Not ignoring. These are two different issues but I'll start with murder. The short answer is I think its possible for societies to be so rotten that t...
We'd have to go case by case since there's so many. It's a brutal book but it's also hilarious at times. Some of the prophets liken God to a cuckold a...
I'm not a Christian. I'm not here to defend all things Christian, but the more I look into ancient Greek culture and philosophy and literature the gro...
I don't know, maybe God is an alien. Who the hell knows. I'm just throwing in with it. That's what I mean by faith. Some theists claim their belief in...
Longing for the good old days of pervasive ableism, classism, misogyny, and pederasty? Those evil Christians! /s If you ain't doing your basics right ...
The short answer is that the Bible is a book which stands against the notion that might makes right. It is a book that holds even kings accountable an...
I have but it's been around a decade. I remember the argument made quite an impression on me. I did a quick bit of research into Nietzsche's argument ...
Well, it's faith + my reading and understanding of the bible. I've read the greeks. I've read other ancient literature. I can usually deduce where the...
You should question your sources because sources are human and humans are not unquestionable. For instance, lets take Sennacherib's assassination purp...
We need to narrow down our discussion if we want it to be more fruitful: Do you wish to discuss faith in the context of believing whether a historical...
Yeah, I agree and understand. We can recognize patterns or common behaviors in our friends or social circle, but these are hardly immutable. I think o...
if we're talking about events in history all we have our records of witnesses. no one is still alive. we also have archaeology. if we can observe it a...
utility is the value. it's necessary unless you want to remain a very serious skeptic your entire life. you will have to make jumps if you want to bel...
We can talk about faith in God, or we can talk about faith in other matters such as biblical historical that does not involved God, e.g. the Babylonia...
I'm not explicitly talking about God. The new atheists may or may not be talking about God when they denigrate the role of faith. The topic of faith i...
You'll see rhetoric which discounts the role of faith all the time. I could dig up quotes from the new atheist movement of the 2010s or with many athe...
The point is that worldviews which seek to completely discount the role of faith and instead advocate for a dogmatic narrow-minded commitment to empir...
Jackson, I never mentioned God. I'm just saying that it's insane to imagine oneself as a purely rational being who must verify everything.... I'm sayi...
I think in order to be a person in this world and actually act and do things as opposed to spending all your time "following up" or asking for evidenc...
No it's just reasonable. Unless you want to spend all your time double checking what materials are in your clothes or what exactly is going into your ...
That's great, but the Trump thing is only one topic. We ingest food daily that apparently contains certain ingredients or substances that we just have...
You can't check everything. Are you sure the ingredients in dietary supplements are correct? Or do you just look at the labels and trust them? Do you ...
You check everything? Do you have a full understanding of the big bang theory? Every news article you read? Are you sure the sources aren't lying? May...
Faith is a part of everyday life outside of the Judeo-Christian tradition. It's unavoidable. Faith is basically belief without "adequate" evidence or ...
Hell is one of those ideas where the NT and OT seemingly contradict quite blatantly, but then again I haven't read the NT in its entirety. Personally,...
Perhaps Judaism (I'm exploring this question now) but it's interesting how you mention Hillel who's a famous Jewish thinker but not Judaism/the OT its...
Descriptively, yes. Seems reasonable to say that morality arises out of judgment. What would you say is the most convincing case for rights? As far as...
Too sharp of a dichotomy here. Education can and should teach people how to be productive (i.e. earn a living) while simultaneously keeping their crea...
IMO before we answer this we need to really understand this concept of happiness. Happiness for me can cover anything from the joy of going fast in a ...
You don't get it. It isn't about me. It's about making things better and life is good. Morality can conflict with one's personal wishes so this isn't ...
Schop, I don't want to get too bogged down in details but the main difference in our views seems to be that my metaphysic is theistic while yours is a...
"Moral" in your opinion, which is seemingly based on an extreme sensitivity to suffering and perhaps consent.... no offense but you're on your own pla...
But is life really about hedonism/maximizing one's pleasure? That seems like an insane way to live. "A life worth living" is a very difficult concept....
Reason does not tell us that death is a harm. It might be a wonderful experience or we might just go into oblivion in which case it is not a good nor ...
Yes, and only a Russian court. I bet the civilians in Bucha quite possibly resisted to some degree against their liberators and, well, what do you exp...
imo hazing reinforces the notion that rules don't matter and that might makes right; if you're in a position of power and you want to mess with your s...
Agree. I don't think a lot of people realize how rotten the Russian military is as an institution. There's been frequent reports of serious hazing pro...
I'm not going to comment on the geopolitical situation, but it should be well-established by now that the professionalism of the Russian military is e...
yeah, there is very little eschatology in the old testament and I'm sorry if you were taught that everything is about getting into heaven/avoid hell. ...
if zionism is racism then so is the arab/muslim claim to the land. it's all racism. that group becomes dominant and the other minority group whether a...
The percentage of households in the United States owning one or more firearms from 1972 to 2021 has stayed essentially the same (43% vs 42%). America ...
There's always been a high supply of guns in the US, gun ownership levels are consistent since at least the 1970s; the number of school shootings has ...
for real though, background checks are kind of bullshit....said as someone who has gone through multiple of them. "are u an unlawful user of marijuana...
it is. klebold and harris got their weapons from friends/acquaintances as other mass shooters have. the government is simply not able to keep guns out...
one point that hasn't been mentioned here is that guns are basically the easiest way for one to kill themselves, so taking away peoples' guns removes ...
ppl in violent neighborhoods go through the same background checks as everyone else. the texas shooter surely had a background check. people can also ...
you know you're just stupid. like very stupid. massachusetts is not indiana which is not texas. learn the fucking difference you dumb foreigner. crime...
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