Recent content by JustDave

I had tropical fish for a couple of years. I enjoyed them, but my parents got rid of them too. Even though it was my father who got me started and encouraged it. We had a parakeet once, but my mother let it fly around the house, and it flew out the door that she left open. I loved my mother. I...

All the reasons given for why the young don't respond to texts apply to me also. If it's important, you can call me. Leave a message if I'm not there.

Yeah, I had turtles. It was kind of interesting. I don't know what happened to them. We never bonded.

There's no end to the number of life's problems we can invent.

Science has interesting stories to tell also. Actually we do know something about how life started, that is after that first bag of chemicals twitched. What caused the first twitch is still a mystery. Life is an astounding chemical process. Humans almost glorify it. Some do outright glorify it...

I read once that evolution is the most tested and most supported scientific theory we have. I suppose there could be similar claims for arguments claiming similar status in physics and chemistry etc, but the theory of evolution probably ranks in the top 5 most highly supported. But Abiogenesis...

When I'm watching a movie where a character does something that results in a spiritual uplift for himself, I sometimes have a pleasant reaction. It depends on how well and subtle it's done. If it's a ham fisted preacher praising the mighty Father, it won't work for me. But if it cultivates a...

@Kir7 Granted a world with god does strongly resemble a world without a god, which may help you sort out the character of the god you say you don't believe in. But it almost sounds like you are not sure what you believe. I've been there, and it led me to a deeper search into myself. I do believe...

That sounds like a real dilemma you've gotten yourself into.

There are many that agree with you, but the influencers in that subset have not been able to fix it. I don't know how big that subset is, but I believe it is out there, maybe even growing in numbers, at least as the pendulum currently swings that way, but it is still a pendulum.

Humans, in spite of differences, have a great deal in common. If you believe Maslow, certain needs are universal to our species, and it seems to me that some needs, not necessarily on Maslow's list, can never be fulfilled. They can only be accepted, unless we introduce some sort of power that is...

Like the Coriolis effect, this was explained in a book I had aboard during my blue water voyage. I knew that the trick was to get yourself to the weaker side of the storm, assuming you knew where you were, but your explanation of why the difference strength of the wind was the first explanation...

Generally speaking is the way it seems up here too. It's not purely west to east, but in general.

Pantheism identifies the universe as God, and worships it. Most Pantheists do not assign it magical powers or believe it involves itself in our personal lives, but some do. I was told this by a Pantheist, so maybe it's correct. It's a religion that actually makes some sense to me. Although when...