Tzeentch

You're playing the tough guy on a philosophy forum. I'm still trying to wrap my head around that. Are you making a case for how little we have evolved...

Oh, I remember something about kicking their ass and broken legs. Seems like you got rattled by some kids on a train.

Don't backpeddle now. You were giving us the whole spiel about how tough you were. I'd love to hear more.

You were going to break their legs?

They were being implicitly threatened with violence. That is why they were afraid. Nothing strange about that. With violence or threats thereof you ca...

A great question! The step of realizing the shadows on the wall and echoes of voices aren't real but merely representations is but the start of the ph...

There is a caricature of a Jew being smashed by a Nazi fist on that poster. Who could've thought violent rhetoric would lead to actual violence? You'r...

And however could they have known? https://i.ibb.co/s9mBJrC/Propaganda-poster.png

Have a look at the 1932 election results.

Everyone is entitled to an opinion and to make decisions regarding their own body, but it is a bit disheartening how easily people (on a "philosophy" ...

I agree with the general idea of the premise, but I would put it somewhat differently. One does not possess the knowledge nor power to ensure one's ch...

I would argue simply that the having of children belongs in a moral limbo of just intentions coupled with a fundamental ignorance and lack of power to...

The most appalling ignorance is that of individuals in regards to their own nature. Most are willfully ignorant though, simply avoiding the confrontat...

As long as the Earth orbits the sun and spins around its axis, climate change is going to take place. Best to get used to it.

I wasn't aware that your comments needed to be translated first. Let me have a try: "I don't like what you're saying, but I can't find grounds to disa...

I tried to engage with you in a meaningful way about this topic. This type of response isn't exactly going to prompt me to keep trying.

There are factors that could justify the making of significant decisions on someone else's behalf that apply to the raising of children, and not to th...

Always consider the possibility that if one is unable to convince others with rational arguments, one's arguments might not be as rational and objecti...

Well said.

I guess you consider your assumption that antinatalists are miserable most definitely not projection, and not a sign of a lack of self-awareness. I co...

Drop the strawmanning already.

No, I am not. I linked Pierre Grimes's work because it touches on some interesting ideas about the subject of this thread. The point I made is entirel...

The contradiction between 'an eye for an eye' and 'to turn the other cheek' is to me a fundamental one, because the two present entirely different app...

This is not my position. My position is the one I have stated here clearly twice before - that there is a clear contradiction between some of the teac...

I've pointed out a contradiction between Q and the Torah that I think is a fundamental one to the moral systems they prescribe. Apparently you find th...

You seem to be assuming an awful lot. I think this subject just makes you very defensive for whatever reason. Perhaps you fear its the truth?

And neither did I. Are we just completely talking past each other?

Maybe not, but as I said, abstractions and miniscule connections are of no significance to me when it comes to dealing with other people. I wouldn't e...

I don't share those things any more than I share it with Mr. Liuang on the other side of the world. And even if I did, it is a situation I neither bro...

I don't know. Maybe you think I am arguing something that I am not. I never said Jesus was not a Jew, for example.

I don't think the Torah can be reduced to one quote, but I think these two dictoms are extremely fundamental to the moral systems the two books lay ou...

Of course it did. The only reason I am connected to unemployed Bob who lives hundreds of kilometers away from me of whom I supposedly benefit, is beca...

I think the teachings aren't compatible, even though they have been claimed to be. For example, the contradiction in the dictom "An eye for an eye" ve...

Sure, on all those things. There are many historical figures of whom we only have written records. It's up to each individual to decide whether they f...

There is much debate over this, and entire studies devoted to this question. Because we may never know for sure, it is up to each to look at the evide...

If one wants to know about Christianity, one first needs to strip off all the things notable Christians have said that is in direct contradiction to t...

Even if we take this to be true, I never asked for it. Is there a way for me to opt out of my supposed benefits? I think not. Again, states creating s...

What constitutes a moral act? A just intention, the wisdom and ability to make that intention come about, and the intended outcome. Lets apply this to...

This is a flaw of state government, that seeks to connect people who aren't in any way connected. Such supposed disputes are meaningless to me. If the...

In my view states are a necessary evil, and the nature of states seems to be that they inherently rely on force, but what you describe seems like one ...

I don't have a dispute with those people, as far as I am aware. Theft concerns a subjective dimension about what rightfully belongs to whom, and that ...

No, I think managing one's disputes through individual agreements is a good way to go about things. Maybe it is countries that are absurd if they are ...

These are just abstractions. Show me the individual that wants to dispute what I perceive as my personal belongings and I'll happily have a chat with ...

I don't have to. Only with those people I have a dispute with, which aren't very many at all. A government isn't a thinking being with an opinion abou...

They likely can't, it probably comes as no surprise that I view governments as inherently problematic and taxation is only a part of that. Governments...

I don't know about any we, but when I have a dispute with someone over what belongs to whom, I talk with them and come to an agreement.

It's the philosopher's job to contemplate the nature of things, not necessarily to offer alternatives. When a philosopher explains that killing is imm...

I never agreed to that. No, I don't think I do. I haven't shared any opinions about what I believe belongs to who. What I have shared are opinions on ...

Why do you think I am opposed to agreements? If there is no law against circumventing the system the government puts in place, you do not think people...

It sure does. And I am also sure that you see it, but don't want to see it.