reason

When you hit rock bottom, looks like there's no way out, and you're all out of your element, what do you do?

Can we really know anything?

Humans are inherently paradoxical and contradictory creatures, and can never completely be in the right or wrong, be completely assured in the total truth of a bit of information or an opinion. Accepting the impossibility of perfect reason is actually quite liberating...

Quote:
He that will not reason is a bigot; he that cannot reason is a fool; and he that dares not reason is a slave.
–William Drummond

In an expanding, evolving society it is increasingly imperative to find a means by which all members can peacefully and harmoniously coexist. This need was the impetus behind the creation of legal systems and means of population control.

"Love never dies a natural death. It dies because we don't know how to replenish its source. It dies of blindness and errors and betrayals.It dies of illness and wounds; it dies of weariness, of witherings, of tarnishings." -- Anais Nin

"Suppose there was no intelligence behind the universe. In that case nobody designed my brain for the purpose of thinking. Thought is merely the by-product of some atoms within my skull. But if so, how can I trust my own thinking to be true?

It's 12:37a.m. in Pennsylvania and I just wrote my last post for the night because I have a headache and I'm sitting at my computer reflecting on a comment that was made to me. As I am reflecting, a question came to my mind. "Why are you a member on this site?" and the answer was," ask this question as well as answer it."

No lie! This is a response to son_of_disaster's recent blog, Nothing Can't Exist Because There is Always Something in the Nothingness. You could also say it's the "sequel" to Dancing On God's Grave. I felt that some clarification and a blog to really bring all the ideas together could be used. In this, I will be tackling all of the things listed in the title! In case you missed the gigantic title, they are: Creationism! Evolution! God! Nothingness! Da Big Bang! Da Big Crunch! And... More (maybe)! Now then, on with the show. (Beware: huge.)