This is a situation that can't be resolved to any degree of satisfaction. The only way to confirm existence of things is by observation and mental per...
We need to frame a broader question to arrive at a reasonable answer. Is God 1. Invented (your question) 2. Discovered 3. Both 4. None of the above So...
What's the difference between fact and opinion? Personally speaking, a fact is true whether you believe it or not. An opinion doesn't have to be true ...
I'll give it another try... Ok. Which of the 3 god attributes will you accept? 1. All powerful 2. All knowing 3. All good I'm going to rely on the cos...
From what I know education now and in the past differs in objectives quite radically. During the trivium/quadrivium phase education was about teaching...
Your main concern seems to be about the subjective/objective nature of morality. So, tell us what you mean by ''subjective'' and ''objective''. I prop...
But God is defined as all-good/knowing/powerful. If you grant that God exists then these are part of the package. Why ask a redundant question? Ergo y...
If I understand you correctly you mean to show that the properties generally attributed to God are not deducible from just the mere fact of God's exis...
Is "perfection" the right word regarding the value of an object? Perhaps the proper description should be "undamaged goods". When you value an object ...
If from an education your returns exceed your investment then isn't education actually free? If I spend $ 33,500 on a university degree and then go on...
For a stoic it appears that this "toughening" has already taken place. For an aspiring stoic, the world, as it is, is enough to "toughen" him/her. Don...
One thing I want to point out about Buddhism is that by seeking eternal bliss/nirvana it ignores or contradicts its central methodology - the middle p...
Why do you say that? Why is it more interesting? For me the reversal of crime and punishment (A1 commiting the crime and A being punished) further ill...
What if Trump had tried another thing. Giving economic aid to the countries from which people try to enter the USA illegaly. It would be good business...
Stoicism is more general than Cynicism I feel. The former is about acceptance of reality and its caprice while the former is specifically about the re...
I think rationality applies to everything under the sun without exception. We can use it to ascertain whether our goals were subjective or objective a...
Since we're talking of flaws here, what is a flawless human being? One truth can't be denied - the truth of duality in nature. Every word has an anton...
My main concern is this: there is something different about a person A and an exact copy of that person A1. I don't know what it is. Do you? Let's tak...
Good observations. Thanks. I wonder though how we could control our innate urges to do better than the Joneses. Competitive behavior is natural to us ...
I don't know how to respond. Why can't it be a blend of realism and idealism like there are real objects but our minds modify their appearance to us -...
I'm not sure if I understand you. You gave a psychological perspective on religion and I agree it makes sense that Jesus, Mohammad, Moses and Buddha h...
Do you have a better system in mind? I'm interested to know. You have pointed out a relevant fact - human nature. It's the flaws in it that result in ...
Well said. I'll ask you this: what would you not change, value or ways to achieve what your values tell you are worthy goals? The latter route is wher...
That, in essence, is a psychological perspective on religion. I guess we may be able to explain all that we, humans, do in terms of defense and coping...
Agreed but does the fact that a monkey can't do the human cogito, ergo sum mean that humans don't exist? Our limitations are ours. We can't extrapolat...
Might is Right The above phrase probably means physical power in terms of the military/police that can be used to enforce a moral doctrine on people. ...
What does one mean by ''artificial'' then? I'm no linguist but ''artificial'' was probably invented to distinguish human activity from the rest of nat...
That rational is good and irrational is bad is not subjective. There are reasons for being rational and not irrational e.g. not getting killed by thin...
Good question. Pragmatism, it seems, stems from a conflict between ideals and reality. Humans have ideals and, sometimes or maybe most of the times, t...
This I find hard to believe. You mean to say that the asteroid that hit the Earth 65 million years ago and annihilated the dinosaurs was not a coincid...
Do people like having a limit? When one imposes a ceiling of sorts people don't like it. The point of keeping the options unlimited is that even thoug...
Why can't there be 2 you's? All, reincarnations could be the same person. Strangely there seems to be something about identity I'm missing. Imagine th...
Interesting. God is in the future. However, the only attribute that seems achievable is omniscience and, thereof, omnipotence. What about ommibenevole...
While it may be money that concerns everybody, what about the benefits of everyone being a potential billionaire? That anyone can become rich or super...
Since it seems posters are distinguishing natural from artificial selection, it's worth noting that we, humans, the master craftsman of the aritificia...
The laws of physics govern everything. Do you mean to say that everything is causally connected? I once read a book on logic that showed, as an exampl...
One thing about art that I think has relevance to morality is its ability to explore, through pure fiction, moral conundrums - a narrative may be cons...
The difference between nothingness prior and nothingness after is the existence in between. Existence makes us fear nothingness. Nothingness prior and...
You didn't exist before your birth. So, there was nothing there which could feel fear. After you were born, you exist and then fear the nothingness th...
A two digit number = 10k + r = (9k + k) + r = 9k + (k + r) ÷ 3 = 3k + (k + r) ÷ 3 So 10k + r is divisible by 3 if k + r is divsible by 3 Try this for ...
So, a key premise is the unnatural ONE Big Bang which shouldn't be the case if time is infinite and the Big Bang is a natural event. But, didn't you s...
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