Freedom Ride

Have you reconciled the two? So that your life is an outward expression of that which you think, and know , or are you constrained by lack of ability, knowledge or circumstances…?

When you say the thought of freedom in our minds, I think of the huge array of thoughts flittering by our minds every minute, and we’re not often free to choose what enters our mind. In that way we’re not free if we can’t control the incoming input. Freedom in life comes from the thoughts that guide our choices.

I think swimming makes a man complete…cos for a general gentle person learning swimming means he have no fear for anything in general…cos he may have normal feelings of fear like fear of tigers etc. but usually he is not in phobia….so if he learn swimming he has nothing to left for fear….i think users will understand what i m trying to say…..so he is freedom…!!

Yeah. Swimming and martial arts really make you feel free to do anything.

Im doing a government powerpoint and i need to know what life would be like for us if we didnt have the freedom of religion that is found in the first amendment…Help please I cant find a good answer online and im tired

And you never gonna find a good answer anywhere….America always had freedom of religion, so no one knows what the situation would be like.

According to the philosopher Epicurus, that’s all that anyone needs to be happy. Would you agree?

…no, Epicurus doesn’t live in the 21st century, "show me the money" and i’ll be happier…

Why do you value your life?
Why do you value your freedom?
Why do you value your free will?
i need some reasons that i can turn into a 10 minute presentation, i have a couple already but the only other reason i can think of is "just because"

I value life because its a hell of a lot better than death. Plus living is the only time you feel.
Freedom is important because without it you don’t have control of yourself. Also without freedom, everyone would be sick of life and everyone would be the same. Free will is important because it allows you to make your own choices and it is the best teacher in the world. If you are just told that something is a bad choice then you won’t ever learn for yourself.

Its for a presentation and i want to play a clip but cant find a good episode to use. teh presentation is on the book woman at point zero by nawal el saadawi.

Just what sort of episode of "This American Life" do you think will resonate with the tale of an Egyptian prostitute on death row for murder? Or do you simply wish to borrow the credibility of the radio series for your presentation on an unrelated topic?

If you are brave enough . . . . . organize and resist.

If that is not possible, (and no one would blame you if you said it was not) then get the HELL out . . . . .

If enough of the smart, forward-looking young people leave, Iran may wake up to see they have only old men, and those too weak or stupid to leave living there.

Iran is a great nation with a rich, full history. Germany had a bad leader, but got past that "mistake" and is now a wonderful democracy. Iran can get past these bad years. Once there is democracy there, you will restore your nation’s greatness.

Dan in Miami

"That is why I tell you not to worry about everyday life—whether you have enough food and drink, or enough clothes to wear. Isn’t life more than food, and your body more than clothing?" [Matthew 6:25]

I’m too smart for that kind of stuff. I control my own life and my own destiny.

why do you think that is so? children shouldn’t be given freedom in managing their life.

It’s all about guidance.

Children are too young to make responsible decisions. It’s the responsibility to help them with this.

Sorry I haven’t read much of his stuff, so I am not aware of any influence.

"I do not perceive a certain signal in my mind and then decide to act on it, or if I do, it is a rare and derivative occurrence."

My understanding is that he thought there was no mind body duaility, thus no separate mind telling the body what to do.

He also seemed to think that we just did things, often without forethought.

This type of stance goes against the research in Cognition that I am familiar with. machines that monitor our brain states before we make a decision (or have a thought such as finding an answer to a problem) are able to predict our choices before we know what we were about decide.

Maybe you could tell me a little more what his ideas were, if you think his ideas might affect my life.