This is not what Jesus himself believed and taught! This was his reply to Pharisees who asked him "Why do your disciples break the tradition of the el...
What does this have to do with philosophy? It's pure Math. BTW, I just read a topic that reminds of quizes one can encounter in a college class. This ...
I will go with @universeness: They are all anthropocentric questions. Yet, I can't see the prupose of this topic. It could just be part of a quiz of a...
I used the Web ro "refresh" my memory ... but I rather found new stuff! :grin: The following might statisfy your curiosity ... (Actually, I worked for...
I just read this definition of the word "dilemma" from a standard source (https://www.dictionary.com/browse/dilemma): "A situation requiring a choice ...
You can also check this, besides @javi's excellent description of his topic: https://thephilosophyforum.com/discussion/comment/736855 (It's about the ...
As I said to @Agent Smith, Mythology has never been degraded. It has kept is "status" and value, and that's why it is still taught in schools today (t...
I just looked up the Greek word "mythos" (= myth) in my dictionary of Ancient Greek Language --a huge one!. Both meanings are included, but with a sli...
I see your point, but I cannot say that people regard Mythology as a world of untruths. We all know what important role played and a revered place it ...
This is the view by the majority in the West and the minority in the East. There is so much said on the subject, that we cannot just ignore or reject ...
I agree. I don't agree. :smile: Reasoning involves thinking, and machines do not think. Machines execute instructions. Sometimes, in sophisticated pro...
There are a lot of devices that can recognize all sort of things. They are programmed to do that. So, if you program a device to recognize itself in a...
1) It's not a "seeming" (= apparent, appearing) inability. It's a logical statement and proposition. He said, "I cannot doubt of my existence while I ...
A logical question arises: If we live in a simulation, how can we never know it? Do we know in our dreams that we are dreaming? And wed do think, for ...
I agree, but what has math to do in here? Because we speak about quantitative stuff? Well, I love Math and I was alwyas very good at it, so I don't wa...
Does it present an imminent threat for the people in Colorado? I hope not! :pray: Anyway, this is a local problem. Here, we are talking about the whol...
I think it has to be looked for in the human mind and ethics. The human mind --rationality, intelligence, understanding, acquisition of knowledge, etc...
I know. That's why I asked if your referred to it. I needed a point of reference. This doesn't help much to chose a place for my vacations! :grin: Wel...
All these points are plausible and make sense. But they refer to 1) a "rational" God and 2) a God that think as humans think. Yet, such a God may not ...
If you refer to "Avoid major damage or harm" as having shortcomings, what is a counter or other position that hasn't? Or, if you like, what do you pro...
I'm not sure about your position: Do you mean it is better to kill 5 persons tied up on the tracks than to kill one person on the side track? In any c...
Right. That's why I said "This is true" :smile: OK. Thanks for sharing. Ethics for me are based on gratest good for the greatest number. (I have alrea...
If one wants to be specific, yes. What is good for me might not be good for you. A clarification may be indeed needed, but, as I said, on a secondary ...
Right. And there's another word that maybe fits here equally well as intention: motivation. Applied to ethics, it's the reason for doing an "apparentl...
Thank you for your response to the topic. There's certainly a relation between them. However, the foundations and principles of the ethics system used...
Thank you for your response to the topic. Certainly. Intenion. This is what I always bring up a the determining factor in questions related to of mora...
I had no idea about Ireland either. Anyway, what I want to stress, and that's why I brought in this table, is that referendums are the main indicative...
) I found something quite interesting regarding referendums in Europe: https://www.europarl.europa.eu/RegData/etudes/IDAN/2022/729358/EPRS_IDA(2022)72...
That was really clever indeed. I just saw that GBP to EUR ratio has a raising trend since 2020 (https://www.statista.com/statistics/1034391/monthly-ex...
It's always Germany that wins. The West left --if not helped-- the ex-nazi, criminal and enemy of the World country become the most powerful county in...
Thanks for your concern. Indeed, Greece is a holiday place. It always has been. but that's all it is today. Yet, this is for tourists to enjoy, not th...
Exactly. These are very important matters for a country, esp. because they refer to more or less permanent situations. When I was a student in Switzer...
I see what you mean and your approach to the subject. Right. As a programmer, I don't see my work as just coding and creating programs, but mainly abo...
Well, I'm not surprised. So many years under Franco ... At least you still have your Royal family. I don't know however if that helps and how much. Fo...
Roman Empire occuppation, followed by 400 years occupation and under the Ottoman yoke. Greece was living in a Middle Eastern kind of culture, when Eur...
P.S. As for Pilate's jesting question "What is truth?", it referred to Jesus claiming that he was "witness to the truth", which is not plausible. So, ...
Saying "it is true" in this case is indeed redundant. But this is a simplistic example; actually a commonplace. Like "It is true for you what it is tr...
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