I guess I wasn't clear. When I said "out here"? That was directed at the folks engaging back and forth conversations here in the forum. There seem to ...
Yup, but she reflects what a significant number of MAGA folks think That may be so, but apart from Romney and a few isolated others the Republican Par...
From a distance it seems that New Zealand did a pretty decent job of handling things. Of course it's much easier to isolate if you're an island nation...
Wait a minute - you mean to tell me that government institutions are not perfect and that individual people can exploit these institutions for their o...
I could be mistaken, but my understanding is that WHO relies on the member countries for information and funding. As such they have to defer to to eac...
This only applies to children under 5. If we're using WHO as a guide (which you appear to be doing) then you're fine with masks being required for chi...
Not sure where you got that info about WHO, here's what I'm seeing: "Some countries and regions may have specific policies or recommendations in place...
I am not an expert in these matters, but there are other highly qualified folks out there who are pointing out significant issues with this study: htt...
I feel sorry for you that that the act of abandoning religion left you unable to find joy/meaning in your life. But that is on you. While I cannot poi...
Chomsky has stated that the "the Russian invasion of Ukraine is a major war crime, ranking alongside the U.S. invasion of Iraq and the Hitler-Stalin i...
I'm still not understanding you. In your OP you identified yourself as agnostic. Does agnosticism also lead to moral nihilism? If not, could/would you...
I've been trying, unsuccessfully so far, to understand what you're saying. You're agnostic and you want to know whether your actions are good or bad, ...
How many thousands of words are there in the arguments for God? Certainly the folks debunking these arguments are allowed to use the same number of wo...
That makes sense if you're out and about. Maybe I'm being too generous in this assessment, but here in TPF I think we're all reasonably informed enoug...
Based on what I'm reading, it sounds like you are closer to ignosticism - which (in essence) says that the very notion of a deity or deities is incohe...
What you have described sounds to me more like ignosticism. Per the wikipedia entry, there is an open debate whether ignosticism is a type of atheism ...
https://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/text/18/798 Whoever, being an officer, employee, contractor, or consultant of the United States, and, by virtue of ...
On location reporting of the actual fighting on the front lines. Read it and weep for the ongoing tragedy. https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2023/01/...
I have no skin in this discussion, but am just pointing out that you have misinterpreted this article. Per your link: Energy undergoes many conversion...
If you can't understand that without omnibenevolence there is no problem of evil, then I'm afraid I consider you the intellectual equal of the crow th...
I cannot answer your question set until you explain how YOU define/explain the problem of evil (POE) and what it means to be a proponent of this probl...
Dear Professor B, This week's homework assignment in Philosophy 101 was to explain the problem of evil. I went back to the primary sources and here is...
I've read Job, and I while I am not an expert in these matters I get the basics. But AFAICT that's not what B is saying. If B had said that a person w...
I will repeat things I've said in the past. You're a smart person and you are obviously well educated in many aspects of philosophy. You are not a tro...
Has anyone given a decent response to your question? I don't have the time/energy to review the entire thread, but a quick scan shows this: Have you g...
I am not disagreeing with anything you said. We seem to be getting two issues mixed up. Issue #1 Does the Bible account for the world as it is? We agr...
Not only did I read it, but I'm basically agreeing with you on one of your main points. I agree. Here I suggest that you go to a Christian forum to ge...
Agree - but then how did the world get here? Did God (per your definition) set up the conditions that allowed the world to come into existence? Did Go...
I'm going to ignore my own advice and continue on here. The standard definition of the Problem of Evil requires omnibenevolence. Here is from Wikipedi...
And right here is where you are going astray. Here is your "p" Mr. X is a proponent of the Problem of Evil. Mr X is a person who says that an OOO Bein...
OK, maybe I made a false assumption there. But without omnibenevolence there is no Problem of Evil. It could simply be that your your omniscient omnip...
You're right, I don't understand much of what you're saying. I'm trying, but there are many things which are not making sense to me. Let's start with ...
I understand your example. I was trying to use some gentle humor to illustrate that your analogy lacks a certain rigor. But your example is irrelevant...
Before continuing I just wanted to say that I'm glad that we have had an invective free conversation. I believe very strongly (that whenever possible)...
I'm not following you here. By "proponent" do you mean a believer in God - and how they attempt to resolve the discrepancy between an omnibenevolent g...
Well, it looks like we're stuck here :angry: :grimace: For clarity's sake I am re-posting your OP: Imagine there is an omnipotent, omniscient person. ...
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