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1) I would say faith is not an emotion or a thought (although faith comes in the form of thoughts, it's just not a thought itself) and the general use...

It’s certainly an interesting dispute. Thank you for asking.

The chances of killing a sperm actually effecting someone (and it would also need to be negative as well, only deaths matter because the chance of a p...

Fair point. Banning abortion right now is definitely not the play. I do hope that it eventually becomes a thing of the past.

Totally agree.

The difference is the probability. Killing one sperm isn’t really going to affect the chances of a successful pregnancy and birth. Killing a fetus is ...

My belief is slightly different. God does not create evil or allow it to exist except when he must to avoid destroying our agency. God has clearly giv...

A lot of this discussion is morally based, but there is, I think, another side to it. Practically, as a species, it makes little to no sense to allow ...

In my opinion, the whole idea of a fact or a truth only makes sense in a human concept. There are no untrue things in the universe besides things we h...

The answer to the question at the end of this OP is easy to answer. We should worry about misinformation because it’s effective and because usually mi...

Language often fails to describe specific yet often powerful experiences, which is why poetry and songs and stories are so important to human culture,...

What kinds of beliefs specifically do you think we should aim to suspend?

This has to be more specific. If a decision isn’t based on beliefs (including knowledge) then it must not be a decision (or it’s random/meaningless, d...

I would define it as anything that has any value of any property specific to itself. (Having the property and the value be specific to itself, not hav...

I think this is primarily a result of taking things that determine results and saying “there are not measurable, therefore they cannot have determined...

That’s what the OP sounded like it was asking to me. Yes, that’s the assumption. We are separated by our histories. I would reach towards, but I would...

I would probably continue to do whatever that deity is doing, assuming this God is omniscient (as it would have some reason to do or not do something,...

Thanks for the clarification.

Thanks. The reason for this I find sort of funny. A pretty big assumption would need to be made to attempt to find the truth of a question that deals ...

Another thing. Even if it leads to assumptions and a limited context in which an answer is useful, looking for an objective answer can be helpful, bec...

Regardless of whether or not relativism is more accurate, or if we feel as though objectivism is too rigid, assuming objectivism in the search for tru...

We’ll, I’m assuming they can’t actually be perfect, and that an authoritarian government wouldn’t do a great job in making them. I wouldn’t want to li...

It’s sad that there is truth to this. I agree that any realistic society will fall short barring divine intervention. The most likely reason to me, ho...

The only example you gave that I feel made sense in the context of the explanation you gave was the riches vs poverty one. This is also the least rele...

Personally I think it is morally obligatory to defend yourself in a way that doesn’t hurt the attacker, but it could also be permissible to defend you...

Personally I think it is morally obligatory to defend yourself in a way that doesn’t hurt the attacker, but it could also be permissible to defend you...

Thank you so much. I knew there was some big evidence I missed.

Pardon me if this is a little bit missing the point of this post, but are we not just able to say, Yes, in that our actions have an effect on our thou...

Here's an example of Jesus claiming God is his father in the Bible: - Matthew 16:17 And here saying his father conferred the kingdom upon him: Luke 22...

Option 3 surely. I am convinced enough of my religion that if I truly was convinced that the Christian God was not real it would be because of a sligh...

I think it’s likely we would make more progress. Part of the reason why we do this is because many people view the entire point of these subjects is e...

I think this is probably true, and that everyone would feel cheated out of something. For those who received the payment, they would feel it as inadeq...

Generally I agree with what is said here, I would just like to point out my previous comment only claims that they can coexist, not that they do. The ...

I don't pretend to be very knowledgable on this subject, but I as well like the idea of the quaila literally being the self. It feels pretty distingui...

Personally I agree that reparations are good in theory, but I am skeptical about the viability. For example, if we are going to help disadvantaged peo...

Speaking of looking through lenses, someone who studies humanities would likely disagree with the idea that science deals with "what" and humanities d...

Someone who doesn't believe in free will would say that what we "want" to choose is also an illusion, determined by a set of factors. Personally I sub...

I agree that this is the best path, but it sometimes appears to create problems in marriages that actually had problems to begin with. Many times this...

I’ll just respond to this because it’s shorter. I agree with the purpose of books concept, but don’t completely agree that once their challenges are d...

What’s the question you want us to answer? I agree with the idea you are illustrating, and it could also be helpful to provide a logical connection be...

Maybe logic describes physics in some ways, but I don't know if physics "describes" logic. Probably only as an application/example of it?

For testing religions for truth. For following a religious path at all. I was just listing some benefits of this.

Very interesting. As someone who has struggled with anxiety, I would say that whether or not they are more open to visions or revolutionary ideas, the...

This is an excellent point. I guess the idea here would be to find truths that fit you, not a particular religion? While I agree that this is largely ...

Ok

I like these standards.I agree. This is definitely a lot of the purpose of religion. Most of the “truth” you get is about how to act anyways. The conc...

Does it matter what the primary function of religious thinking is? For this thought experiment we assume that the subject is intelligent and not subje...

So essentially you are saying that even if a state is not democratic, the people living in it are likely advantaged if there is a nearby democratic st...

This is a good idea, I think. It does have a few issues, though. One is that a lot of belief in religions comes from personal experiences, and it migh...

The comparison to animals is hard to make since we can't prove that they do or do not worship anything. (And if they did, it would be in such a differ...