There are plenty of people who do good solely because of their ethical code and not because of the promise of reward or threat of punishment. Analytic Mind wrote: Starfox: Where did those people get their moral code from? Was that somehow part of them when they were born? I never said this. Maybe t...

Starfox: Where did those people get their moral code from? Was that somehow part of them when they were born? If that is what you are saying think of feral children, they are conditioned to act in a certain way. http://www.feralchildren.com/en/nature.php http://faculty.washington.edu/chudler/moviesf...

Religion to me is a way for us to find some sort of deep meaning for our lives, and help us be able to sleep well at night. If everyone knew/believed that there was nothing after life, then who truthfully would be "moral". Following such a catastrophic event would be chaos, and no amount o...

I always enjoy hearing from people like you, they always give me something interesting to analyze. Are they just people who have unsatisfying lives and therefore take comfort in putting others down, or do they have nothing better to do in their worthless lives then scour the internet for someone to ...

I kind of lost track of what week i should be on for the 100 pushup thing, but i am doing football practice everyday for at most 5 hours, so i think i should hold off on trying it out.

btw i am starting that 100 thing too, it looks really good, so can we compare results?

locke it may help with your push ups to build up your triceps, because if you are trying to build up your pecs, they may not get as much benefit from the exercise because the (comparably) small muscles in your tricep tires faster.

I sleep with my head face down on the pillow (stomach position i am guessing). I hardly ever remember my dreams, and the ones i remember i act out as i sleep walk and talk at night.

Oh, now i don't feel as out of place still being in highschool, seeing that quite a few people joined then or before.

For the new logo we should find a picture of something relevant (a dragon for instance).

I was wondering from all of you, are you highschoolers, college students, or grads (if so what do you do). Also does anyone know what that logo in the top left of the screen is?

That is one crazy looking person.

What motivates you guys? Maxing (both in reps and total weight) has always motivated me. My body doesn't really change much any more, but my stats do :) e.g. i maxed on squat at 325, deadlift at 365, bench 180 and did 100 squats with 95 pounds in 3mins45secs. So i would say that progress makes me m...

Cowboy Beebop, Lupin III and Kenji Muyo (all classics in my book)

The main problem to me is that the only reason the Chinese are keeping the media out of Tibet (not to mention the much needed tourism) is so that they can get the s*** they are knee deep in under control before the press can ruin their plans for the Olympics. They don't feel bad whatsoever about wha...

Anyone else want to vent frustration about the crap going on in Tibet?
http://cagle.com/news/TibetTurmoil/5.asp

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I think that people don't just go to hell because they commit sins/have those sins still on their conscience, it seems more likely that God would send someone to Hell if they just gave up on the struggle of leading good lives. I think that God wants us to try our best to be good people, because as h...

Zeroguy how is "thinking" (we obviously aren't talking about the same kind of thought) "i am hungry" any different from what an animal thinks? That is basically instinct......I am hungry, therefore i will eat something. That is slightly different from what adults think about. The...

No, we don't (at least, not always). You've never had a thought that you had difficulty putting into words? Babies have no thoughts before they learn to talk? I don't think Babies do "think" at all....they learn until they learn the language they have been growing up with. This is my pers...

Paper Wings by Rise Against
"The take over, the breaks over" by Fall Out Boy
Fake it by Seether

No one has been on here for awhile so i am kind of wondering why i even looked at this, but i was wondering what other people could think of because i couldn't find a way to explain it. If as "cavemen" (if we ever were such things) we had no language of any kind how would our first thought...

Take pause? You mean take pause whether you think they have a right to their beliefs? (If i am interpreting incorrectly please enlighten me)

Analytic Mind – Everyone gets the munchies after a hard workout. It's your body's way of saying IM HUNGRY, REPLENISH ME!

Do you know any health bars/or good filling snacks>? I have been eating badly and alot, so i want to cut down on the eating badly since i can't stop eating....

Getting back to Eriador's confession of intention, the christians have had many flaws over the years (e.g. Great Western Schism, Inquisition, etc.), but what has made you hate them so much recently? Though I have been trying hard not to express my own opinion on this matter I personally think that s...

I haven't actually read all the posts (because i am feeling lazy today), but working out with a partner for one makes exercising more interesting for me. It is fun to have someone who is close in strength to you to test your limits with. Also I have found weight training more enjoyable when the resu...

I don't think that it is necessarily an immature reaction to try to keep striving for such a goal. I mean it may be slightly irrational to try to reach such an unreachable goal such as permanent happiness, but i wouldn't say it is immature in any way. As humans we are naturally pretty irrational. I ...

i just checked that link eriador put up and that is where i put my own opinion if anyone else is interested in this subject.

thanks suminonA

Although this is not meant to piss anyone off, it probably will so sorry ahead of time. My theory about religion is that we all are just trying to find happiness in our lives. In our early lives ignorance is truly bliss (which we realize later). As we get older we start to get how the world works an...

I would like to know some other people's view points of why they feel they believe in God or don't. The reason I ask is because I would like to try to understand people's reasoning behind their beliefs in such things as God (or lack of) and religious practices.

hope our teasing didn't scare you off.

No its fine, you guys really seemed to think about it.....lol

i meant crap and i wasn't sure what they censor on this website....so did anyone else notice it?

Lately i have been rereading all the enders game and shadow series' and i have been noticing that i have been identifying with the characters. I have noticed that i have actually learned life lessons (not to mention things about myself) from this book. I find it kind of creepy and reassuring to know...