Once you break something and you don't/can't keep track of the pieces, and you try to restore the object, lego-like, what you end up is usually not wh...
I know now why there are male homosexuals. The anus is so close to the vagina (ass territory or in biological jargon, perineal region) that some men c...
Nice! What about the fact that, on the whole, entropy has the upperhand, vis-à-vis negentropy? That there's more disorder than order is a fact, oui? I...
So, according to you, it's all information. How do you reconcile the fact that information can be true/right or false/wrong with your BothAnd Principl...
The issue with Hume and his take on miracles is that he discovered the problem of induction which basically is an open invitation to miracle workers l...
Assuming thoughts can be reduced to an electric current as biologists claim (re neural action potential) and given that atoms, thought net neutral, po...
:up: Prisons, I checked, can be traced back to the friggin' Bronze Age. I'm just shocked that it's still in vogue. Do you know of other Bronze Age rel...
I still don't get it. If imprisonment messes up our brains, chemically, we need to look into how long the effect lasts; quite possibly the damage to b...
:scream: You mean to say a prisoner will be released from jail feeling more bitter than when he was arraigned? No wonder recidivism is so rampant. Cri...
:up: There's such a thing as a calculated risk and my hunch is "nothing ventured, nothing gained" applies to only this particular kind of taking chanc...
I answered that question 2/3 posts ago. Essential features are: 1. For a class, those properties which all members share. 2. For an individual, those ...
The "religious" atheists? :chin: Is that not a contradiction? Taking a few steps back, I'd say we're supposed to attend to only the essentials which, ...
Why? :chin: For the simple reason that deities seem to be the common factor we should focus on with regard to religions. It appears that words are des...
Well, if you wanna break the rules knowingly don't be suprised to find words like "religion" and "game" have no essence. You can't have it both ways, ...
@"Banno" It looks as though the word "like" and the concept that it represents plays a major role. So, Judaism, Christianity, and Islam have a God but...
Indeed, it's not wrong to ask whether deities are essential features of religions. However, once we define the word "religion" according to the rules ...
Your disagreement stems from your exposure to a misused term viz religion. In other words, you're being misled by people who haven't followed the rule...
When we start off we have to always remind ourselves that a good definition 1. Must focus on the essential features 2. Must not be circular 3. Must no...
:up: Perhaps we shouldn't be aiming for the abolishment of pain/suffering. Instead, let's try to reduce their intensity, their unpleasantness, their f...
Perhaps, but the point is we have a perfectly good method for formulating definitions, one which if we adhere to, Wittgenstein would instantly become ...
What I meant was it's not going to be possible to find sense in nonsense or thereabouts. We've been using the word "religion" without paying attention...
:up: Leprosy has long been considered a divine punishment and people seem to be certain that it's an illness in need of a cure. Congenital Insensitivt...
The main quest here is to get a fix on the definition of "religion" and the biggest hurdle, as far as I can tell, here is that we've been lax with the...
In a sense then your Enformationism bridges the gap between spiritualism, sensu lato, and materialism! Though it's foundations are pure ideas, these i...
From an evolutionary standpoint, it goes without saying that suffering serves a vital purpose. Of late, I've been drawn to the belief that there's no ...
You should worship the sun god Helios/Ra and build your very own nuclear reactor in your backyard/basement. After all your Enformy counteracts the 2nd...
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