GENIUS FORUMS

Simon wrote:Vicariousness is femininity to a tee.

not really, it's pretty dual.

The truth that Socrates points to, the dialectical, is the truth that the spiritual traditions, in their varying approach, attempt to guide one towards. The most frightening, but also the most freeing discovery rests in the understanding that there is one truth, and it is your own. Your own psychol...

The problem of cause and effect is that it has to stop somewhere, say for the universe. It can't be infinitely going back with causes and effects cause that implies that matter has always been here. This is an example of the logical fallacy 'begging the question,' you're begging the question why ca...

The ancient Greeks were fascinated with the idea of the "void" or "nothingness", as the seeming empirical need for such a thing contrasted with their (with all due respect) ignorant views regarding logic and the philosophy of language. To them it seemed that the void couldn't ex...

In the Eastern and mystical tradition, ego is the false sense that one has inherent existence; that one is "independently real" and "substantial" rather than a conditioned, mind-dependent distinction within the infinite. It is the root of all delusions related to separation from...

It's Infinite though.

Jamesh, you're saying alot of bosh that really doesn't exist. What is the nature of nature? That we're animals that have evolved superegos to benefit and care and encourage others we see around us, atleast I do. The fact is that I've discovered reality as much as it will go, if I've missed anything ...

he had that "leap of faith" I like to think that Kierkegaard thought that plunging oneself into the Infinite and "dying to the world" wasn't humanly rational - but was in fact perfectly rational. So the only "faith" is in reason itself. However, I grant that he doesn't...

Faust13, i've already been through that, but that doesn't directly denounce his irrational belief in god. We don't know that he believed in the Christian god or not, for me I think he did, because he was serious about it. What you’re saying above seems a bit illogical. You claim that you don’t know...

My comments were directed to the term you used "The smart genius ones", not so much personally at you - but I see by your reaction that this category to yourself, includes yourself. So yep, my comments apply to you. Sex is more or less instinctual, and sucuumbing to it represents existing...

This infinite chain of cause and effect is affected by the causes that we do. You're contradicting yourself when you're saying that we shouldn't be irresponsible since that implies responsibility and freewill. We aren't responsible for our actions in an Absolute sense, but in respect to our values ...

The smart genius ones are the bachelors, the ones that have women for ice cream, then find another one, and then never get married, this isn't difficult at all. nope, they are ego laden males whose ego's are only satisfied by the degree they can dominate others. They are misogynsts to the nth degre...

I just think you're vastly underestimating a great man. I'm not underestimating him, I credit him for unravelling the human condition. But if he thinks that altruism exists he's sorely mistaken, because there's no such thing and his 'faith' is but an overcoming of this suffering when he gives 'altr...

That's the freewill/determinism problem. But you can't say that you have NO freewill, I don't know where you got that concept. If we had no freewill that means we're not responsible for our actions and for our lives. You've just decided that you have no freewill and so it becomes reality. Ultimatel...

Matt Gregory wrote:You're not even close. That sounds like something you read in a woman's magazine or something.

nonsense. Please tell me where I'm wrong and what it actually is, please. Because that's what it is and you don't want to admit it.

Leah, 1 Cor. 14:33b-36 NIV (the Holy Bible) states that woman should not speak in church, but rather should ask their husbands at home . What that means, little lady, is that you need to keep your henid filled pie-hole shut. Aint no man need to hear your advice. that's cause that man is too preoccu...

There's quite a bit of his material here: http://members.optushome.com.au/davidquinn000/Kierkegaard/Kierkegaard00.html i've already been through that, but that doesn't directly denounce his irrational belief in god. We don't know that he believed in the Christian god or not, for me I think he did, ...

All things aren't done through you, there ARE some things that you solely did, based on your INITIATIVE and DETERMINATION. yes other people help you but without the initiative it wouldn't be there. Do you realize we are only a result of infinite causes that lead up to each and every moment? If you ...

Matt Gregory wrote:If that's what you think then you need to learn how to read more carefully. A LOT more carefully.

? I've already read carefully and that's what I saw. Give me some quotes that would refute this.

Absolutely. There's nothing like a care-free life. It will be interesting to hear your views in ten years time, to see if you've changed your tune. - David, you realize that you can enjoy women as a youth, not become to attached to them, AND not get married you know? What makes you think that every...

But the problem with Kierkegaard was that he DID believe in irrational faith. He knew there was no proof for the existence of God, but he was still irrational in the sense that he had this Christian faith. And this faith is for egotistic purposes.

And how is existence on the relative plane transcended? Through the Truth. By following cause and effect. First you say it's an attempt to anthropomorphisize the universe, then you say the universe is only as rational or irrational as I am, come on now. So, what if some people are more irrational t...

Because it arises out of the belief in a false self, namely the ego. The Truth of the matter is, all things are only done through me, not by me. Once you meditate on this realization long enough you will see it is totally irrational to feel pride about anything. I agree that I hate the ego because ...

They're only harmful to those men who value truth. All pleasant attachments are harmful in this way, but the woman attachment is doubly dangerous because of how deeply it intrudes into the human psyche, and how life-shattering the consequences of getting involved with her can be. It is far more ser...

Should you have not read David's essay on WOMAN , then I suggest you do. How about a Kierkie quote: When a youth or young man goes astray in his passions, there are two powers alert to save him: a loving woman - and God in heaven. If he is saved by the former, he will still be finitized. If, howeve...