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But why are you liberal about homosexual marriage, but not adultery?
August 02, 2018 at 11:30
That's a popular view, but it's not empirical verification of physicalism.
August 02, 2018 at 11:29
How about homosexual marriage? Ok as long as nobody cheats?
August 02, 2018 at 11:26
We need a constitutional lawyer to weigh in on whether a law against adultery would infringe on religious freedom vis a vis the worship of Mighty Aphr...
August 01, 2018 at 16:10
:blush:
August 01, 2018 at 14:14
I could definitely rock out a houseboat for a while. The US is a picture of massive fiscal irresponsibility. Odd.
August 01, 2018 at 14:13
I wonder if it might be both: one portion of the species will abandon advanced technology and the other part will hold onto it and continue advancing....
August 01, 2018 at 13:21
I've lost interest in the discussion. BTW, this is an awesome lecture series about the New Testament. Check it out. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dt...
August 01, 2018 at 12:31
Jesus does kick ass in Revelations. And of course, the doctrine of hell is pretty punishing. Imagine that your own child has transgressed and stolen a...
August 01, 2018 at 12:25
One assumes he would say something like: Matt 5:19 "But I say, do not resist an evil person! If someone slaps you on the right cheek, offer the other ...
August 01, 2018 at 11:49
In the US, that passage would be brought up to dismiss any attempt to criminalize adultery (with a light chuckle). I get that you have a problem with ...
August 01, 2018 at 11:29
*sigh* Since it's a fringe interpretation, it has no bearing on your plan to illegalize adultery. The vast majority of Christians embrace the traditio...
August 01, 2018 at 11:17
It's the lunatic fringe interpretation, so it has no bearing on the illegalization of adultery.
August 01, 2018 at 11:07
Man, you were sporting a biblical interpretation that's mainly promoted by evangelicals who believe angels appear among us as aliens. This is a seriou...
August 01, 2018 at 10:54
In some versions it was being fed bread and wine that initiated him. Bread and wine are two ways to store food, the great trick of the city people. If...
August 01, 2018 at 10:52
Having sex with Shamhat just made Enkidu aware that he wasn't an animal. He remained in a liminal state until he was fed city food. That's what turned...
August 01, 2018 at 10:47
June 5, 2018: Medicare Fund to Fall Short in 2026, https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2018-06-05/medicare-fund-to-fall-short-in-2026-sooner-than-...
August 01, 2018 at 00:34
Got curious about this because it doesn't even sound like it comes from a Christian. It's associated with someone named Sarah Rush. Lunatic apparently...
July 31, 2018 at 22:50
There isnt much of a connection between Trump and crazy evangelicals as there was with Bush 43. I wonder if Trump's an atheist.
July 31, 2018 at 22:25
Another 30 years or so.
July 31, 2018 at 22:22
No. He has a full life as a funeral director who is on the bomb squad for the local fire department. He's got three beautiful daughters, one of which ...
July 31, 2018 at 21:01
You're saying that we observe the avoidance of problems associated with other viewpoints, and this is observational support for direct realism. It's p...
July 31, 2018 at 20:56
When will they stop printing physical newspapers?
July 31, 2018 at 20:37
What could you observe that would confirm or disconfirm either direct realism or physicalism? If Mr BIV's scientific community concludes that the enti...
July 31, 2018 at 20:35
Oh, you were serious. Did you make up that interpretation? I've never heard of it.
July 31, 2018 at 18:56
:rofl:
July 31, 2018 at 18:50
He who has not sinned, cast the first stone.
July 31, 2018 at 18:07
People should get in the habit of tipping policemen because they do a dangerous job for little money. People who can't (or won't) tip should have thei...
July 31, 2018 at 16:11
Physicalism can't be grounded in observation whether BIV or not. It's a matter of personal preference. Perhaps the BIV was very impressed by a physica...
July 31, 2018 at 15:35
I dont think he was a man for the spoofs.
July 30, 2018 at 12:23
As Hume pointed out, it isn't an ontological argument. It can be interpreted as trivially true, which seems to be in keeping with Descartes' project, ...
July 30, 2018 at 11:54
Wow. That actually sounds exciting. I hope something awesome comes of it.
July 29, 2018 at 00:35
Yeah, ask them what they want and how the government can help them get it. Maybe they already have some ideas.
July 29, 2018 at 00:18
Natives tend to be poor and vulnerable. I would guess that being cut off further from Canadian society would be disastrous if it happened abruptly. In...
July 28, 2018 at 23:42
Native American governments have been prone to corruption in the States and actually fostered drug addiction in some cases. I dont know what the solut...
July 28, 2018 at 21:00
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44 Fame or integrity: which is more important? Money or happiness: which is more valuable? Success or failure: which is more destructive? If you look ...
July 28, 2018 at 14:29
Why incoherent?
July 26, 2018 at 15:55
Global warming is such an asshole. Fires and overheating everywhere, but here it's unusually mild. Everyone should suffer equally.
July 26, 2018 at 15:27
I was alluding to Leibniz's cosmological argument.
July 26, 2018 at 15:25
Why is there something rather than nothing?
July 26, 2018 at 14:59
I'll keep an eye out. :cool:
July 26, 2018 at 14:23
As long as your use of the PSR ends up supporting determinism, you're using it correctly.
July 26, 2018 at 14:21
I haven't seen Cohen's thing, but it sounds like the schtik from the old Daily Show. Ha ha.
July 25, 2018 at 17:43
Isn't Google going to be giving you 40% of last year's profits? That should help. If not, eat marshmallows.
July 25, 2018 at 17:41
:up:
July 23, 2018 at 14:02
Hi! I think there are pacifists who reject violence even in self defense. I didnt argue for that form because I cant make it reasonable in my own mind...
July 22, 2018 at 22:31
Hmm. A little too spicy for my taste. :smile:
July 22, 2018 at 19:02
That's not even slightly true. Get informed. https://www.amazon.com/Lone-Survivors-Came-Humans-Earth/dp/1250023300
July 22, 2018 at 19:00
No. Such a genetic change has been searched for in human remnants. It's not there. There are a number of alternate theories.
July 22, 2018 at 14:14
I didn't offer any strategy.
July 22, 2018 at 13:38