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['Member']Joined: August 18, 2016 at 15:06Last active: May 19, 2022 at 22:371 discussions153 comments

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In: The agnostic position is the most rational!?  — view comment
As if anyone can really fathom the greatest possible being, even in the mind.
May 07, 2021 at 22:32
In: Hangman Paradox  — view comment
If it hasn't happened by noon Thursday, the prisoner should not be surprised it happens on Friday. But he doesn't know that it WON'T happen Monday-Thu...
April 30, 2021 at 13:17
In: What the hell is wrong with you?  — view comment
What the hell is wrong with me? Never met the right people.
April 15, 2021 at 01:26
In: You Are What You Do  — view comment
beautiful
April 15, 2021 at 01:24
In: Beautiful Things  — view comment
https://wanderlusters.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/10/Scottish-Highlands-Hiking-Guide-1155x770.jpg
March 06, 2021 at 14:30
In: The meaning of life.  — view comment
So then what is death in relation to the chains of existence? And if God lets us out on good behavior (presumably our waking hours), do we experience ...
February 27, 2021 at 20:47
In: The meaning of life.  — view comment
Will God consider letting us out for good behavior?
February 27, 2021 at 20:10
In: The meaning of life.  — view comment
So from your initial scenario, would a prisoner would be in jail^2?
February 27, 2021 at 20:05
In: The meaning of life.  — view comment
"Gift purpose On certain occasions — birthdays, anniversaries, dinner parties, the end of the year — it's customary. Underlying that custom is an impo...
February 26, 2021 at 23:40
In: The meaning of life.  — view comment
@Bartricks what do you think of abiogenesis?
February 24, 2021 at 01:52
In: The meaning of life.  — view comment
My point is specifically to challenge your idea that purpose must designed. In our current scientific understanding, adaptive features evolved by natu...
February 23, 2021 at 21:19
In: The meaning of life.  — view comment
How about adaptive features that animals have that evolved through natural selection? Surely those features weren't designed with foresight to achieve...
February 23, 2021 at 20:54
In: Suffering and death by a thousand cuts  — view comment
What if happiness is hereditary and therefore it is logical to go procreate.
November 19, 2020 at 03:00
In: Let’s chat about the atheist religion.  — view comment
The Wikipedia page for Gnosticism and specifically the section under Christian Gnosticism refers to Christ as a divine being having taken human form i...
April 17, 2020 at 20:10
In: Coronavirus  — view comment
This just from the alcoholism :rofl:
March 18, 2020 at 02:03
In: Coronavirus  — view comment
Its completely bizarre. I'm on Cloud 9. Like being in a movie.
March 18, 2020 at 01:57
In: Coronavirus  — view comment
its not saying x are affected every 5 days only the first 5... hoping a math nerd will further explain. :mask:
March 18, 2020 at 01:42
In: music of atheism  — view comment
Here is an example of what I would consider atheistic music. No spirit, no soul. The music doesn't breathe and its locked onto a metronome. https://yo...
February 21, 2020 at 14:23
In: Against the "Artist's Statement"  — view comment
Whats wrong with the artist's statement if it provides a little context?
February 12, 2020 at 21:20
In: What if you dont like the premises of life?  — view comment
https://youtu.be/7CTQMlSEhyY?t=1
February 03, 2020 at 22:45
In: Jesus was a Jew. Why do some Christians and Muslims hate Jews?  — view comment
Goodness doesn't get you to heaven because we don't have any. As Jesus said, there is none good but God. We are only saved by grace and faith.
January 10, 2020 at 01:56
In: Jesus was a Jew. Why do some Christians and Muslims hate Jews?  — view comment
He calls all to repentance. You must be reborn to enter the kingdom of God. God's foreknowledge and man's freewill aren't mutually exclusive.
January 09, 2020 at 16:09
In: Jesus was a Jew. Why do some Christians and Muslims hate Jews?  — view comment
How does God ensure that most will end in hell?
January 08, 2020 at 20:31
In: The mild torture of "Do something about it!" assumptions  — view comment
How is this question any different than "why do I exist?"
