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You have raised valid issues. Just because morals and laws are mental constructs, it does not mean that they are not real. I think morals and laws mat...

I think being killed by a bear is worse than being killed by a human because humans can shoot a deer in the brain and kill it with minimal pain, but a...

In an ideal universe, all organisms would be made of energy, instead of matter, and live forever without consuming any air, water or food. We don't li...

Thank you for explaining. Veganism is more ethical than non-veganism because it reduces suffering and death by a massive amount. Non-vegans cause suff...

What is opinion and what is truth? "Veganism is more ethical than non-veganism." Is this statement an opinion or is it the truth?

A vegan diet requires significantly less land than an omnivorous diet, as livestock consume large amounts of crops and pasture that could otherwise be...

Thank you very much for the link.

Morality and laws originate in the mind and get written down for others to read. If I didn't have my genes, environments, nutrients, and experiences, ...

That's a great response!

Thank you for your reply. I will think about what you quoted.

Different because scientific theories, e.g. the theory of gravity, are about something physical outside one's mind. You can measure the gravity on Ear...

I totally agree that the shape of the Earth does not vary, regardless of what people believe about it. Morals and laws are different from physical thi...

Yes, the suffering they go through is truly awful.

I agree. Different people have different opinions about what is right and what is wrong. Which opinion is actually right and which opinion is actually...

Thank you for your reply and the valuable links to the other discussions. I agree that existence hurts all sentient organisms, but it does not hurt an...

What about delusions? For example, people have religious beliefs about going to heaven as they believe they are going to heaven because they have the ...

I agree.

I agree.

People have certainly gone to war over priorities, e.g. the United States had a civil war about slavery.

I understand what you mean. I have been a vegan for 19 years. I do miss the taste of non-vegan food, but I prefer being a vegan because it saves and i...

Yes.

How can you know whether morality is objective or subjective? We know things from subjective sensory perceptions, e.g. I see these words on my compute...

How would we work out whose priority matters? Vegans prioritise saving and improving the lives of nonhuman sentient organisms, but non-vegans don't. A...

You are right in that ethical systems are selective. That's why non-vegans murder sentient organisms and think they are doing the right thing, even th...

Veganism prevents harm and promotes the well-being of trillions of sentient organisms. Yet, more than 99% of the humans currently alive (8.24 billion)...

I am here to read posts by others and make my own posts about various topics that I find interesting. I am not looking for anyone.

Yes, metaphors exist. However, the Bible is not written as a metaphor. It is claimed to be divinely authored truth - which it clearly is not.

I agree that the Bible is not literally true, it is a work of fiction.

I am not a bigot. I have compassion for everyone, unlike the Biblical God. Here are some examples of the Biblical God's lack of compassion: Matthew 5:...

In the U.K. the university grading is different from the school grading. For example, at age 18, we do A Levels here, which are graded like this: A*: ...

In the United Kingdom, if you get 70% or above, you get a 1st class Bachelor's Degree and a Distinction level Master's Degree.

What is "Cs"?

Shouldn't there be a universal morality, regardless of whether one is weak or strong? Surely, we need an egalitarian morality and an egalitarian legal...

I disagree. I scored 73% in my course. I know this is not a perfect score, which is 100%. I don't need to be perfect to know what is perfect and what ...

My ability to understand is not perfect. Everything that exists is imperfect.

I was thinking of Luke Chapter 6: If religions have a divine origin, then they should be perfect. Sadly, they are of human origin, hence their imperfe...

I despair.

That's so disturbing and horrific.

On 24 December 2024, a Christian man smeared our window with blood and tried to knock our front door down. He gave us death threats. We phoned the pol...

I mean what I said.

Of course, I don't judge you. If I had your genes, environments, nutrients, and experiences, I would do as you do.

If I had your genes, environments, nutrients, and experiences, I wouldn't be a compassionist either. No blame, no credit, only understanding and love ...

I agree that if I were you, I would be making your choices and vice versa. My goal is to save and improve as many lives as possible. The reason this i...

I already answered this question in my previous post. It's the inevitable outcome of my genes, environments, nutrients, and experiences dynamically in...

It's not just the Old Testament God, the New Testament God is also evil. My message is very far from Christianity because my message has nothing to do...

Have you read the whole Bible? Here are some verses where the Biblical God commands genocide: 1. 1 Samuel 15:3 “Now go, attack the Amalekites and tota...

I am an ex-Muslim ex-Christian Compassionist who does not believe in any God, so it is definitely not a form of Christianity. My motivation is my love...

I deliberately declared myself a Compassionist on April Fool's Day! I did this because the Bible (New Living Translation) says in Psalm 14:1, "Only fo...

I understand what you mean. I have not met those people yet. I have met many selfish people in my life so far and I have done my best not to harm them...

Love for all is not doormatism because if you are acting like a doormat, you are not loving yourself. Loving all, is a balancing act, where one does o...