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  1. dclements

    Comparative Religions

    Several years ago when I was first interested in studying philosophy I took a Comparative Religions course at a local community college (couldn't afford to pay for a four year college) and liked quite a bit of what I learned from it. In layman's terms most of what the course was about trying to...
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    Soren Kierkegaard and knights of faith

    While I may be an atheist, I'm a bit of a fan of Kierkegaard's work/philosophy and his concept of 'knights of faith'. To the best of my knowledge there are some theist that also like his work while others seem to know nothing about it, and a few of course that hate it. To me, Kierkegaard walked...
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    How do you determine whether something is "good"?

    As a skeptic/nihilist I often have to question whether a particular action is 'good' or 'evil' after realizing ALL ideological/ethical/religious metrics have certain..problems with them. Without any real ideological/ethical/religious metrics do really adhere to I more or less just rely on...
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    Hi everyone...

    I just thought I might as well say 'Hi' and try to get to know a few members on this forum. I have been on other forums involving philosophy, but I thought it might be good to try and participate on a religious forum as well. I may be what some people call an atheist or agnostic (since I don't...