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Well wouldnt God be evil if he denied free will to human beings as well? Do we just chalk this up to the inherently nonsensical nature of omni-god or ...

I don’t see that…sadist? Because god is letting some bad things happen? So if you are omnipotent then you are either omnibenevolent or a sadist/devil?

The economic structures of a country. While its true that can effect civilians, I wouldn't say civilians are the target.

Just because they have that in common doesn't equate them. Not differentiating between civilian and military personnel is a defining characteristics o...

What they mean is mental illness, mostly schizophrenia, but often manifests itself with religious symbology and themes. I dont think they meant religi...

Kicking and screaming, mostly against their will is the only way humans get moved forward. :wink:

I agree, if you dont understand fallacies you dont really understand how to not contradict yourself except in the most obvious ways. Especially in tod...

I think thats a great idea. Alternates to standard education are getting more and more common. I think our current standards don’t give kids enough cr...

I appreciate your gracious response. Ill try not to let it go to my head. :wink:

Rght, and you learn to not be a bad person by learning ethics. You aren’t disagreeing with me here.

I don’t think I can agree. Certainly children being impressionable means its a good time to teach ethics, but its a good time to teach them anything. ...

Right, but in order to be a model of good behaviour one needs to be educated in ethics. Perhaps you disagree but I find such models of good behaviour ...

Thats a good start I suppose, but ethics are sorely lacking in the average person sonI can’t help but want more. I think its just as important as any ...

Not just high school. If they are old enough to learn math and spelling they are old enough to learn about morality and ethics. I would add or even su...

You have your head way up your own ass if you think cancel culture doesnt exist. You simply can’t have looked into it in any depth. Congratulations on...

Sure, “if”. You would have to show the previous existence of god or a creator. Not so with dear grandma, whose previous existence is not in question. ...

The relationship with you grandmother already existed. The same cannot be said about god. The relationship with god doesnt have a previous existence u...

Pft. Not very imaginative. You can also laugh AND tell them to go fuck themselves. Live a little Banno.

Well yes, exactly the point being made. Banno is saying there isnt any.

That is also in relation to others. All of your examples are.

Yes, with your naked eye.

You can, just not with your naked eye. Brain scans etc with instruments of science.

I share the view that its more accurate to say body rather than brain, since the brain is affected by the rest of your body. We know that the foods an...

Well…both of those are better than mine. I guess Ill just go fuck myself :razz:

Ya I think its outdated. We have a lot of data now about how our minds are directly correlated to various parts of the brain. Its possible brain is wh...

I would say the opposite, the brain gives rise to the mind. The material gives rise to the immaterial. As the wood gives rise to the fire. If we stick...

To the extent that the wood is identical to the camp fire.

Jesus fucking christ! :roll: "espousing: 1. adopt or support (a cause, belief, or way of life)." (Online dictionary.)“ It couldnt be more straightforw...

That definition of god strikes me as so open as to be completely useless. I do not understand how you can believe in something you cannot define. What...

I think the answer is we do not know. There are things we once thought were not physical that we later learned were physical so judging by that trend ...

I would say this is where it breaks down. You start with the conclusion that thoughts do not exist in physically but you havent established that. Just...

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I think its more specific than politics, its race. As you observed, even normally astute, academic types lose their shit as soon as someone says “blac...

I dont know who you're posting that video for, its not going to register to anyone who disagrees with it as has been clearly demonstrated on every oth...

He means the facist covid policies (among others) and the racism of the Biden admin. How do you not know that as often as you interact with him?

Where are the thoughts coming from if not from yourself? Wouldn't thoughts that come from your sub conscious or from biological processes (a fear resp...

Well Banno’s point was that morality is about relations between life, precluding the logic you used there.

I read it. I disagree with that premise. That you cannot change how many people are stupid hasnt been established. In the OP it states “education” in ...

I understand, Im not calling you down about offering this topic. Im not taking the step Clarke is where he jumps to conclusions about your position or...

I get the concentration camp reference. What you are suggesting in the OP is pretty dangerous. I know you specifically said not imprisoning but seizin...

Lol, alright. I’ll keep going.

Why? Is there no moral treatment of oneself? I don't understand the basis for your conclusion. Where are you grounding morality so that it precludes e...

You can do better than that. What about moral intuitions? Not dependant on other agents. The loner could still have them couldn't he? What about a uti...

What about a moral agent who is entirely alone? Does he cease to be a moral agent until there are others to relate to?

I observe that people don’t stop playing as they get older, they just change games. When people think of play as childish its really just certain kind...

Youre almost there…next step: maybe there is no god at all, and religions are bullshit. Keep peeling back the layers Gregory.

Well…ok, but that doesnt do anything to address that the two are in conflict. All you're doing there is picking one over the other. In this context it...

Well neither is ideal I suppose but in my defence I did tag a disclaimer of sorts in the end. :wink:

I dont know what you mean by that.

If you are talking about the motivations of conspiracy theory folk for believing what they believe I think its a few different things. Its about havin...