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13239 - Reply from Régine193 , 45 yrs (France) - 2012-09-23 I suggest you to have a look at my blog, in "science and technology", France, about the near death experiment I made in March 2000. I also can reply to your question, I think that mythic creatures are in the astral world, like the after life in my case, they can be ourselves when we die or creatures living in the astral underworld. These creatures cannot be seen, they are invisible, but ghosts can appear sometimes, but I don't know how. Me, I returned little by little by the top of the head of my physical body.

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13227 - Reply from Régine193 , 45 yrs (France) - 2012-09-17 These creatures may exist. The four elements (Earth, Fire, Water and Air) are little spirits they can be good or evil according to what we do with them. When there are cataclisms, of course the phenomen is observed by science, but I think it may be our Mother Earth which has revenge, because our beautiful planet is in danger because of human activities. you should go to my blog "wonders of nature", in the field "other". There are some beliefs in Europe about spirits of nature. For other mythic creatures, like centaurs, dragons, there is no proof of their existence or non existence. When I made a near death experiment, in 2000, I have had the possibility to be anything I wanted. I chose to be an elf with a lance. And I became this. Then I decided to come back. So, my conclusion is that in the astral world such creatures can exist.

13220 - from Régine193 , 45 yrs (France) - 2012-09-13 Philosophy - "Nessie" I believe that "Nessie", the Loch Ness monster, exists. In a book I saw photos of him (or her)taken by specialists and by the British Army, showing a plesiosaur (swimming dinosaur)...

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13407 - Reply from Régine193 , 45 yrs (France) - 2012-11-11 I have understood. And I enjoy your joke !

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13370 - Reply from Régine193 , 45 yrs (France) - 2012-10-28 I translate : What's that question ? I don't understand. What do you want to say ? (It's not the sentence in English that I don't undersand, but your question).

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13369 - Reply from Régine193 , 45 yrs (France) - 2012-10-27 Qu'est-ce que cette question ? Je ne comprends pas. Que veux-tu dire ?

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13368 - Reply from Ted Mosby200 (FRANCE) - 2012-10-27 MARSHALL IS IT YOU ?

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13262 - Reply from Régine197 , 45 yrs (France) - 2012-10-02 Don't be sad, Nessie exists. I saw the photos in a book about mysteries, they were taken underwater, and out of water. We really see a plesiosaur.

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13233 - Reply from Théo14 (France) - 2012-09-21 I was sad to learn that Nessie don't exist. And it's your specialist army who found that.

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13230 - Reply from Régine193 , 45 yrs (France) - 2012-09-19 ah ! ah ! ah ! You'd better say that you don't beleive in Nessie... and that you are better than specialists and Army !!!

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13229 - Reply from Théo125 (France) - 2012-09-19 Yes, I know, but if I remember correctly, it was an elephant circus.

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13228 - Reply from Régine193 , 45 yrs (France) - 2012-09-17 Don't you know that elephants only live in India and Africa ?

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13221 - Reply from Théo214 () - 2012-09-15 J'ai vu un article sur ça récemment, il s'agirai d'un éléphant, je vais essayer de retrouver l'article.

13176 - from maria140 , 18 yrs (Algeria) - 2012-08-30 Philosophy - "how do a single decision affect a life?" If you have the chance to go back in your past and change one single event of it,what would it be?and why?and how do u think it would affect your present?

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13477 - Reply from Ji-won210 (Korea) - 2012-12-05 Well, If I had the chance to change my life, I would change my attitude to other people firstly. I was very mean and rude to some people when I was young. I just hurted them by saying what can make them upset or depressed. Looking back on it now, I was very mean. Maybe, someone can say that you are just childish like other child. But, sawing them now, I'm very very sorry to them and sometimes I can't bear it without saying sorry for several times. So, I always think that if I had the chance to change my life, I would change my attitude to other people. Maybe, I can write a letter for young myself. And If it succeeded, I could remove my personal pain for it. By the way, how about you?

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13200 - Reply from Régine193 , 45 yrs (France) - 2012-09-04 I think travelling in the past cannot change anything in the present. When you travel in time, you visit a parallel world, because past is finished and future does not exist yet. So, you can change things in that other dimension, but not in the world into we live, I mean our present.

13015 - from Régine8 , 45 yrs (France) - 2012-07-16 Philosophy - "Robots and computers" Do you think that very advanced robots and computers can think ? electronic and electricity could act like neurons maybe. And Antoine, what is your opinion about this ?

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13163 - Reply from Régine193 , 45 yrs (France) - 2012-08-28 Maybe. But I wonder if this kind of conscience could be called soul. I imagine tomorrow, when humans could maybe reincarnate in machines and computers... I saw this in the manga "Albator". It's just an idea, but maybe...

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13162 - Reply from Théo45 , 18 yrs (France) - 2012-08-26 Thoughts like memory and movements depend on chemical reactions. Artificial memory exists, and the computer-directed movement. The day the biochemical mechanisms of thought are understood, it is not impossible that they can be adapted to machines. But, I think it's not for now.

