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And why is it only people like us who are doing so? That is telling. The people on the other side of the debate either do not detect these problems or...

Yes, for Christ's sake, this really shouldn't have to be clarified, let alone over and over again. I am also a moral subjectivist, but would anyone he...

Indeed, and that's what his argument boils down to. It is easily refuted. It isn't able to rule out competing explanations. Maybe there's an outside s...

That's a pretty obvious double standard.

It's a relief to see someone who gets it, amongst others who simply don't. These are very good points. I have made them myself a number of times, and ...

There's nothing about your post which hasn't already been addressed. What is the point of this crazy merry-go-round? Serious question.

True dat. :lol:

First of all, although I am far from an expert, I do have some background knowledge here, as a matter of fact. I know that yourself and others might w...

Yes, like sticking my head in the sand. The ideal solution to any problem. :roll:

After 47 pages, I think I've shown that I have the patience of a saint, but even saints have their limits. Members like Isaac and Terrapin Station cle...

Yes, I am choosing to read your posts, and I chose to read your post which contained that shameful opinion of yours which wasn't worth expressing to o...

Well yes, that's actually the point, at least in part: I find the categorical imperative to be a joke, and I have my reasons. It is a joke to me, but ...

Yes, I really am sad right now, as it happens. I am sad because I am losing hope, and for other reasons. But I will just have to be stronger and overc...

He who hasn't the courtesy to speak to me directly is both blind and judgemental. He obviously didn't look hard enough, as the following proves: https...

I'm far too principled to cave in to such petty judgements, which is what you really want from me. But I do at least consider them, because I'm philos...

Poisoning the well. You're just pissed off because I'm like a gadfly with attitude. I am "toxic" like Socrates was "toxic" to the Athenians. But Socra...

I vote that analyses such as these be archived for the purpose of being a valuable lesson in how not to argue against moral relativism, or even, reall...

Far too much waffle. I'm not willing to put in the time and effort required to analyse all of that.

Ah, new terms to add to the catalogue of evidence in support of my charge against Tim: "Trumpian", "disgusting", "sickening", and "toxic". They are ac...

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Dude, your analysis is praiseworthy and spot on. But is it really worth your time and effort? We're at 47 pages. When is enough enough?

Hear, hear! Less waffle, more demonstration.

First of all, I've explained why I think that Kant's categorical imperative is a joke directly in reply to you at least a couple of times now. Your fo...

Yes, it's coming back to me now. We've had this problem before. You are the type of person who has a tendency to care more about tone or wording than ...

Okay, so, just to be clear, you're signalling that you'd rather focus on irrelevancies and trivialities than the main philosophical point I made. I wi...

I said that your claim that my kind of atheism is "just faith" is not only unwarranted, but ludicrous. You reply with a red herring I've already addre...

Oh no, I'm not neurotic in that way. Or maybe all of my other neuroticisms just overshadow it.

A universal moral truth would be a moral truth which is universal in some sense. Universal meaning of all. I don't think that is something which can b...

"I presented Tim with a logical proof for establishing the universality of murder being wrong...". A logical proof! It doesn't establish anything unle...

I get that spiritual deals with matters of the spirit, but that still doesn't explain it properly, just as shmlefflual dealing with matters of the shm...

And we'll remain stationary with unhelpful replies like that, Jimmy Clarky Sonny Boy My Laddy Lil' Scamp.

But the whole point is about what the experience is actually of. If it's only an experience of something which might be other than god, but which neve...

That they're called profound or even life-changing makes them a funny feeling. We don't have those everyday. And I don't care whether they want to sha...

"When it comes to universal moral truths...". But none have been demonstrated.

For a start, they're two different things: thought and belief. But no one really cares about your pet tangent. Most of us are sick to death of it by n...

It's not really a choice. If I'm reasonable, then I need a good reason. I can't force myself to believe in something like that, without good reason, e...

The only controversial part of the first sentence is the last part, about a sensed presence of a personal God. That's unwarranted. Why should I believ...

No, wrong question. Off topic. Where did their moral judgement come from? From them. From their feelings. It is obviously not impossible to be a black...

The Oracle has spoken. The Oracle is a monkey in a jungle. Therefore, 'tis true!

Yes, you've got it. :grin: :up: But I still disagree with your use of "God" which has rather obvious shortcomings and will likely cause confusion. The...

To get to the other side! But seriously, regarding climate change, I'm pretty cynical. I think that it may already be too late, and there's nothing I ...

The Oracle has spoken. The Oracle has said that it's impossible. Therefore, it must be.

A circumstantial ad hominem is a fallacy of irrelevance whereby you address the person instead of the point, and whereby you address the personal circ...

Has anyone even clearly explained what a "spiritual" experience is, and why we should call them that? Is it just a coincidence? Then why not just say ...

I guess that's the problem when you link too many respondents into a reply and try to speak to them all at once. Why would I care to disprove the dict...

He only calls matters which can only be known to the individual a red herring in the context of moral truth because he defines moral truth in accordan...

Yes, I know myself. I know my own psychological mechanisms, and can be open about them. I already suggested earlier that I am self-aware of my superio...

Okay, you keep telling yourself that. But I know your psych better than you do. I've learnt how it manifests itself in how you react.

But your desire not to intellectually engage it is very important, psychologically. You don't want to confront the logical equivalence of your cherish...

For starters, you have (deliberately, it seems) misrepresented my claim multiple times now, in spite of my clarification of it. Yet you accuse me of t...