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Deep thoughts about anything and everything. Brought up a catholic, I had to reconcile creationism with evolution once I entered a public school at eight-years-old. In my deep thinking, I came up with something about God causing evolution. I later became a "spiritual atheist." I have always had an interest in the "big" questions, and not just the religious ones.
This is the more radical part of 999 Ideas. Anytime I hear about a new religion, or invent one, details will be found here. New philosophical ideas, questions about life and morality, theories of matter - details will be found here. Browse the list of pages below, and know that it will grow longer soon.
Probabilitism - Life According To The Odds - Poker analysis applied to life.
The Meaning Of Life - A Dangerous Idea - And the winner of the meaning of life is...
Survival Of The Fittest : Why there is no purpose to a giraffe's long neck.
Search Engine Anthropology : What do the keywords we search say about us?
Can An Atheist Believe In God? : The answer might surprise you.
Spirituality And Science : Some ideas on how one can serve the other.
How To Live A Simple Life : Some new ideas on keeping it simple.
Words To Live By : Are there words to live by? Is it possible that we place too much importance on words, and that language can be as dangerous as it is helpful? Some new ideas on words.
How To Be A Spiritual Atheist : Being an atheist doesn't mean rejecting spirituality. Here's an introduction to what spiritual atheism might look like.
Can Money Buy Happiness? : What role does money play in our lives? Is it a force for good or evil, and is the common pretense that "money isn't important to me," a lack of spiritual understanding? Can money buy happiness? Some food for thought.
Deep Quotes : A collection of thought-provoking quotes and one-liners. Let's see what we can learn from Albert Einstein, Yogi Berra, Saint Francis of Assisi and others. The newest ones here will be my own quotes, of course.
The Fool : I never mean to say that there is something wrong with reason. That may be the impression you get from this story, but it is only in our mis-use of reason that I find fault. Hence, philosophers become idiots and the fool is the wise man.
Thought Provoking Questions : Is taxation is theft? Why people believe in awful gods?
Do Not Believe In God : And "Do not have faith," the poem continues. I hope that when you read it you will understand that far from being an anti-spiritual concept, it is a call for a spirituality that goes deeper than faith. It is a call for experience over belief.
New Thoughts : Love, voting, and paying surgeons according to performance. New thoughts on a few things, and a some notes on where they come from and how to have them.
More deep thoughts? You bet. I will add the newest entries to the top of the pile, so check back soon.