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Time for you liberals to do some serious self reflection: why do i support big government?...
Thirst2learn
Is agnosticism an example of epistemic skepticism which wonders whether any knowledge is ...
waitingforgodo
Will it matter a billion years from now whether we are kind or cruel to today? That is, ...
Wallace

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1 day ago1d

Posted by DangerDave
Buhbye, 45...IQ, right?
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1 day ago1d

Posted by Thirst2learn
Time for you liberals to do some serious self reflection: why do i support big government? Your bicameral mind seeks an authority and since you don't believe in God, you replace God with Big Government. Big Government works in mysterious ways. ...
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1 day ago1d

Posted by towkneed
"Normal" is defined in opposition.
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2 days ago2d

Posted by waitingforgodo
Is agnosticism an example of epistemic skepticism which wonders whether any knowledge is possible?
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2 days ago2d

Posted by Matias
Is science able to deliver true knowledge?
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2 days ago2d

Posted by PBuck0145
Evolving out of Marxism = genuine progressiveness.
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3 days ago3d

Posted by PBuck0145
What a radical!
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3 days ago3d

Posted by Healthydoc70
Trumps's 1776 Commission released today on MLK day, justifying and promoting teaching American history by deleting the truth. Can these morons get any more despicable and grotesque?It also spoke of justifying guns. The 2nd amendment was written so ...
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3 days ago3d

Posted by DangerDave
Applied Metaphysics
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3 days ago3d

Posted by DangerDave
Shallow thoughts on a deep subject
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3 days ago3d

Posted by fishline79
This is a reprint of a piece I wrote some four years ago. I am re-posting it in honor of M.L.King's birthday and also the coinciding inaguration. It is also a tributre to the late John Lewis. Sitting at a Wegman's lunch counter the other day in ...
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3 days ago3d

Posted by DangerDave
Or Capitol rioters
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4 days ago4d

Posted by fishline79
"Comparisons of Religion and Fascism" Both have one supreme leader... Both attempt to convince and convert unwilling non-adherents... Both are didactic and reactionary... Both demand complete adherence to doctrine... Both are incompatible with ...
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5 days ago5d

Posted by PBuck0145
What happened? A conversation between a liberal and a conservative. An hour and a half.
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5 days ago5d

Posted by DangerDave
Several for the ideological
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5 days ago5d

Posted by DangerDave
LINKEpisode 2 "What is Metaphysics?"
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5 days ago5d

Posted by HeAdAkE
Red Pill Philosophy the red pill saves mens lives if u take the red pill u cannot untake it ive taken hundreds and they are bitter but they feel so good its important to feel good i think :) i hope this post will save a life
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5 days ago5d

Posted by Somnium
I love posting quotes, but I also like to know where they came from. I had forgotten about Quote Investigator. The link below gives some context to my posted quote.
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6 days ago6d

Posted by waitingforgodo
We are here. How have we made this world better? What can we do today?
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6 days ago6d

Posted by KWAPELL7
I AM & U R - Life as a human - Being - a - Spirit - incarnate in a - animal - body - a - Soul - embodying a mortal - form of Life - as - Energy - manifesting thru U - as a Person - I AM - an Individuation of - GOD - as - One Self - Soul - Being - ...
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6 days ago6d

Posted by Storm1752
Speaking of "white privilege," does the fact I'm living in a shack in the middle of nowhere on financial life support mean if I wasn't so privileged I'd be a street person or worse? When does my privilege kick in? It seems only certain white people ...
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6 days ago6d

Posted by DangerDave
To the PC whiners who haven't blocked me yet
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1 week ago1w

Posted by AHWalter1989
LINKLife, Philosophy, and Everything In-Between: Of Course It's In The Bible...Or Not
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1 week ago1w

Posted by waitingforgodo
To be agnostic is to not know whether or not god(s) exist. What would you say is the probability that god(s) exist? Is it about 50/50? Are you 60/40, 70/30, 80/20 or better that god(s) exist? Do you ascribe a low probability to the notion that god(s)...
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1 week ago1w

Posted by Wallace
Will it matter a billion years from now whether we are kind or cruel to today? That is, after the human species has run its course and there’s no one left to remember, will it matter at that time what human beings had been like? And if it won’t ...
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1 week ago1w

