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I’m not sure what you mean by neurological processes being at the mercy of biology...they are part of your biology. This biology is triggered and effe...
February 27, 2021 at 20:50
The symbol of the number on the key corresponds to an actual electronic process specific to those particular numbers. You aren’t recognising the conne...
February 27, 2021 at 20:02
You can question it sure, but you cannot draw a conclusion based on how well suited you are to the environment. It doesnt imply design just because on...
February 27, 2021 at 19:46
You missed his point completely. The water fits perfectly into the hole not because the hole was designed for it but because the water naturally shape...
February 27, 2021 at 19:11
Sound and words are not the same thing. You used “sounds” in your argument and then changed it to “words” in your conclusion. Verbal sleight of hand w...
February 24, 2021 at 13:53
Would you say that words can influence actions? Or would you consider that to be the same thing as words causing things?
February 23, 2021 at 20:49
Well said.
February 18, 2021 at 18:12
One thing on this topic that I don’t see discussed is people’s right to listen. Why do some people get to decide what Im allowed to listen to? If a bu...
February 17, 2021 at 01:08
I think thats exactly what value human life has. Everyone picks and chooses what life is valuable, most people don’t care about vast swaths of life, f...
February 10, 2021 at 14:28
Indeed
February 04, 2021 at 02:18
Ive wondered this myself. Could the Mods weigh in on this comment?
February 04, 2021 at 02:08
Well said. Much better than the way I put it. (In one of the other threads about the same thing.
January 31, 2021 at 05:27
So you do not understand, its not clear to you...yet you are still very certain that you aren't confused or need of enlightenment? Am I wasting my tim...
January 30, 2021 at 23:49
Necessarily true refers to logical inference. It can be true that I am walking, and it would be necessarily true that I have legs to walk on. Its abou...
January 30, 2021 at 17:18
MadFool is right, the question contradicts itself. Its the same thing as in the omniscience thread, you aren’t grasping the law of non-contradiction. ...
January 30, 2021 at 06:21
Fair enough. To me magical thinking is when a person just skips over inconvenient data and reasoning that doesnt support the conclusion they want to r...
January 30, 2021 at 04:38
That sounds about right. Use of “faith” in religious context is special pleading because that same standard is not applied to most other things in the...
January 30, 2021 at 04:30
Can you elaborate on why my belief in reality is not skeptical enough? How did you reach that conclusion, and how do you know how skeptical of reality...
January 30, 2021 at 04:25
Its just a cute little game theists like to play, where they reverse things back onto the atheist. Projecting is the psych term I believe. So problems...
January 30, 2021 at 04:02
Ive never heard that particular argument before. Not sure any of its necessary, breaking the law of non-contradiction is enough to show the incoherenc...
January 30, 2021 at 03:40
Certainly not PC, no. I think that if expressing unpopular or non-PC views was enough alone to get you banned then you would have been banned. Even th...
January 29, 2021 at 20:00
This thread wasnt intended to be about censorship, it was about the deletion of the thread, the weak reasons for that deletion and an overall point ab...
January 29, 2021 at 19:50
Sure, there is some logic to your argument but there is a specific point of logic (the law of non-contradiction) that you are ignoring. Also, not asse...
January 29, 2021 at 07:29
Omnipotence, defined as being able to do anything, is a non-sensical term that has no real meaning. It is a paradoxical term, its own definition refut...
January 29, 2021 at 02:57
That may be the way it emerged, I couldn't say, but thats not how I intend it nor do I think thats the way its generally understood today. Everyone kn...
January 28, 2021 at 04:54
Lol. I had forgotten about it but you keep reminding us. I dont think there should be such a thing as a topic being too sensitive in a discussion foru...
January 28, 2021 at 04:36
No offense but I didnt find the masterbation thread compelling at all. Thats my point though, if people engage then it's probably worth keeping around...
January 28, 2021 at 02:33
Well Im not really making the PC point. Im not even really sure PC is at work in a significant way among the mods. They seem to be concerned about gui...
January 28, 2021 at 02:26
Like who? And also, That wasnt why the thread was deleted, according to the mod who deleted it. Also, “no YOU cant read”. Just flip what I said about ...
January 28, 2021 at 01:54
No one is asking you to, in fact the issue is why we aren’t allowed to engage the person. No babysitting involved other than checking for breaches of ...
January 28, 2021 at 01:51
This thread isnt about homosexuality being a defect, its about why the other thread was deleted. Are you even paying attention or, again, are you simp...
January 28, 2021 at 01:23
If someone is seriously confused about any of those then a response is warranted, as opposed to someone just being hateful where I would agree a respo...
January 28, 2021 at 01:05
That would only be appropriate if this thread was homophobic since that was the reason given for the other ones deletion. The topic itself wasnt the i...
January 28, 2021 at 00:59
Indeed, but mods should delete threads for their content more so than the thread name. I just think its bad for this forum and its discussions to dele...
January 27, 2021 at 23:23
Obviously I meant learning in the broader sense. We are here to discuss things, discussion is important in learning about your own positions as well a...
January 27, 2021 at 22:30
No, Im aware. I realise its use by homophobic or anti-gay rhetoric. Its something ignorant people use, and its also something people use when they hat...
January 27, 2021 at 22:24
Homophobic? Because of the word “defect”? Did you miss the disclaimer portion, where the poster explained explicit non-homophobic behaviour in their d...
January 27, 2021 at 22:06
Yes, “defect” stood out right away as problematic. Thats the primary mistake made by the poster, a simple enough mistake to point out if the thread ha...
January 27, 2021 at 21:55
Yes I realise that but pointing it out is pedantic, a waste of my time and a failure to address the main issue. Leave such commentary to the petty. Th...
January 27, 2021 at 21:48
Social media plays a big role, its a fact that it creates tension. Its designed to. I recommend The Social Dilemma, eye opening. Also, it wasnt a wast...
January 22, 2021 at 14:30
The most wisdom in a post on this thread yet. :up:
January 22, 2021 at 14:20
I see. So more like a cultural dark ages rather than some sort of apocalyptic reset?
January 16, 2021 at 23:57
Im not sure what you are referencing, where did I give that impression?
January 16, 2021 at 23:54
How do you imagine the “new Dark Ages” looking in thrse modern times?
January 16, 2021 at 22:33
Yes, I intended to include those things under “a sign of the times”. Social media and fear based news are big parts of it in the general public but I ...
January 16, 2021 at 20:46
Well i wasnt talking about specific kinds of discourse. Obviously there are going to be better or worse forms by of it. If you are just yelling at the...
January 16, 2021 at 20:25
Ok, thanks. So in what way would someone figure out that context and provide them with a new context if not through discourse. Amend that, what better...
January 16, 2021 at 19:14
I dont think you’ve been as clear as you think. Id rather not guess and then have it cause confusion later on, so im trying to get a concise answer. S...
January 16, 2021 at 19:05
So your superior remedy is...?
January 16, 2021 at 18:25