Philosophical question - Page 2

valireth · #11 (**permalink**) 09-28-2007, 09:08 PM

1. I believe we are born neither we are born innocent good and evil are mearly constructs used to describe socisally acceptable states of being.

2. God is a concept whether founded on an existant being or created by man to explain the world and the unknown.

3.Human Nature and social immaturity bare the responsibility for our problems.

Vessol · #12 (**permalink**) 09-28-2007, 09:11 PM

1.There is no good or evil, it is simply perspective.

2. God is the concept of the unknown and the unexplained. For thousands of hears our ancestors have and continue to attribute things we do not understand to a God or Gods.

3.It depends on what you mean by our problems. Human nature is the fault of it all, and if it is human nature it is not a problem at all, it is how we are and how we always shall be.

slightlyuseddiaper · #13 (**permalink**) 09-28-2007, 09:26 PM

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Originally Posted by Knapstar

Are any of you into philosophy see the world through the eyes not fogged by our own feelings and emotions in any way seeing the world as it really is not as we want to see it. Here are 3 basic questions I will post the answers later in a few days after I hear some of your answer. If I get a good response then I will post a few more questions.

One thing that should be stress is that if you let your feelings dictate your answer it will be wrong and if you hear the answers you will be amazed as how simple the questions are to answer. Don't let your feelings get in the way either just put them aside for the time being just for these questions. I am devout christian as well so don't think of me as an atheist.

Are we born good or evil?

What is God? (Hint the answer has nothing to do with religion)

Who is ultimately responsible for our problems? the human race or nature

Good and evil are just constructs of society. How we percieve good and evil determines whether we are good or evil. That being said, there's no such thing as an evil baby. What we learn, and how we learn, and how our brains are wired determine how we as humans act.

God is a contradiction, he's god, he can do that.

Both nature and nurture obviously. Its hardly an acceptable debate anymore. I think we've more or less proven that both internal and external factors equally establish human identity.

Dreamless · #14 (**permalink**) 09-29-2007, 12:06 AM

Philosophy eh?
Don't bother asking on forums you will just get opinions, not real answers. If you define good/evil I can answer your first question. God is a higher being, and the last one is whoever you want to blame.

Oranger · #15 (**permalink**) 09-29-2007, 12:32 AM

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Originally Posted by Knapstar

Are we born good or evil?

Both. It depends entirely on your definition of "good" and "evil".

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Who is ultimately responsible for our problems? the human race or nature

Which came first? And is it responsible by default for the actions of those who came later, or were fulfilling their directives which had been placed in them?

Nuremberg says that it's those who came after, so it must be the human race.

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What is God? (Hint the answer has nothing to do with religion)

God is a sock.

thingie1234 · #16 (**permalink**) 09-29-2007, 01:19 AM

ALL HAIL THE SOCK.
hail, hail.

KeyBlader713 · #17 (**permalink**) 09-29-2007, 03:12 AM

My response to first two: it all depends on your personal definitions of "good," "evil," and "God." For question three, it depends on whether we're talking about a broken relationship or a hurricane (which could be a metaphor for the former, but whatever). I'm too open-minded and long-winded to answer these questions with a simple answer other than that. -_-

Nakki · #18 (**permalink**) 09-29-2007, 03:58 AM

Are we born good or evil?
It is human nature to want things for ourself, to feel insecure, or threatened. Much like prey and predator this is the way it is. Something will take from and give to another.

What is God? (Hint the answer has nothing to do with religion)

The unnatural source...

Ah lol, nevermind. A sock he is. XD

Who is ultimately responsible for our problems? the human race or nature?
For everything that's natural, there is a beginning, a middle, and end. There is a cause and effect, and is form and will be an ancestor. For everything we've done it is from natural desire, much like the way birds build nests and beavers build dams. Everything will tie together to and fro calamity, rebirth, and life. All along the flow of the system.

CrushingWaves · #19 (**permalink**) 10-16-2007, 11:37 PM

We are born neither good or evil, but our actions from that moment define what we are.

I do not believe in God at all, I do not need to to feel happy. If you want to know my exact reasons for not believing in God, read Richard Dawkins' "The God Delusion". He can explain much better than I can.

And the human race is ultimately responsible for our actions. Blaming nature will solve nothing.

Scott MacFreedom · #20 (**permalink**) 10-17-2007, 12:37 AM

1) I think we start off neutral.... and go from side to side
2) God is a thing that does things. He is also invincible.
3)I blame the English for all our problems.... or greed