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Why don't people believe in Pascal's Wager instead of choosing atheism?
How can an enlightened person know so much if thoughts cease?
Why didn't God intervene and stop Cain from killing Abel?
I've been rereading David Dawkins' Power vs. Force and he talks convincingly about the evolution through states such as shame and anger to an enlightened state of compassion. How does one overcome the fear and disgust of spiders and rats in the house?
Why is God incapable of fixing this terrible world?
When does consciousness first appear in the developing fetus, newborn, etc.?
Hypothetical scenario: what if your perception is reality and you can't bring yourself to believe it?
Is spirituality related to a higher power?
What exactly is faith in Jesus Christ? What characteristics make it logically and emotionally antifragile (grow stronger) in the presence of other religions including atheism?
How can it be possible for a man to do anything against the will of God if God, at the same time, is almighty?
Is it alright to believe in my own version of God, rather than the one I've been told to believe in?
Why do I get bored so often? Is this a human condition and is there a way to stabilize it?
Is it possible to reach enlightenment in one’s lifetime?
Why when I use Mindfulness quick after experimenting the sensorials sensations I sense the illusion or not-reality of reality itself?
How can I believe in some religion? It’s hard for me to believe the existence of god but I do want to.
How should I touch my girlfriend's butt when making out?
How do you practice your religion/spirituality effectively/sincerely without it merely being cajolery/coercion, bargaining with the divine for favours, idolatry, superstition or sycophancy?
Are you greater than I?
My mouth can reach my cock, should I blow myself?
Is Divine Foreknowledge compatible with human free will?
How can one have sex with a woman without being accused of rape? Is a written contract enough?
Life isn't fair, how does a religious person explain it, since God is supposed to embody love and righteousness?
Why should I believe in God?
If God asked you to die and go to hell to suffer for all eternity to save all the souls that already went there, would you do it?
How can I help my man be more dominant (non-sexually) and try to be less dominant in our relationship, so that he can gain the "winner effect" momentum and not be bullied by me (inadvertently) and others any more?
Physically speaking, is it possible for something to exist if it has absolutely no identity?
Why are there so many religions that are the right one?
How does Great Big Story make money?
Is there a Universal Way to God, Universal Mysticism, or Universal Spirituality and is Mysticism harmful in some way?
Describe multiple consciousness?
What other alternatives are there to the idea of a single reality?
If God is real, what dimension would he be in?
How is it possible that the majority of humans just ignore objective reality when it contradicts their beliefs?
Is it possible that nothing is real?
If the universe has a creator what evidence do you have to link him to your specific religion? What evidence do you have that makes him the god of your religion and not that of other religions? What if we have no idea of who he really is?
What do you think about the question of God being real or not?
There is a lot of evidence that magic and the paranormal are real, so why don't the so-called rationalists believe in it?
Why does my boyfriend accuse me of cheating and tells me awful things, and still wants me to have sex with him?
May I reason with God?
Does time begin its existence as a result of what?
What do you do, when your boss does not recognize your efforts and give away all perks to other resources who actually performed lesser than me?
Could you explain to me, the logic behind saying that an introvert is not necessarily shy?
As a philosopher, what's your response to the contention of some scientists that philosophy is no longer relevant as a way of understanding the universe?
Isn't developing your own spiritual and personal relationship with your higher power more important than any religious beliefs, doctrine and practices?
Would you win the Electoral College with the states you have visited?
Why is a religious belief more valid than, for example, a belief in alien abduction?
How can highly intelligent people believe there is an afterlife and a God?
If there is no afterlife what will become of us after death?
What is an atheist?
Why do I have to believe in your god?
Can an atheist achieve spiritual enlightenment? If so, how?
I just found out that my license has been suspended for the last year and a half due to unpaid traffic tickets which I have warrants for, how do I go about getting rid of the warrants without jail time or a lawyer?
What is a hard 'physical' evidence that God exists? I will become religious right now.
Why do I keep going limp with my partner when I find her to be very sexy?
Do you think Oprah would be a good president? She's an outsider like Trump, and he is not doing a great job.
Is Vincent Guidry related to Ron Guidry?
Are we ever freed from our subconscious?
I am 37 years old, 251 lb with 18% fats, what will happen to my body if I water fast for 10 days, will I be able to go to work?
