Posts by TheUbermensch

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The REAL atheist meaning of life . . .

by nicolaou in

there isn't one and that's a really good thing.

let me illustrate;.

you are an artist, you pick up a new canvas and place it on your easel.

TheUbermensch

There is no such thing as a rule IN ART. Forgot that part.

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The REAL atheist meaning of life . . .

by nicolaou in

there isn't one and that's a really good thing.

let me illustrate;.

you are an artist, you pick up a new canvas and place it on your easel.

We aren't talking about notes, we are talking about "basic rules of instruments", in which there are NONE. You can strum a piano, cello, violin, turn them into electric instruments, slap an upright bass.

"One of a set of explicit or understood regulations or principles governing conduct within a particular activity or sphere."

Exactly. There exists nothing of that sort in art. I've played guitars that had an E-string as a D string. There is no such thing as a RULE.

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The REAL atheist meaning of life . . .

by nicolaou in

there isn't one and that's a really good thing.

let me illustrate;.

you are an artist, you pick up a new canvas and place it on your easel.

TheUbermensch

And yes, even musicians follow the basic rules of their instruments.

And you speak from what authority?

Sonic Youth guitarists enjoy rubbing baseball bats up and down their guitar strings, which creates quite an excellent sound. Jimmy Page enjoyed playing his guitar with a bow at certain times. Exactly what rules of instruments are we talking about?

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The REAL atheist meaning of life . . .

by nicolaou in

there isn't one and that's a really good thing.

let me illustrate;.

you are an artist, you pick up a new canvas and place it on your easel.

TheUbermensch

That is not a rule, it is a fact, PSac. You may not be able to produce orange from black and purple, correct. But a rule is something that binds you from doing something that is POSSIBLE.

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The REAL atheist meaning of life . . .

by nicolaou in

there isn't one and that's a really good thing.

let me illustrate;.

you are an artist, you pick up a new canvas and place it on your easel.

TheUbermensch

There is no rule for mixing color. ahahahahahahah. Funny little minds.

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The REAL atheist meaning of life . . .

by nicolaou in

there isn't one and that's a really good thing.

let me illustrate;.

you are an artist, you pick up a new canvas and place it on your easel.

TheUbermensch

Jesus PSac. ahahahahahah. There is no such thing as "rules" for artists. That's why it is called ART. Listened to Sonic Youth? Strange stuff, but still (excellent) music. They didn't follow any rules. Classical music. Any rules? No. What rules did Picasso follow? ahahahah. Too funny

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The general atheist meaning of life

by mankkeli in

i have posted this on another forum where i mentor on spirituality and i am posting here again.. when things like spirituality are no longer present in one's life, they may or may not stop looking for meaning.

meaning is an essential part of human psychology, though some feel the need for it less than others, and even a few seemingly don't at all.

there also seems to be a trend that occurs: in the lack of a meaning of life, the brain tries to find one, because it sees a purpose for everything.. .

TheUbermensch

Look up on Templeton Foundation database, I am one of their nominee next year.

Wasn't there.

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The general atheist meaning of life

by mankkeli in

i have posted this on another forum where i mentor on spirituality and i am posting here again.. when things like spirituality are no longer present in one's life, they may or may not stop looking for meaning.

meaning is an essential part of human psychology, though some feel the need for it less than others, and even a few seemingly don't at all.

there also seems to be a trend that occurs: in the lack of a meaning of life, the brain tries to find one, because it sees a purpose for everything.. .

TheUbermensch

uber - as for your reply above it does not even make sense.

Actually it does. He made a generalization about a majority of atheists and the value they place in life. He has no credible statistic to back up this assertion, thus it is absolutely meaningless. It is like saying that most Jews live in Pennsylvania. The subconscious is an unknown object that contains unknown information. The conscious contains activity. I can ponder the meaning of live, and the value I instill in it, therefore it is a property of the conscious mind, and can not be affected by the subconscious. (take any Psych 101 class)

As for your previous post concerning me misrepresenting information... I ask how?

I took a statement "Meaning is an essential part of human psychology, but some feel the need for it less than others, and some don't need it at all" and pointed out it's contradictory content. By saying that "meaning is an essential part of human psychology" (ummm no it isn't) that means it is necessary for EVERYONE. (definition of essential). He then states that some feel the need for it less than others, and some don't need it at all. That is CONTRADICTORY. You can NOT say that it is essential (needed for life basically) and then say that some DON'T need it.

LOGIC. Read ARISTOTLE.

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Free Will and Foreknowledge

by TheUbermensch in

hi, i'm a new member that enjoys civil debate, so i thought i'd just throw a topic out there.. if we take the standard, contemporary judeo-christian god (all-knowing, all powerful, and perfectly good in every possible way) and attempt to incorporate free will, we end up with a contradiction.

an all knowing being knows everything that has occured, is occuring and will occur, if otherwise then we can not consider this being to know all.

if god knows all that will happen, then he knows our decisions, as well as the outcomes of those decisions.

TheUbermensch

Hitler's Third Reich exploited what Hegel, Kant and Nietzsche had done to the minds of university students. The Ubermensch, the Superman, had the Will to Power and no Jews deserved to stand in their way. Kant had taught that obedience to superior authority was every man DUTY. See where it got the Germans?

AHAHAHAHAHAHAhahiuhahahahahahahahahahhaha. Where in Nietzsche's writings did he say that Jews did not have the Will to Power? ahahahahahahahahahah That's almost like saying that Lenin and Stalin practiced Marxist theory. ahahahahahahahaha.

MIXING PHILOSOPHY IS POSSIBLE.

Empiricism is one type of thought where rationalism is another. There are two different thought processes that concern ALL philosophies. Obviously morality is mixed with metaphysics because our metaphysical beliefs are what create or affect moral beliefs.

Read some philosophy before you comment on it. Kant did not believe in a submission to a superior authority, he believed that authority would always exist. Your submission is not necessary if it hinders your freedom or the freedom of others. The government only exists in a Kantian ideology to protect your freedom and to ensure your freedoms to not hinder others freedom.

Obviously you haven't read Metaphysics of Morals or Perpetual Peace

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The general atheist meaning of life

by mankkeli in

i have posted this on another forum where i mentor on spirituality and i am posting here again.. when things like spirituality are no longer present in one's life, they may or may not stop looking for meaning.

meaning is an essential part of human psychology, though some feel the need for it less than others, and even a few seemingly don't at all.

there also seems to be a trend that occurs: in the lack of a meaning of life, the brain tries to find one, because it sees a purpose for everything.. .

TheUbermensch

Religion DID NOT involve physical evolution. Myths were stories to explain things we do not know. There is no PHYSICAL EVOLUTION. GAHHHHHHHHHHHHHIrugahriuhiruaghriuaghvnaeri FRUSTRATION.