this does not have anything to do with religion.
This is a question which purpose is inform me about something I can't understand.
Through the centuries there have been several philosophical currents approaching issues in different ways.
Does they solve any fundamental issue on life?
Does human beings in general get any benefit from all those currents?
and finally, are all they open to be assimilated by the ordinary individual?
I mean sometimes these currents of thought are worded in a way that most of us are not able to understand.
Then if we are not able to understand them in which way are they going to be beneficial for us?

TLW

I don't understand!

Just fake it until you can make it

Too deep for me.

I think the questions you are posing are themselves philosophical questions.

You are basically asking the question, “I wonder if it’s worth wondering?”

Does ‘wondering’ have any value in and of itself?

Well, I think we clearly know the answer to that question.

The answer is unequivocally, “Yes!”

I wonder if I sharpen this stick can I kill an animal? – man begins to hunt

I wonder if I drop these seeds in the ground will they grow? – man begins to farm

I wonder if I can drink the milk from the teat of a goat? – dairy farming

I wonder if I take these baby wolves and raise them? – man domestics animals

I wonder if I can ride that animal? – men become horsemen

I wonder if I approach that fire can I control it? – man gains control of fire

I wonder if I put this on my wound will it heal it? – man experiments with medicine

I wonder if I climb this mountain will I really find gods? – man questions mythologies

I wonder if I can build my own wings and fly? – man invents the airplane

I wonder if men can walk on moon - - - - -

Never stop wondering Miguel.

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I wonder if men will ever believe in a God who is not at war with demons?

We all have our questions Miguel.

I wonder what will happen if I pee on the third rail?

I peed on an electric fence one time.

It was a shocking experience.

That hurts just to think about it.

what were u doing dude?

I appreciate your wisdom James.

I found the phrasing a bit confusing but I thought you meant, What is the benefit of philosophy?

And I was thinking about it and I think it doesn't matter if philosphy has practical benefits of not. Humans are curious. We want to know who, what, where, when, how and why.

We can't help developing philosophys and religions to explain how and why things are the way that they are....

We can't help wanting to know why we're here. Where we came from and where we will go when we die.

But the answers we devise are just guesses.

Hi Miguel

I agree with abra and anoasis, that exploration of ideas is important and necessary.

I agree with you that some of that exploration is elitist in the sense that many cannot even grasp the depths to which nomenclature and articlate exposition segregte and sequester the minutia of communicable rhetoric and contemplation with nomenclature and semantical contrivation limiting the scope of critical analysis by all but only the most priveleged and advantaged few that benefit from the apprehnsions of licentious and discriminating perspectives.

But such is the paradox and semantic discourse of cunning linquists whose own oratory excellence may only be experienced and enjoyed by a few discriminating connoiseurs, if not truly only one; which may prove best for furthering that very appreciable excellency.

Is that what you mean without getting into specifics which are best left to the imagination?

You have got to be kidding. Talk about rhetoric.


I am not a very good speller, but I have the Firefox browser, which when you hit the quote button underlines all of your misspelled words. It is really wonderful. Firefox is free to download, you should try it. It is a lot faster than Internet Explorer too.


articlate = articulate

segregte = segregate

priveleged = privileged

apprehnsions = apprehensions

that was the set up, there.

The punch line followed.