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David Hume: On Miracles (Explained and Critiqued)


Connected science forum (evolution, ID, cosmology, fine-tuning, quantum mechanics)    1 Replies

Sci, 2025-03-03, 12:30 PM



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David Hume's argument against miracles is one of his most famous. The claim is that anyone who believes a miracle has occurred is being irrational. This argument has provoked debate amongst philosopher's regarding both ho

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Consciousness in Sleep and Dream | Experiences with the "Little Brother of Death"


Out-of-body experience (OBE), astral travel, and lucid dream forum    No Replies

Sci, 2025-03-02, 07:40 PM



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Sleeping and dreaming. Experiences while falling asleep and experience in the land of dreams have always preoccupied, frightened, and sometimes even shaped people's lives.

Arthur Schopenhauer called sleep the little b

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Ayahuasca, Spirit Guides and Parallel Lives


Members' general personal experiences    3 Replies

Valmar, 2025-03-02, 01:53 AM

Felt drawn to drink again a week after the last journey. This might a little bit of a ramble.

I don't recall much of the come-up, actually... maybe it came on too strongly? My recollections actually sort of start during a moment where my mind is feeling very off balance ~ overwhelmed.

In my ov

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"There Are Golden Rivers of Love Flowing Through This Room" ...Peter Fenwick


Afterlife contact forum (deathbed visions, ADC, mediumship)    2 Replies

Sci, 2025-03-01, 08:49 AM



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Dr Peter Fenwick (1935–2024) was a neurophysiologist and neuropsychiatrist. He developed from a sceptic to one of the most important thanatologists of our time. In his studies, he has documented fascinating events surroun

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Evolution, From Natural Selection to Omega Point: Sheldrake-Vernon Dialogue 93


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Sci, 2025-03-01, 08:48 AM



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Darwinian evolution shapes modern biology, but the notion of evolution has a wider history, too. In this episode of the Sheldrake-Vernon dialogues, Rupert Sheldrake and Mark Vernon explore linear

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Process Philosophy in Bergson and Whitehead (dialogue with Pedro Brea)


Philosophy of mind forum    1 Replies

Sci, 2025-02-28, 08:50 AM



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Critique of the Concept of Energy in Light of Bergson’s Philosophy of Duration

Table of Contents: 

1. Introduction; 

2. Overcoming the Cinematographical Mechanism of

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AFTERLIFE Researcher who sat with over 70+ MEDIUMS...


Afterlife contact forum (deathbed visions, ADC, mediumship)    1 Replies

Sci, 2025-02-26, 02:44 PM



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Liz Entin is an afterlife researcher, author, and podcaster. She started researching the idea of an afterlife after she lost her father, her findings led her to start her podcast, and write her book, both called ‘WTF Just Happened’. Liz

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Why the "Gospel Of Thomas" isn't in the Bible.


Spirituality and magic forum: science and practice    3 Replies

Brian, 2025-02-24, 04:37 PM

Bible historian Wes Huff travels to Egypt and discusses the legitimacy of the Gospel of Thomas against the legitimacy of the Biblical Gospels. @"Max_B"#81 



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The birth of naturalism


Connected science forum (evolution, ID, cosmology, fine-tuning, quantum mechanics)    2 Replies

Sci, 2025-02-24, 01:36 PM

The birth of naturalism

Peter Harrison

Quote:The modern era is often seen as the triumph of science over supernaturalism. But what really happened is far more interesting

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...This supern

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Defending Phenomenalism


Philosophy of mind forum    4 Replies

Sci, 2025-02-23, 08:03 AM

Defending Phenomenalism

Michael Pelczar

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According to phenomenalism, physical things are a certain kind of possibility for experience. This
paper clarifies the phenomenalist position and addresses some main objections to it, with the ai

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