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Not sure if this has been mentioned before, but: only an atheist would believe that atheism is older than Christianity. For the Christian, Adam and Ev...
January 12, 2019 at 23:52
You said it was paradoxical to use suffering as a basis. I pointed out why it is not. Sorry you're unable to understand that.
January 12, 2019 at 23:07
Not sure why you're so concerned about the humility of vegans. This post is about whether veganism itself contains a paradox. Which it doesn't. It's a...
January 12, 2019 at 21:56
It's not paradoxical though. Veganism is about the commitment to reducing suffering. They're under no illusions that all suffering will be gone. It's ...
January 12, 2019 at 21:48
You do what you can and the best you can. Most vegans don't wear animal products either. And even if they didn't, you're basically saying that since w...
January 12, 2019 at 20:15
That's a problem, but clearly not an argument to go ahead and commit mass murder. It's akin to saying that since driving cars will statistically and a...
January 12, 2019 at 20:12
A taste for meat does not equal the need to kill. It's pretty obvious that we do not need to kill animals for food. For vegans there is no paradox, be...
January 12, 2019 at 19:39
Yes. Because we should be living in peace wuth the rest of the world. Especially other sentient beings. https://youtu.be/ZUsiY8FxoWs
January 12, 2019 at 16:07
Of course we all think our own opinions are right and others are wrong somehow. Otherwise we would have the other opinion. "Superior" is the wrong wor...
January 08, 2019 at 18:59
http://www.upc-online.org/phil_veg.html Karen Davis is the voice of clarity once again.
January 08, 2019 at 18:55
Your post here is about reincarnation. That means after you die. After you die, social and causal ripples are all that is left. Before you die you hav...
January 08, 2019 at 18:44
You could take an atheistic/scientific approach to the idea of reincarnation that makes it more logical: the matter of which we all are made is endles...
January 06, 2019 at 22:33
Just pointing it out because the thread was seeming to adopt an either/or stance on that issue. :wink:
July 09, 2018 at 20:35
Questioning them as a layperson without (so far as has been presented here) any evidence to do so, and thus exposing children to your own (seemingly) ...
July 09, 2018 at 20:34
Your post is basically just saying "Give me the evidence, but oh, if you do, I won't believe it anyway cause it's just a matter of interpretation, and...
July 08, 2018 at 10:28
In: Bannings  — view comment
I almost want to be banned and then unbanned just for the priviledge :naughty:
July 07, 2018 at 22:43
I think it's pretty stupid to ask for evidence and then, upon being told the evidence, questions all science and psychology, not just one study or one...
July 07, 2018 at 22:36
Equating imagery and game play makes no sense. I did not say art was solely aesthetics. I said primarily. Big dif. That can mean anywhere from 51 to 1...
July 07, 2018 at 22:27
Gotta go with the best knowledge you have at any given time in history. You really shouldn't post about your personal life if you're going to react so...
July 07, 2018 at 22:13
You can loom at the American Psychology Associations own website if you want. Or pick up any developmental psych 101 textbook. It's pretty basic stuff...
July 07, 2018 at 21:55
I didn't say anything about your kids specifically. (Though I do honestly assume it's not as rosy and happy as you claim it is... perhaps you'll find ...
July 07, 2018 at 21:45
That's not tyranny, that's just how being a social being works. Perhaps you wish we could have evolved from crocodiles instead so we could be totally ...
July 07, 2018 at 21:42
There's a reason this is illegal in some places and just generally frowned upon. The APA describes parenting styles such as yours thusly: Permissive I...
July 07, 2018 at 21:36
Being "pleasant" is not a sufficient condition for something to be called art, because a multitude of things "please" like a sunny day, a rainbow, a k...
July 07, 2018 at 21:27
Sounds like a "no true Scotsman" fallacy to me!
July 04, 2018 at 14:06
Drop the 'tude dude. You're either unaware of, or outright neglecting much of the important history of Western philosophy. Plato was the first to say ...
June 29, 2018 at 14:21
Knowledge is traditionally, and succinctly defined as "justified, true belief." You can have an unjustified and untrue belief, like thinking that you ...
June 28, 2018 at 14:00
Feminists being uneasy with gay men, drag queens, and mtf transpeople goes way back. Gay men asserted that gay rights were more important than women's...
June 28, 2018 at 00:13
It's one thing to criticize a group of people on the basis of trivial and/or inborn qualities such as race, sex, or sexuality. That's the kind of thin...
June 16, 2018 at 22:29
This is clearly a case of projection on your part: you tell me I'm insisting on a misinterpretation and then you call me an anti-natalist without any ...
June 16, 2018 at 11:36
How do you know that there is a problem? It makes no sense to say you know something without having a shred of evidence in favor thereof. You're simpl...
June 15, 2018 at 21:32
I suppose a better term for what people are actually looking for (or should be looking for) is "evidence." Most of science and most of philosophy are ...
June 15, 2018 at 17:49
The key being once it is born. Arguing that we ought to bring people into life, because they will then enjoy it is just an argument against birth cont...
June 13, 2018 at 17:07
Nope. A) A non-existent entity has no interest in being born. Therefore there are no non-existent pigs who wish for you to create them. Your hypotheti...
June 12, 2018 at 15:50
Oh boy! I guess somebody better call Switzerland, Germany, Australia, Sweden, Japan, Luxembourg, etc, etc and let them all know their superior, more c...
June 10, 2018 at 21:46
Since we're just repeating our contrary positions at this point, I'm pretty sure it's time to move on from that part of the issue. I do recognize and ...
June 10, 2018 at 21:42
Rephrase the question from are they art to can they be art and we might get somewhere. I would argue that games can contain artistic elements, or even...
June 09, 2018 at 20:36
SA had the link to this article... Which, you may notice, itself links to peer-reviewed psychological studies in academic journals. Point is, there's ...
June 09, 2018 at 18:07
You need to decide whether you're arguing for a well-balanced diet or not. A well-balanced omnivorous or vegan diet will both require more fruits and ...
June 09, 2018 at 15:35
In: What now?  — view comment
https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/being-a-couch-potato-may-change-your-personality1/ Something to think about. I vote for going back to colle...
June 08, 2018 at 23:26
I stumbled across this article through Scientific American and had to think of you: https://www.quickanddirtytips.com/health-fitness/mental-health/the...
June 08, 2018 at 23:21
Again, all of this is based on some totally weird idea about what a plant-based diet even looks like. It's like you have a block and can't process thi...
June 08, 2018 at 13:45
I guess that explains your inability to thrive on a plant-based diet. A well-balanced any kind of diet has about the same composition: 45-65% of calor...
June 07, 2018 at 14:49
Nietzsche seems to be a favorite on this forum, but the professors I've had have informed me that among professional philosophers, Nietzsche just isn'...
June 06, 2018 at 13:58
I think sometimes it's useful and other times leads one off topic, because then you get into arguments about the "correct" definition instead of just ...
June 06, 2018 at 13:52
You're missing my main point: you're too self-obsessed and that's what's bringing you down. You're clearly stuck in a rut of overthinking the futility...
June 05, 2018 at 20:51
There is a difference between "never having existed", "currently existing," and "ceasing to exist." As a currently existing creature, I have an intere...
June 05, 2018 at 18:37
Suggesting someone take up a hobby is not about getting life "right." It's gentle way of suggesting that you're wasting your precious time on this pla...
June 05, 2018 at 18:25
Sorry, just saw your question. No, I only have the pdf link.
June 04, 2018 at 23:39