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13028 - Reply from Natalie201 (England) - 2012-07-18 I think that there will be a point in the future when robots and machines can "think for themselves". As in, I'm not sure if you've heard of cleverbot, but it learns how people respond to questions and gradually is building itself up to be able to have a coherent conversation. Though I don't think that "naturally" clever robots will happen I think it is possible for programming to become advanced enough to allow robots to think for themselves. You would almost have to teach them like you might teach a small child, but you would have to teach it remembering they don't have a conscience and so you'd have to essentially teach them social taboos and such. I don't think any of this is gonna happen particularly soon, but I do think it will happen at some point in the future. The one thing I wonder is would it ever be possible for them to become truly sentient.

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13026 - Reply from Antoine195 , 16 yrs (European Union) - 2012-07-18 Currently, all robots and computers work with algorithms. They can't respond to unknown situations.

13002 - from Régine8 , 45 yrs (France) - 2012-07-15 Philosophy - "Lost civilisations" In Bimini, (Atlantic ocean)they have found deep in the water the vestiges of a lost civilisation, maybe Atlantis. Atlants were said to be a very very advanced civilisation, and would have come from another galaxy. Do you know that they spread all around the world, overall in Egypt, and some theories say that they have brought sciences. In the Cheops pyramid there is the number Pi for instance. The pyramids are a wonder of geometry, Do you know that there are four pyramids on Mars ? They have been photographied. But for this I'm sure there were lost civilisations, destroyed by cataclisms or gone back to space. What is your opinion ?

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13392 - Reply from Donald117 , 13 yrs (United states of Ame) - 2012-11-05 Well to bad because the person that proposed Atlantis Plato so it was a hypothetical scenario.

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13166 - Reply from Théo125 (France) - 2012-08-29 Pour moi Atlantide à certainement existée, mais n'était pas aussi avancé qu'on ne l'imagine. Je pense qu'il s'agit d'une civilisation peut être connu qui ne l'était pas à l'époque pas par les grecs en tout cas. L'avancée technologique d'Atlantide est à mon avis romancée. Je pense qu'historiquement ça ne colle pas, la fuite des atlantéens dans le monde. Car, il y'a bien un moment où les atlantéens ont vécu en maintenant que les grecs non? La seule solution possible ce serail que les grecs soit les descendant direct des atlantéens. Mais ce serai incohérant vis à vis de la civilisation égyptienne.

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13165 - Reply from Régine193 , 45 yrs (France) - 2012-08-28 Après la catastrophe qui aurait englouti l'Atlantide, les survivants se seraient éparpillés en Egypte, en Europe (d'ailleurs, Platon avait mentionné des "engins volants" après les colonnes d'Hercule, dans l'Atlantique) et peut-être même aux Indes. Donc, c'est tout à fait probable que les Indes aussi aient reçu le savoir Atlante.

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13153 - Reply from Théo45 , 18 yrs (France) - 2012-08-25 Atlantide... La cité d'Atlantide, décrite par Platon à une valeur philosophique, pas historique. Elle peut cependant témoigner d'une civilisation antérieure à la civilisation grecque (peut être déjà connue). Parfois j'élabore des theorie allant du farfelu au tres etrange, ça m'amuse. Atlantide est faite pour être cherchée, mais pas pour être trouvée. Ma theorie la plus realiste est aussi la plus étrange: à mon avis c'est en Inde qu'il faut chercher ;) Si ma théorie t'intéresse, envoie moi un mail, je suis à ta disposition :)

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13148 - Reply from Marc64 , 54 yrs (france) - 2012-08-20 ah, le mythe de la civilisation perdue! on reste ainsi dans les grands mythes bibliques: un jardin d'Eden en quête d'une découverte. L'idée n'est pas nouvelle et réapparaît régulièrement pour nous faire rêver. en revanche, on oublie assez souvent que le monde peut perdre ses propres civilisations. Le monde est mortel et cela nous est inacceptable. Nous avons perdu des civilisations entières par des génocides qui se sont étiolés dans le temps. Comment oublier les Grecs? l'Egypte? et tant d'autres? Ils ne viennent pas de Mars juste du centre du génie de l'homme et c'est précisément cela qu'on perd régulièrement. A bientôt Mar

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13032 - Reply from Régine197 , 45 yrs (France) - 2012-07-19 Maybe. But how do you explain that there are three piramids on Earth (third planet) and four piramids on Mars (fourth planet) And there is another mystery on Mars. Each time the US satelite flies over that zone, the communications sent to Earth are out. And what do you think about Stonehenge and the stones row of Carnac (France) ? Some telluric energy captors, a landing track for spaceships, graves, adoration of the sun, a creation of Atlants ?

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13030 - Reply from Natalie201 (England) - 2012-07-18 I think somewhere like Atlantis probably did exist. I mean you only have to take a look around the world to find various examples of towns and cities that have been submerged by rising waters. However I find it laughable that it is considered people from another galaxy came here. First of all who is to say all life forms in the universe look like us? Surely that's in fact highly unlikely. Secondly if you were intelligent and advanced enough to travel through the galaxy I think there would have been a little bit more of an uproar from the ancients. And I don't think our galactic explorers would have had such trouble with our primitive ways. And think what we would do if we ever travelled to another galaxy where the life was more primitive. I think our technology would stand out a lot, so unless you're proposing these galactic explorers came "sailing" across the galaxy I don't think they'd fit in. The pyramids and pi, it's not so hard to figure out pi roughly. And if you were measuring something using some kind of measuring wheel then lo and behold it would be measuring using pi. You mustn't forget the Egyptians were a very advanced civilisation. Pyramids on Mars. Created by nature. Take a look at the world around you, you'll see nature can create some crazy things that look completely impossible, and yet there they are. However all that said, it would be awesome if there was a real Atlantis or something similar. I think that's the best thing about Atlantis, no one can ever disprove it. Even if we searched the whole world over and didn't find it we could still say, well maybe it got completely and utterly destroyed with no traces left. It's a bit like the Loch Ness monster. And it makes life more fun to think, well no one has disproved it yet ;) But I wouldn't get all het up about it. Sure if you want to go explore the world to see if you can find it that would be awesome, but only if you remembered to look at all the other cool stuff. I think it's more fun to discover all the amazing things we can find on Earth.

