Posted on Jun 2, 2015
What is the greatest philosophy or advice you ever received?
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SFC Stephen King
I like that. Nice advice I will share that with my Son as he is off to college in the fall.
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Capt Seid Waddell
My dad had been a flight surgeon in the Pacific in WWII, and knew whereof he spoke.
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Pointing out a problem without offering a solution is just bitching. Nobody likes a bitch(er).
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Love the Lord your God with all your heart and soul and mind and love your neighbor as yourself
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I read Atlas Shrugged.
SGT Kevin Brown
Great book and great philosophy. I'd follow the philosophy of Ayn Rand in it's entirety if she didn't identify that Atheism was a requirement (which is funny because I was an Atheist for bealy 15 years). Amazing book, as are Fountainhead and many of her other writings (many of which I have encorperated into my philosophy).
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I think a person could still wholly identify with Objectivism while being a theist. I think that even though part of the whole premise of it is that each person has their own purpose for living (suggesting it is self-determined, not externally), one could choose their purpose to be in line with what one believes about a deity or lack thereof.
Obviously there would be issues if a person's religious beliefs conflict with Objectivism itself (such as the Abrahamic religions' adoption of Altruism), but if not then I don't see anything that absolutely makes theism intellectually incompatible with Objectivism....just because Ayn Rand says so, is irrelevant unless she cares to support that claim more than she's already attempted to, IMHO.
SGT Kevin Brown
Obviously there would be issues if a person's religious beliefs conflict with Objectivism itself (such as the Abrahamic religions' adoption of Altruism), but if not then I don't see anything that absolutely makes theism intellectually incompatible with Objectivism....just because Ayn Rand says so, is irrelevant unless she cares to support that claim more than she's already attempted to, IMHO.
SGT Kevin Brown
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Forgiveness releases us from anger. Hatred coarses through our body like acid and destroys us from within. Until you learn to forgive, you can never move on and healing can never take place.
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Don't ask questions you don't want the answer too. The more questions about a task or assignment you ask the less control you have over the process and outcome. Exercise some initiative and don't be afraid to make mistakes.
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