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szemi

['Member']Joined: May 18, 2016 at 07:35Last active: November 02, 2017 at 11:09None discussions12 comments

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That is not part of the thread. If you like, open a new thread with that theme. But this question of yours is not a retort of merit in this thread. Bu...
October 14, 2017 at 02:25
I have to correct myself: It is not I who took the liberty to equate "bad" with "evil". The structure of the argument and latter definitions, both by ...
October 07, 2017 at 08:40
Dear Frank, Darf and Dust, and AND ALL OTHERS WHO ARE JOINING THE DEBATE IN THIS LATTER STAGE, I am not sure if you had a chance to read all posts in ...
October 07, 2017 at 08:22
Oops. Mad Fool, you have established, very firmly, in two separate places in this debate, that: 1. Good = Truth 2. Evil = Lie And yet, Yes, you can ma...
October 07, 2017 at 08:15
Dear Mad Fool, given in your newer, revised wording, your 1. is true. But it is not the same as your proposition. Your proposition says that there are...
October 06, 2017 at 11:11
The Mad Fool, You forgot to allow for the flipsidedness of evil. If it is good for one, it is bad for the other; if it is bad for one, it is good for ...
September 25, 2017 at 19:27
As you very aptly pointed out, this statement is is evil if you superimpose a morality on it, namely, "lying is bad". However, morality is a "moving t...
September 25, 2017 at 07:18
Jeremiah, you said that death is not a life change. I accept your reasoning, but there is a chance you may have misworded the question. If you say "wh...
September 23, 2017 at 19:05
You replied to my answer by saying that my answer was the repetition of the same thing. That may be true. On the other hand, the same thing is true of...
September 23, 2017 at 18:58
Maybe we should let the NYT writers fill the empty spaces on this forum, and we all just shut up. :-)
September 13, 2017 at 09:57
this does no take away from the original claim, that the biggest change in life is from living to dead. If you define the state of death as nothingnes...
September 13, 2017 at 09:52
Counter argument to original post: 1.Trump is president. 2.Trump is president. 3.Trump is president. 4.Trump is president. 5. Szemi is president. Here...
September 13, 2017 at 09:46