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I can easily agree that there are both, by my understanding of what those terms mean.

At what point does this become something like propaganda or spam?

Because God. That's the honest answer.

That's codswallop. Each year is defined by the previous year, to infinity. There's an infinite number of defined events. They're all defined. Every si...

No, that makes no sense. A regress can indeed be infinite. Working backwards from today's event, it's logically possible to regress infinitely, and yo...

Exactly. That's how you begin your attempted reduction to the absurd. But you aren't logical enough to make it work. You just zoom in, follow the chai...

Nah, you're talking to the wrong person, I think. We're too close in agreement.

I don't know. You're effectively the chair of the discussion. You tell us. I objected to presenting an alternative definition of the term "objective" ...

I was only talking in respect to the psychological need for a god, or the lack thereof, and I think that that's clear from the context. Weaker or stro...

Not you.

Whoosh. You zoom in on a particular section of the causal chain, follow it along for a while, and then make a giant leap of logic because of your dogm...

Shh!

Completely wrong. I don't use the terms such that it is a matter of degree, such that something can be more or less objective. I don't try to reach as...

1. Stop appealing to those around you in an attempt to inflate yourself. 2. Tell me what you find unclear. The way things are going, we're proceeding ...

No, that's another one of those comments made of words, but which says nothing. If that's the best that you can come up with, I will end up losing int...

Yes, amongst others. Fear or unwillingness to confront harsh reality. Escapism. Infantilism. It is that they are weak. There is no need for meaning wh...

That's one of those comments made of words, but which says nothing. Cut the rhetoric and skip to the supposed problem.

No, there can be and probably are. It depends on the context. But not in respect to their psychological need for a god.

The strong are brave, resilient and self-sufficient, and the weak are cowardly, fragile and reliant.

It's not about superiority, it's about appropriate engagement. I wouldn't turn up to a discussion on some scientific topic like general relativity and...

My language is no more condescending than yours. You already insinuated that I was "elitist", and you made reference to "unsophisticated humans" befor...

I've explained this already. It is useful for salvaging the already damaged reputation of philosophy as excessively focussed on stuff of little substa...

This is a very good example of an attempt at psychological manipulation. I've been on the brunt end of it myself. You're sending out signals. "I'm not...

And there's that performative contradiction. You've been arguing with yourself on that point, not with me. I think that your focus on this particular ...

There could be a number of possible factors, such as upbringing, and such as indoctrination. But also, Nietzsche had an interesting answer relating to...

I haven't even bloody used the word "correct". Can you please stop indulging your own assumptions? However you decide to word it, it is obvious that w...

You seem to have misunderstood. The only need there is for a god is psychological. This psychological need is symptomatic of the weak, and is absent i...

We're both arguing semantics in favour of one stance over the other. That much is evident, and that means that you do not hold each stance in equal me...

The weak. The strong.

How is your contribution helpful with regard to the matter of truth, except perhaps as some guidance to those unaware of this fallacy in attempting to...

I'm doing the same thing that you're doing, which is arguing semantics in favour of one stance over the other. You're just trying to mischaracterise m...

It resembles both the philosophy of ancient times, when the question of the shape of Earth was pondered by philosophers such as Thales and Anaxagoras,...

Agreed. That it is also likely scientific doesn't mean that it isn't philosophical, and more specifically, metaphysical, as though the two categories ...

Yes. He is highly predictable. And the god through the back door tactic is pretty transparent. But remember, none of us have presented any criticism! ...

Ah, yes. But he has an argument against an infinite regress. An argument which resembles ancient logic which leads to absurd conclusions. Except that ...

And the wise old man did indeed walk away and leave him alone. He walked and walked, for miles and over days, until he was finally back at his little ...

You seem to be treating science and logic in the same manner, whereas I do not. It is possible that science is wrong. It is not possible that logic, i...

"Is it worth it? Let me work it. I put my thang down, flip it and reverse it. Ti esrever dna ti pilf nwod gnaht ym tup i. Ti esrever dna ti pilf nwod ...

And I did. Address my explanation or pipe down.

But I think I've answered your questions, although I grant that I might not have spelled absolutely everything out. I don't really get what your probl...

"Danger! Trolls up ahead!". The wise old man thought about this for a while, and then he decided to continue on, around the pond, heading in the direc...

Yes, nicely put.

Yes, you seem to be missing that this actually harms the reputation of a serious academic subject, and those who partake in it, without good reason. I...

Something can't come from nothing. An infinite regress is impossible. There must be a timeless first cause. That first cause is God. No one has provid...

Okay, so you just decided to turn up to a discussion relating to such claims, only to make it known that you don't care about them? Bit strange. Jupit...

Very funny. Dogma in a fancy suit is still dogma. Honestly, would you expect any less from the Diogenes of The Philosophy Forum? I am not exactly of t...

You know, if you're going to keep publicly slandering me like that and attempting to manipulate others against me, then you can't at the same time act...

It seemingly does hold, and that's the problem you have to contend with. You have proven only capable of reasoning up to a certain point before resort...

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Stop changing the subject to a different argument resembling Zeno's argument, but with a different conclusion. Zeno's argument concludes that it is im...