RegularGuy

I would say that what I refer to as “God” is the causal phenomenon that gives dead matter life and consciousness in higher order beings. I’m not inter...

I would say that it was inevitable given so many universes.

Why is everyone so hung up on the canonical Judeo-Christian attributes given to what THEY call “God”. Can’t we think for ourselves? Or at least synthe...

My bad. Proceed, good sir.

Okay. We were just jumping ahead.

I was referring to the objective fact that the human mind/brain seeks order. It orders the objective world, and human conduct is a part of the objecti...

I have to agree with Ciaran here. Sorry. This is also how my professor taught the PI, and it makes more sense given the overall message of the book.

You cannot rationally will the maxim that genocide is permissible without denying basic human rights. I believe in human rights. I believe society can...

And burning atheists at the stake simply for being atheists is objectively wrong.

Agree to disagree. I believe in objective moral truths. Genocide is objectively wrong. Cold-blooded murder of babies is objectively wrong. Torture of ...

It’s objectively true that the Holocaust was evil.

What do you mean by “only mental”? Words are only mental, too. Beliefs are only mental. Perhaps normatives refer to actual conduct and what is inter s...

For what it’s worth, you’ve at least convinced me to be agnostic about LFW.

The only reason we are able to question pots with holes and hole-less pots is because we are in a hole-less pot. That doesn’t in itself make us specia...

I don’t disagree with you completely. I just happen to believe in God through no conscious intentionality. It just happened to me. I pray to God as a ...

The emotion I feel, the reason I think, the wonder and awe of looking up at the cosmos, the fact that we are conscious and not not conscious, that lif...

I don’t think it matters whether our universe is special or not. To me, God is a loving Presence, a Spirit akin to a Universal Consciousness that all ...

Science has yet to develop a coherent theory of consciousness and how observing a particular subatomic particle affects its behavior. Can it?

I thought I tried to address this with the money multiplier example. The meaning of words/concepts to a given person are predetermined by her beliefs ...

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I have been meaning to start going back to church where group singing is acceptable even with a poor singing voice. Thanks for the advice.

I’ve dealt with trauma and probably have my own defense mechanisms. My mother was under a lot of stress while pregnant with me due to my father’s alco...

Okay. I just don’t appreciate that word because it’s often used to denote the feminine qualities in a disparaging way. I agree that fear is not the ri...

Thank you for your insightful thoughts. I feel regret for some of my recent behavior, but I choose not to dwell on it, instead choosing to forgive mys...

Thank you all for your responses. I am agnostic on the topic question but would like to hear more from others.

This is an interesting and worthwhile conversation. I can’t wait to see where it goes.

Thank you again, but I’m afraid there is nothing you can do.

Thank you for the kind sentiment, but I don’t feel safe anywhere.

Just putting it out there that if you received PM’s with rumors about me, now you know why.

I stated, “I believe”, not issuing it as “fact”. I believe tough guys in general have latent homo/bisexual ideations/tendencies. This is the lounge. I...

The police officers who are stalking me (several of them) tried to solicit me for sex, offering me $500 to join them at a motel. They are all married ...

Just to be clear, I am pro LGBTQ rights. It’s the tough guys who have a problem with their own sexuality.

I shouldn’t have called antinatalism “dumb”. I disagree with it and think it’s irrational. I apologize.

Don’t get me wrong, I think antinatalism is dumb, but I think people who try to act tough by calling others “pussies” are repressing their homosexuali...

Your humility never ceases to impress me. Thank you for all of your high quality discussions.

I try to turn the other cheek when confronted with non-physical attacks. That’s how I would want to be treated when I screw up and act uncivilly socia...

For me it is the Golden Rule, but when it comes to self-defense I go with a deontological approach. I can’t rationally will a universal law where peop...

I don’t believe you are stumped as to what to do if someone was attacking your kids. I have no doubt you would defend them. The question, rather, is w...

Fair enough.

Maybe. I still don’t know.

Well, I quit smoking by starting vaping. I understand that the second-hand vapor is harmless, but it would be best if I didn’t need nicotine at all. T...

I have an ideal in mind, but I doubt it reflects many others’ ideals.

How does one who wants a better character but who feels stuck in place go about getting one?

So we are responsible for our character? What is character? I know the traditional sense, but what does it mean philosophically?

I would agree to this.

Okay. I thought it might be Gangster Disciples! Lol

Some people have children by accident. Some people can’t have children. Some people plan children. Some people don’t want children. I don’t think a su...

Thanks. I always wondered how to explain them.

Very interesting. Are brain waves emitted photons?

My question purely out of curiosity to you is: Do you feel like YOU have the right beliefs that others lack, or are you unsure of your own beliefs?