universeness

Do you agree that the concept of 'currency' is changing? The total in your bank account is a number that goes down over the month then it gets repleni...

So, I assume then that you support democratic systems, as do I and I think @"Streetlight" does to. Is this an example of that 'common ground' I was ta...

I think you, me and @"Wayfarer" have more in common than we have in conflict. The French under Mélenchon has demonstrated how to unite against an impo...

Is that just for fear of the real possibilities involved? Many Americans have already declared themselves 'hostile,' which won't go away. Evil thrives...

Are you, like me, a socialist? In your case a very angry socialist. I have a few American friends who make statements like 'the civil war has never re...

It's no big surprise that the antinatalist in you would respond so, to such an inconvenient truth

I find words like 'birthright' or 'entitlement,' offensive when used by an aristocrat or a plutocrat/autocrat etc, regarding their social/economic/inf...

Seems to me Ken, that you fight against the nefarious and you are a seeker of nefarious internet trolls so you can give them a good mental kicking! Al...

It is exactly such situations that offer struggle. Humans are built to engage in struggle. Even the rich and powerful talk about how they look back at...

I think the majority of the reasons already cited by others so far just about cover the op. Especially @"Wayfarer"'s quotes from Bart Ehrman etc. I th...

We all judge the beliefs expounded by others by assigning a 'level of rationality' to each one expressed. How rational is it for an anorexic to believ...

Based on : From:scholarpedia.org The term entropy was coined in 1865 by the German physicist Rudolf Clausius from Greek en- = in + trope = a turning (...

How about: 11. Time exists and is linear.

I just read this one. Ok, so my number 9 suggestion (which I think should have been 11, (I am at p3 in reading through the thread)) is moot. I am abou...

What about ‘spacial extent?’ Is space itself made of a substance? I have always envisaged the Big Bang singularity to be an ‘incredibly small concentr...

I am entering late as I wanted to read the philosophical heavyweight contributors first. Not read every post in this thread yet but I am enjoying the ...

Ok!

So you obfuscate rather than answer my questions directly. I did not ask you to repeat your opinion of dead nazis. If you are just a ‘sledgehammer,’ t...

Always ‘those people’? Never you?

It depends how good you are at using ridicule. If you use it like an uncontrolled sledgehammer instead of a precisely controlled scalpel then most peo...

It’s interesting to me that you chose to use the term ‘murder’ nazis as opposed to kill or even ‘justly execute.’ We’re those who killed nazis, murder...

Ego is an undeniable aspect of being human so it’s no surprise that it will influence personal beliefs. If an individual is nefarious and they have po...

I agree, I see ‘hold a conviction to be true,’ and believing a proposal to be true to be almost synonymous.

If I did not find your original comment bad then I would not have posted my opinion against it, so obviously I considered it ambiguous at least if I a...

Was there a tech during WW2 I never knew about. The bomb that only kills nazis?

Good, I am glad you struggle with the concept. It will help you understand that many good German people died in WW2 as well. All those killed by the a...

I rely on science more than philosophy to evidence what is real. Because I perceive the concept of ‘outside of spacetime,’ to be fallacious.

I am 99.9% sure gods don’t exist and I hold there nonexistence to be true but It would be highly unlikely that I would kill other humans over the issu...

Would you include the German babies killed during the allied bombings of Germany under your; comment?

I don’t think it is meaningful to try to objectify ‘outside’ of everything that exists.

But that which exists can stop existing in its current form. A human can stop existing as a human by dying. Mass can stop existing as mass by getting ...

Bad comment :down:

I agree in general but I would refuse to use BS titles of nobility. No matter if it was based on the vile UK honours system or a family inheritance. I...

I’m not against holding something to be true but I am advocating for some rigorous background checking to make sure YOUR conviction or belief it’s tru...

Both rich and control massive powerful organisations. Both influence the lives of millions. Both have access to very powerful tech. Both can influence...

SORRY! I clicked on your icon and saw it was a jesters garb! A good reminder for me to check carefully before commenting. I thought it was a cardinal ...

If you replace with an identical then you will get the same result. I see little difference between a western billionaire or an eastern one who also h...

That’s not my experience. I find humanists and socialists share many goals.

Btw, nice papal garb in your icon! Is that you favourite weekend costume?

Watched some of the link you offered. The narrator sounded Irish to me not Scottish and his rhetoric was a bit too evangelical, in style for me. How m...

You will not be surprised to read that I tend to gravitate towards those who welcome help. If it’s not wanted then I will withdraw it from such indivi...

What??

I am Scottish, we have a bloody history just like most nations. I would fight against any invader of my country just like the Ukrainians are doing.

:smile: Your streetlight offers illumination for all those walking around in the darkness of the night time streets.

That is kind of you to say. I don’t think I am the naive neophyte you suggest. I have been politically active since my teenage years. I am also 58 and...

For what it’s worth, I agree with many of the words you type and I understand why you use angry words at times but you don’t really need them as you o...

There are tough resilient humans everywhere, it’s got very little to do with nationality. Really? That’s your projection of what I typed. Such project...

Yes I can but not on this thread. I would reserve that for a PM exchange between us if you wish. Unless you want to start a new thread on the doctrine...

The opposition don’t intimidate me with such bleatings from their favourite sheep, financed for public consumption. They do infect and cow some but so...

You mean it’s too optimistic for YOU! Is that because you live there or nearby? Socialists can learn and are born into each new generation. We will le...