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Wait are you now saying that hate is evil?

Morally wrong according to whom? IOW it might be that I do something not because it is moral (to others, say) but because I feel empathy for someone s...

One reaction I have this time, is that on some level it seems to me it is not taking responsibility for being a part of this universe. Yes, it is bewi...

I am not saying it must be the case. I think it is often the case.Sure, I almost think romantic love can be stronger based on difference. But still I ...

Not qutie sure what that means, but it's likely my fault for joining an ongoing discussion. I would add that often in parenting it is not just at a pa...

It seems likely that with most parents, those factors would have to do with things like physical obstacles, not with valuing the life of someone else'...

I'd say it is part of our processes and who we are. A counterpart sounds like something that is not us.

It's a bit like asking 'whats the point of reflexes?' or 'what's the point with immune system imflammation around a wound`? The organism is reacting t...

Right but I believe you said he doesn't believe, he knows, as if these were mutually exclusive. Oh, now I've read the second part. I probably made lea...

In philosophy, knowledge is considered a subset, generally, of beliefs. Rigorously arrived at beliefs. It would be ridiculous to say God knows he exis...

I didn't say that theists own a certain word. Nor do I believe that.

Well, it's be off topic to discuss that, but since faith is a word bandied about only by some theists, I don't think that holds. God might be an afait...

What with your 'name' I figured.

Actually I think your main problem with your estimate is going to come from the other direction. That a non-believer, if you are one, thinks there's a...

Well, women started as girls. So, pride in whatever they do: pride in things they create, sports, friendships, artistic work, good acts, clever acts, ...

couple of thoughts right off: prideful and pride are not the same. the former tends to be excessive. The second thought is that it is central to and g...

Why not let's work with this part of my response?

It was the most charitable interpretation. I'll end my hijacking here.

He's just cranky from another thread. We won't hijack more.

Yes, your version of a sense of humor makes Aspies of us all.

It's the internet- It's easy to present personas.

First you wrote this describing mentioning two emotions and wondering if there are any others.... Then you wrote: And I started to wonder if you were ...

Hm. I don't really want to generalize. I think people want different things. I want to be free and I want my various parts to be integrated and welcom...

Well, most preachers suggest practices, especially since you list contains deities that are parts of religions that focus on experiences via practices...

Have you experienced infinite emotion?

I am not quite sure what 'only' means in this sentence. I would say we experience a minimum of four emotions, since I cannot see taking any of those f...

Can you elaborate? And how did you connect this idea to my post? IOW i am not sure where this question comes from`? but interested in seeing what you ...

There are a number of different emotion classification systems out there, each with a different number of emotions. I can't see having less than four....

But we know that brains have different capabilities, temperments, size of brain components,neural pathways, and seemingly, at least in my life, differ...

Oh, yes. I didn't take that as straight seriousness. It's just that Buddhism is becoming THE western go to for some many or mindfulness and other wate...

Well, I don't like what Buddhism does to the self, though if it is what others want, may they find what they want. I am more into accepting and expres...

And I'm in no position to tell you that you shouldn't. I think in general, for most people, it functions as a short cut, and what is achieved by the d...

I'm glad I smoked pot, those times that I did. It confirmed that there was a lot of things going on, in myself and out there, that I was no noticing. ...

How do we know this? It doesn't fit my experience that this is the case. Where you say 'more emotions' do you mean like types of emotions? Like seeing...

Oh, good you're argument is based not on scientific consensus, which you mention just after you assert this, but it's based on it being a fact. Or bec...

Nope, that's a lie or a convenient lack of self-awareness. Your position - the one I responded to originally - was.... And note how the above makes a ...

So, from our limited perspective, according to this, there is a 50% probability God exists?

Yes, that's what I thought. I didn't think it was an ontological difference, but an in situ, practical way of modeling. Even it if was a new ontologic...

blah, blah, posturing. Stochastic processes have a random element. How does random translate into free will. And sure, I am no expert in whether stoch...

If you are talking about qm effects or patterns, these are not deterministic, but so far I haven't heard how these could lead to freedom. They are not...

How can one not consent to suicide? I may be missing something in the context here. If one does not consent to suicide, then it isn't suicide. It woul...

Physical has no meaning anymore. It's a placeholder term.

Many of the naturalists were really quite religious. I mean, the Abrahamic religions, to a great degree, don't consider nature important. It's not lik...

So, sometimes, on the other hand, they are the problem of the person who said the whatever they said to cause the negative feelings. IOW above you say...

Right but you said all we hate we forbid. That was the part I was disagreeing with. I could have been clearer.

But we'd still have culture and all our embodied filters and more affecting what we think nature presents to us. Religion is just one of the many filt...

Anything that shifts perception - learning a new language, meditation, intense physical activity, participating in another culture, drugs, working wit...

If I am obviously missing the context, my apologies. But in general I don't think this is the case. There are things I hate that I would not forbid. I...

I think the cellphone is a good warning signal. People are less connected to where they are even with the less intrusive cellphone. If children use ce...

We're talking about a lot of different cultures. I also don't think it makes sense to talk about communism and fascism, though I understand why they c...