Posted by Thirst2learn
The government had ONE job, protect people from initiatory violence and fraud. Now, by not evicting people who dont oay rent, they failed. So, why do we pay someone who doesn't do the only job they have?
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1 week ago1w

Posted by DangerDave
The times of our lives
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1 week ago1w

Posted by DangerDave
Objectives in Stoicism
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1 week ago1w

Posted by Thirst2learn
Individual rights are human rights. You don't sacrifice the individual for the whole, unless you voluntarily sacrifice yourself, you cannot force others to do so.
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1 week ago1w

Posted by AHWalter1989
LINKLife, Philosophy, and Everything In-Between: Critical Thinking In A Busy World
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1 week ago1w

Posted by PBuck0145
Sam Harris experiences an ...
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1 week ago1w

Posted by Somnium
How to Be Free in an Unfree World
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1 week ago1w

Posted by DangerDave
Imagine...this WAS MAGA leadership
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1 week ago1w

Posted by DangerDave
Stoicism explained in one meme
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1 week ago1w

Posted by BBJong
I live in PA. ; this garbage about " the president " being a -:-:- non participant in the" DOUBT" about who rules now- is a joke . The feds are going after 12 or so ringleaders ,,,while i remember > armed groups in Mich. state house( they ...
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1 week ago1w

Posted by NR92
Does time exist, or it is just an illusion? 🤔
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2 weeks ago2w

Posted by BikramK
POLLThis most probably is a godless world. But is it a fate less world as well? I speak from perspective of the Laplace's demon thought experiment.

What do you think about fate and cause & effect?

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2 weeks ago2w

Posted by Basem
Greetings everyone. I've spent a nice evening with some people who happened to be from a different country and who spoke a different language. and while we were covering different topics, we came across the language area. my idea was to imagine the ...
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2 weeks ago2w

Posted by DangerDave
I wonder if we asked nicely if any of "our" Republicans and conservatives are still Trump DonaldTrump supporters would they admit it? (I know they are almost all gnostic atheists)
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2 weeks ago2w

Posted by bigpawbullets
Looks like Karl was actually paying attention in European History class:
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2 weeks ago2w

Posted by Tyrantmike
To me, the question that life must have a purpose, I never found to be true. The universe doesn’t have a reason to exist nor a reason not to exist. The same applies to everything that is born. in my view you are’t born just to fulfill a ...
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2 weeks ago2w

Posted by PBuck0145
Carlin on homosexuality. An old video.
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2 weeks ago2w

Posted by DangerDave
LINK7 Logical Paradoxes To Blow Your Mind
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2 weeks ago2w

Posted by DangerDave
Think about it
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2 weeks ago2w

Posted by CarlSagan72
Can you be scientifically based and follow astrology?
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2 weeks ago2w

Posted by DangerDave
Deep thoughts
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2 weeks ago2w

Posted by DangerDave
One meaning of life
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2 weeks ago2w

Posted by Scott321
LINKPhilosophize This! : Episode 143 ... Jürgen Habermas pt. 1 - The Public Sphere
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2 weeks ago2w

Posted by ForTheBirds
Only a few more days of suffering Trump. I'm sure he will pull at least one more dumb stunt, then fade into obscurity. I'm questioning this " coming together and finding a point of compromise in our divided nation." I don't see myself getting up ...
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2 weeks ago2w

Posted by Basem
Greetings everyone. Some philosophical quotes i came by " in arabic and i made my effort to translate them to English" : 1- If hell is real, then it is an evidence of god's failure. Robert G. Ingersoll 2- If my mind and the holy book are both made...
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2 weeks ago2w

Posted by JWK7
Leave the world a better place than you found it.
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2 weeks ago2w

Posted by JWK7
Be a light unto yourself; betake yourselves to no external refuge. Hold fast to the Truth. Look not for refuge to anyone besides yourselves.
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2 weeks ago2w

Posted by Aleph-NullZata
So someone messaged me about my first post of the year, saying it's to depressing and mostly untrue. After a 2 hour conversation on the phone this individual now understands that I was being kind, a type of heads up if you would. Still thinks I ...
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Philosophy & Meaning
Dec 31, 2020Dec 2020

Posted by waitingforgodo
Happy New Year to all those who believe something.
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Philosophy & Meaning
Dec 31, 2020Dec 2020

Posted by JWK7
Seek the truth for what it is instead of defending what you want it to be. Follow the evidence wherever it leads, even if it leads you to a place you never wanted to go.
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Philosophy & Meaning
Dec 31, 2020Dec 2020