What made you believe in God? Tell me your experience.
Is the concept of God an imagination?
Are you able to discriminate illusion from reality?
What does it mean spiritually when there is a cold wet unexplained puddle in my bedroom and when I wake up I step in it?
What if God asked me to stop believing in him?
What is spirituality and who is a spiritual person?
Why are we following beliefs, thoughts and ideologies that were created thousands of years ago, briefly put, religions?
How do enlightenment and salvation differ?
What strategies and processes do you need to communicate and reason with your sub-conscious and unconscious mind?
Is the purpose of life to reach enlightenment?
Why do I still not feel particularly attached to my therapist after five months of weekly therapy? She’s nice and all, but I feel confused more often than not. Am I just resistant or is this a symptom of a poor “fit”?
What is the difference between enlightenment in Buddhism and that in Christian mysticism?
Why do many people believe that religion and science are not compatible?
I don't want to truly see through the illusion of self, but I already know it is illusory. What do I do?
Could the spiritual world exist?
How can I start a healthy conversation about faith with a teenager that doesn’t feel obligatory or forced? See comment for context.
The "not knowing" aspect of enlightenment fills me with rage. How do I come to peace with experiencing an uncontrollable dream over and over for all eternity wherein I constantly hurt myself blindly with no hope of ever reaching any solid ground?
Do many atheists accept the message of the Jesus myth (love your neighbor, turn the other cheek, etc) without accepting the divinity of it?
Besides religious reasons, do you believe in an afterlife? Why or why not, and what kind?
Is Donald Trump an enlightened human being?
I believe I have achieved enlightenment. Where do I go from here?
In his book enlightenment now, does Steven Pinker have a rigorous conception of enlightenment philosophy, or does he use the term ‘enlightenment’ primarily in its looser, more general context?
Is blocking someone an example of immaturity?
My friend says that atheism is a religion. How do I respond?
My wife had an emotional and sexual affair for a year and is now back with me. She still messages the other man and sometimes goes for walks with him but swears nothing is going on. What should I do?
If somebody you don’t find attractive messages you online, should you tell him/her you don't like him/her, or just keep quiet?
How do I talk to spirits? I see a lot of things that, according to Quora, are signs from spirits, so I thought if they give me so many signs maybe they want to talk. So how do I talk to them?
What is the meaning of spiritual enlightenment, and why do few people have this? Why not all?
Is Spirituality really just another word for psychology with a religious connotation?
When we fail to grow spiritually for one of many reasons, is it because of the lure of the world?
Why do we doubt God when we fail to grow spiritually?
When you spiritually awaken, can you forget the pain of being asleep and forget how it felt experiencing an illusion?
Why shall I offer God my suffering? He is so great. Doesn't he deserve the very best?I love Him.I haven't got anything to offer but how can someone offer the person they love their suffering
If you had a gun pointed at you, would you rather be armed or unarmed?
In the Bible, "Everything that has a beginning, has an end". Does consciousness have a beginning? Why are babies not fully conscious like adults?
Who do you think is worse, the particularly toxic SJWs of today, or the fundamentalist moral guardians of yesteryear?
What do you do when family members only call you when they need something? Other times they ignore you? What do you do when you feel taken advantage and used by your own relatives?
Why do atheists deny a god when the chances of everything coming to be are infinitesimally small, and pretty much impossible when it comes to matter coming from nothing? I believe in god.
When you achieve the end of your spiritual journey, and you don't need to be reincarnated anymore. What happens after? Do you stop existing and disappear?
What antidote worked for your loneliness? I spoke with several guys about this and all of them feel deep loneliness.
Why do we believe in the beliefs we created?
What is the meaning of spiritual enlightenment, and why do few people have this? Why not all?
According to St Paul in the Bible, "the spirit is opposed to the flesh, and the flesh to the spirit," does it mean the spiritual (or God) is responsible for our body illnesses?
As a programmer, are you forever refactoring and cleaning your code?
Do you need to think only about breathing to meditate? Or can I think of other things too?
How do psychics know they’re talking to a spirit guide and not just their own imagination?
Have you ever changed your physical reality through ways that science could not currently explain?
Why would an American want to retire in a developing country?
What are common reasons or excuses that you experience that prevent you from meditating every single day?
