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No, he hasn't missed the point. He's rejecting it. As am I. As will anyone with good sense. Was that not clear enough for you?
September 12, 2018 at 20:10
This. Coupled with an, "Oh, it's another 'atheists are religious too!'" thread. And an eye roll. Coming from the guy claiming that the only real athei...
September 12, 2018 at 19:41
Yes, because it's something that has to be maintained. Otherwise a different word would be more appropriate: cured.
September 10, 2018 at 19:47
Yeah, but you're not. If I burned your house down, then you'd have to relocate. If I was Elton John, then I'd be a best selling solo artist. If apples...
September 09, 2018 at 20:58
Well, you know how certain celebrities are so well known that they need only their first name to be recognised, like Mariah, Whitney and Kylie...?
September 08, 2018 at 15:38
Me too. Problem solved. :grin:
September 08, 2018 at 15:25
:lol:
September 08, 2018 at 15:17
Well, it has been roughly two hours since I submitted my last comment in this discussion, and nuclear war hasn't broken out yet. Odd. :chin:
September 08, 2018 at 15:07
Monica?
September 08, 2018 at 14:59
Only madmen and philosophers say such things and expect to be taken seriously. The world is real, I can vouch for it. My life values won't alter the r...
September 08, 2018 at 14:57
Which is why I attempted to draw out his thinking about this link he has made with idealism through the seemingly trivial fact that the equipment in t...
September 08, 2018 at 14:38
Are the discussions in there really so different from many of those elsewhere? Silly questions aren't exclusive to the philosophy of religion category...
September 08, 2018 at 14:07
No, I don't have to. I haven't claimed or implied that I know that any particular event will or won't happen later today, and I don't need to. That's ...
September 08, 2018 at 13:27
Seriously though, you should stop misleading people about the "immediacy" and "pressing nature" of the threat. It's not like a gun being held to my he...
September 08, 2018 at 02:25
You call these people intelligent, yet they struggled with syllogisms. :meh:
September 08, 2018 at 02:16
I'm already familiar with idealism. I doubt that further reading on idealism will help explain your reasoning about instruments being man-made and the...
September 08, 2018 at 01:59
:cheer:
September 07, 2018 at 21:25
No, I don't think you have. I almost don't know where to begin. There's a lot which is unclear or makes little sense. Like, at the start, I'm struggli...
September 07, 2018 at 16:05
Because there's a vast multitude of topics in philosophy to write about, and that's just one topic, and it's one which is associated more with politic...
September 07, 2018 at 13:36
Defining those who don't see things your way, or who have other priorities, as irrational or literally insane, ironically, does not strike me as motiv...
September 07, 2018 at 11:26
And Russell campaigned against nuclear weapons. And there are plenty of academics who publish books on the threat of nuclear weapons, as evidenced by ...
September 07, 2018 at 11:09
:smirk:
September 07, 2018 at 10:43
It's an affront to lump Russell in with Heidegger and accuse him of being an apologist for tyranny. Heidegger joined the Nazi party, and remained a me...
September 06, 2018 at 11:41
Question of the day: Is humanity like a sentient toaster? Yes, you heard me right. And there I was, thinking it was going to be just another run-of-th...
September 05, 2018 at 12:10
Hablurday.
September 05, 2018 at 12:06
05/09/2018: Capstone Hill Tour of Britain bike turned into penis
September 04, 2018 at 23:02
That's alright, I don't depend on your continued interest in the discussion or on your ideals of a debate free from harsh words and ridicule, in which...
September 04, 2018 at 22:22
Therefore you win and it all makes sense now. For a moment there I thought I had you on the ropes, but boy, you showed me! Well, except for the minor ...
September 04, 2018 at 21:50
Bob Woodward's book on Trump: The most explosive quotes :gasp:
September 04, 2018 at 21:04
I think the issue here has extended beyond any anti-Rand sentiment. The issue has morphed into the more general issue of fanaticism, with you as the u...
September 04, 2018 at 14:18
No, you can't have been. You must have only thought that that's what you were doing because the porpoises have been whispering in your ear. Well, not ...
September 04, 2018 at 14:03
Are you suggesting that capitalism is not in fact just a stage in history, which will eventually collapse due to internal contradictions, and be repla...
September 04, 2018 at 13:42
Apples are firmer.
September 04, 2018 at 12:40
Great! You can start by mopping my floor.
September 04, 2018 at 12:24
¯\_(?)_/¯
September 04, 2018 at 12:15
Seems like a fools errand to me. Does anyone here expect that Andrew4Handle or schopenhauer1 or anyone else of that ilk will be persuaded this time?
September 04, 2018 at 11:33
If Agustino were to catch wind of this, he'd blow a gasket.
September 04, 2018 at 11:27
Oh, my mistake. Everyone who doesn't entirely agree with her on that one is obviously mistaken. Unlike Rand, in the eyes of her disciple. :starstruck:...
September 04, 2018 at 11:11
No. We're not "meant" to do anything, least of all something which makes so little sense. Report the nature of reality back to its existence? "Hey, ex...
September 04, 2018 at 10:57
Hat sellers do. As an atheist, I care more about everything in existence than God.
September 04, 2018 at 10:11
:clap:
September 03, 2018 at 11:58
I see no more reason to redefine God as everything in existence than to redefine Zeus as everyone wearing a hat. I'll refer to everything in existence...
September 03, 2018 at 11:22
:yawn:
September 01, 2018 at 04:54
That's not a normal question to ask. We already have answers to that question which you're no doubt familiar with. So I think what you're actually doi...
August 31, 2018 at 21:06
False. It's a snow-like substance, but not snow.
August 31, 2018 at 20:55
*real & *licence Good luck trying to get through my force field. And yes, I do have super powers.
August 31, 2018 at 14:58
Sigh. For the second time, no, I am not.
August 30, 2018 at 17:33
No, I did not write that I'm merely eliciting responses. I'm not so one dimensional. And what do you want from me? Must I point out, for your sake, wh...
August 30, 2018 at 04:26
So honesty makes me a troll? I think it's refreshing in an otherwise stale and predictable discussion. If you don't think that it's worth addressing, ...
August 30, 2018 at 04:17
If, in your own words, you're forced to suppose that I'm a troll, then why continue to engage me?
August 30, 2018 at 04:15