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Metaphysics – Even Philosophers Can’t Figure It Out

Submitted by Dr. Dave on Monday, April 26, 2021 11:26 AM

Metaphysics – Even Philosophers Can’t Figure It Out

Derivative Images When I say “metaphysics”, you might think of that weird new-agey section of the bookstore on crystals, astrology, vibrations, life-changing secrets of the universe, and other silly mumbo-jumbo. Philosophers are interested in a different kind of metaphysics — and while some have thought that it, too, is silly mumbo-jumbo, many of us believe Read More…

Nature’s Religion

Submitted by SALAAM – Presider on Sunday, April 25, 2021 11:51 AM

Nature’s Religion

Image by Hans Braxmeier from Pixabay Although it is no exaggeration to say that there are numberless religions in the world, and every religion has so many different sects and churches and chapels that this life is not long enough to study them indeed it would be impossible even to count them in one lifetime Read More…

Metaphysical Disputes

Submitted by Kronos on Saturday, April 24, 2021 11:36 AM

Metaphysical Disputes

Image by Gerd Altmann from Pixabay 1. Ontological disputes Ontological disputes tend to involve your intuitions concerning relations between the statue and the clay, between persons and their bodies, those concerning personal identity and identity through time. Let us suppose for a while that there exists a multiplicity of entities and that the ontologist is Read More…

Aligning with the Source: Unlocking Hidden Meanings Of “Worship” In Ancient Hebrew, Greek, And English

Submitted by Holyman Preter on Friday, April 23, 2021 6:37 PM

Aligning with the Source: Unlocking Hidden Meanings Of “Worship” In Ancient Hebrew, Greek, And English

Image by Rudy and Peter Skitterians from http://Pixabay.com “Whoever gives reverence,Receives reverence.”~ Jalāl ad-Dīn Muhammad Rūmī in the Masnavi-i Ma’navi (Persian: مثنوی معنوی‎) (Sidek, 2015). A Brief Introduction to the Idea of Worship in Postmodern Context: Recovering a Key to Wise Living and Right Relationship with Being “Worship” is a fascinating concept that has in some ways become foreign Read More…

Deja Vu: Are We All Actually Living In Virtual Reality?

Submitted by Dr. How on Friday, April 23, 2021 1:26 PM

Deja Vu: Are We All Actually Living In Virtual Reality?

Image by Chatcharin Sombutpinyo from http://123rf.com A survey in 2004 discovered that nearly two-thirds of us have experienced Déjà vu at some point in our lives. Déjà vu literally means “already seen” in French. Anyone who has experienced it can tell you it brings a strange sensation that you have already lived that exact moment Read More…

Evil And Human Suffering

Submitted by Holyman Preter on Wednesday, April 21, 2021 12:22 AM

Evil And Human Suffering

Image by Ulrike Mai from Pixabay Many studies of the philosophy of religion include the “problem of evil,” which can be treated either as an intellectual problem, one which raises logical and epistemic issues, or as an existential problem of human tragedy. Philosophers and theologians take on the challenge of trying to show that one Read More…

Why Are We Such Bad Introspectors?

Submitted by The Brother on Tuesday, April 20, 2021 11:16 AM

Why Are We Such Bad Introspectors?

Image by 愚木混株 Cdd20 from Pixabay If it’s true that people are bad introspectors, why is that so?  What makes introspection so difficult?  Before getting into the details, let me briefly sketch my target.  The principal target of my skepticism about introspection concerns large-to-medium-sized structural features of currently ongoing conscious experience.  An example of what Read More…

The Future

Submitted by I am I said on Monday, April 19, 2021 3:21 PM

The Future

Image by Patricio González from Pixabay An interesting take on humanity in the future … As to what the past says about the future, I’m pretty optimistic about where humanity will be, say, five hundred to a thousand years from now. I think future humans will look back on our time the same way we Read More…

What Does The Bible And The Quran Tell Us About Karma?

Submitted by Shakiba on Monday, April 19, 2021 11:03 AM

What Does The Bible And The Quran Tell Us About Karma?

Derivative Images We hear the word “karma” a lot in the media but do we know what it means? More important, do we know what it means for us? The word orginated in the Hindu culture, which believes in reincarnation and the idea that the good and bad deeds of your former lives were what Read More…

The Power Of The Word – Cosmic Language

Submitted by SALAAM – Presider on Sunday, April 18, 2021 1:42 PM

The Power Of The Word – Cosmic Language

Image by annamaria anderson from Pixabay What is it that makes some people know beforehand the coming of floods, the coming of rain, the change in the weather, all the different changes in nature? No doubt there are signs beforehand, signs which become words for those who read them, and by those signs they understand Read More…

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