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Re Sleeper's explanation seems to be the best there is. On another front: Why many Chinese people appeare to have less self discipline than westerners? Does the phenomenon of picking nose extend to other things in Chinese life? Does Dr Sun Lung Qi's book offer a suitable explanation?

Equality versus conformity Men and women are not equal. In fact none of us are identical and therefore strictly speaking we cannot all be equal. I might be good at weight-lifting, while someone else is good at mental arithmetic. So I think equality cannot be achieved. However, it is also true that ,...閱讀更多

Re I enjoy discussion and that is what we have been doing here. On the issue of "perfection is a state when goodness and evil co-exist" I think ther might be a problem. It is easy enough to think of things that are not just relatively good or bad, but absolutely good or bad. For those absolute good/...閱讀更多

Re Ousia Church's only answer to your options is of course #1. But you are absolutely right - a god that needs praising is a little shallow. So shallow that the god disqualifies himself as god! As for the hypothesis that god created human just for fun, that god is probably not smart enough to be a g...閱讀更多

Re My apologies for replying in English - my PC can't handle Chinese characters. Under the assumption that God created humans for a purpose or purposes, we can only guess what the purposes might be using the evidences that we can see. The evidences so far appear to suggest that the purposes might be...閱讀更多

Concept of God It appears that you have already accepted the assumption that God exists and God created humans. You might want to examine whether you want to accept these assumptions as facts, or these are just concepts. My point is that even IF God exists and has created humans, there need not be a...閱讀更多