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But why are you liberal about homosexual marriage, but not adultery?

That's a popular view, but it's not empirical verification of physicalism.

How about homosexual marriage? Ok as long as nobody cheats?

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...

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I could definitely rock out a houseboat for a while. The US is a picture of massive fiscal irresponsibility. Odd.

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....

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...

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...

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 ...

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 ...

*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...

It's the lunatic fringe interpretation, so it has no bearing on the illegalization of adultery.

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...

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...

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...

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-...

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...

There isnt much of a connection between Trump and crazy evangelicals as there was with Bush 43. I wonder if Trump's an atheist.

Another 30 years or so.

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 ...

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...

When will they stop printing physical newspapers?

What could you observe that would confirm or disconfirm either direct realism or physicalism? If Mr BIV's scientific community concludes that the enti...

Oh, you were serious. Did you make up that interpretation? I've never heard of it.

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He who has not sinned, cast the first stone.

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...

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...

I dont think he was a man for the spoofs.

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, ...

Wow. That actually sounds exciting. I hope something awesome comes of it.

Yeah, ask them what they want and how the government can help them get it. Maybe they already have some ideas.

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...

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...

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 ...

Why incoherent?

Global warming is such an asshole. Fires and overheating everywhere, but here it's unusually mild. Everyone should suffer equally.

I was alluding to Leibniz's cosmological argument.

Why is there something rather than nothing?

I'll keep an eye out. :cool:

As long as your use of the PSR ends up supporting determinism, you're using it correctly.

I haven't seen Cohen's thing, but it sounds like the schtik from the old Daily Show. Ha ha.

Isn't Google going to be giving you 40% of last year's profits? That should help. If not, eat marshmallows.

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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...

Hmm. A little too spicy for my taste. :smile:

That's not even slightly true. Get informed. https://www.amazon.com/Lone-Survivors-Came-Humans-Earth/dp/1250023300

No. Such a genetic change has been searched for in human remnants. It's not there. There are a number of alternate theories.

I didn't offer any strategy.