universeness

Let's say we discovered the true origin story of our Universe. What would a lifeform like us do with that information? Try to replicate the process? I...

:strong: :grin: :up: :clap: :clap: :clap: :victory: All power to the people of the Ukraine! :heart: Chat to ya, out on the treads Garrett!

I will try that penultimate line again. Let's try to maintain our unity brother/comrade/fellow Earthling

If I misunderstood then we fundamentally agree but you blame 'manipulated democratic channels,' for being manipulated. Ok I accept and I have stated o...

No it's not, but genocide is normally perpetrated by brutalised, traumatised, often 'brain dead' soldiers, under orders from scared institutionalised ...

I don't think your god cares very much about you. You and it are visiting the circus in your head instead of trying to defend your viewpoints. You wou...

sorry for the ridiculous spelling of 'soldiers.' Dunno what happened there? :rofl:

Yeah, the rarely seen honorable capitalist, as rare as a white rhino. A millionaire or billionaire that earned their wealth by completely fair means. ...

Most governments dont murder those they represent and most governments don't 'steal' money from people. Most capitalists do but very few socialists do...

Does that mean you are too scared not to love them? Your parents created you, gave you life, does that mean you must always love them no matter what t...

This non-existent god, religious threats, oblivion! My advice was and is more general than personal. Is it really freaky that my name is actually Step...

So? Even more reason to not be afraid! If we answer all questions and fill all gaps then feel free to declare all of those involved as components of a...

Your words after that got too 'esoteric' for me. I am a complete novice at philosophy rhetoric but I will offer the following on the above quote. Well...

The existence of god cannot yet be disproved but what's wrong with looking at it the other way. If it exists then it needs to manifest in every town s...

It doesn't, you are thinking of politics, not science.

I know you probably won't welcome this from me but your post above, listing Joe's skills was hilarious. I tried not to laugh but "I couldn't help myse...

No it's not. Science makes no claim of supernatural agency and god is a fable, based on the human tendency to make up stories about that which they do...

Every point you make here is reasonable, fair and accurate within the framework you suggest. But it does not matter how much individual humans are com...

:rofl: The boing old christ complex! another non-existent character. I think these threads are popular because all intelligent people enjoy throwing s...

By the way from 16 to 20, I served my apprenticeship as a painter and decorator. I also gained the UK qualifications of City & Guilds, Advanced craft ...

If you were having such a nice wee life, it's hardly surprising that you found the empty darkness scary. Your money, girlfriends, car, strength mean a...

It's amazing how some humans become more theistic as they get older. They seem to get more afraid as oblivion gets closer. The last hope of those who ...

I note you are asking this of Garrett and I am sure he will give you a good answer, but can I ask you if you project the concept of attraction and rep...

A sad epilogue to this comment is that in my opinion, if socialism was the controlling politics of your country at the time this happened, it would no...

What utter nonsense! So in your head, a benevolent, national health service, free to all at the point of delivery was created by abusing a group of hu...

This is an example of your naive understanding of politics. Politics exist at all levels of society, from family politics to the politics of relations...

I suggest that you are not being very consistent here, especially when you say politics is evil and then you offer political guidelines when you are a...

Every global national health service in existence. Every welfare state system in existence. Every free education system in existence. Every revolt aga...

Socialism (no matter when it was labeled as such) existed long before Epicurus and long before Greek culture existed. Overall, I think some of your co...

It seems to be important to you to catergorise each human being as a perfect fit to a personality type. You and neuroscience will never achieve it. I ...

In my opinion, these are the best, correct, and most hopeful words on this thread.

I fully support what I perceive as the overarching intent of your OP which sounds to me like a clarion call towards a very old (way before the Christi...

There are generalities, that can be used, to identify such inaccurate categories as 'personality types.' It is true that your life experiences will af...

I will just have to accept your rather nuanced way of looking at politics, so I would not vote for you at the moment. I still think that you are not t...

Accurate, only in your opinion. It is natural for me to categorise that which I consider an 'extreme' viewpoint to be just that, extreme. I find to ar...

You know more about the academic subject of philosophy than I do in the same way that I know more about the academic subject of Computing Science than...

Thank you for your frank reply. I understand your true position much more clearly now.

I don't think that collectivism always results in a religious outbreak that becomes a controlling doctrine of the collective. As a socialist, I fully ...

I agree that both panpsychism and cosmopsychism are pure conjecture but I do find them intriguing. I wish I was more 'well read' on Spinoza and on man...

I think there are a lot of fake atheists on this forum. I have come across this often. The theistic arguments are so vacuous because they ultimately r...

Yeah, your correct. There is no etymological evidence. It's the same for the claim some people make that Evil and Devil come from Eve. The suggestion ...

I think you are missing the point! God should know! It's supposed to be omniscient, so you would think it would teach its prophets a little bit of sci...

08:20 am. God and its supernatural pals fails again. Perhaps they were all too busy entertaining themselves watching dying children in Yemen and Afgha...

You offer an interesting synopsis of the history of left wing politics or mainly exemplification of some of the various ways that communism has been i...

Thanks, fellow Earther!

Oh, I forgot to say. If I am destroyed/die from natural causes/accident etc at any point after 8am (unless it can be definitely proved it was by super...

Here is a little fact about myself and my own life experience. After I had finished watching Cosmos by Carl Sagan and an RE lesson I had in year 1 in ...

Perhaps I am just not following the 'irony' of your chosen handle or your choice of representative Icon. You suggest a god that has no self-belief and...

That must be why theism is on the wane in some of its traditional heartlands such as the USA. The more educated people become, the more they will ques...

Sooooo True. I have read both Old and New testaments twice(although I would call them bad rather than good books). I was atheist after watching Carl S...