EricH

I posted this earlier in the thread, I'll try again. Rather than argue over the specifics of the situation, I respectfully suggest that you try to dea...

To millions (billions?) of people around the world, it is an empirical fact that God is real. This statement (and many others like it) are are exactly...

No one is arguing that Israel is an egalitarian society. All reasonable people acknowledge that non-Jews are denied many basic rights, are discriminat...

That is true. However, there is no way to force any given country to adopt them in their constitution, laws, or international treaties. To my knowledg...

There are two separate issues going on in this discussion - and it's a bit hard to untangle then given the history. Issue #1: How do you define a nati...

I am deeply pessimistic about the future of Israel. I don't see any workable solution - the two sides are too far apart. They're gonna have to get sic...

I'm a non-religious Jew. My best friend in college was an ardent Zionist. In 1972 he spent a year in Israel traveling around and working on a kibbutz....

It looks like you misinterpreted me. What I said was that we cannot base our understanding of time based upon the way our brain perceives it - this al...

I trust my mental faculties to function properly within its limited capabilities. Mankind in its current state has been on this planet for roughly 40,...

Respectfully suggest that you re-read and absorb what @"Seditious" has to say. Your reasoning is based

The benevolant uncle

Your brother-in-law's experience is, unfortunately, all too common. As a recently retired programmer I can speak from experience. The ability to be a ...

I think Popeye expressed things very well Just extend his sentiments to "x" OR "apple" OR whatever :smile:

Let me amend my previous post, On re-thinking it, it does not even make sense to assert believe(undefined-G). Instead of believe(undefined-G) it is si...

I understand what you're saying, but I disagree with the reasoning. From my perspective, you are limiting the range of possibilities. Firstly, this do...

Thanks for the reply. I may be mis-reading you, but there seems to be an inconsistency. Ignosticism falls into that first definition, but not the seco...

I’m jumping in here with a little trepidation as I’m likely in way over my head in this conversation - so please indulge my amateur efforts. We briefl...

I see your point. I was trying to answer your question: Most discussions about abortion (e.g., this discussion) eventually lead to questions regarding...

Does this resemble a tiny human? My eyes are not what they used to be, but I think not.

I was a Physics major as an undergrad (albeit not a very good one). I can assure you that the expression "Cause and Effect" was never once mentioned i...

Guilty as charged

I literally :lol: That was one of the funniest posts I've seen in a long time.

For some reason, these discussions always seem to ignore ignosticism and it's twin sibling theological noncognitivism.

“The moon was a ghostly galleon tossed upon cloudy seas” I like to think that I appreciate poetry as much as the next person on the street. You can do...

As other folks on this thread have been telling you in different ways, until you can give reasonably clear definitions of the words "God" and "exist" ...

You've been very insistent that folks give you a specific answer to the question "Does God exist". But words have meaning. If you want an answer to yo...

I read through your response several times just to make sure I wasn't overlooking something, but I am still not seeing a definitive answer to the ques...

So just to be 100% clear, your answer to my question is "No"?

A good question. I will re-phrase: Does the word "God" - as you are using it in this discussion - represent any physical being or object in the univer...

I don't say that. I say something along these lines: The word "God" does not represent any physical being or object in the universe. There are many va...

Strictly a meta-comment here: this discussion is a good example or why I come out to this forum. A great exchange of ideas which leaves me more inform...

Ah - that's better. Also I mis-read the second half of the quote. Thanks for clearing that up for me.

I could be wrong but this does not sound like something Chomsky would say. Would you please point me to the source of this quote? Thanks!

Sigh. I never once said that your argument was valid. But you're engaging in many cross discussions, so perhaps you mixed me up with someone else. Her...

Your last statement is incorrect. That is not the negation of Q. Statement Q is an inference - it is in the form IF C THEN NECESSARILY D Notice that I...

Thank you for taking this on, you're doing a far better job than I could. I hope this is not too much of a burden on your time.

Let’s take a step back here and review the big picture You have been stating that this is logically sound because the sentences map to this logic: How...

This may seem like a minor point, but I'd like to clear it up before moving on. Why do we need the word necessarily in here? To me, the implication is...

Those were some clever insults there - nicely done. But seriously, I’m a kumbaya kind of person. When I see a someone assert something that looks obvi...

I come to this forum to learn new things and to understand how I can integrate philosophical thinking into my life. Most of the people on this forum a...

There are things that I value. That is a set of things.. Call that set my_Values. I asked you for some examples of things that are in this set. I'm st...

So if I'm following you, then the way you are defining these, the intersection between the set of things that I value and the set of things that are m...

I'm sorry but I'm still not following this. Right now I'm still stuck on your P from #1 I still don't know what this means. If you could give me some ...

So I don't understand you and you don't understand my question. Seems like we are having some trouble communicating :smile: Let me try another approac...

Is it possible for me to have some values that are not moral values? I.e., are there different types or categories of values?

I'm still not getting this. Let's just stick to #1. As far as I can tell, this statement ( assertion / proposition / whatever-you-want-to-call-it) is ...

That's what I was thinking, but I'd like to hear what @"Bartricks" has to say. I will keep an open mind on this.

I'm coming rather late into this conversation, but please help this bear of little brain. I'm trying to follow this and I can't make sense of it. Star...

You are correct that whether or not God is good has no impact on whether or not he exists. However, as far as I know, God's goodness is a core tenet o...

I could be wrong (a regular occurrence) but I think most of us here would agree that such a world would be preferable to the world we currently live i...