Meat is Murder!

This slogan basically advocates that since we have advanced enough to be able to live on other foods apart from meat, then it is our moral obligation to stop killing animals for food. Do you agree with this idea? Is it our moral obligation to embrace veganism / vegetarianism?

Proof consists merely of what is convincing

I highly doubt that I am the first person to articulate such an observation. Anyone know who has made this point before? found out (07/03/11) that Nietzsche had already with "There are no facts, only interpretations.”

Is there an "afterlife" after death?

I think so because then when you die you cant just sit there and look at black. There has just got to be.

Do you believe this quote by Einstein?

"Science without religion is lame, religion without science is blind." - Albert Einstein

Your thoughts on the Four Noble Truths and Noble Eightfold Path of Buddhism...

 Four Noble Truths Life as we know it ultimately is or leads to suffering/uneasiness in one way or another. Suffering is caused by craving or attachments to worldly pleasures of all kinds. This is often expressed as a deluded clinging to a certain sense of existence, to selfhood, or to the things or phenomena that we consider the cause of happiness or unhappiness. Suffering ends when craving ends, when one is freed from desire. This is achieved by eliminating all delusion, thereby reaching a liberated state of Enlightenment. Reaching this liberated state is achieved by following the path laid out by *"a teacher"* (the Buddha).  Noble Eightfold Path Viewing reality as it is, not just as it appears to be. Intention of renunciation, freedom and harmlessness. Speaking in a truthful and non hurtful way. Acting in a non harmful way. A non harmful livelihood. Making an effort to improve. Awareness to see things for what they are with clear consciousness, being aware of the present reality within oneself, without any craving or aversion. Correct meditation or concentration, explained as the first 4.

Do you agree with the "Five Pillars of Islam"

Faith or belief in the Oneness of God and the finality of the prophethood of Muhammad; Establishment of the daily prayers; Concern for and almsgiving to the needy; Self-purification through fasting; and The pilgrimage to Makkah for those who are able

"Right" and "Wrong" is morality relative

I have been thinking a lot about sociopaths and the criminally insane lately which branched off into me considering is what their doing wrong? (i.e. murdering, raping, lying) or is it only wrong to those who believe it is? For instance, someone could think it is wrong to cheat on a test, or even another person because, let's say they use the money they receive to take that class to support themselves and their grades are slipping, if they do not pass this class, they're out of those funds, and therefore out on the street with no alternate means to support them self. Does that make them any more or less wrong than someone who kills for pleasure? People do things out of self interest, basically they do what they do because they want to and can some way justify it to themselves, and sometimes even to others. It's like saying eating meat is wrong. It is all a matter of opinion, an individuals' point of view.  

should life be followed by emotions or reasons

often we face decitions that can be moraly wrong but seem right. or are moraly right but yet feels wrong. therefor what is better for advice your resoning or your feelings. 

What is the Nature of Probability?

What does it mean to be probable, to have a chance? What is Chance? How do you explain probability on a classical scale (e.g. dice, coins, number generators) and on a a quantum scale? Is chance an illusion?  One way to describe it is as the amount of variability of unknown factors in a system. I do not know if a coin will land heads or tails, but I do know there is a head and a tail to the coin, and so there is a probability of the coin landing either heads or tails. It is observed that upon analyzing past data that aprox. half of coin tosses result in heads and aprox. half result in tails. Probability can be viewed as a prediction of future outcomes based on past results, but this does not satisfy me on a quantum scale. The coin toss can be analyzed through physics and is ultimately drawn down to a deterministic quantum system. If it is ultimately deterministic, I am puzzled why the results are so evenly distributed. Why is the system one such that out of the uncountable factors involved, the possible products occur with the same frequency? Or, isn't it correct to say that, in a deterministic universe, there is, by definition, never more than one possible outcome, and the proposition of possibility indicates ignorance?  What are your thoughts or opinions on any of this?

Solutions for over-population...

 It seems inevitable to me. Soon, or a few more thousand years (or longer, I don't know). What should we do when we realize there are too many people and too little resources or space? Genocide? Law-enforced suicide, or a morally driven 'opt-in' suicide. Moving underground, colonizing space, fixing children at birth... total war? All of the solutions seem immoral and or unnatural.  What would be the best way to deal with too many people?