Recent content by Teaist

Regarding the comment you left on my post, I do agree about physical/spiritual dualism being an import from Greek philosophy. It's disappointing how fast it was adopted by the church. Having just read your post in the thread, I quite like how you explained your position on the soul - I think you...

Yes to 'believe in a soul', no to 'leaves your body.' I've recently undergone a change of mind, and below I'll describe the position I've ended up with. It's still rather tentative, and will probably remain that way until I find the time to do enough research to fill in enough details. I view...

Sir, you are most sensibubble! Only those who have become one with sugar have experienced true humanity. I, too, appreciate those aspects of tea, but I also adore the unassuming medley of flavours it provides. I tend to prepare loose-leaf tea in a cup; 2/3rds of a sugar for flavoured blends...

Yeah, this seems about right. I try to keep my desk tidy because my mind is more than enough mess to handle. Only when I'm very tired can I keep my thoughts linear, tidy, and orderly. I often have trouble communicating precisely for this reason - it takes a lot of effort to translate the...

The way I see it, even though I am certain that there are objective moral standards do exist, it's hard to deny that a huge amount of what 'feels right/wrong' is due to experience (i.e. the input of culture, upbringing, socialisation, past emotional experience, etc.). For instance, I regularly...

Thankee! I heard someone cleverer than me say that it is because "Poe wrote on both." But I always thought that the real similarity is tea. You can drink tea at a writing desk, and if ravens could make tea, they would drink plenty of it :p In any case, you can certainly drink tea while thinking...