Gosh, I didn't realise it was that bad. Does that apply to all the first century folk - Tacitus, Suetonius, Dio Cassius? Hopefully things got better a...
True. Also, we simply do not know anything about the source of creation. I suppose there is some negative knowledge that we have. We know it didn't co...
That may be so. But as an answer to the problem of Jesus' saying he brings a sword and not peace - and the dog-whistle implications of that saying - i...
I also like to link this whenever occasion demands, which is too often. I think it is an amazing piece of writing and an inspired solution to the prob...
:clap: That's the spirit. I can't help thinking the world would be a happier place, if more people dealt with liturgical problems by simply announcing...
I am a Christian and I have heard this point made before but I cannot help thinking that it sounds terribly like a dog-whistle excuse. "I know I said ...
It was known as the 'cast iron plant' because it would survive the darkness and neglect of London rooming houses. It is Orwell's symbol of a strugglin...
I realise that. You suggested that 'be respectful' is just not enough - we need more. I pointed out that we have not achieved even the respect that yo...
I have not heard anyone apparently clueless or inexperienced. Almost everyone seems quite certain of their views on gender identity. Adults generally ...
I don't expect people to have respect for each other, let alone unconditional respect. I expect lesbians on busses to continue to be afraid for years ...
OK. Would it be a good start and a move in the right direction? I think so. Then, when everyone is treating everyone else with respect, we could think...
Fun fact: some spring-flowering trees are in flower in England. Many lost leaves early due to drought and withdrew into winter mode, so now I guess it...
"All sentences, with the sole exception of this sentence, are false." I think that sentence is false, but I'm not sure it's self-contradictory. All im...
Good idea. I propose a discussion between AI philosohers about Searle's Chinese Room. One of the disputants could put forward the argument that AI has...
You are non-binary. Perhaps there do exist people who are not like you in that respect. They would be binary and not non-binary. They might be quite c...
What's called 'over-thinking' is generally under-thinking - sticking on a relatively irrelevant aspect of a problem and so missing the main point. I d...
Quite often, yes, it is. "If" in conversational language does not always behave like a material implication in logic. True material implications are o...
I wouldn't say that's always true. As I write, my kitchen is behind me. You did not know that - but I did. That's a difference of the states of knowle...
Maybe so. But that makes it paradoxical that the planet would be in a better state for life if we'd left the decisions to the less intelligent creatur...
@"Tate" Yes, I got that. After a slow start. My answer is to ask a friend to look and check for me. The world and other people exist - it's just 'behi...
Alas, no, because I misread the whole thing. I thought it was about whether we can doubt that any time exists except the present. I suppose if there i...
I Is it possible coherently to doubt it? If it's true, all statements about the past are false. In that case, I didn't write the last sentence. I did ...
It claims to be against dogma, but it shows itself to be as dogmatic as the rest. The author actually typed "New Theology aspires to be a universal th...
It's certainly worth considering that they are two different things, as you say. Another possibility is that they are the very similar things. What me...
True. With a little more effort but still not too much we can also find out the good effects. With yet more effort we can find out the bad and good ef...
Yes. We know this because when we see humans from the top of a high tower we are amazed at how small they look. If humans were actually small then we ...
Only to the extent that there are no black mermaids because there are no mermaids. But that's probably not what the commentator meant. There was a vie...
About P1. We cannot deduce the existence of a belief from the truth or falsity of a proposition. Whatever beliefs a person must hold in order to quali...
Isn't there a problem with the 'naturalistic fallacy'? The medical standards may be too low or otherwise in error. In that case we could say without c...
Don't underestimate them. Epiphanies are rare. It's mostly about paying your bills, apologising for errors, letting go of grudges. I would pull out a ...
The British royal family is a role model? But the words 'royal' and 'scandal' go together so well. The phrase is part of our heritage. Along with bish...
I agree that we may sometimes reasonably wish to die. But death does always deprive us of something. It deprives us of every chance we have and of lif...
It responds to the OP claim that if harms are not ante-mortem then they are post-mortem. It shows that it's a false dichotomy and that there is a thir...
A bit more reflection on planless John. I wonder whether his plan is to stay alive. If not killed, he will take food and water, seek necessary shelter...
@"Bartricks" You harmed John by depriving him of the opportunity even to be miserable and planless, just as the opportunity to take an artificially in...
Because I now know that I will miss it in the way described if I dispose of it. It's a harmless vice. I don't keep used syringes, love letters or anyt...
If they are misled, then their answers will not be so good. The better they get at clarifying and explaining, the better their answers. I get one poin...
Usually, I keep it. I still think about books that I did not keep. I miss some books from fifty years ago and I can still feel their heft and the scen...
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