August 22, 2019 at 03:47
In: Should hate speech be allowed ?  — view comment
No hate speech should not be allowed. There is no more room for it in this world, and truly there never was.
August 07, 2019 at 12:51
In: Are you a genius? Try solving this difficult Logic / Critical Reasoning problem  — view comment
No people are not dinosaurs. To simplify, cancel out the negatives and you get people are dinosaurs (but you said this is not true) so that means (som...
July 17, 2019 at 18:17
In: What is laziness?  — view comment
Nice insight sushi
July 17, 2019 at 01:10
In: Do we need objective truth?  — view comment
THE TRUTH SHALL SET YOU FREE
June 27, 2019 at 19:25
In: How to combat suicidal thoughts?  — view comment
Let it go. Those voices are demons that try to get us to deny life/reality
June 26, 2019 at 03:51
In: E.M. Cioran Aphorism Analysis  — view comment
“It is not worth the bother of killing yourself, since you always kill yourself too late.” I think he's trying to be humorous meaning that you should ...
June 25, 2019 at 18:47
In: Heidegger on technology:  — view comment
ready to hand vs present to hand differs in terms of what is conscious. I forget which is which, The hammer is consciously recognized as an object dis...
May 17, 2019 at 02:01
In: This forum  — view comment
lmao so that's how trending works.
May 10, 2019 at 17:34
In: What are the tenets of Kierkegaard's philosophy? How can he improve our lives?  — view comment
Absurdity of faith Truth is subjective Leap of faith what comes to mind for me
May 09, 2019 at 19:35
In: Anti-modernity  — view comment
Thinking about this more over the past couple days I might have to refine my definition to something closer to "dancing along the edge of the rules". ...
May 03, 2019 at 13:03
In: Anti-modernity  — view comment
To live creatively is to break the "rules"
April 28, 2019 at 05:31
In: Anti-modernity  — view comment
Functioning (transcendentally or imminently) in the modern world requires the individual to live creatively in their approach.
April 26, 2019 at 13:53
In: When Zizek and Peterson Argued About Marxism and Capitalism, Were They Debating the Same Concepts?  — view comment
Peterson mopping the floor with his opponent as usual.
April 23, 2019 at 22:50
In: Does Jesus lie?  — view comment
Perhaps Jesus was speaking of God granting spiritual wishes, not necessarily earthly desires.
March 20, 2019 at 23:59
In: Infinite Being  — view comment
Do you think matter is finite? Because if matter is infinite that is all you need to grant the possibility of infinite being. Are we exhaustively redu...
March 06, 2019 at 03:55
In: What are you listening to right now?  — view comment
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hy3YJybXkJg
March 04, 2019 at 02:08
In: What are you listening to right now?  — view comment
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ClZIQ-B__gQ DRUMS
March 04, 2019 at 02:08
In: Is God real?  — view comment
We are always in a state of incomplete knowledge.
February 22, 2019 at 02:18
In: It is life itself that we can all unite against  — view comment
Why do you arrive at such a negative view of life? Why so much negation? The root of your analysis is composed of constant negation.
February 22, 2019 at 02:05
In: Objective Quality of Life  — view comment
I want to suck tomorrow's dick.
January 26, 2019 at 06:24
In: Is time travel possible if the A theory of time is correct?  — view comment
Idk about anything,, but time travel isn't possible lol.
January 26, 2019 at 06:06
In: Aboutness of language  — view comment
Words are eternal. Spoken word that is. When we speak, the words are etched in time and the meaning is shown in the act (context) of speech.
January 26, 2019 at 05:48
In: Best arguments against suicide?  — view comment
I might give them this book https://qprinstitute.com/uploads/Forever_Decision.pdf
January 25, 2019 at 20:07
In: What are you listening to right now?  — view comment
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v56MhdEHBzQ
January 19, 2019 at 07:40
In: If there was an objective meaning of life.  — view comment
Please explain
January 14, 2019 at 20:01
In: If there was an objective meaning of life.  — view comment
The best color is white because it contains all other colors.
January 14, 2019 at 19:31
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