Posted by DangerDave
LINKStruggling With Rush's Ayn Rand Influence
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Philosophy & Meaning
Dec 30, 2020Dec 2020

Posted by DangerDave
I can't believe I'm quoting a Hanson
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Dec 30, 2020Dec 2020

Posted by DangerDave
Reflections on the Philosophies of Neil Peart
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Philosophy & Meaning
Dec 30, 2020Dec 2020

Posted by Thirst2learn
Leftist education or lack thereof. If i work hard flipping a light switch off and on all day, i wasted energy and labor.
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Dec 30, 2020Dec 2020

Posted by fishline79
"None are more hopelessly enslaved than those who falsely believe they are free."...Goethe "Lighthouses are more useful than churches"...Ben Franklin "This would be the best of all possible worlds there were no religion in it"...John Adams
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Dec 30, 2020Dec 2020

Posted by Mvtt
Philosophy post: “Optimistic Nihilism” I don’t normally resonate with single philosophies but this one is close. Anyone feel the same? A philosophy that posits ultimate freedom in the midst of, and solely enabled by, the utter ...
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Philosophy & Meaning
Dec 29, 2020Dec 2020

Posted by LenHazell53
In answer to @DangerDave's post Are You A Humanist? and the Ten commitments Altruism “I will help others in need without hoping for rewards.” Why only those in need, and who determines what "need" is? Critical Thinking “I will ...
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Philosophy & Meaning
Dec 29, 2020Dec 2020

Posted by DangerDave
POLLAre you a Humanist?

Are you a Humanist?

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Philosophy & Meaning
Dec 29, 2020Dec 2020

Posted by josephr
Never have truer words been spoken. The Pandemic is an opportunity! So will individuals, and the human race itself, adopt new and more functional ways to manage themselves, and their world?
1 comment
Philosophy & Meaning
Dec 29, 2020Dec 2020

Posted by Dhiltong
Several Interesting Perspectives on the Question of 'Life After Death'
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Philosophy & Meaning
Dec 29, 2020Dec 2020

Posted by TheoryNumber3
You think maybe the cat is in there too?
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Philosophy & Meaning
Dec 28, 2020Dec 2020

Posted by PBuck0145
Food for thought.https:
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Philosophy & Meaning
Dec 28, 2020Dec 2020

Posted by bradleydrew12
Where do you think the laws of logic come from?
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Philosophy & Meaning
Dec 28, 2020Dec 2020

Posted by bradleydrew12
If you are the strong kind, then how do you know for sure that you can’t know anything for sure?
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Philosophy & Meaning
Dec 27, 2020Dec 2020

Posted by Somnium
The older I get I learn that my opinion appears to only cause division and strife. This year I’ve been divorced This is the third year that my oldest son isn’t talking to me (I’m an atheist he's a believer) I don’t have any day to day true ...
43 comments
Philosophy & Meaning
Dec 27, 2020Dec 2020

Posted by DangerDave
LINKThe 11 best Neil Peart (Rush drummer) quotes about life
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Philosophy & Meaning
Dec 26, 2020Dec 2020

Posted by Matias
Biologists taught us that there are no human races, an information that is not really interesting given the fact that "race" is not a biological category. The smallest taxonomic unit in biology is the subspecies. For example, all dogs, be it a ...
7 comments
Philosophy & Meaning
Dec 26, 2020Dec 2020

Posted by nono
The human being needs to believe and keep the hope holding by something. We need to lie ourselves, just for try to think that something else is gonna happen. Simply the lights turns out and the party is over
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Philosophy & Meaning
Dec 25, 2020Dec 2020

Posted by bradleydrew12
Do you believe in mythology?
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Philosophy & Meaning
Dec 25, 2020Dec 2020

Posted by Earthling50
The Great Conjunction of Jupiter and Saturn has been in the news of late. Where I live it's been overcast so I'm grateful for the pictures that were sent my way (see attached). Did any of you see it? Many were calling it the 'Christmas Star' as if ...
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Dec 25, 2020Dec 2020

Posted by Somnium
Diogenes John William Waterhouse, 1849-19 In Waterhouse's painting, Diogenes, the ancient ascetic philosopher who lived in a tub and carried a lantern, looking for an honest man, provides a striking contrast to the attractive young women and their ...
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Philosophy & Meaning
Dec 24, 2020Dec 2020

Posted by KWAPELL7
Thursday, December 24, 2020 the Joy of dying – is in the – perception – conception – & perspective there-of – there-fore - Know ye “death” – as a “time” of Life - expressing - Ones Self Eternally – where do U – percieve ...
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Philosophy & Meaning
Dec 23, 2020Dec 2020

Posted by Albronem
POLLLife?

