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Gooooo team USA!!!! I think it's time we win this thing for once.

Define "fake"

Holy Dionysus. that does look interesting. If this is true, it could be the one piece of evidence that skeptics cant explain away easily (I should know, Im a skeptic). Nice find.

Oh man, pass the salt please......

Mustardseed- What country do you live in? A culture where sex isnt considered a bad or evil thing is quite a good culture to me  
And I agree with not lumping all christians together, they are all a pretty diverse group.

Answer my question and I'll answer yours  

What is integral philosophy? I have a pretty good understanding of what philosophy means, not sure about the integral part. Thank you.

Based I what I have read and heard, I think its a myth, though I pretty good one. But that's just me. Believe what you want.

Does it really matter if you believe in an afterlife or not?  If you do thats fine, but it doesn't change anything if you don't.  There either is or their isn't, but EVERYONE will find out the truth when that time comes.  Untill then, live life!

Not necessarily. See, if the atheists are right, and this life is all there is, then when we die, our consciousness is annihilated. When that happens, we can't KNOW anything, because we dont exist anymore. Therefore, when we die, there is a chance that we will not know, even then, because there may not be anyone there to do the knowing! See what I mean?

Well, I'm kind of torn on this issue. I mean, philosophically, the view that there is an absolute right and wrong is very shaky ground, but on the other hand, I feel there may just yet be some things which are right and wrong absolutely, in ever culture and time. I mean look at Hitler. Almost everyone would agree that what he did was wrong, no matter the time or culture. So, I don't know.

Depends on what you mean by "Human." Biologically, yes we are human, with or without god or gods. If you mean emotionally (which, I'd imagine, would be a pretty slipper and vague definition) I dont see why not. Many atheists I know are "Human" in both senses, as well as agnostics, humanists, pantheists, deists, and so forth.

Biologically, our purpose in live is to pass on our genes to the next generation. Beyond that, I dont know. From my experience so far, the meaning of life is what you assign to it, but who knows. There may be some kind of spiritual meaning in life, but I've seen no evidence of this thus far.

I find it strange people put faith in such place too, but oh well. If it helps people along there spiritual path by believing in it, that's fine.

Good laugh indeed.

Wow, that must be cool having a guide interested in philosophy (it would for me anyway   ) When it comes to mediumship, I dont know much. Anyway, I read somewhere that philosophers go into the "mental realm" or something, so maybe your guide is from there?

Well, I dont know, is there any good evidence for Chakras? If not, then I wouldnt blame anyone for not believing in them.

Everything should be taken with a little dose of skepticism... Another matter is to lock topics which the moderators would consider "propably not true", which I think was the point of Sunn in the first post of the topic.

Let's hope more people here feel the same way. From my brief experience here though, that does not seem to be the case, but there is always hope I suppose.

Yeah, I got one of there email scams one time. Right in the middle of reading it I knew it was fake. Also, I read some stuff of how they have actually killed people who flew over there and such. Really creepy.

Latinas, I think that whole "Evil Spirit trying to deceive us" thing is basically a cop-out. I mean, if you believe that, you can just rationalize any evidence against god or Christianity as "the devil is tricking me" kind of thing. I really dont buy into any of that. Now, as for Edgar Cayce, I'm not sure if he is the real thing or not. Didn't he predict something like part of the United States going of into the ocean or something? Well, like I said, I need to look into it.

Well, it's certainly a good alternative hypothosis, though I have to do alot more research into it.

I agree with the OP's main point, which is trying to take things in this forum with a grain of salt, at least the more "out-there" kind of things. I mean, right now I can claim I'm God, and I am omni-everythng, created everything, and am eternal. Should anyone believe me? Of course not, and rightly so. I really dont think it would hurt this forum to have a little dose of skepticism, though of course there are limits there as well.

Four Wheel Drive

Wow, sounds interesting. I mean, I think of alot of crazy possiblies (or non-possibilities) like the square-circle thing or both existing and not existing at the same time. Crazy stuff, so once I am able to AP, I'm gonna try this stuff out.

To those who have APed, (something I am trying to do, but with no sucess   ) What is logic like in the astral realm? Is it somewhat different? Same? Non-existent? Could you make things like square circles there? Do things make sense, or are they generally out-there kind of stuff like in dreams? I am just very curious, logic and reasoning are of great interest to me.

I think, before the debate even begins, that we get our terms straight. "Intelligent Design" and "Evolution" are not at all two contrary theories. Intelligent Design is the theory that we, and the universe in general, were made by a supernatural agent. The theory of evolution explains how we evolved from that first living cell to all the different species on the planet. Remember, it says nothing of HOW we got here, just how animals evolve AFTER that. It seems to be a common misconception among creationists. Abiogenesis, on the other hand, DOES try to show how that first living cell got here by naturalistic means. So, I think it would be more accurate if we say "Intelligent Design" verses "Abiogenesis"