12991 - from maria140 , 18 yrs (Algeria) - 2012-07-15 Philosophy - "what do u think?" I am sure that all of you have seen the famous ''Saw'',but if you look at it in a philosophical way,would you agree with him?I mean,do we sometimes forget the value of our lifes? and are we really capable to do anything to survive?

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13223 - Reply from Emma140 , 14 yrs (USA) - 2012-09-16 I do sorta agree with him in a way. We don't always appreciate the lives we have, and it can take a really life-threatening event to realize this. However, killing them in such gruesome manners and all IS a bit harsh. =P

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12996 - Reply from Antoine214 , 16 yrs (European Union) - 2012-07-15 Most people who commit suicide try to stop it even if they want to die cause of the survival instinct. For example, people who wait on railroads to be hit by the train, try to avoid it at the last second, cause of the survival instinct. Suicide is an intentional act, survival instinct isn't.

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12994 - Reply from Régine8 , 45 yrs (France) - 2012-07-15 I think the survival instinct exists, but not always. Because some people commit suicides.

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12992 - Reply from Antoine155 , 16 yrs (European Union) - 2012-07-15 Of course, we can do anything to survice, like all animals we have a survival instinct.

12967 - from Thea26 , 16 yrs (USA) - 2012-07-12 Philosophy - "Values- Which is the most important one?" Ello! So my name's Thea, I'm a Senior Girl Scout I'm doing a National Leadership Journey called Sow What? which is all about eating locally and staying true to your values,and one of the activities is to talk about your values (i.e who you are and what you truly stand for) with your friends. And since I have no friends (lol just kidding...sorta)I thought I'd discuss values with you peeps to see how country of orgin affects people's values. So... what are your values (honesty, compassion, resposiblity, bravery, etc.)? How do you live up to your values? Do you think any one value is more important than others or that they're all equal? Are there any values you think are totally useless/overrated? Thanks in advance for your help, Thea

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13393 - Reply from Donald117 , 13 yrs (U.S.A) - 2012-11-05 Well that is an interesting question. I favor to schools of thought. Plato's theory of forms and Protagoras theory of truth. Let's start with Plato. Plato's theory of forms is simple. He believed that physical objects were imperfect copies of objects in the world of forms. Sort of like shadows. Here's how he explained it. Say some babies were chained to the shadow of a wall at birth. Now place a wall behind them and light a never ending fire. Now say every so often a person would walk up and show a few shadows of some objects. The babies would grow up only knowing of the shadows and darkness. Now say one got out and looked the fire and the statues. He or she would probably be to scared to of them to comprehend them and go back into the shadows into the only truth he knows. Now on to my second idea. The idea of no perfect truth by Protagoras. He says that there is no perfect truth (in this world). Allow me to explain. It is a spring day in Athens. A man from Sweden says it's warm. A man from Egypt says it's cold. Which one is lying? Neither. So their are my beliefs. Oh ya i'm also catholic.

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13046 - Reply from Antoine195 , 16 yrs (France (EU)) - 2012-07-22 Yep, horrible just like all wars are. As I said, colonisation was a very very very bad thing for countries colonised but also for colinzers. I'm not supporting colonisation at all. I'm just trying to be the most objective possible. Colonisation brought to countries some medicines, technologies, communication routes and education (even if the education was centered on the colonizer country and not on the colonised country, and even if there was a lot of racism).

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13045 - Reply from Maria140 , 18 yrs (Algeria) - 2012-07-22 Antoine,I didn t say that the war in Algeria was the most violent ever,I just said that it was horrible......I agree with certain points of your last comment,I admit that the only good point is that we had another language in ours skills,French.....Thanks Louis and Ali for your support,,,,, Regine,you are from the old generation so I don t expect anything from you....I can talk with the new one that admit even a small part because they see things clearlier.....I don t blame you,no hard feelings....

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13044 - Reply from Antoine195 , 16 yrs (European Union) - 2012-07-22 Louis and Ali, please read again what I said. My point was just that, even if we didn't have right to colonise, I completely agree with that, and even if it was a bad thing, there were some good points for countries colonised and Louis should know that cause that's what we learned at school. Colonisation wasn't a thing to do, but there are bad points (a lot) of the colosination and also some good points (a few). My second point was that Maria said that War in Algeria was the most violent ever. And that's completely false !

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13043 - Reply from Régine197 , 45 yrs (France) - 2012-07-21 And I add that it was normal that natives of our colonies fight for us during the first and second world wars because they were part of France. However Corsican soldiers are the only ones who suffered of racism during the first world war. They were all set at the first row and never had days of rest, while the other soldiers (including arabs and blacks) had. I am corsican, and I know that many continental french poeple dislike us. But we import a lot from the continent, which has brought us stuff and infrastructure as well. So, I am not for the independance.

