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Forum: The Haven Topic: Realization: life - not for me? |
| spacemonkey |
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Posted: 23 Aug 2006, 10:17 pm
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Replies: 13
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| Unhappiness doesn't last. It is a state of turmoil, and this sort of state will not go on forever. What helps me the most is finding ways to relax, and keep my mind from cycling with these depressing thoughts. Some good advice I heard once was that if you decide you want to kill yourself then you sh... |
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Forum: Art, Writing, and Music Topic: What music brings tears to your eyes? |
| spacemonkey |
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Posted: 10 Aug 2006, 4:26 pm
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Replies: 130
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techstepgenr8tion wrote: Oh yeah, and then there's this guy
Thanks Tech.
I needed that. |
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Forum: Random Discussion Topic: I don't know what to do! |
| spacemonkey |
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Posted: 08 Aug 2006, 9:04 am
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Replies: 9
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| I have some of these problems. A lot of it is related to "executive function" I believe. In looking at the way I have lived my life and the way my friends have, it seems that the big difference is I follow my own inspiration, and it can be very fickle and unpredictable. Whereas my friends, picked so... |
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Forum: Politics, Philosophy, and Religion Topic: Meditation |
| spacemonkey |
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Posted: 03 Aug 2006, 7:31 pm
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Replies: 25
Views: 4,165
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Forum: Politics, Philosophy, and Religion Topic: How did the Universe come to be? |
| spacemonkey |
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Posted: 31 Jul 2006, 10:55 am
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Replies: 75
Views: 6,504
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I think you have confused my post with someone else.
Glad you like the name, Thanks ! |
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Forum: Politics, Philosophy, and Religion Topic: Did God create Evolution |
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Posted: 31 Jul 2006, 10:38 am
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Replies: 77
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| I think this is a bit of an oversimplification, but I see what you're getting at. I would'nt consider monotheism as an evolutionary step forward. :roll: Well, rather than an "evolutionary step forward" think of it as the refinement of a hypothesis. The idea that there is one god or one cause or tha... |
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Forum: Politics, Philosophy, and Religion Topic: How did the Universe come to be? |
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Posted: 30 Jul 2006, 11:23 pm
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Replies: 75
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| If reality was a firsthand illusion then you would have to know everything about the world you're in- the only way you couldn't know everything is if you were somehow "god of your own universe" and were intentionally deluding yourself... this is too overly complicated and silly to be logical. I thi... |
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Forum: Politics, Philosophy, and Religion Topic: Did God create Evolution |
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Posted: 30 Jul 2006, 10:35 pm
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Replies: 77
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| Yeah, the problem is that science and religion emerged from the same realm of human culture. What do you mean by this?? I see a fundamental difference between science and religion. What I mean is that the thing that makes us human is this wonderful imagination, or what some would call consciousness... |
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Forum: Politics, Philosophy, and Religion Topic: Did God create Evolution |
| spacemonkey |
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Posted: 30 Jul 2006, 1:15 pm
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Replies: 77
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| I always try to substitute the word fidelity, and think of how a man should be "faithful" to his wife. Faith in the sense of blindly accepting dogma, could more accurately be called ignorance, since one is ignoring evidence to the contrary. It's all semantics I suppose. I have studied Buddhism exten... |
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Forum: Politics, Philosophy, and Religion Topic: Did God create Evolution |
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Posted: 30 Jul 2006, 11:46 am
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Replies: 77
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| Ok I'll have to refer to my earlier post about the distorted concept of "faith" This word is so abused. MrMark is sort of right, science is faithful to its process of self critical experimentation in a search for truth. In this sense it is very much like religion. Religion should be in the same way,... |
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Forum: Health, Fitness, and Sports Topic: I HATE exercise! |
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Posted: 30 Jul 2006, 11:31 am
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Replies: 19
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Forum: Love and Dating Topic: I'm scared of relationships/contact |
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Posted: 30 Jul 2006, 11:24 am
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Replies: 21
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| I had two very emotional relationships in college. One was mostly unrequited love, I think she was willing to give it a try, so we sort of dated for a while, but it was mostly just a mess, because I guess I could see that she would never feel what I felt. The other was just the opposite, a girl who ... |
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Forum: Politics, Philosophy, and Religion Topic: Did God create Evolution |
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Posted: 30 Jul 2006, 11:14 am
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| Yeah, the problem is that science and religion emerged from the same realm of human culture. Science however is more self critical, so it has distanced itself from religion through a long series of experiments and observation. Some religions however, such as "creationism" still insist on making scie... |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: Anxiety attacks |
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Posted: 28 Jul 2006, 11:28 am
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Replies: 18
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| I do get anxiety on occasion, and I have delveloped a lot of strategies for dealing with it. I have found that exercise helps. There is also some evidence that anxiety could result from certain chemical deficincies in the brain as well. I supplement my diet with protein, and glutamine when working o... |
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Forum: Love and Dating Topic: I'm scared of relationships/contact |
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Posted: 26 Jul 2006, 9:00 pm
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Replies: 21
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I have the opposite problem.
I am afraid of getting involved with someone, because I'm afraid I will end up hurting them.
People always assume that I am afraid of getting hurt. |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: how to find support groups for people who HAVE aspergers?!?! |
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Posted: 14 Jul 2006, 9:38 am
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Replies: 34
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I've been thinking that maybe a bigbrother bigsister program would be a good idea.
What I need is mostly just interaction.
And I feel like what aspie kids need is just someone who understands what they face.
It could be helpful to everyone I think. |
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