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Well educated, intellectual people, especially scientists at all times demonstrate considerably smaller adherence to religiosity than others. However, there are still believers of the idea of the God in science. If we exclude from their number those who feel a painful requirement for external protection and support sejak virtue of their poor living circumstances, there are those who come to idea of the God as a result of amazement at a world that has many unsolved problems. The surprising diversification of subjects and entities can be scientifically formulated in principle as it can sustain the...
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Lessons for Life


1. Give people lebih than they expect and do it cheerfully.

2. Memorize your favourite poem.

3. Don't believe all anda hear, spend all anda have, atau loaf all anda want.

4. When anda say, "I Cinta you," mean it.

5. When anda say, "I'm sorry," look the person in the eye.

6. Be engaged at least six months before anda get married.

7. Believe in Cinta at first sight.

8. Never laugh at anyone's dreams. People who don't have dreams don't have much.

9. Cinta deeply and passionately. anda may get hurt, but it's the only way to live life completely.

10. In disagreements, fight fairly. No name-calling.

11....
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The "Theory of Evolution" and the "Big Bang" theory work with religion.

In a book club meeting i had a theory that jus randomly flashed before my eyes within wat seemed a matter of seconds. It seemed to hav explained the secret of our universe.

Anyway during the meeting the "Law of Conservation of Energy" ran through my head. This law states that "Energy can neither be created nor destroyed it can only be transformed." This law brought me to two different theories.

The first part of the law: "Energy can neither be created nor destroyed." This law brought me recognize that it is infinite and beyond...
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Other philosophical traditions, such as African philosophy, are rarely considered sejak foreign academia. Since emphasis is mainly placed on Western philosophy as a reference point, the study, preservation and dissemination of valuable, but lesser known, non-Western philosophical works face many obstacles. Key African philosophers include the Fulani Usman Dan Fodio, founder of the Sokoto Caliphate of Northern Nigeria and Umar Tall of Senegal; both were prolific Islamic scholars. In the post-colonial period, different imej of what could be argued as "African" Philosophy from the level of epistemology have risen. These could include the thoughts and enquiries of such individuals as Cheik Anta Diop, Francis Ohanyido, C.L. Momoh, and Chinweizu.

The philosophy of the modern and contemporary African world, including the diaspora, is often known as Africana Philosophy. Key philosophers include Frantz Fanon, Kwesi Wiredu, Paget Henry, Lewis Gordon, Mabogo Percy lebih and many others.
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From an email.

THE LIFE CYCLE

I think the life cycle is all backwards.

anda should start out dead and get it out of the way.

Then, anda wake up in an old age utama feeling better every day.

anda get kicked out for being too healthy; go collect your pension, then when anda start work, anda get a emas watch on your first day.

anda work 40 years until you're young enough to enjoy your retirement.

anda drink alcohol, anda party, you're generally promiscuous and anda get ready for High School.

anda go to primary school, anda become a kid , anda play, anda have no responsibilities, anda become a baby, and then...

anda spend your last 9 months floating peacefully in luxury, in spa-like conditions; central heating, room service on tap, larger quarters every day, and then, anda finish off as an orgasm.

I rest my case.
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"The will of strength is of lesser value to man than the strengt of will."

"One loss can be many gained."

"Confusion and soalan brings insight and intelligence."

"It takes a great deal of intelligence to reach the top. It takes an even greater deal of wisdom, however, to remain at the top."

"Fear can turn even the most gentle of men into the most barbaric of brutes."

"The very passion which serves as the great flame of courage, strength, and determination can also serve as a poison to the soul."

"A life without pain is not a life at all."
The French Revolution constituted for the conscience of the dominant aristocratic class a fall from innocence, and upturning of the natural chain of events that resounded all over Europe; the old regime became, in their imaginary, a paradise lost. This explains why some romantic poets born in the higher classes were keen on seeing themselves as faded aristocrats, expelled from their comfortable milieu sejak a reverse of fortune atau a Rekaan of destiny. Byron and Shelley are the prime instances of this vital pose. In The Giaour he writes on a vampiric character: "The common crowd but see the gloom/...
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Thought experiments (Gedankenexperimenten) are "facts" in the sense that they have a "real life" correlate in the form of electrochemical activity in the brain. But it is quite obvious that they do not relate to facts "out there". They are not true statements.

But do they lack truth because they do not relate to facts? How are Truth and Fact interrelated?

One answer is that Truth pertains to the possibility that an event will occur. If true – it must occur and if false – it cannot occur. This is a binary world of extreme existential conditions. Must all possible events occur? Of course not....
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From an e-mel I got.

1. Light travels faster than sound. This is why some people appear bright until anda hear them speak.

2. A fine is a tax for doing wrong. A tax is a fine for doing well.

3. He, who laughs last, thinks slowest.

4. A hari without sunshine is like, well, night.

5. Change is inevitable, except from a vending machine.

6. Those who live sejak the sword get shot sejak those who don't.

7. Nothing is foolproof to a sufficiently talented fool.

8. The 50-50-90 rule: Anytime anda have a 50-50 chance of getting something right, there's a 90% probability you'll get it wrong.

9. It is berkata that if you...
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Kyle reviews the book "Sophie's World" sejak penulis Jostein Gaarder
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From an e-mel I got.



HELL EXPLAINED sejak CHEMISTRY STUDENT

The following is an actual soalan telah diberi on a universiti of Washington chemistry mid term.

The answer sejak one student was so 'profound' that the professor shared it with colleagues, via the Internet, which is, of course, why we now have the pleasure of enjoying it as well:

Bonus Question: Is Hell exothermic (gives off heat) atau endothermic (absorbs heat)?

Most of the students wrote proofs of their beliefs using Boyle's Law (gas cools when it expands and heats when it is compressed) atau some variant.

One student, however, wrote the following:...
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More emails!

This is a strictly mathematical viewpoint...it goes like this:

What Makes 100%?

What does it mean to give lebih than 100%?

Ever wonder about those people who say they are giving lebih than 100%?

We have all been to those meetings where someone wants anda to give over 100%.

How about achieving 103%? What makes up 100% in life?

Here's a little mathematical formula that might help anda answer these questions:

If:
A B C D E F G H I J K 1 M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z

is represented as:
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26.

Then:

H-A-R-D-W-O-R-K
8+1+18+4+23+15+18+11...
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