Freethinker's corner
I will not go quietly into the night!
Author: drenn1077
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Why do humans exist? The basic answer is Evolution. Chance? No, evolution is not about chance at all. The creature best able to survive continues to exist… there have been many more become extinct than survived, as you would expect. It just so happens that a creature with a large brain, arranged in the proper…
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What good has anger rendered to the species called human? Like worry, anger imparts more damage to the holder than problems it relieves. It no doubt stresses the host in such a fashion that many minutes if not hours of life are subtracted from the original total. Anger not only is detrimental to its host,…
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You can, if you put the effort into it, put yourself into a calmer state of existence. I suppose one might call the method a form of meditation. You simply do what Yoda asserted that Skywalker had to do to attain Jedi status. Concentrate on where you are, what is happening around you…. try to…
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I am tired of people that make repeated, perhaps eternal, claims of victimhood. They have played the role so long, so loud, that I have become numb to them. I will no longer hear them. I will throw the claim back in their faces. I am tired of those crying racism… because in the act…
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Emotions must have an evolutionary advantage, otherwise, why are they? It is true that emotions create some division between peoples, in that, emotionally, you are most apt to reject differences between groups because of “gut” feelings. These emotions cannot be simply turned off. They are there regardless of over-riding reason. They remain and gnaw at…
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Innate qualities within humans when they are born render them extremely vulnerable to religion. Humans are born with an innate conception of their mothers, someone more powerful, a source of nourishment, and protection. Later, as the child matures, this conception transfers to whatever religion is prevalent and presented to them. Religion perpetuates this innate reliance.…
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Many of those suffering repeatedly proclaim that others do not understand the depths of their depression. To those I say… I have been there. Thankfully, I do not linger there for more than a day at most and most times less. It is a time when all seems for nothing. A paralysis sets in that…
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I do not support the gynocentric state of society in the United States. Having everything oriented to serve and support women is extremely sexist. From education to health care the nation is slanted toward the benefit of women. All the schools have been feminized. Boys are treated as if they are incomplete girls. Many times…
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