Well, it is a sort of semantic game but I think it is the believer who makes it that way, by calling “disbelief” a belief. The goal is to create a fal...
“There is no god” and “i lack belief in god” are not the same thing. If someone claims god exists, the person who lacks belief is still is waiting on ...
This is like saying “t-shirts are not clothes though, they are t-shirts. You violate the law of identity if you say t-shirts are clothes” and in the c...
It is because generally speaking animals are not ethical creatures, they are not moral agents. You are basing morality off of suffering, rather than m...
Not really. The suffering of the humans if I ate their kid or sibling is real, and a moral consideration. Likewise with the pet. You just think that i...
It would be wrong because of the emotional attachments other humans (the only creatures human morality applies too) have to this severly mentally subn...
That it was intended to create a distinction between the one proceeding cause and all the proceeding relevant causes. Lol, I suppose the answer should...
That is what “temporal” means, the “immediate” implies a distinction between the one proceeding cause and all the relevent proceeding causes. That is ...
Ya, you are right. Some sort of standard age needs to be established, but at least we should be consistent on that age of adulthood. Old enough to vot...
I know too many 22+ year olds who make stupid decisions and vote for poor reasons or even cant handle alcohol. I know 14 year olds who could handle dr...
It should be judged according to the individual, whether or not they can handle say, drinking alcohol. So who decides? Id say parents until they feel ...
You used a 17 year old in your example so I was answering based on that. I think other laws cover your concerns, a 9 year old drinking as much booze a...
I find it useful to always make a distinction between a belief in god and a belief in religion, its an efficient means of parsing what exactly a perso...
Not at all. Do you not undestand what parameters are? I admit that “preferential parameters” is a bit clumsy but im always happy to clarify if you ask...
How do you know that this isnt the best god could do? If god wants a universe with free will, or any other preferential parameters, why cant this be t...
Its not ambiguous in the least, its actually quite simple. Also, neither agnostic or anti-thiest cover what the word atheist means, they each are dist...
No, Ive never read the questionnaire, just the results and some data breakdown. I remember articles stating the study “concluded” that high atheism co...
Saying that Correlation doesn't mean causation doesn't end the story. As it says on Wikipedia/Correlation does not imply causation, one can extrapolat...
The UN Happiness Report and World Happiness Index indicate this trend, the least religious countries tendung to be the happiest. Correlation doesnt me...
Right, in the same sense other made up things are “outside” science, like astrology, magic, witchcraft, teapots in space, spaghetti monsters, etc etc....
No, the subject of the sentence is not a reference to itself. The rain isnt raining. Your question has been answered, the subject of that sentence is ...
If it is ethical to clone people at all, then it would be ethical to clone those people. What is it about these particular people or types of people t...
Um, all of it? I didnt deny that the brain develops until 25. What I said was, and amazingly you quoted me and still got it wrong, is that you do not ...
I dont think a brain needs to be fully developed in order for a person to have good judgement. Under 25 isnt the same for everyone, so doesnt it make ...
Ok so the former. So what are you basing that on? Obviously niether of us is aware of all the cases but it seems to me that a person could justify sui...
You dont think that someone can arrive at the decision to kill themsevles rationally and/or logically? (In situations where they arent terminal or suf...
I like that sentiment. It seems draconic to test for voting like that but ignorance or stupidity causes real damage, is it wrong to defend ourselves b...
I dont have the time to respond to the points made to other people another time with you, nor to tediously respond to your cherry picked portions (aga...
Im saying that when they can have a basic understanding of the impact on their own lives. They may not have the same depth of understanding as they ma...
It is the latter, ethical standards cannot be applied to creatures/things which cannot comprehend ethics. There may be other, practical reasons to tre...
I think the bolded portion conflates practices of humans with human moral sphere. Ergo, you cannot sneak animals in by starting with their involvement...
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