Well, to be fussy, no, I don't think that's the case. I have seen people mount excellent arguments and use ad homs. It might be a tactic used by someo...
If this means he or she thought it was all ridiculous, well that's a metaphysical stance and not an easy one to defend either. Further, metaphysics is...
Sure, I don't think everyday speech needs to use PTSD. Trauma is a peachy word meaning.... a deeply distressing or disturbing experience. Traumatized....
Well, if this is the case: that one can prove it in metaphysics, using those tools, then the proof has not effectively convinced, certainly the lay pu...
Theology assumes God exists and assumes scriptures have information about that God and work from there. It certainly goes into metaphysical areas, but...
I'm not suggesting you do nothing. I think there are side effects of taking religious writing in the way you have and also in what I considered a bina...
I didn't mean promoting. I meant encouraging in the sense of: Oh, you want to know God or know if God exists, well, here's an approach that has worked...
I suppose in the sense of how to argue for that assertion, yes. On the other hand that might not be the best way to demonstrate the existence of God. ...
Sure. One can blame people for what they do, even if others do bad things. And especially since the process simply made them a gathered target. It was...
The stigma was orginally that they were cowards,not manly enough to withstand the challenges of war. Then it got considered a more medical type reacti...
Now it's certainly tricky. But one thing they could do right off is admit that Palestinians were there all along. That those who were mass displaced i...
I love George Carlin, but I don't think he's correct. People who were called shell shocked were also often considered cowards. Also the term is not ac...
I think your post is generally correct - in that anyone who is an expert on whether God exists is a metaphysician, but must one have taken a course in...
Oh, jeez, it's more complicated than that. And the Right use to have the power behind their PC and you were unpatriotic if you didn't support some dum...
Certainly there are confusing and contradictory things in scriptures. I am not fond of the Abrahamic scriptures, but, then, they are NOT math books. I...
Why do people think 9/11 was carried out by some Saudis with box cutters after seeing the videos of, amongst other things, Building 7 going down? Why ...
Not in Catholicism, for example. Chritianity is a bit like saying 'asian culture is....' and one must ask `´then 'which one?'The way I got it growing ...
Which I disagreed with. Me, not being a scientist. Yes, there are many people who babble about science incorrectly. In fact I would be that some scien...
Gender studies is fairly recent, but sure, it's now a part of many liberal arts programs. Of course it is generally optional.I think anyone who wants ...
Religious studies are a part of many liberal arts colleges and universities and can be majored in, often, and masters and doctorate programs are also ...
That if people believe that statement and use it to inform their actions, they will be more likely to make useful decisions related to what the statem...
I don't think one can have a general principle, even for oneself. There certainly could be situations where someone's expertise in a field I do not co...
I suppose I agree, but I put it differently and say that science is a methodology, not a set of positions on various issues. Perhaps scientists will f...
I think this whole schema is way too neat, in a number of ways. I don't think people turn off, at least necessarily. What's the experimental protocol ...
One can't draw good reasonable, that is logically arrived at conclusions in daily life without...what, scientific experimentation? I can't use, say, d...
nLet's look at your approach. You don't watch the video. You decide, based presumably on your knowledge of current physics models and current technolo...
Oh, well that's not a problem then. I stand by my reaction to the position, but I get now that it doesn't apply to the situation you were in as a whol...
I actually think this is brilliant what you wrote here. I disagree in one core way, but nevertheless let me start with what I agree with. First, I lik...
It's a tricky situation. Perhaps he has good reason to feel guilt and shame. Perhaps he feels guilt and shame because his parents did shit to him and ...
I think in a way it was good that this was put out in this form, rather than simply being implicit. Because then it can be dealt with. I have sympathy...
I think it might be useful to reframe what is getting labeled self-pity as other things: self-love, grief related to activities and people and connect...
Perhaps you will not consider this evidence, but give it a watch and see if it shifts how you approach the issue and how you go about looking for evid...
I've heard other explanations for why Building 7 had to come down. I don't know. I just don't buy it came down from the scattered and not very large f...
'Short'? It supposedly fell due to fires. This is not considered possible by most engineers, given how it is made. It collapses perfectly at almost fr...
The House select committe on assassinations considers it likely there was more than one shooter. The do dismiss a number of conspiracy theories but I ...
Start with the architects and engineers for truth about 9/11 regarding building 7. Youtubing or googling that should get you started at the easiest ho...
Spot on. Marginalization of whistleblowers is one factor. The Bletchly Circle kept their work secret for decades after WW2 despite it not being a thre...
I think the OP is arguing that one should not per se dismiss a conspiracy theory, which is a common practice, not that one should consider, for exampl...
Of conspiracies? The Gulf of Tonkin attack that was used to justify mobilizing us forces in Vietnam. The whole WOMD, Colin Powell thingie to get the s...
I suppose I think that some of that emphasis comes from the taboo, even if you and I don't fully believe in the taboo like those offended by the term ...
I don't think that's a good analogy. Let's say I call out 'This is bullshit' in a meeting, a meeting where management has been breaking rules in their...
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