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13042 - Reply from Régine197 , 45 yrs (France) - 2012-07-21 Antoine is right, as I am. That's all ! Without us, you wouldn't have all the stuff you have. You would be an undevelopped country. We have brought you as well social insurance payed by the French State and the little taxes on the wages. all of this disappeared with the independance. If some kind extraterrestrians came, and gave us plenty of very advanced stuff, they would have the right to stay. Even if they would take some things that Earth contains. And I would be proud to learn their language. For me, It would be a shame if humanity chased them ! Colonisation was strategic, and its aim was also raw material.In exchange, we gave you everything. And overall EQUALITY, LIBERTY, FRATERNITY. The war began the day we found oil in Sahara. What a reciprocity !!! And if you knew what happened to French famillies and soldiers, you would be horrified !!!You are completely conditionated by wrong books.

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13041 - Reply from Ali140 , 24 yrs (Tunisia) - 2012-07-21 Thanks God that there is some one honest here,Thanks Louis......Maria,don t expect them to understand,they still think the same way that the ones that killed your people....don t ever loose your time with them,they have to do serious researches and read real History first,,,,,but they are too full off fake proud to do so.....This is not a court,we are not juging any one,but the Truth has to be said....

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13040 - Reply from louis140 , 19 yrs (France) - 2012-07-21 sorry,but I desagree with you Antoine and Regine,,,,,,Maria,you're completlly right....I know that I am French,but what our grand fathers did is inforgiveable....It was a mistake and we can't just come with speeches to say that it was right.....We don't have the right to colonise another country,and how dare we play the rescuers.....I have to add that History says that we tooks a lot of Algeriens people to be a part of the first and second world war,we obliged them to fight making promesses that we didn't keep....The government might don't want to say this,but I say it to you Maria I AM SORRYYYYY

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13029 - Reply from Natalie201 (England) - 2012-07-18 I think it's important to treat everyone the same and be tolerant to differences. Like regardless of their background, values, age and even how much you actually like them. I personally treat everyone nicely to start with. Then if they turn out to be not very nice or aren't being nice then I tend to fall back into a cool civility. I figure if I'm always at least civil even with people I don't really like then no one should have any valid reason to hate me. With the tolerance you have to be careful, cause if you tolerated everything then nothing would change, which would be bad. But if you were intolerant of other people holding a different opinion to you then you're crushing free speech. And I'd much rather have a world with some danger in it than a world where you can't voice your opinions. I'm also unsure about pride. I think it's a good thing in moderation, like being proud of your little brother for winning a race. But I think too much pride makes you big headed, conceited and arrogant. None of which make you a nice person to be around.

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13025 - Reply from Régine8 , 45 yrs (France) - 2012-07-17 Je voulais dire "ce qu'on vous inculque dans la tête en histoire".

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13024 - Reply from Régine8 , 45 yrs (France) - 2012-07-17 Antoine, je suis entièrement d'accord avec toi. Maria, je me demande ce qu'on vous inculque dand la terre en hitoire ! Mon grand-père paternel était lieutenant dans l'armée coloniale mais il n'est pas allé en Algérie. Nous vous avons donné tout ce que vous n'aviez pas.Quant-à ta théorie selon lauqulle les algériens nous apportent beaucoup, je suis d'accord concernant ceux qui travaillent ou cherchent vraiment du travail mais beaucoup d'autres ne sont là que pour les avantages sociaux. Et commme l'a dit Antoine, vous nous ruinez ! Quant au sport, souviens-toi de Zidane qui nous a fait perdre la coupe du monde à cause de son comportement !

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13023 - Reply from Antoine195 , 16 yrs (Union européenne) - 2012-07-17 Tu es donc de mauvaise foi, la colonisation, aussi dure soit-elle a eu des effets positifs. Je le sais bien nous avons étudié la colonisation cette année, c'est même tombé au BAC. 1ère Guerre mondiale : 10 millions de morts dont 1 million de civils 2ème Guerre mondiale : 60 millions de morts dont 30 millions de civils Je crois que si tu veux jouer à ça, je gagne.

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13022 - Reply from Maria140 , 18 yrs (Algerie) - 2012-07-17 Antoine,la colonisation n a eu aucun effet positif sur nous,bien au contraire.....je te conseil de venir voir en Algerie ......et oui,les guerres mondiales etaient dures mais pas autant que 132 ans de colonisation,de tuerie,de massacres.....je n ai pas de rencunes,il faut juste que vous admettiez les erreurs de vos grands parents....

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13019 - Reply from Antoine214 , 16 yrs (Union européenne) - 2012-07-17 Maria, saches que les colonies dont l'Algérie était un gouffre financier pour la France et les autres métropoles européennes ! Et bon au niveau guerre, l'Europe a connu deux guerres mondiales, pire que la guerre d'Algérie donc bon. Et Régine a raison, même si c'est dur à dire pour vous, la colonisation a quand même eu quelques aspects positifs.

