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In reply to the discussion: Want to end religion? [View all]tama
(9,137 posts)62. Deeper empirical symmetry
We can consciously observe only universe that allows observers like us. And from our observations and math we have deduced also no-cloning theorem (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/No-cloning_theorem). Which is fun in the way that it makes universal statement about there being no identical states. You can't step twice in the same river, as said Heraclitus, European father of dialectics.
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There are few countries that have come close to ending religion without those criteria.
ZombieHorde
Jan 2013
#1
True, the Norwegians and the other Scandinavian cultures have largely abandoned the church and
Thats my opinion
Jan 2013
#36
enlightenment ethics not religious ethics have more profoundly shaped northern europe
Phillip McCleod
Jan 2013
#46
They have abandoned the church but to their own brand of agnosticism not atheism. nt
Flabbergasted
Jan 2013
#74
"Everything Has a Rational Explanation." You wouldn't form the conception that
Flabbergasted
Jan 2013
#87
Perhaps saying we should evolve beyond it or put it behind us would be better than "ending."
cleanhippie
Jan 2013
#3
Religion need not and often isn't opposed to science. Fundamentalism is. Nt
Flabbergasted
Jan 2013
#17
Actually, we've figured out most of those. The reason why religion isn't going anywhere is--
Moonwalk
Jan 2013
#7
Most of what you claimed about religion is true for some religion but not all...
Flabbergasted
Jan 2013
#21
I'm sorry, but we DO know. You just don't seem to like the answers. For example...
Moonwalk
Jan 2013
#37
I'm offering the standard definition of mind. I'm using the dualistic conception of mind
Flabbergasted
Jan 2013
#84
A Buddhist or Taoist conception of mind is not complicated or intellectually based.
Flabbergasted
Jan 2013
#95
"Free from desire, you realize the mystery. Caught in desire, you see only the manifestations." nt
Flabbergasted
Jan 2013
#101
No. Although the Ptolameic system was the predominant cosmological model...
DreamGypsy
Jan 2013
#111
Do you think people subscribe to religion for an answer to how we got here, and why?
muriel_volestrangler
Jan 2013
#67
Your conception of Religion is based on your society and is largely ignorant. nt
Flabbergasted
Jan 2013
#98
Actually there are plenty if atheists that want to literally end religion...
Flabbergasted
Jan 2013
#29
Really? Like who? Who exactly, wants to end (ban) religion through legislative or physical force?
cleanhippie
Jan 2013
#61
They rile the locals: "Obscure cranks on the internet do not count." ;) nt
Flabbergasted
Jan 2013
#99
different treatment bc the paradigm says only religion can impose morality in society
Phillip McCleod
Jan 2013
#50
Because we do know. It's an experiential knowing not something that can be written down in a text..
Flabbergasted
Jan 2013
#85
Maybe YOU know -- I don't. I don't think experiencing and knowing are the same thing.
MotherPetrie
Jan 2013
#94
All completely based on an erroneous conception of religion/ spirituality. nt
Flabbergasted
Jan 2013
#105
My own personal history with multiple Religions, and my degree from a Jesuit University
JoePhilly
Jan 2013
#106
Buddhism and Taoism don't demand anything of you. The buddha would have asked you to "test his
Flabbergasted
Jan 2013
#108
Thank you for responding on this while I was busy with material oneness this weekened.
JoePhilly
Jan 2013
#114