RegularGuy

It seems like you think you can have an impact on societal affairs. If so, that sounds an awful lot like delusions of grandeur. In reality, you have v...

Do you live in the United States? Is this an oppressive society? It certainly is if you are a young black man living in poverty, for example. That sai...

Is it the job of psychiatrists to change society into a more just one? Or is it their job to help individuals who are struggling to feel better? Furth...

Not as much as he’s gonna love your tits!

Life has no objective meaning. Its meaning is whatever you choose to impose on it. Asking “what is the meaning of life?” is like asking “what is the m...

Haha! :grin: Where have you been? Crawled out of your cave to rip people new ones? :lol:

Medieval Christian society wasn’t very Christ-like, nor is contemporary capitalist society. Individuals can be good, though, regardless of where and w...

I don’t see why not, assuming it’s real. That also goes for good Hindus, good Buddhists, good Muslims, good Jews, good whatever. Christians get too hu...

Schizoaffective disorder, which is like a little bipolar, a little schizophrenia.

Once you’re in a role you have to cooperate, otherwise the company won’t function. You’re not so much competing for advancement as applying for a posi...

Have you ever had a job? It’s mostly cooperation with little competition. Living in a community takes WAY more cooperation than competition. It is the...

I didn’t get that impression from the way you speak to hachit, who doesn’t seem to have a mean bone in his body.

I take “meek” to mean “gentle”. It takes a fit father to be gentle with his children, especially when they’re young. If you ask me, the world could us...

Hee-haw! Hee-haw!

Maybe. It depends on your intentions.

That sounds like you are trying to convert him rather than having a friendly discussion. Evangelism isn’t allowed here.

I am not familiar with those passages. However, one must remember he was a Jewish man living in the first century. “Do unto others as you would have d...

Do you believe wives should obey their husbands? What about what the Bible says about women’s rights?

I am a Christian in that I believe Christ was enlightened and was a truly moral person. I do not take the Bible to be the infallible “Word of God”. It...

I am a Christian in that I believe Christ was enlightened and was a truly moral person. I do not take the Bible to be the infallible “Word of God”. It...

Yeah, well, I’ve been told by my doctors that it’s a life-long illness with no cure. I’ve tried the willpower thing before and went off my meds. Then ...

The problem I have with therapy is that I know what the therapist wants to hear, but it is nearly impossible for me to control my thoughts from moment...

I wouldn’t be allowed to live in the community or I would be homeless or dead if not for anti-psychotics, mood stabilizers, and antidepressants. I hav...

That was a very good OP to read. I enjoyed it, and I found your analysis to be quite keen.

Isn’t it like 5:41 AM by you? What are you doing up so early on a Sunday? Going to church? LOL

Haha! I can’t wait to hear his response! This is getting good!

I was showing concern, but I guess it’s a good sign that you’re joking.

Have you been stressed about personal issues lately? I ask because you seem un Wallows like recently.

Way to take responsibility. :ok:

Okay. Just make amends and let’s forget it.

Males and females are treated differently AND they have different characteristics about them IN GENERAL. This says NOTHING about any PARTICULAR male o...

All criminals are human, so it must follow that humans are inferior in some regards?

Ah. Perhaps you were speaking of me talking about objective referents? When we speak about them, we are really speaking about our thoughts about exter...

If we are talking about idealism vs materialism again, then I don’t agree with direct apprehension of external phenomena.

I don’t know what you are talking about then. Fill in the variables so I know what you are talking about, please.

I don’t know what you are saying. Meta-ethics, normative ethics, and descriptive ethics are all different things.

Nice

I don’t understand this. It seems like a category error or something.

I don’t think Terrapin is going to agree to that, but we’ll see what he says.

I agree with both of you.

:up:

I hate it when someone in a discussion says, “Just Google it.” It’s as if he is saying, “I’m too lazy to cite examples to bolster my argument, so you ...

So “morality” must always refer to acceptable/unacceptable behavior is a necessary truth. Moral beliefs can change so instances of moral beliefs are c...

I value different things in different people. My wife, for example, is responsible, kind, loving, empathetic, and loyal. My older son, for example, is...

But there are objective referents that have to be agreed upon.

I don’t really know the import of it besides having different epistemic value. Also, I don’t know how creativesoul was using it.

It’s from Kripke’s Naming and Necessity. It helps one distinguish necessary from contingent truths.

Possible worlds are stipulated. One cannot logically conceive of “what that sign represents” to be other than what it represents given the meaning of ...

That’s a good point. However, I think Terrapin only uses the term “objective” to mean “extramental”.