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13018 - Reply from Maria140 , 18 yrs (Algerie) - 2012-07-17 Regine,,,,,,avant 1830,nous etions heritiers de la civilisation Ottoman,nous vous nourrissions,,,,mais vous en vouliez plus,vous avez sautte sur l occasion de l affaiblissement de notre marine[bataille de navarine] pour nous attaquer,comme des laches......vous avez voulu faire de nous des illetres,detruisant tte trace de civilisation,preuve a l appui de l archive Turc,il y avait que 2% d illetres en Algerie avant la colonisation,ce chiffre augmente pour arriver a 80 en 1962.....vous avez batti votre France sur la sueure de mes grands parents et vous ne voulez meme pas l admettre....ouvrez les yeux,La France ne serait pas la France d aujourd hui sans la richesse Algerienne.....

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13017 - Reply from Maria140 , 18 yrs (Algeria) - 2012-07-17 Yes,a lot of countries had war but none like ours,ours is called ''The miracle war''.....and Regine,you should read History again,I mean the real one not the one you talk about in your History book.....Our war started actually before 1954,in small wars everywhere like the Amir Abd el kader one,It just get bigger in 1954,so we didn't want the french before the discovery of anything....and don t make France the victime,we had one million and half deads in a 7 years war,and more if we count the 132years of the French presence,,,,,France didn t gave us anything,it made hospitals and every thing else for its people here not for us....When you take freedom from someone,you take everything,,,,,

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13014 - Reply from Thea26 , 16 yrs (USA) - 2012-07-16 Oh, and if you guys are bored and looking for soemthing to do, I need lots of help on my National Leadership Journey! Check out my thread on "What's the most important sisterhood issue?" in the Society forum, my "Dream Food Job?" thread in the cooking forum, and my "Food Songs?" thread in the Music forum . Thanks again!

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13013 - Reply from Thea26 , 15 yrs (USA) - 2012-07-16 Wow, thanks you guys for all your help! Now, I'm one step closer to earning the Harvest Award *does happy dance* Oh,and if anyone else wants to comment with their favorite value, or one they think is totally unimportant feel free to do so!! *hint hint wink wink*

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13008 - Reply from Régine8 , 45 yrs (France) - 2012-07-16 Maria, never forget all that France brought to you. Hospitals, universities, medicaments, technology, infrastructure... And war began the day we found oil in Sahara. Other nations wanted the oil and conditionated the arabs by propagand. And never forget that the FLN, very often, killed civils and did atrocities to our soldiers that they captured. It also did atrocities to Harkis, who were abandonned by France, I admit.

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12990 - Reply from Antoine155 , 16 yrs (European Union) - 2012-07-15 Well, all countries knew at least one war so ... Courage is for all countries then. ;)

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12989 - Reply from maria140 , 18 yrs (Algeria) - 2012-07-15 well,in my country,I'd say courage which is pictured in the great Algerian war against the french enemy between 1954 and 1962.....

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12974 - Reply from Antoine155 , 16 yrs (European Union) - 2012-07-13 Hummm, USA isn't the most democratic country, it is one of the most democratic country, but not the first. There are Spain, UK, France, Italy, Greece, Japan, Australia, ... and lots of other great democratic country. The respect isn't at all a value in USA, just by seeing the Segreagation, or even the great racism there is there ! Solidarity is nor a value there. And I'd say that there are too much freedom on one side and not enough in another side in USA, that's really paradoxical.

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12973 - Reply from Régine8 , 45 yrs (France) - 2012-07-13 Antoine, I think Americans can be proud because they live in the most democratic country where FREEDOM is the emblem. But I also think that honesty, respect nnd truth are great values as well.

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12972 - Reply from Antoine155 , 16 yrs (European Union) - 2012-07-13 In USA I'd say "pride" ?

12815 - from Régine205 , 45 yrs (France) - 2012-05-31 Philosophy - "To fight against pain" Hi everybody ! Like all of you I hate pain and I think, that artificial wombs must be ABSOLUTELY created. When we get hurt the doctors heal us as they can. When a woman suffers, because of the baby, most of people think it's "normal". Why ? I had terrible pains in my life (I had surgery at the troth, at the ear and at the backbone. But while you suffer that you don't have to make physical efforts. And the doctors try to ease the pain. For a confinement everything is made to make the woman slave as she is concentred inside, and she does not have the possibility of helping herself with her hands. It's a malediction ! I am for freedom of the body ! To those who think that it's normal, I don't wish them to be helped if they have a painful disease or an accident !

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12825 - Reply from Régine205 , 45 yrs (France) - 2012-06-02 Thank you "European" !!! I wish you all the luck !!! What is your country and are you male or female ? I have found someone who understand me !

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12824 - Reply from european229 (eu) - 2012-06-02 my final conclusion is that i'm entirely with you in this case, and i support your ideas.

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12821 - Reply from Régine205 , 45 yrs (France) - 2012-06-01 So, at first, you made a confusion. But what is your opinion about my message ?

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12819 - Reply from european229 (eu) - 2012-06-01 Hah, at first, i assosiated "pain" with bread (in French) and though your post will be something against eating bread, but a minute after that, i've read the text and it was ok.

12716 - from Lane75 (USA) - 2012-04-24 Philosophy - "Holy Fire Miracle" Any thoughts on the Holy Fire miracle that happens in Jerusalem every single Easter? Do you believe it?

