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A1337, let me clarify what I mean.

I am certainly not saying I don`t believe in judgement day, but not in this apocalyptic sense, which in my mind is really a vision of hell. On the other hand, I think its valid to say that, at least in one sense, every day is judgement day. It is here, constant ...

Some people fall into these paranoid, delusional states, and are convinced that all these familiar end-times scenarios will take place. To them, they actually believe it, i'm sure, and they are able to convince many others of the same. But, really, ask yourself - how silly is it? 2012, pole shifts ...

Thanks for the great questions. Heres the best answer I can give.

Who was the first philosopher in the world? Where and when did it begin and what is philosophy?

Well your first post talked about Hellenic so I'm assuming thats what you mean (as opposed to Chinese or Indian philosophy). For the ...

"A question arises regarding the angels who dwell with us, serve us and protect us, whether their joys are equal to those of the angels in heaven, or whether they are diminished by the fact that they protect and serve us. No, they are certainly not; for the work of the angels is the will of God, and ...

The skeptical arguments stems from the rejection of Descartes' proof for the existence of God. They leave that aside, and adopt the Method of Universal Doubt Descartes employed.

What I personally think about it, first of all, is that I believe God can never be proved through reason, inasmuch as God ...

I thought this was an interesting thread so I thought I would give a summary of the problems facing contemporary epistemology (went back through old lecture notes in university). Basically, the problem is skepticism, which traces itself generally to Descartes.

I don't know how the Ismaili ...

Beautifully put, thank you. I honour your path and pray for your greatest success upon it. As well I appreciate the opportunity to be ale to learn from you on how you orient yourself to the Almighty, so that it can aid me in my own quest.

I was wondering how you all consolidate the apparent logical contradiction that Ismailism (viz. Islam) is a faith of intellect while having a source of divine wisdom and knowledge (i.e. the Imam). It seems to me that the use of intellect is rendered moot since the word of the Imam is the highest ...

but then can you call it a fault of the principle or the fault of those who are abusing it..

Definitly not the fault of the principle, most definitly the fault of those abusing it, and a heavy weight on their souls. But I just bring it up because these are the classic temptations and what is the ...

My question is a philosophical one related to St. Augustine, who said each person has one citizenship in the earthly city and another in the heavenly city. The Aga Khan said this helps explain the Western separation between the spiritual and the secular realms.

Here are my thoughts, first that it ...

<P>So for anyone who is interested, you i'm sure know that there are several translations of the Bible. There is the King James, which is translated from the Greek "Textus Receptus". There are also Latin translations, and in importance to this topic, there is the translation coming out of the ...