universeness

Must be a burden for you, 'to hate.'

The bigger the lie, the more people will believe it. You have the order the wrong way around. The Sicari refused to recognise the divinity of the Roma...

For me personally, many of the tenets of Christianity are pernicious yes, many others are not. This is again for me, the same with all theism. We each...

I don't think the Jesus Christ fable will ever be 'erased,' similarly, I don't think the fables of Hercules or Harry Potter will ever be erased, but y...

I think you are struggling here. If they were actually feeding on a whale shark then I think they would have at least reported a very big fish and I d...

I saw that debate and its an old one. Bart has become far more anti-theist since then, check out some of his latest YouTube offerings. I subscribe to ...

I always enjoy hearing about the 'beginnings' of our attempts at founding a 'civilisation' or the earliest city-states etc. The case of Socrates is ve...

I don't know exactly who was labeled 'sophist' in the classical era but the lecturer in the video I mentioned, seemed to suggest that the sophists wer...

Correction on Prof Bart Ehrman, I don't think he has actually stated he does not think there was no historical Jesus yet but he has stated he no longe...

The number of highly qualified people in the field of theology, biblical study etc who now say there never was a historical Jesus, continue's to grow ...

I posted this on p3 of this thread: "I watched a lecture on YouTube a while ago that was the beginning of a philosophy course and that particular lect...

For me, more serious impossibilities would include: A human virgin birth. Feeding 5 thousand people with a loaf and two fishes. Raising the dead. Fitt...

I was interested in what facts would make something impossible not whether evidence exists for something It's impossible for an immovable object to ex...

Well, we could start the process by removing arms and legs, there are humans who live lives without these. So how much more is separable from your bra...

Well no, for me, that just doesn't fit well. The term 'see' is something your eyes do as an input sensor. So I don't think 'seer', 'seeable' and 'unse...

Ouch, but Hannibal Lecter would approve. I think he actually does this to one of the characters in those movies played by Ray Liotta! Yeuch!

Sorry I took so long to respond to you, I was in PM chat with a few other members. Ok, just some crossed lines then, no problem. My background is not ...

I read your response to me 3 times and I think I understood it less from the 3rd reading than I did the first. All I can do is admit that I cannot fol...

They won the most important ones such as Shilo and Gettysburg. The contribution of black troops can also not be denied in any way. Lincoln had his wea...

That's the one I am talking about. I am currently reading U. S. Grant's personal memoirs, but this was not the first war due to slavery, there have be...

Well I read it as carefully as I was able to, twice in fact. I then read some of the exchanges you have had so far with others. This is a long thread ...

Please do. You are not a significant enough presence to me to return your action. I will always offer respect to those who dispense it to others. You ...

I understand what you are saying but the Americans will get what they vote for. If they really want a civil war much worse than the one they already h...

Yes I have read the OP. I think you are suggesting that the evidence of human beings clinging so dearly to life, even when continuing it means continu...

I read what you have typed and understand your view. I dont agree with you. I think he is doomed.

I think if we looked past your current tendency towards a negative vibe about life, we would find a good person just trying to make sense of it all, m...

Ok, thanks for the extra detail, it made your position clearer to me. I think we have a lot of commonality in this particular area of discussion.

I think I have a long way to go before I can be compared to you, when it comes to insulting those who you don't agree with. Please keep trying to buil...

Now that's a good comment and I thank you for it. That tells me that the allegorical intention of my painting is perhaps too vague. Let me give you my...

I am not trying to under/overwhelm you. I am simply discussing points with you. The fact that I think you are wrong and have a bizarre relationship wi...

Ok! good to know. I know! I would need more context before I could respond to this I concur I don't think our overpopulation problem needs a 4th dimen...

Based on a time frame of approximately 14 billion years, the Universal state you advocate existed for the vast majority of that time frame. Then at so...

Sorry, missed out a word. So you would agree that some suffering is needed as a comparator, a learning tool. we will always NEED some bad around so th...

So, you are not advocating that the end of all life in the Universe is a moral imperative due to the existence of suffering. You merely suggest that t...

Antinatalists or those whose main complaint about the experience of life as a human being is suffering or intensity of suffering. Are you able to conc...

Well, as I have often said, I might disagree with what you say but I respect your right to say it, as long as you are not inciting violence.

Looks good to me! I like the predicted exponential growth towards the rather more concerning Omega point. Concerning as Omega is the last greek letter...

It's very easy to snap a single twig. Join enough twigs together and they become a lot harder to break.

Pure can be defined as 'not mixed with anything else, not diluted, not questioned' which fits with my intention for using the term 'pure evil.' My adv...

Yeah, in your head, it obviously makes sense to tell an artist who they painted in a composition. The man you mention is actually my representation of...

No, I don't only hear bully or tyrant, I merely flag possible consequences of individuals who are too 'single-minded' and do not engage in any psychol...

A chicken has a very large evolutionary lineage, just as humans do. So not being a geneticist, I assume the first creature to look most like today's c...

Thank you for this demonstration of your skill levels in logic and observation :smirk:

No, I am not in the painting, The other two human characters are children so yeah, they would be smaller than Trump.

So, we must all take responsibility for this, every single one of us! It is everyone's responsibility to help change this truth. It is your responsibi...

I read with interest your exchanges with Garrett Travers. I am trying to focus past the philosophical historicity you are both discussing and attempt ...

If a person becomes too 'single-minded' and they have very little or no 'psychological conflict' then they can lose all empathy/compassion for others....

Fair enough! :up:

My belief that the vast majority of human beings are good people is deeply held. I will never become apathetic. The cosmic calendar scale's the time s...

All I can respond with is 'what a bizarre viewpoint!' Ok, if that works for you :meh: