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In many cases, religion and science are the same thing. That would be true for ancient Sumerian, Egyptian, Phoenician, Greek, Roman, Celtic, and yes a...

Yea. The Sahara desert is getting bigger. It's actually been growing for the last 10,000 years, but it's about 10% bigger than in the early 20th Centu...

The comment is more about the way capitalism requires stratification. To maximize profit, you need a labor force that's hungry (literally or figurativ...

So we arrived in a ditch. Excellent.

The whole world is capitalist isn't it?

Could you give an example of a metaphysical claim? (Because I think describing the nature of reality is metaphysical, so we're not on the same page.)

I said esoteric Christianity has an ultimate, but it can't be spoken for. Shamanic religions usually have a sun god. What do you think they're trying ...

What's wrong with the examples I gave?

Sure. Shamanic religions don't have anything “ultimate“ in the sense I think you mean. And esoteric Christianity doesn't have an ultimate who could be...

This thread is a pig pen.

Some religions are like that, yes.

Priests?

Is that the moon? Could be Nebraska.

Whose authority?

https://img.ifunny.co/images/2ea36b7f54ab74ef779210d83d3a7c7b24c3f7da08183704816a204b1ffece98_1.webp This is true.

On reddit there are these subreddits where you can ask experts questions. Sometimes you have to wait days for an expert to write something. In the mea...

That sounds like an unending drag. Who is presenting this to you? The company you work for? Your government?

The notion of a concept? Or the concept of a notion?

The Enlightenment ripped open a fissure in thought that poses religion against its opposite. The OP article is explaining why that opposition isnt wha...

That won't kill you. Let us know the effect.

Like what?

What's weird is that you're supposed to be wary of giving Russia or Ukraine bad advice. Like, they might take it and then you own the consequences. Th...

Oh. Could be.

It's the old testament Father full of thunder and lightning. You can't reason with it. You just have to sacrifice your best stuff to calm it down. For...

https://youtu.be/PNdMvW75LaE

The only way to create negative pressure in your airways other than your diaphragm is the accessory muscles in your neck and shoulders. A person who i...

Depends on your conception of divinity.

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One has a God and the other doesn't.

The POE is a conflict between divine omnipotence and omnibenevolence. So the question would be: "Why can't God make all the creatures happy? Why do th...

Should it be Orleans Nouvelle?

If we could only manage to spend this much money on developing alternate energy sources.

Can't keep New Orleans down, although Nature keeps trying.

Interesting. There's a city in the US called New Orleans. It's always been pronounced new or-leenz' with emphasis on the last syllable. When a hurrica...

Budapest seems to be all turquoise and orange. Have you been to Ukraine?

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If you listen to a song called "Wonder" by Avoure and Hexlogic on Google music, it says "While you are listening to this track, my nation is dying und...

Because they might be arrested for speaking out in public?

Question answered. :up:

I think they can get to outside news via VPNs, but still, can you imagine trying to sort out the truth in that situation? With outside news sources sa...

I don't know. I'm clueless about what Putin really thinks. I mean, we could guess that he didn't mean to lose 5 generals, but remember Stalin executed...

I don't think Russia will hold back oil from Germany because they need money. I think they'll make a deal.

Putin said something before the invasion about using it to gain skills. IOW, he's using it to have his military learn how to do more of this. This is ...

Habeck says Germany will aim for being weaned off Russian oil and gas by year's end

Oh. Okey doke. :up:

Very true.

Stop being an Isaac. I agree that CNN circa gulf War was a vehicle for American propaganda. They even had the secretary of state giving briefings. I w...

And clickbait is not an attempt to persuade or promote. It feeds off biases people already have. I put cable news sources in that category as well. If...

Western misinformation is about a profit making media, less about government efforts to control the narrative. That's clickbait, not propaganda per se...

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