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Yes, agreed. If we declare the purpose of the God debate to be entertainment then the goal is achieved, at least in the context of Internet forums. Al...

Um, with respect, you appear not to be following the Catholic rape scandal too closely. The investigations very clearly reveal that it was precisely t...

Not exactly on topic, but for what it's worth I've recently signed up to the music streaming service Calm Radio. They appear to have an excellent clas...

Ah ok, I now get the distinction you are trying to make. I was lumping everyone with a philosophy PhD in to a single pot. I'm still not sure how a "pr...

Ha, ha, watch out everybody, he's not as academical as our esteemed colleagues. Funny! Welcome you darn achromatist.

Ok, no problem, and no apology required. I'm just inviting you to continue with the point you were making if you wish, and letting you know I seem to ...

Hmm... It seems we're talking past each other. Most of the folks I'm referring to have PhDs in philosophy and are working in the profession. Some of t...

So what are we to do? This seems to be an excellent question. The God debate has been going on in some form or another since the very beginning of the...

It seems clear that religion at least influences some people's behavior some of the time. But sadly, not always for the better. I wouldn't call the bl...

Before we continue with all this wonderful logic dancing, could somebody please prove that human logic would be at all relevant to anything the scale ...

I agree this is the theory of how it's supposed to work. I'm not sure this is how it's actually working in practice. I've been spending a lot of time ...

Aha, thanks to you I was able to teach my stupid friend how to do this! What a dolt, I swear he needs a brain transplant. Thank you! :smile:

Hi PatternChaser, nice to meet you. Just read your profile. Wow, we have a lot in common. I particularly enjoyed your favorite quote. To further respo...

For what it's worth, I do sincerely believe that 1) love works, and that 2) Christianity speaks directly to the reality of the human condition, and th...

Yes, religion typically seeks to serve all human beings, and not just that tiny class of self deluded folks who have somehow come to the self flatteri...

Ok, given that this is a philosophy forum, I'll do my job as a wannabe philosopher and play the devil's advocate. Also, I'll confine my comments to Ch...

Agreed. We need to be working at reducing the extremes. We might call a solution "socialism at the extremes, and capitalism in the middle". SOCIALISM:...

Ok then andrewk, so I hear you saying, or perhaps trying not to say, the following... It does however mean that any statements of DISBELIEF in the tri...

Hmm.... More precisely, most human beings are not reminded of this advice anywhere close to often enough, including yours truly.

Banno may be saying that Christianity would be more appealing and impressive if the focus was kept on the experience of love instead of ideology. If t...

This seems a good question. I don't have a perfect answer other than to suggest that religion works on the level of emotion to a significant degree, a...

Care to answer for yourself?

Ok, cool, so I'll ask again... Will atheists make the same acknowledgement you are requesting of theists? Which was... I'm not disagreeing with your r...

To be a bit more precise, we are clearly capable of reasoning about God, but we have no way of knowing how relevant that process might be to the reali...

Perhaps it's helpful to mention that Christianity is not exclusively about ideological assertions, as seems to so often be assumed on philosophy forum...

Agreed, but it still hasn't been proven that these human concepts would be binding on a creator of everything everywhere, should such a thing exist. T...

Please prove that human logic would be binding on a God. HUMAN: A single half insane species only recently living in caves on one little planet in one...

So, if one is willing to face the possibility of human error and unintended launches, one is then required to understand that the policy of mutually a...

Duality is an invention of the human mind, a very very small electro-chemical mechanical device which operates by a process of conceptual division. De...

I knew your screen name must be a scam, a lie, fake news, a conspiracy, a coverup, and that therefore, logically and obviously, you must be an agent o...

It may help to make the distinction between philosophy and reason. As example, writing an article about Plato as your kitchen catches on fire could be...

While the rest of the post didn't do that much for me so I almost didn't comment, your concluding summary seems to about nail it.

Well, now you know, so that's good. If a philosophical "expert" can not focus on the issue which can quickly end all other issues, they aren't a logic...

Well ok, a few suggestions. 1) Forget about all dead philosophers. 2) As to living philosophers, check to see how much they've written about nuclear w...

The duality "good vs. bad" is a conceptual invention of the human mind. Should something the scale of a god exist, it would not be either good or bad ...

Casting my vote for this.

Agreed. After exploring academic philosophy blogs for awhile in the hopes of finding higher ground, I've come away with the impression that academic p...

My vote, do whatever you want to do and if the mods find it objectionable they'll probably let you know. Personally, I see no reason why you should re...

This thread is not about world peace.

Media has the power to direct our attention. Every time Donald Trump farts they do a three hour special on the smell. If they can get us all talking a...

I'm arguing that what the evidence shows is that little else is likely to earn our attention. Like I keep saying, reason and philosophy have PROVEN th...

It would change the group consensus in that the round the clock media coverage (which would dwarf 9/11) would focus everyone on the issue. Whether tha...

One often overlooked opportunity to be heard is the letter to the editor section of your local paper. I used to submit letters regularly before the Ne...

I've been attempting to point to one cause. Most of us, most of the time, don't really reference reason but authority. To a degree, this makes sense b...

Hi unenlightened, I don't mean to dismiss your interests, they are my interests too, and I'd welcome the opportunity to discuss them together some tim...

Hi Crank, In democracies at least, we are the government. Politicians will say and do whatever it takes to get our votes and stay in office. If we vie...

Ok, so your plan is that we should leave the nuclear gun in our mouth until we achieve a radical transformation of human psychology, such as is refere...

Please reference the opening post. Is this what you would say to a friend with a gun in their mouth? Would you try to teach them how to be enlightened...

Hi Unenlighted, Yes, I read a LOT of Krishnamurti in my youth and consider him a significant influence on my thinking to this day. While I do apprecia...

I've seen this phenomena a number of times on many forums. Some young person will start a thread asking some profound personal question, everyone will...