12616 - from Alice135 , 18 yrs (Belgium) - 2012-02-17 Philosophy - "angels" Hey, people of the world and beyond, Next year I'm going to college. I've decided to study languages, become a translator, an interpreter,... But before I'm going to be overwhelmed with essays and papers, words I never heard of before and boring teachers that talk faster than I can write.... I want to delve a little deeper in a passion I recently discovered I have: the mysteries of the world and, more precicely, the mysteries of angelology. I feel a great interest toward angels and the story of our creation. I want to know more about the old stories, the work people are even now putting into discovering more about our existence and our fight against the evil creatures that may or may not be. Threfore, I ask your help. If you're a 60-year-old professor that knows everything there is to know about the subject or any subject linked to it; if your a 15-year-old with the same passions I have; If your a wise priest who wants to spread the word of God; Hell, you may even be one of the 'evil' creatures yourself... Please, help me explore this world a little deeper! Share your knowledge with me! Who knows, I might even change my opinion about the universe!

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12740 - Reply from angels72 (ger) - 2012-05-01 Hello again! Don't worry about your english dear friend! It's perfect! :) Well, to tell you the truth, I don't have the proper knowledge about Samael. I haven't heard about him. I am not a priest or a monk, but a simple believer that is overwhelmed from the "treasure" of the Orthodox theology and tradition, so I try to do my best to learn about it and share my faith! If you have any other questions, you can ask me and I'll try to do my best to answer, if you want! :) God bless you!

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12737 - Reply from Alice195 , 18 yrs (Belgium) - 2012-05-01 Oops, forgot to ask you something. Could you tell me exactely where you stand with you viewpoint? I mean, are you a priest, a teacher who gives religion, a prof or someone interested in the subject? I'm trying to compare opinions of religious people, how they differ from others and how their own lives influences this. You don't have to answer the question, if you don't want to. P.S.: I'm sorry if my writing style laks some quality, but English isn't my mother tongue, so it's a little difficult.

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12736 - Reply from Alice195 , 18 yrs (Belgium) - 2012-05-01 I'm sorry, perhaps I said it wrong, 'cause I don't really mean that Orthodox Christians are extremely religious, more that they, unlike others, stick to what they believe. I've met a lot of 'believers', but I have to admit that not many of them actually believe. Most of them have been taught to 'be aware of God', and practically they only go to church so people can see them go to church. Those who - in my opinion - really do believe, are mostly Orthodox Christians. The other girl from my class who believes, for example, is one. Also, thank you to clarify the subject of the archangels for me. I think my own sources aren't correct, because I've always believed there were only three archangels and I sure have never heard of the last three. Unfortunatelly, they don't teach us this in school. Because you seem to know quite a lot about the subject; are you familiar with Samael, the angel of death? I've always thought he is an archangel, or was, until the fall from heaven. Last of all, I know you aren't trying to 'convert' me to the good side, don't worry. Besides, I'm already a believer. I know what the bible says is the truth, even if the school says otherwise (which causes some nice arguments during religion class ;) ).

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12733 - Reply from about angels72 (ger) - 2012-04-29 (CONTINUE) -- The name of Archangel Uriel means the light or the fire of God. This archangel enlightens the minds and the hearts of the faithful with the light of divine truths and the fire of divine love. All those who embark upon the study of knowledge can and should pray to this archangel to enlighten their minds and hearts, in order to avoid a destructive chasm between knowledge and faith. -- Archangel Salaphiel is the patron of prayer. He is even depicted so on icons: with eyes gazing downward, with hands crossed on his chest, with an air of humility and deep inner concentration. He is our primary teacher of prayer. Prayer is the most difficult thing to achieve, and one must be instructed in it. Unfortunately, some people assiduously study various worldly subjects, but disdain the study of the most important subject in the world - the Jesus prayer. Let us pray to Archangel Salaphiel for the Lord to grant us this gift of divine prayer. -- Archangel Jegudiel is the patron, defender and helper of all those who toil. And we must all be such, for we have been commanded to eat our bread in the sweat of our faces. We toil not only physically, to earn our daily bread, but also spiritually, in order to perfect ourselves. Archangel Jegudiel is depicted on icons with a crown of victory in his hands. Such crowns will be earned by those of us who will endure to the very end, who will worthily bear the light yoke of Christ. We are faced with a complex task, so let us ask Archangel Jegudiel for help in our daily lives. -- Archangel Barachiel is the angel of God¢s blessings. While asking God to bless all our good efforts, let us also appeal to Archangel Barachiel for help. However, we must accept the Lord¢s blessing not only for prosperity but also for our cross, i.e. the sorrows without which there is no salvation. And may Archangel Barachiel give us strength to carry our blessed crosses. I understand what you say. You know, in Christianity there are many "branches" with different theologies. Every branch makes it's own interpretations on the Bible, that is not true. Only the Orthodox Churches theology is solid, because it's based on the Bible and the Fathers of the Church, that they are our compass. I believe everything that there is on the Bible, because it is from God. I also consult the Patristic books if I don't understand something. It's difficult to "convince" you that all these that I say are correct. Also, dear Alice, it's not true that Orthodox Christians are "extremely religious". The Orthodox Church is the Ancient Church founded by Jesus Christ Himself. We seem to be old-fashioned, but we stick to the traditions of our Church, that they hasn't change the past 2000 years!!! Traditions and theology are the same until today! Everything in this world changes every day, people change, ideas change, bad things are happening every day but the Orthodox Church is the same: it will exists until the end of the world. It's not my purpose to convince you, I just wanted to share things with you. If you pray in a humble way, with all your heart, the Lord will guide you. God bless you my dear friend!

