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In one of history's more absurd acts of totalitarianism, China has banned Buddhist monks in Tibet from reincarnating without government permission. According to a statement issued by the State Administration for Religious Affairs, the law ...

Maybe integral? At least that IS a word, though I've never heard it used that way.
Hmm. According to dictionary.com, you're right, that isn't one of it's normal contexts, but I rather like it. I can even make a roundabout case for it: they come from the same roots, with meanings "completeness" and ...

It just seems strange that so many people would think that such blind anger against an entire civilization is something that a good, beautiful, creative, wise, loving, integrity (adjective), generous, compassionate, courageous and self-sacrificing God would do.
Hey, I think you bring up a good ...

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First of all, facts doesn't mix well with religion.

Second of all, God is also capable of wrath (as demonstrated by every chapter in the Bible ever, most notably the demise ...

I far as I can tell, this hasn't been suggested yet: we could give the person who starts a new game the option to leave a line of text (like a subject line) describing how they would like the game to be played. Specifically, a lot of people seem to have ideas for new options, for example to bring ...

if everyone were selfish they would not be interested in "protecting" others from their own actions, this is not to say that if I were to see a small child crying that I would not try to comfort her.

I am curious: why?

If the goal is to be selfish, what would it matter to you if she cries or ...

This is not something everyone is willing to do, but to those who are open to it end up better understanding themselves and those around them.

I'd be more than willing to be absorbed in myself and be totally selfish for the rest of my life. That is, if I didn't have a moral problem with doing so ...

In my experience, when we are born as kids, we start off selfish. Not bad for it's own sake, but bad in wanting our own benefit and not caring about the welfare of others. As we grow up, we (hopefully) learn better, and begin to treat other people as being valuable as well. Still, when all is said ...