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They fancy themselves victims. He may have a great deal of social networking that relies on it. You can't take a belief away from some one that knows ...

I think 'he' is real and misrepresented by childish interpretations. Stories are meant to notify us of the existence of God, but not to describe thing...

Your honest; I appreciate that in a philosopher. You should look into Fahrenheit 451 its a book and old movie available on youtube. They try to make s...

I think your uncomfortable with the source of your beliefs. I think you can do better.

I believe in God and think that most beliefs are based on a literal children's story character. They built an ark in Tennessee. I didn't make them bui...

What I call God is not what most people call God, but it's the closet thing. I've had an ongoing experience for a year or so; that can't be accounted ...

It's a free public service. Adults running around believing characters in children's stories are real has slowed down social progress. And if there is...

Nothing about it is incorrect. It is what would be called a unique or novel approach to 'doing' philosophy. Feel free to engage however you like withi...

Generally, I'd say I am agreement with skepticism when comes to knowing we have established truth beyond doubt. But, extending it to self-referential ...

I think people argue incorrectly. The burden of proof and demands of concession fuel bias of egos and don't further the search for any greater truth. ...

So, we've dissolved contingently and possibly. What about tentatively? There might be a razor's edge in between absurd doubt and tentative laws of con...

Actually, a pretty good answer. Credit where it's due.

I left out a few words initially. How do you establish possibility without deducing an alternative state of affairs? The only reason I can imagine is ...

So, you are saying it is metaphysically possible false because it can hold a truth value. Not, because of known possibility.

Fair enough.

It seems like your misrepresenting his argument.

Impossible to be otherwise is pretty close to necessary.

That is not what the word possible means and not the claim that's being made. "...then it by chance is false" is the issue. There is nothing to justif...

My reply was with the impression "contingently" was implying a contingency, but I find it is instead a place holder for without explicated necessity. ...

He's claiming they couldn't. You haven't shown they could. You need a 'could happen' for "possible" to obtain or whatever.

I agree it's logical. You've placed optimization as a reason for ending suffering in an world without human emotions. One could debate the matter. Act...

Are you quoting me out of context to annoy me? Kind of lame. I was trying to help out, later.

It isn't a compelling idea if you don't think it means your super fantastic as a result. It just looks silly.

His position seems to preserve the meaning of the word possible. Your position at a glance implies an outcome can be possible and impossible.

It is a misunderstanding. We're flipping a coin and you are saying that it may(contingently) come up heads, so Banno is claiming this implies tails. W...

Yeah, maybe it's not literal. Like it has a "higher meaning" you believe yourself so familiar with;

Probably an art exhibit or concert hall. There are plenty of ways to convey meaning. But, again this seems like a diversion from a diversion of an obv...

The wisest man that ever lived claimed he knew nothing.

When you reach it you'll understand the vastness of your ignorance and start appreciating others life long study of their interests.

No, I didn't do that actually. I agreed and then pointed out this tactic of yours of assuming there's level of awareness you have elevated yourself to...

Yeah, there's a trick of the mind called free association and confusing the two is ill advised. There's also the host of irrational things and suspens...

In order to make that implication you have to follow a scientific principle of falsification. You are using science to disprove it. The moment your ri...

It's more adjacent than beyond. Well you might want to reel it in a little, because your position is making a pretty magnificent error. Whatever gets ...

I understand that much, but why does this idea please you?

Are you trying to prove the point I was making? Science is only a threat if a belief in God rests on children's stories being true. Why the need for f...

I stand corrected, your issue is with the concept of necessity. Ok, that seems fair. Let me fire off a couple rounds towards contingently true. Contin...

I see this distrust in science. People that don't really know God by experience seem to need their storybook to be true; which means they have to atta...

You are demanding an argument that doesn't presuppose logical contradiction. Which is clever as an impossible demand for evidence, but also incoherent...

I came to same the conclusion. To maintain possibility there is a minimum requirement of defining a subject. Without contradiction to hold the line; t...

So, your position is that even though emotional interest in suffering is greatly reduced; the drive to optimize will motivate people to relieve it. I'...

Without empathy, people would be largely indifferent to suffering, so there isn't a reason why they would work together to reduce it. Suppose you stil...

Care to elaborate?

It's roughly 700 Billion a year literally by the government to the military suppliers. What larger one did you have in mind?

They maintain the economic dynamic of an economy that relies on wealth transfer to weapons manufacturing in order to sustain a manufacturing base. Sin...

I think it is best to give moral consideration to respecting the medical profession's ability to parse the ethical questions they face. Generalizing d...

Yes, the part that can't be updated falls under children's stories.

Acknowledge three instances of God. The God in children's stories. The God of theistic experience. Perhaps an empty space for a speculative God that e...

Would this imply the non-existence of empathy?

It could be ill founded, misguided, naïve, inaccurate, poorly executed, even simply wrong, but gibberish it's not. Will you be conceding the matter or...

When there is a legitimate exterior cause or known unmet need. Depression like everything serves to indicate our experiences. But, if it's just habit;...