Am I right in thinking that for a film actor, most emotions, such as anger, love, sadness, etc., are all easier to "act", than something as seemingly simple as genuine laughter?
I'm an atheist but I'm beginning to think God is real in an emergent sense, somewhat like consciousness, and not in the traditional religious sense. What do you think?
Post awakening, does it take years for a person to integrate the experience before they are fully accustomed to their new self/life - or if someone awakens, are they immediately different and accustomed to themselves and life differently?
How do I know if I have had an awakening experience and am now in a phase of integrating that experience, versus if I have not had an awakening experience at all yet?
Can straight men, who need women for sexual gratification, really be feminists?
Does spirituality improve your experience of life?
What is a spirit?
Why is Gumbo so popular in the cajun culture?
What is the difference between Cajun and Creole?
If you see that every philosophical argument carries minimally the personal truth of one’s convictions, than doesn't the question become to what extent one is merely using philosophy as polemic of one’s cognitive bias seeking confirmation bias?
What is the biggest age difference in a romantic relationship you would consider for yourself?
What should I do? My boss told me I'd be getting a raise after I changed job positions. I changed job positions over a month ago and it hasn't been brought up again.
Do I have a future in software engineering?
Can you be highly spiritual and meditative, but also a bad person?
A few years ago I rejected to date this girl and I called her not pretty, but now I think she is stunning but she refuses to date me because I called her not pretty only one time a few years ago. Do you think she is overreacting?
Is trying to achieve moral perfection or enlightenment selfish?
After spending more than 2 years trying to attain enlightenment, I feel closer than ever now. Is there any cautionary advice?
What precisely defines what is "real" [reality] vs something that is "sub-reality" [like dreams]?
How do I pick up girls without getting rejected?
What do I do when this girl is bothering me and she is really being annoying? I really don't like her. I think she doesn't like me either. I don't know how to tell her to stop.
How do enlightened people know they are enlightened if their minds are empty?
Is there any good, solid, rational, believable evidence of an afterlife?
I missed a great opportunity in my career for him and he left me anyway. What do I do?
What programmers should I hire based on the software that I want to do?
A recruiter for a company told me that the hiring manager is afraid of losing the job requisition and wants to hire as soon as possible. Is this a giant red flag? Should I be concerned about the financial health of the organization?
When should I start freelancing as a software engineer?
What do you think of Tim Ferriss' philosophy? Is it possible for everyone on our planet to live the 'Four-Hour-Work-Week' lifestyle?
How close of friends should a guy be with a girl to rest his head on her boobs?
What is your opinion on existence of God?
Why do many dictionary definitions define atheism as a belief that no god exists, when we just aren't convinced a god does exist?
I'm really bored of saying literally the same thing to God five times a day for the past 20 years. Why can't I pray in my own way?
This girl asked me if I think she is pretty and I answered her honestly and said "No, but somebody else might" then she started swearing at me and calling me nasty names. Why is she angry at me when she asked for my opinion?
Why does a guy keep watching me and paying attention to my movements? Does he expect me to look his way? He also stands very close to me sometimes even though he seems to be a shy person? Could it be that he likes me and thinks that I like him?
Why was James Finn banned?
Why does everyone want to know the truth, if no one dares to listen to the truth?
Why does this boy keep rejecting his feelings for me?
What does it mean when you ask a girl out and she says all your date ideas are boring?
Does a one-night stand happen in real life?
A close and introverted friend suddenly ignores text to meet up. Should I give her space and for how long?
How do I know if the person texting/talking face to face with me is genuinely enjoying the conversation, and more importantly, enjoying my company (suppose this is a potential romance relationship)?
Can we consciously stimulate our senses or are they always stimulated?
Is there a way not to feel worthless when seeing women that rejected you being happy with other guys?
What is most important in life, love or money?
How can I temporarily leave reality and dive into the sea of my imagination and subconscious?
Does spirituality matter in life?
Is your job so good you'd do it for free? If so, what do you do?
If God created everything, how was he created?
Do men still do the pursuing in starting a new relationship it's been 15 years since dating and I don't want to come on too strong?
What should I do when a non-committed girl works, at the same post, salary, and company as me, expects that I pay every time we are on a date?
Why can't people use telepathy to communicate with the dead?
At what point would you say you're ready to start applying for work as a developer?
