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When you compare those two quotes, it looks like what Albert is doing is tantamount to criticising a cat for not barking.
December 23, 2017 at 08:40
Transubflatulation.
December 23, 2017 at 02:39
Frances, Margaret, Thomas, Julian, Cleft Palate, Small Pox, and Jabberwocky.
December 23, 2017 at 02:13
I'd take no notice of what Rich says if I were you. I've seen him do this before. Seems as though he has a chip on his shoulder.
December 22, 2017 at 17:20
Yes, I know it doesn’t follow. That wasn’t my intention. And there are a LOT MORE who are biased against it, I reckon.
December 22, 2017 at 15:06
I don’t know what could’ve given you that impression. X-)
December 22, 2017 at 15:01
Yeah, from you and some occasional lukewarm support from Hanover. Whoopedy-doo. No, I’m definitely not kidding you. You yourself are one of those bias...
December 22, 2017 at 14:45
No, please explain to me in your own words what you think the difference is and quote any particular passages you think are of relevance. Just giving ...
December 22, 2017 at 14:26
So, you don't believe it, but you want to hold back and sit on the fence? You want to treat it with respect, even though deep down you know that it's ...
December 22, 2017 at 11:19
Yes, as am I.
December 21, 2017 at 18:17
Waste of money. How about a book? Why I'm So Great by Sapientia.
December 21, 2017 at 18:09
An air gun made of marshmallows that shoots massive chin implants. Or books.
December 21, 2017 at 17:43
What does it even mean to say that you don't put any energy into disbelieving transubstantiation? You either disbelieve it or you don't. You must sure...
December 21, 2017 at 10:08
Nope, I've had a bird avatar since 2010. I always knew that it was only matter of time before the rest of the flock followed suit.
December 21, 2017 at 09:14
Yes.
December 20, 2017 at 21:13
So much talk on physical vs. non-physical. Two ongoing discussions, plus that really long one on whether information is physical.
December 20, 2017 at 18:14
I went through skepticism and came out the other end. I still admire the skepticism that can be found in Hume or the contrariness of Nietzsche, but my...
December 20, 2017 at 16:07
Okay, I don't know much about Smith. And besides, that makes it even worse for the marginalists, based solely on what you've told me.
December 20, 2017 at 15:53
No, I don't think that it does look that way, really. There's no surefire way to tell. Stating a fact produces a true statement, after all. Don't you ...
December 20, 2017 at 15:49
Your account of the marginalists leaves me unimpressed. Marx anticipated the diamond in a dessert scenario, which illustrates the difference between u...
December 20, 2017 at 15:41
He should be thrown off a cliff as punishment.
December 20, 2017 at 15:23
Yes, give it up. Give up all your hopes and dreams. Moreover, purple is a terrible colour and ponds suck. (What? The answers got boring with everyone ...
December 20, 2017 at 15:08
Take your time. You have your work cut out. Perhaps the answers will come to you in one of your mystical experiences.
December 20, 2017 at 14:31
You should tell that to yourself.
December 20, 2017 at 14:28
I think that that just demonstrates my point. Bravo.
December 20, 2017 at 14:26
The state of Georgia.
December 20, 2017 at 14:22
Sausage goes quite well with sweet potato, or so some would say. Others might prefer sausage with sausage.
December 20, 2017 at 14:18
I don't think that that's quite right. I have facts and truth, yet I nevertheless find a use for philosophy. That, it might seem at first, is because ...
December 20, 2017 at 13:45
Quite right. I also think that @"Inter Alia" was onto something when he mentioned fashionable fence-sitting and apologetics. Prejudice against that wh...
December 20, 2017 at 13:02
I prefer to get together a number of sweet potatos, grab ahold of them one-by-one, peel their skin off with a sharp knife, boil them all until tender ...
December 20, 2017 at 11:07
No I'm not.
December 20, 2017 at 10:43
Spoiler: he's still making the same errors that he has been making from the beginning.
December 20, 2017 at 08:28
With regards to the meaning of "literal", this shouldn't even be an issue. I put the matter to rest twenty pages back and ten days ago by copy-pasting...
December 20, 2017 at 08:10
That's the same reasoning employed by Metaphysician Undercover in his argument about transubstantiation. His argument has been refuted by a reduction ...
December 20, 2017 at 07:53
The problem with your assessment is that it neglects to mention that this discussion is not about the theistic crowd, but specifically about the Easte...
December 20, 2017 at 07:15
You don't need The Lord of the Rings. Just follow these instructions: 1. Pick any item that you know exists. 2. Call it "elves". Now elves exist. Impr...
December 19, 2017 at 16:01
Philosophy, philosophy, Bad for your head. The more you think, The more your brain farts. The more your brain farts, The worse you think. So let's pou...
December 19, 2017 at 02:47
We ought to take the facts as a starting point. Here is a hand. This sentence is in English. I live on a planet called Earth. I was born sometime in t...
December 19, 2017 at 02:19
This is the treeeeest duckrabbit I've ever slept with furiously.
December 19, 2017 at 01:45
He believes that a fallacy is reasonable. Enough said.
December 19, 2017 at 01:19
:D But if I call the item a grizzly bear... (and around we go).
December 19, 2017 at 01:00
Some of the arguments that have been presented here are hilarious. If I throw a blanket over my cat and call it a grizzly bear, is that evidence that ...
December 19, 2017 at 00:39
I'll teak my chances.
December 18, 2017 at 23:32
May be. Aspen on my mind lately. Not aldernarily. Ash should think not, but willow ways wonder about that one.
December 18, 2017 at 23:17
Yew mean, does it twig on to the fact? Moss likely.
December 18, 2017 at 23:09
I'm rooting fir yew, but maple yew should concedar branching out into other fields.
December 18, 2017 at 23:05
Fir sure.
December 18, 2017 at 23:02
Oakay, but wood yew at least concedar it?
December 18, 2017 at 22:53
I see what yew did there.
December 18, 2017 at 22:50
That too.
December 17, 2017 at 15:36