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12732 - Reply from about angels72 (ger) - 2012-04-29 I had written it below, but I post it again: "The devil, who is also called "Satan" or "the enemy," was created as a mighty and beautiful archangel, one of the most perfect and radiant, and for this reason he was given the name Lucifer, "the light-bearer". But when he chose not to do the will of God, he fell, lost his exalted qualities, and left his dwelling in heaven. St. Jude says: "And the angels which kept not their first estate, but left their own habitation, He hath reserved in everlasting chains, under darkness, suffering the vengeance of eternal fire" (Jude v. 6). Lucifer had been richly endowed by the Creator and should have ever held his eyes on the Lord, "as the eyes of servants look unto the hand of their masters and as the eyes of a maiden unto the hand of her mistress." But instead he concentrated his attention on his own perfection, fell in love with it and was seized with pride. By doing this he left the path of truth, which united him with the Source of Life and Light, and entered the path of destruction. He forgot that he owed all to God, that all his perfections were the gift of God. He ascribed them to himself, and so seemed exceedingly great to himself. He was so blinded by the idea of his own greatness and considered, "is there any who is equal to me? Any angel ... or God, even God Himself. I myself am divine, I myself am a divinity!" Satan rose against his Lord and took with him a large number of spirits who accepted his authority. The Archangel Michael took command of the angels who remained faithful to God, forming an army of angels, and entered into conflict with the fallen spirits. Long before the creation of the material world took place this war which was waged between the angels of light and the spirits of darkness. But light conquered darkness, and the rebels were hurled into the abyss." God loves the fallen angels and He is ready to forgive them! But they don't repent. Read the following true story-miracle: "Once an Orthodox monk felt much pain and, while he was kneeling at prayer, he said the following: "You are God and, if You want, You can find a way to save these miserable demons who first enjoyed such great glory, but now are full of all the evilness and cunning of the world. Without Your protection, they would have devoured all human beings." While he was saying these words, praying in pain, he saw a dog's head next to him sticking out his tongue and mocking him. It seems that God allowed for this to happen in order to inform the monk that He is ready to accept the demons provided they repent, but they themselves do not want their salvation." The Archangels are the following: Michael, Gabriel, Raphael, Uriel, Salaphiel, Jegudiel, Barachiel. -- Archangel Michael, after the fall of the angels, became the head of the entire heavenly host. For his zeal in working for God he is honored by the Orthodox Church even to this day. -- Archangel Gabriel has been entrusted with the service of being messenger to mankind. He came with the Lord¢s tidings of forthcoming miraculous events to the parents of St. John the Baptist, to the parents of the Holy Virgin Mary, and also to the Mother of God Herself and to the righteous Joseph. Archangel Gabriel is the messenger of God¢s Providence, the attendant of miracles and divine Mysteries. When we are overcome with doubts, when it seems to us that we have been abandoned by everyone and there is no help from anywhere, let us pray to Archangel Gabriel, that by his prayers the Lord would reveal to us His most holy will and would set our life upon the course of salvation. -- Archangel Raphael is a merciful healer, sent by God to comfort the sick and the sorrowing. From the Holy Scripture we know that Archangel Raphael expelled demons from a woman. And how many people there are nowadays who are possessed by demons…. Alas, both they and their relatives often turn for help to sorcerers who nowadays hide behind the pseudo-scientific name of “extrasensorics.” But will sorcerers, these servants of the devil, expel demons? Obviously not. The power to expel demons and heal those who are possessed by them belongs to the holy angels and particularly to Archangel Raphael. Let us ask him to intercede for us before the Lord, Giver of all good things.

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12730 - Reply from Alice195 , 18 yrs (Belgium) - 2012-04-28 Why did Lucifer rebel against God? I've always believed that the angels themselves were supposed to be 'good' beings by nature, because that's how God created them. If Lucifer decided there was something God did or said that he didn't agree with, why should that make him evil? I 'rebel' against my parents so many times, but that doesn't make me evil (I hope ;D). And if he WAS evil, why did other angels follow him? Furthermore, I've heard that some of the fallen angels felt remorse over their actions and begged to return to heaven. But instead of forgiving them, God banished them to a place deep in the earth, where they will have to stay for all times. I'm sorry for saying this, but if God doens't forgive his own children, how am I supposed to believe in him? A father just doens't give up on his children. Can you tell me more about the archangels? How many are there, what are their names and their functions and what makes them different from the others? I would also like to know more about YOUR opinion on the subject. I know Orthodox Christians are extremely religious, but do you believe everything that the bible tells? In my school, they teach us that everything the bible says should be understood symbolically, not litterally. They say that Jesus and the Angels aren't really persons, not even 'spiritual beings', but only reprsenet all the evil in the world. They say that Jesus didn't really turn water into wine or walked over the water. I don't want to offend anyone, but really... I'm going to a christian school for a reason and right now there are only two people in my class who TRULY believe, me and someone else. Do you think it is right how they teach us about religion or....?

