Topic

Realities

Questions about reality and different kinds of reality claims, including physical reality, subjective experience, social reality, perceived reality, spiritual claims, objective truth, illusion, imagination, symbolism, and whether something is real, constructed, unknown, or false.

Articles

What Is Life After Death?

Life after death is one of the deepest human questions. It is connected to grief, fear, justice, identity, religion and hope. A reasoned approach must treat the subject seriously without pretending to know more than the evidence allows.

What Does Origins Mean?

Origins questions ask where life, the universe, humans, morality, consciousness and belief systems come from. These questions are important, but they must be separated carefully because not all origin claims are the same kind of claim.

What Are Gods?

The word gods can refer to creator beings, personal deities, spirits, symbols, cosmic principles, tribal protectors, moral authorities or imagined beings. Before judging claims about gods, it is necessary to ask what kind of claim is being made.

Thinkers

Zhuangzi

Philosopher · Traditionally c. 369–286 BCE · Daoist philosophy, perspective, language, freedom, change and naturalness

Zhuangzi was an influential Daoist philosopher whose associated text uses stories and paradox to question certainty, rigid distinctions and conventional values.

Q&A

Can something be true but unproven?

Yes. A claim can be true even before humans prove it. But until there is enough evidence, we should not treat it as established knowledge.

Does science prove there are no gods?

Science does not simply prove there are no gods in every possible sense. It can, however, test many specific claims made about gods, miracles, origins, healing, revelation and the physical world.

Is evil supernatural?

Some religions describe evil as supernatural, but many forms of evil can be understood through human behaviour, psychology, institutions, fear, greed, obedience, ideology and dehumanisation.

Should we fear death?

Fear of death is understandable. A reasoned response is not to pretend death is easy, but to examine what is feared and how that fear affects life.

What is reality?

Reality is what exists or is true whether or not we want it to be so. But humans also experience personal, social, symbolic and imagined realities that must be carefully distinguished.

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