Life?

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Philosophy & Meaning
Dec 22, 2020Dec 2020

Posted by Somnium
“If you really want to escape the things that harass you, what you’re needing is not to be in a different place but to be a different person.” stoicism
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Philosophy & Meaning
Dec 22, 2020Dec 2020

Posted by Somnium
“Let us prepare our minds as if we’d come to the very end of life. Let us postpone nothing. Let us balance life’s books each day. . . . The one who puts the finishing touches on their life each day is never short of time.” — Seneca, Moral ...
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Dec 22, 2020Dec 2020

Posted by Canndue
I’ve seen quite a few posts on here where something is deemed to be “unknowable”. I feel this statement is a bit submissive. Should the term “ no yet known” be used instead? So my question is: is anything unknowable?
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Philosophy & Meaning
Dec 22, 2020Dec 2020

Posted by DangerDave
Just none of the theistic varieties
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Philosophy & Meaning
Dec 21, 2020Dec 2020

Posted by DangerDave
Happy Yule! I'd be celebrating as many as I could if I wasn't sequestered. Doesn't mean I'm not in thoughts though and I'm genuinely a happy guy anyway.
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Philosophy & Meaning
Dec 21, 2020Dec 2020

Posted by Albronem
I was an atheist for only 4 years so I don’t have any outstanding credibility as such, but I grew up in a cult and I felt very pressure to find my testimony, so I took a path along the edge, all or nothing, do or die, and although I believe in ...
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Philosophy & Meaning
Dec 20, 2020Dec 2020

Posted by DBlaine
Does anyone in here believe in reincarnation?
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Dec 20, 2020Dec 2020

Posted by DangerDave
Name that invasion
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Philosophy & Meaning
Dec 20, 2020Dec 2020

Posted by KWAPELL7
Sunday, December 20th 2020 KNOW - that which U R - as a - Spirit being human - Realize - that - U R - much more than - a body of - matter - mass - liquid & gas - dwelling for a - very brief - period of time - occupying a - minute - portion of ...
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Dec 20, 2020Dec 2020

Posted by DangerDave
The mind trick is pretty simple
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Philosophy & Meaning
Dec 19, 2020Dec 2020

Posted by DangerDave
I prefer Social Dem but...
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Dec 18, 2020Dec 2020

Posted by HippieChick58
LINKBeethoven's Life, Liberty And Pursuit Of Enlightenment : Deceptive Cadence : NPR
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Dec 17, 2020Dec 2020

Posted by DangerDave
LINKDistinguishing The Atheist Agnostic, The Theist Gnostic, The Atheist Gnostic, and The Theist Agnostic | Daniel Fincke
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Philosophy & Meaning
Dec 16, 2020Dec 2020

Posted by Surfpirate
Perhaps there is a reason why there is so little competition, the road less traveled is largely empty for a reason, it's harder.
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Philosophy & Meaning
Dec 16, 2020Dec 2020

Posted by SocialDarwin
What Box Do I Fit In?
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Philosophy & Meaning
Dec 16, 2020Dec 2020

Posted by PBuck0145
Anti-white racism is overlooked.
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Philosophy & Meaning
Dec 15, 2020Dec 2020

Posted by KWAPELL7
‎Monday, ‎November ‎09, ‎2020 We R human animals being - inhabited - animated - directed & controlled - by an - Eternal - Being - Divinely being a - human - Creature Creator - We R - Creatures of LIFE - as - Spirits being human - ...
1 comment
Philosophy & Meaning
Dec 15, 2020Dec 2020

Posted by Oassword
Reply to the late Stephen Hawkings
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Philosophy & Meaning
Dec 14, 2020Dec 2020

Posted by bbyrd009
it's a put-on
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Philosophy & Meaning
Dec 13, 2020Dec 2020

Posted by PBuck0145
"Liberalism is NOT the problem. 'Woke Progressiveism' is the problem."
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