18-Jan-2012, 8:35 AM
Quote:- you cannot "prove" any religious or philosophical truth, because everything has a basis in something else.
...I tend to agree, but if I saw Jesus die on a cross and then I saw him walking around a few days later, I'd be sufficiently convinced that he was the Messiah. Given that I didn't see that, however...
Quote:Decartes thought that the fact that he thought (or, more accurately, that he could doubt) was sufficient evidence for his existence. Not sure I agree with him there.
Finally, someone else who agrees with me on this!
Quote:I would say that the wisest man in history said, basically, that things can't make you happy.
...no, but in some cases, you can settle for them.
Quote:In Jr. High School, I would take a gummi bear, squeeze its ears into points so it looked like Yoda, and then I would say to it "Eat you, I will!". And of course then I would it eat.