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Except there are many theists who think they worship the same God as other theists. From there they can have all sorts of nuances. But we have a bette...
July 06, 2021 at 18:32
You took that rather literally. I was pointing out the absurdity of your explanation of your goals, given your actions.. It's not talking big to do th...
July 06, 2021 at 17:34
Even more neutralizing is to not make any moves. This also avoids moves that might be insults or might not be, like your last. Which then avoids being...
July 06, 2021 at 17:09
It seems like you are interested, but just for the occasional single move.
July 06, 2021 at 17:03
I think it interesting that something that sounds like not committing to a belief either way, in this case, entails believing quite a bit, say about e...
July 06, 2021 at 16:08
I hope I am not misplacing the context. IOW there were potentially good reasons to support the CCP line, because of people, read US citizens, not real...
July 05, 2021 at 10:50
I have no idea how you measure that one, and sun cults were really quite popular, and especially if we are talking about something being God-like, som...
July 04, 2021 at 18:20
So how does that relate to or rebut or support (I add for completeness. though doubtfull it is this last) what I wrote.
July 03, 2021 at 11:46
Ah, sorry. I just don't see where the idea, supported by what animists do/did gives such centrality to animals, then. Could you justify this quote esp...
July 03, 2021 at 08:15
I think we'd have to define science. Are we referring to the epistemology, the implicit ontology(ies), the practice of science in general. I think a g...
July 03, 2021 at 06:08
I'll take the Zhou Enlai 'It's too early to tell.' response. Much earlier in this thread, around the place of your post, there was the example of clim...
July 03, 2021 at 06:02
They all have spirit and conscoiusness. I am not sure why, now, the criterion is love. Relationships are complicated in most belief systems including ...
July 03, 2021 at 05:55
t I'll just second Mad Fool's sense that animism is broader than relationships to animals - places, storms, spirits, mountains, streams are all relate...
July 03, 2021 at 05:33
There may be people who condemn or disapprove of killing bugs, like many Buddhists, say, but some of these or many would disapprove of killing fish. O...
July 03, 2021 at 01:03