Ok, I'll go back to the beginning here. Obviously, to have a conversation, you must have certain points of agreement. You have supposed a lot...
Hi Doc Dred, I see the concept of "god" as related to the concept of "destiny" in the sense that that what a lot of people mean by "god" is the...
This post is to posit a theory about democracy and rights. The basic theory goes that democracy arose because of the brute force of the mob....
Stagnant, So, if I am understanding you correctly, you attribute the present political system to general human nature, or you just see people as...
Basically, my point is that if media is centralized, you don't have a functioning democracy, because there is lack of information, or the...
Hello All, I've been doing some think about the advent of the "internet" and how this seems to be contributing to a decline in religious...
Hi All, thanks for the welcome. Xanadu, agree that politics can become like a religion. I see politics as ultimately about how you negotiate and...
Great thread so far....I should quote previous comments, but I'm lazy. As far as the ideas associated with god go, I think most people, no...
Great thanks!
I think a reasonable answer is that "God does not exist." To me, this just means that there is no "perfection" in a Platonic sense. We can have...
Hello, I don't know too much about it, however, I can say that when it comes to dictatorship or authoritarianism, any difference is seen as a...
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