 am
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RE: Pleasure and Joy - by Neo-Scholastic - September 4, 2013 at 9:03 pm
RE: Pleasure and Joy - by genkaus - September 5, 2013 at 12:10 am
RE: Pleasure and Joy - by bennyboy - September 5, 2013 at 12:49 am
RE: Pleasure and Joy - by genkaus - September 5, 2013 at 1:01 am
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RE: Pleasure and Joy - by Neo-Scholastic - September 5, 2013 at 8:11 pm
RE: Pleasure and Joy - by bennyboy - September 5, 2013 at 11:15 pm
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RE: Pleasure and Joy - by genkaus - September 6, 2013 at 2:41 am
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RE: Pleasure and Joy - by genkaus - September 6, 2013 at 8:52 am
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RE: Pleasure and Joy - by Neo-Scholastic - September 6, 2013 at 7:38 am
RE: Pleasure and Joy - by Cato - September 5, 2013 at 11:25 pm
RE: Pleasure and Joy - by downbeatplumb - September 6, 2013 at 1:46 pm
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RE: Pleasure and Joy - by Fidel_Castronaut - September 7, 2013 at 2:25 pm
RE: Pleasure and Joy - by Harris - September 9, 2013 at 3:52 pm
RE: Pleasure and Joy - by paulpablo - September 9, 2013 at 4:06 pm
RE: Pleasure and Joy - by Fidel_Castronaut - September 17, 2013 at 4:26 am
RE: Pleasure and Joy - by Harris - September 25, 2013 at 2:06 pm
RE: Pleasure and Joy - by paulpablo - September 26, 2013 at 1:58 am
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RE: Pleasure and Joy - by Neo-Scholastic - September 7, 2013 at 9:27 pm
RE: Pleasure and Joy - by downbeatplumb - September 15, 2013 at 8:01 am
RE: Pleasure and Joy - by Harris - September 17, 2013 at 1:09 pm
RE: Pleasure and Joy - by paulpablo - September 17, 2013 at 2:02 pm
RE: Pleasure and Joy - by paulpablo - September 17, 2013 at 5:48 pm
RE: Pleasure and Joy - by paulpablo - September 26, 2013 at 3:10 pm
RE: Pleasure and Joy - by gilbertc06 - September 21, 2013 at 5:08 am
RE: Pleasure and Joy - by Harris - October 6, 2013 at 1:25 am
RE: Pleasure and Joy - by Harris - October 6, 2013 at 2:28 am
RE: Pleasure and Joy - by genkaus - October 6, 2013 at 4:32 am
RE: Pleasure and Joy - by paulpablo - October 6, 2013 at 4:57 am
RE: Pleasure and Joy - by Zazzy - October 7, 2013 at 9:13 am
RE: Pleasure and Joy - by paulpablo - October 7, 2013 at 1:39 pm
RE: Pleasure and Joy - by KichigaiNeko - October 6, 2013 at 4:39 am
RE: Pleasure and Joy - by max-greece - October 6, 2013 at 4:43 am
RE: Pleasure and Joy - by Esquilax - October 6, 2013 at 5:57 am
RE: Pleasure and Joy - by KichigaiNeko - October 6, 2013 at 4:44 am
RE: Pleasure and Joy - by max-greece - October 6, 2013 at 6:07 am
RE: Pleasure and Joy - by gilbertc06 - October 6, 2013 at 10:48 pm

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