I want to talk about my Jewishness since other people are. I attended Jewish day school, attended an Orthodox synagogue, had a Bar Mitzvah, kept koshe...
Chapter 1 of Chronicles 1 is my favorite and far from boring: "The Descendants of the Sons of Noah 5 The sons of Japheth; Gomer, and Magog, and Madai,...
And let's not forget Ecclesiastes. 1 The words of the Teacher, son of David, king in Jerusalem: 2 “Meaningless! Meaningless!” says the Teacher. “Utter...
Being childlike is endearing. Childish, not so much. Silly games and silly rules is all in fun, and everyone wants to play with the fun kid, but the k...
What you take seriously is often what reveals your character, which is why the person who berates the waitress for his cold soup receives little respe...
I have been for the most part of my life risk averse, but life changes regardless of the security you try to create for yourself, and then you realize...
I'm telling you that I comprehend concepts nonlinguistically, so it's sort of silly for you to tell me I'm not, don't you think? If I told you there w...
You're the common denominator in all of these troublesome business dealings. Perhaps use the deft people skills you have displayed on this board to ge...
I see. So what I've been doing is I hold the victim's nose, offer three quick thrusts, remove my hand and allow her a quick gasp, and I continue repea...
I can only say that when I read these posts that language necessarily precedes concepts, I wonder how it is that I reject those arguments fully unders...
My cat ate the string that held together the roast and only a small part was still in her mouth when I reached down her throat and pulled what seemed ...
What is a concept other than an abstract idea? I can only speak for myself, but I do arrive at concepts prior to articulating them into language. Coul...
Not every word has an objective referent, but every meaningful word has a subjective referent, namely its subjective meaning. The subjective referent ...
There are capitalists who produce by their own labor and who offer generous income and benefits to their labor force. You're just describing a particu...
What are those other things you refer to? Behaviors are in a state of flux and change over time and become ambiguous and whatnot. But just like belief...
I don't follow the significance of what you're saying. An animal has no concept called anything because it has no language. They nonetheless have conc...
I'd write about the dehumanizing effects of technology, from the teenagers who disengage from direct contact with family and friends to corporate micr...
State 1 - I believe my cat is hungry, yet I do nothing to show it. State 2 - I believe my cat is hungry, so I feed her. State 3 - I do not believe my ...
1. Dedication of private lands to the state occurs regularly when homes are developed and the developer then deeds the roadways to the state for upkee...
I'd submit this suggestion is lazy. It simply rejects the declarations of faith by the capitalists as not being heartfelt (and perhaps ironically proc...
Perhaps, but why would we do that? In the US, many of the staunchest capitalists are found among the religious right who adopt a communal ethical theo...
I just bench pressed the entire gym - people, locker room, everything, even the hot chick in the yoga pants. Three reps, held the last one with one ha...
I proved the point I meant to prove and which is relevant to the discussion, which is that gun possession very rarely is useful in reducing crime. To ...
"In 2014, the FBI reports there were only 224 justifiable homicides involving a private citizen using a firearm. That same year, there were 7,670 crim...
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