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Alexander Thoma

you are not the stuff that you are made of

About Me

Thougthful, cheerful, forgetful and ordinary in a crowd of dreams. I think of life as 10% chance and 90% power of will - and feel another kind of freedom from knowing that the opposite may also be true. That said, I don't wish upon a shooting star, but do roll down the window when it rains.

My Interests

Giving God a good surprice, science, fresh grass, dancing, loosing control, early coffee, a timeless hug, people walking by, soft lips, snow, passing the ball, good intentions, words you can feel, Love, silence, nothing at all

I'd like to meet:

This place runs on abstraction. I connect mainly with people I know in some way. But feel free to say hi if you live outside the whale and take pride in keeping those neurons buzzing :-)

Music:

Yes, I'm addicted to.

Movies:

all the clever ones

Television:

Rarely. Some documentaries and debate programs. Funny - anything that allows me to confuse myself with the joke being made

Books:

probably too few. The Emperor's New Mind had me gaze out a window for more than a minute

Heroes:

No one trying to be. As an adult I have admired different people for what they love, believe in and for what they have accomplished through devotion. But mostly for being themselves. Plain.

My Blog

Do we have a soul?

Claim "Yes, we do!" Counter claim  "Nothing has a soul, or there is no evidence for such a construct. Every single thing that goes on in our consciousness can be tracked and monitored with (...
Posted by Alexander Thoma on Wed, 01 Aug 2007 07:11:00 PST

Emotional Reality

Do you remember when you were a little boy or a little girl ? Looking at other people, strangers and other men and woman that were not your mother or father ....- and feeling SO right&n...
Posted by Alexander Thoma on Sat, 08 Apr 2006 10:18:00 PST

An eye for an eye?

My own thought is that institutionalised revenge does not contribute any more to the harmony of the world, than does the disturbed actions of people. I believe that the vast majority of disturbed peo...
Posted by Alexander Thoma on Thu, 08 Feb 2007 07:17:00 PST

God, sex & Marriage

(Good sex & marriage may also be possible. But that's a different story). A lot of people who believe in God do not practice sex before marriage. Because they believe that sex was designed by...
Posted by Alexander Thoma on Thu, 27 Oct 2005 08:32:00 PST

Are you religious?

"Follow those who seek the truth, and be careful of those who claim to have found it" - To me this summarizes the difference between science and religion.My 'religious standpoint' is best categor...
Posted by Alexander Thoma on Wed, 26 Oct 2005 06:30:00 PST

Will green look purple later in life?

My brother once asked me: "how to you know that you really love her?". I was only 20 and still today I feel that my response is true to me and is something like this. "Love is like the colour gre...
Posted by Alexander Thoma on Thu, 10 Aug 2006 12:41:00 PST