Do the experiences of a conscious being, such as a human, exist in physical reality?
Why can't some scholars accept the Bible as historically accurate?
Can you cheat on someone if you're not actually dating them?
A girl asked me to a dance, and I said yes to her. She’s been really hyped, but now I’ve changed my mind about going. What would be the best way to tell her? She will not take this easily.
Where is the line between flirting and normal communication?
This girl asked me if I like the dress that she bought, and I answered her honestly and said, "I personally don't like it, but if you like it that is all that matters. Don't worry about what I think". Do you think it was cruel what I said?
What do you think of Buddha's teaching Four Noble Truths? Are they a path or a gateway?
Why did my twin flame tell me he doesn't love me anymore when his friends are telling me he does? I blocked him on social media after he broke up with me and it's been 4 months but I can still feel the connection.
The path to atheism, is it mind corruption or mental sanitation? Should "new discoveries" trouble the mind?
Can my normal salary job be paid to my personal company?
How do you know whether someone is just emotionally detached or a psychopath/sociopath?
What should I do if I caught my boyfriend using Tinder and when I ask why he was on it, he acts like it never even happened?
Does physicalism, as a philosophy of mind, require belief in a matter as substance upholding appearances?
How can I DGAF, without being stoic?
What are signs of emotionally available people?
How often should lead developers be checking junior developers’ code?
Why none of Osho's disciples are enlightened?
How do you spell "crazy" in Cajun French?
What happens when a narcissist says they never cared about anything you ever did for them?
If God is omnipresent, then what is special about being in the presence of god?
What is the logic to spirituality? (On your self description you wrote that you have found that there is a logic to spirituality.) Can you recommend a contemporary teacher who have managed to discover it?
How do you understand the message of Jesus?
Is consciousness a biological phenomenon?
What is the purpose of alchemy?
How does the ethanol in an alcoholic beverage get metabolized? Does the alcohol itself contribute to calories, and therefore weight gain, or do the calories come from the other carbohydrates in the drink?
My fiancé threatens to leave me for someone who thinks like him when we don’t agree on certain things. What should I do?
If during meditation you get useful ideas should you take persistent notes of them or let them pass? What are the tradeoffs?
What do I do if I find my younger sister attractive?
How will employers in the software industry view taking a year off for a meditation retreat? Will it hurt my job prospects?
How do you know that you are the side chick?
What do you think about the superficial things in life? Should they be avoided or accepted and enjoyed?
What is the purpose of a technical lead engineer, software architect, software developer, designer, quality engineer, and SEO expert? Do I need everyone on my team to build a high end, very complicated application?
What can I do to improve my salary? I was hired about 2 years ago as a software quality assurance analyst. I was fresh to the role, but now with my experience I see that I'm fairly underpaid compared to the local market. How can I negotiate for more?
Would guys date a girl who has depression, anxiety, and has self-harm scars?
Suppose we had a crystal ball that revealed the identities of those who deliberately chose to be poor. Would progressives morally support forced wealth redistribution to help these individuals?
How do I make sure that I never lose or forget to bring my wallet in a place of business?
Can the conscious become subconscious/unconscious? Why or why not?
I’m 19-years-old and I live in the Midwest. I don’t like anybody around me, all my friends and I do is smoke weed, which I do because there is nothing better to do around me, and I love money, but don’t have any. What should I do with my life?
Why am I sexually attracted to men I find disturbing and ugly? I don’t really like them but they turn me on in a way other men don’t.
So you have met a new great guy with the best personality but you have zero physical/sexual attraction towards them. What can you do to feel attracted to them?
Is there such a thing as enlightenment or is there just random people existing in chaos trying to come up with meaning to survive?
Since dating sites are inherently designed for most to fail (if too successful, they'd have no repeat customers!), there must be a better way of finding a mate, but how?
How many "enlightened" (by the Buddhist definition) people are living in the world right now? Would one easily know if they interacted with someone enlightened?
Do you believe that having sex without verbal consent is rape? Can someone consent just with their actions?
How do you tell your religious family that you're an atheist?
Is it spiritual awakening when you’re losing all emotion?
Is there a difference between not being enlightened and being enlightened but not realizing it?
How do I achieve enlightenment through meditation when I am having such trouble meditating. I have been at it every morning for over 2 months now and I still can't even get my mind to settle down. Can anyone help me?
