But those kind of descriptions make discussions of "soul" less controversial - to the point where I begin to lose my motivation for responding in the ...
Nice work. "Temporary cages used for the transportation of pigs gets me so mad!". It's funny too, as you can tell that, in that moment, they don't giv...
And that - going to libraries, rather than purchasing books - has the upshot of less money going towards Amazon. If only a real boycott - one which hi...
I don't miss him. He was very annoying (which I realise is - for lack of a better word - rich coming from me. :grin: ). Didn't notice that he got bann...
Sounds like you're describing consciousness or identity, neither of which it seems appropriate to call calm. But if you're talking about some sort of ...
And there we have it: the false missing premise. There's nothing stopping you from strictly using those words in that way, but that's not integral to ...
Go on, then. The word "rational" is an adjective which means "based on or in accordance with reason or logic" and the word "thought" means "an idea or...
Are you suggesting that what I said would equally apply to the term "rational thought" as it would with "soul"? :brow: I'm not sure I follow. Yeah, so...
And I don't think it's correct to try to pass this off as "intuition" or "just the way the mind works". It comes close to the definition of mysticism ...
I think that it's a problem if you can't produce a means of distinguishing between nonsense and conveying some sort of deep insight which allegedly ca...
What I take issue with is less that there are things that you can know without knowing how you know them - or without being able to adequately explain...
That's what I don't like about mysticism. It feels like an easy way out. It might even be a kind of defence mechanism. You could say the same thing ab...
Yes, there is some truth in that. I say that we'd be better off dispensing with the word "soul" altogether, as in my assessment it is rarely helpful i...
I will help you get it straight, because I'm generous like that: The part that was indicative of behaviour associated with evangelism was indicative o...
I actually quite like your writing, as form of poetic expression, or work of art, albeit with a philosophical undercurrent. But you asked about weak p...
Was that really what you thought? Or is it more of a construction designed to appeal to a certain readership? I don't tend to think in those terms, al...
It's as clear as mud. Let's start with: what's a soul? Something like the moon that guides you, and so on, is hardly the stuff of clarity. I interpret...
When the "something" is not required, the "nothing" will suffice. Indicative of evangelism. His intentions are secondary. The primary objection is tha...
Its weak points are vagueness and unexplained assumptions. It's more likely to appeal to someone with a poetic style to their philosophical thinking a...
Regardless of whether or not your conclusion is true or false, it doesn't follow from that premise alone. So, do you have any missing premises? And, i...
When I'm wrong? Does not compute. First of all, he doesn't need to state that, so whether he has or he hasn't stated that - and he probably hasn't - I...
That's impressive. I'll make sure he gets his medal. They sound like the words of someone who has begun to realise that they're fighting a losing batt...
When are you going to explain the relevance to the point that was being made? How many replies is it going to have to take? That he responded with a p...
And like I said before, that's a cute theory, but you need to explain the relevance to the point that it was replying to. That his intention was to hi...
Now that's funny! So I can just waltz into a discussion about, say, the ethics of smoking and pick comments at random to reply to by posting multiple ...
Thinking about what the moderators should do? Yeah, maybe I should not have bothered. But they are unnecessary, irrelevant, and an indication of evang...
Nonsense. My way of countering your red herrings is to disregard them. It changes it massively. It's the difference between all and some. How can that...
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