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12717 - Reply from about angels75 (ger) - 2012-04-24 I am an Orthodox Christian. I'll tell you what I know about angels in general. Angels are bodiless beings, purely spirits, created by God before man. They are superior in nature and intelligence to man; and, like man, they have understanding and free will. Some of them are appointed to guard the faithful (guardian angels). Angels are grouped in nine orders (tagmata) as follows: Angels; Archangels; Principalities; Powers; Virtues; Dominations; Thrones; Cherubim; Seraphim. In the Orthodox worship, every Monday is dedicated to the angels. St. John the Damascene further states concerning angels: "They are in perpetual motion, with free will, having obtained by grace an immortal nature". "They are", he continues, "rational and intelligent, and endowed with free will, immortal not by nature but by grace... They are not hemmed in by walls and doors, bars and seals. When they are in heaven they are not on earth, and when they are sent by God down to earth they do not remain in heaven". In addition to the created spiritual powers who do the will of God, there are, according to the Orthodox Christian faith, those who rebel against Him and do evil. These are the demons or devils (which means literally those who “pull apart” and destroy) who are also known both in the Old and New Testaments as well as in the lives of the saints of the Church. Having become malevolent, the fallen angels try to push men to the path of sin and thus to their damnation. Oddly, the fallen angels themselves fear the kingdom they have created — hell or the abyss. Indeed, when the Savior, healing a person possessed by demons, wanted to send them back to their abyss, they begged Him to allow them instead to enter swine (Luke 8:31). The Savior calls the devil "murderer from the beginning and the father of lies," having in mind that moment in which, taking the form of a snake, he deceived our forbears Adam and Eve to break the commandment of God and by doing so deprived them of everlasting life (Genesis 3:1-6; John 8:44).From that moment on, having the opportunity to influence the thoughts, feelings and acts of man, the devil and his demons endeavor to pitch him deeper and deeper into the mire of sin, into which they themselves have sunk: "He who sins is from the devil, because the devil himself sinned first … Anyone who commits sin is a slave of sin" (1 John 3:8; John 8:34). The presence of evil spirits among us presents a constant danger. That is why the Apostle Peter extols us: "Be sober and watchful, for your adversary the devil, as a roaring lion, goes about seeking someone to devour" (1 Peter 5:8). The Apostle Paul expresses the same thoughts on discretion, saying, "Put on the armor of God, so that you may be able to stand against the wiles of the devil. For our wrestling is not against flesh and blood, but against the principalities and the powers, against the world rulers of this darkness, against the spiritual forces of wickedness on high" (Ephesians 6:11-12). ---- Now, on the guardian angel: Bishop Theophan the Recluse instructs in one of his letters, "We must remember that we have a Guardian Angel and turn to him in our thoughts and heart. This is good during peaceful times and especially so during turmoil. When such contact with the angel is missing, he has no means of influencing us. For example, if one approaches quicksand or an abyss, and has plugged his ears and closed his eyes, how can anyone help him?" Thus should a Christian remember his good angel, who for the span of all his life concerns himself with him, rejoicing in his spiritual achievements, and grieves over his downfalls. When a person dies, the angel takes his soul to God. Having found itself in the spirit world, according to many accounts, the soul recognizes its Guardian Angel. The following is a short morning prayer to the Guardian Angel: Angel of God, my holy protector, given to me from heaven by God for my protection, I fervently beseech you: enlighten me and preserve me from all evil, instruct me in good deeds and direct me on the path of salvation. Amen. The Orthodox Christian spirituality is full of miracles. Just do a small search about it, and you will remember my words. If you want to find out more, you can e-mail me at anytime!

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12713 - Reply from Alice195 , 18 yrs (Belgium) - 2012-04-19 What do you know about the fall from heaven and what happenend with the fallen angels and lucifer after that? I've read a few stories about it, but every single one tells something different and I don't know what to believe anymore.

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12679 - Reply from kellie87 (usa) - 2012-04-10 sorry I misspelled answer

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12677 - Reply from kellie87 , 15 yrs (usa) - 2012-04-10 Hi I guess I better start with saying that I'm a Christian and that I believe in God, Heaven, Hell, and Satan. What would you like to know about it? I'm not sure I can aswer every question you have but I can aswer some. My e-mail is scobee.kellie@yahoo.com I hope I can help you. By the way I'm not going to judge you or anything. I respect what others believe.

12579 - from Régine193 , 45 yrs (France) - 2012-01-25 Philosophy - "Megaliths" Hello everybody ! According to you, what was the reason why the megaliths of Stonehenge and Carnac (in England and in France)were built ? Graves, telluric energy captors, landing strips, symbols of adoration of something (maybe the sun) ? And for Stonehenge, how people, in this period of time, could rise such heavy stones ? Modern technics, levitation ?

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12674 - Reply from lingesh211 , 20 yrs (india) - 2012-04-04 i think its the primary source of energy...so they worshiped the sun.. are you watching " Ancient aliens " ?

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12597 - Reply from Régine205 , 45 yrs (France) - 2012-02-12 Hello ! I beleive there were very advanced civilisations in the past. And it's true, as you say, that, in my opinion, advanced people, maybe Atlants for instance, rose the megaliths with machines or other technology, and people thought they were gods. But I'm not sure for the slaves.

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12595 - Reply from Karolina255 (Poland) - 2012-02-09 I think this megaliths were build to adorate the god or gods and observate the sky. And IMO people rise megaliths by their, unusal for us, technology; maybe lots of slaves died during they were working. Technology had been hidden and people had forgotten about them, so they used to think that gods build it.

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