Why are you not a Christian? It's good that you support it, along with Judaism, but why don't you follow it? What reasons make you do this?
I am having trouble believing in my religion (Islam). What can I do?
I had a catastrophic massive stroke nine years ago. I taught myself to talk, walk & move my hand. I’m an atheist. What do the religious people say if I announce that prayers don’t work, but neuroplasticity & exercise does?
Which is better for freelancing: Node.js (MERN stack) or WordPress and PHP?
Does the universe appear in time dissociative frame rates of consciousness, much like a film or video game?
Should I ask my crush out on social media? We have been talking for a while and I chickened out on the last day before break, and didn't ask her out. We have two more weeks until we get back to school and I can’t wait.
How do I become more spiritual and understand my surroundings and self better?
Is the spiritual path worth it?
What is the relationship between spiritual and emotional intelligence?
If you could do anything you wanted to do for the rest of your life and nothing was standing in your way, what would you do?
Does the stoic philosophy interfere with the development of empathy?
I have a strong belief in Christianity and an eternal life in Heaven with God after death. Though half the time when I explore ideas in my head I come to nihilist conclusions. Why is this?
If you are spiritual awakening person, black magic still work you? How do you know?
What do you do if your partner is not supporting your enlightenment?
As an enlightened being, how does one explain time?
Every time I try to flirt with a woman via eye contact it ends up in an awkward stare down. What am I doing wrong, and how can I do it right?
Spiritualists like to think that Jesus was enlightened. Do they think the same way about Muhammad?
After practicing meditation, self-awareness, and readings on Buddhist philosophy, I’ve become sensitive to other people’s unhealthy attachments, cravings, and other flaws. It’s making me annoyed with them. What should I do?
What should I do if I feel I am becoming that 'toxic' friend?
I'm starting to hate my girlfriend. What should I do?
Why do some guys hate being called nice? I told a certain guy he's kind and nice but he strongly disagreed with me and said there are many guys nicer than him.
What do you think causes your significant other to lose interest in you after so many years?
Can a psychopath become enlightened?
Can a mortal gain ultimate wisdom without being open to intelligence and data? There are saints who have been enlightened by meditation without staying in touch.
If a guy and a girl are really good friends and one develops feelings for the other, is it worth the risk to tell the other how you feel and potentially ruining your friendship? And would you do it face to face or through text?
When developing back ends, where you’re not targeting multiple platforms, why do companies use Java? Why not C++?
If I do not want to become spiritually enlightened, does that guarantee that I will not?
How true is it - get a young person to do the front end, older person for the back end and an old person to make sure it all works on time?
Have you created your own religious or spiritual belief system? What is it?
Can Buddha be challenged by atheism? Buddhists don't really care if you believe, but I feel like the religion is a little harder to debunk than Christianity, due to polytheism. Am I (an agnostic)?
What makes truth universally true?
How do you think "House of Cards" and "Transparent" are going to overcome the absence of their main protagonists and move on?
How can I stop getting irritated with people during conversations, because I know what they are going to say before they say it? How can I stop finishing their sentences?
What do you do when you love someone but it is not healthy?
Is this true? "We now know real or true enlightenment is simply very high left brain energy efficient logical/positive thought, feeling and action with very low use of the faulty right brain where all anxiety and human made suffering is generated."
Are enlightened beings pantheists, or does this question not make sense?
How do enlightened people know they are enlightened? In my opinion there is only an undeniable physical reality and we are just these bodies. What is so bad about that?
If only very few attain enlightenment why millions keep trying, same hope as winning lottery?
Who is bored of constant "atheist vs. believer" questions on Quora? I doubt either side will change their mind.
Is it advisable to start learning the MEAN stack for full stack web development? Do JavaScript based frameworks have a bright future in the web development market?
Even with all the strides feminism has made, why do the majority of beautiful woman always go for the shallow cliche of a rich man? Just look at the celebrities, there’s no denying this fact.
What can I do to expand my consciousness?
Part of my spiritual practise is to observe my life as would a passive witness, another is to be ethical and compassionate. What is the link between the two? Where does one pass from being a passive observer to an active participant?
What do you do when there's nothing left inside you except pain? How you explain something that you don't even understand yourself, when everything that you're looking for only existed in your dream?

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