Absolutely none! The problem is if you claim that the earth is flat you're saying those who believe that it's round are wrong! What a great way to sta...
:rofl: This gets interesting post by post. The real world then, you mean to say, is messy - there really is no way reasoning the way I did could lead ...
Yes! The dollars you earn as minimum wage should be able to feed a family of 5 (the poor have more mouths to feed), buy other basic necessities, pay f...
That's it. God beliefs aka religions save Buddhism if you ignore Hinduism absorbing it tend to come with a lot of rules, dos and don'ts that cover eve...
The inconsistency in the pro-choice position which I reported has to do with what a woman who chooses abortion wants and how she thinks she can get wh...
You have a point. Women's choice is important, who could deny that? It's in line with your thoughts that choice trumps life. The question above was me...
:up: :ok: Interesting choice of words. :chin: You bring up this notion only in relation to choice I suppose. Pro-choice vs Pro-life. Do you mind if ot...
Change occurs and either it's for the better or for the worse. One of the unspoken, unwritten rules of life is to find a niche for oneself (relationsh...
Now I see where you're coming from. You're not really concerned about the arguments against abortion whatever they may be - they're all "noise" and "s...
First off, there's something I can't quite wrap my head around. There's Doubting Thomas and he's been labeled a skeptic but, in my humble opinion, he ...
Look, 1. If (the fetus has not been destroyed and the baby has not been killed) then the baby exists. 2. If the baby doesn't exist then (the fetus has...
You failed to answer the question implicit in the scenarios I presented. Scenario 1: Nothing done to fetus. Crying, wet and pouting lips searching for...
Skepticism (doubtful until evidence is furnished) is pointless in a community that values truth. It would be a baloney detection kit in an environment...
I hope not! It's plain and simple: skepticism is useless, ergo a wasteful way to spend energy, around truthful people. There are no lies among good pe...
Scenario 1: Fetus. Did nothing. Actual baby born Scenario 2: Fetus. Aborted the fetus. No actual baby born Nothing happened to the actual baby? :chin:...
A value of a seed is to be found in its potential - what it is (a seed) is important of course but not as important as what it can be (say, a tree). T...
Perhaps I'm relying too much on folk "wisdom". In my defense, someone who believes with no or little regard to, as they say, hard evidence must've bee...
Ok. here's the deal. There's a woman X with child. Scenario 1: X removes a painful tooth. X gives birth to the baby X did something to her tooth. Noth...
Ok. I can't do anything to the actual baby if I have an abortion i.e. if I destroy the fetus. That means an actual baby should be born even if I destr...
No, no. I have to admit that the matter is more complex than can be dealt with in a single syllogism like the one I presented. Nevertheless, if the pr...
These are important questions alright and they will need to be dealt with in the most reasonable manner possible. However, before we go into such deta...
The logic is rather simple really. A woman doesn't want the actual baby when she visits a doctor to abort the fetus. In other words, 1. Doing somethin...
@"180 Proof" I've been mulling over this a bit. There seem to multiple ideas concerning epistemology itself over and above knowledge of God. Some of t...
Indeed! There's less controversy in those scenarios where the fetus is a danger to the mother's well-being. However, the abortion debate is usually no...
What's the reason for destroying the fetus (the potential baby)? Destroying the fetus, destroys the baby, no? Why else have an abortion if this weren'...
1. If you destroy the fetus then you destroy the baby (that's what abortion is - potential) 2. If you can't destroy the baby then you can't destroy th...
Oh! I didn't know that. All I know about 1955 is that Albert Einstein died that year. I guess God lobotomized the human race. :rofl: Makes sense since...
What happened in 1955? Yes, it was a method of "treating" intractable cases. I forget the conditions it was reserved for. The idea behind this seems t...
This line of thinking leads to a paradox and I have a hunch that you, like me, have a thing for paradoxes. If God can make mistakes then God has an ab...
Yes but the value of a seed lies in its potential (tree), not in itself. Likewise, the value of a fetus is in its potential (baby). Pro-choicers and p...
Reminds me of the Terminator Movie Series/Franchise. Skynet sends a terminator, T-1000, to kill young John Connor because young John Connor (not the l...
That's a different line of thought. I do respect women, as much as any man can, may be I am one myself. Ergo, I fully support their rights and neither...
The Climate Change - Children Paradox 1. We care about our children (fact) 2. If we care about our children then we care about climate change (obvious...
The Pro-Choice Paradox 1. If I do something to the fetus then I do something to the baby. (pro-choicers' key statement, the reason why they want abort...
That's exactly what's wrong, at least when it comes to clinical depression. The world is depressing and if you're not feeling the blues then something...
I wonder why Sartre would say that. If taken literally, being alone would be heavenly but then loneliness is its own hell. Perhaps Sartre means to say...
Bullseye! I recall writing in another thread that psychiatry and psychology perhaps has got the wrong end of the stick. For instance, given the magnit...
A world without emotions... :chin: So, neither happiness nor suffering. Well, with these two things gone, utilitarianism goes out the window. Kantian ...
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