The term ‘light’ is similar, in some ways, to the term ‘god’. It is ‘created’ as a means of encapsulating phenomena. For me the so-called ‘religious t...
Tell me what you mean by ‘god’ and see if I reject it. My point was ‘atheism’ is a term created by people of religious belief to define others that co...
Well the whole ‘love of wisdom’ is merely a roughshod translation from a ancient language. Having a ‘love of wisdom’ is kind of pointless if you are t...
Frankly that is utter garbage. An atheist doesn’t ‘reject’ god, they just never really considered it at all and when told about some said ‘god’ simply...
@"Agent Smith" It helps to understand a so-called ‘theist’ by asking what they mean by ‘god’ or whatever term they pick. You will find there is a limi...
Our conception of existence is necessarily done so through a narrative. The ‘we’ that we are is only possible through narrative. Before we create a st...
Women are generally less aggressive than men. There have been multiple studies to discern this. I believe the chance of a woman being more aggressive ...
Don’t be silly. You can figure that out for yourself. Minimal force is fine, be this grabbing arms or pushing away - both of which can result in some ...
This is a surprisingly common question on this forum. There are different ways to define what we mean by ‘philosopher’ depending on the context: - Som...
‘Fighting’ doesn’t always mean physical violence though. If a woman hit me repeatedly and wouldn’t stop I would hit her back - but not full force. In ...
I don’t know what could mean to ‘excel at being a woman’ and I stated that it is unlikely to untangle it from culture (you just chose ‘society’ as a r...
Levi-Strauss did a fair bit to show how different family/tribe relations can be. In one instance the mother’s brother had more of a role in bringing u...
The history of Iceland brings this into question. To this day girls inherit their mother’s name and boys inherit their father’s name. Women also used ...
It would depend on the level of justification. I may sympathise with their position if their argument is articulate enough and may even be slightly sw...
‘Everything’ … so then it not worthy of note. How about starting a war for resources (the usual reason). They said it was the main reason, or one of t...
maybe we were talking past each other? Let me know … My stance is pretty simple. 1) Any war can be ‘justified’ and such ‘justification’ comes from a p...
If you’re going to be silly I can stop talking? You get my point I’m sure. The idea that we are ‘forced’ is a convenient ‘excuse’ to just follow rules...
If my country was going to declare war, and I was against it wholeheartedly, then I would leave asap rather than allow the government to lock me up fo...
There is a choice. Stating you were ‘forced’ to do something really just means that you refused to accept the consequences of refusing to do what you ...
That question doesn’t really make much sense to me. There are ‘reasons’ to start a war. Any reason can seem ‘justified’ in the eye of the beholder, an...
It is not literally ‘forced’. They can choose to face the consequences of refusing to play by rules they don’t agree with. Suffering is unavoidable wh...
Because they are sensible and care I expect. Those not willing to do so are usually the ones more likely to actually carry out such acts because in th...
No. Life is not ‘fair’ though. If I did not believe in a war then I like to believe I would accept prison instead. I believe people should fight for w...
Based on what exactly? That sounds utterly ridiculous and I don’t really understand the obsession with the idea that sexual relations are somehow inex...
I won’t waste any more of my time trying to discuss this then. Your reply shows such a oddly skewed idea of how men and women interact that I cannot t...
Saying ‘a man’ or ‘a woman’ is a general comment directed at men and women. So it was a specific reference to a general category. Saying ‘some,’ ‘a mi...
Women are equally as delusional too when it comes to projecting their desires on others. Anyone who has been in a relationship knows this is not reall...
Refer to Bill Burr on reasons to hit a woman (comedy but it does highlight a problem). Is it naive to assume it is all about sexual domination as wome...
@"ssu" @"unenlightened" I guess if you don’t agree that ‘propaganda’ is viewed by many as something mostly about patriotic ideals and nationhood there...
A lot of it is context dependent. ‘Conscious’ can simply mean brain activity and when it comes to talking about conscious states there is a blurry lin...
The ‘answer’ is in the ‘question’. Why do you seek such ‘knowledge’. In more explicit terms ‘knowledge’ is defined by the limitations it is bound by. ...
Articulating one’s feelings and thoughts through spoken/written language is very helpful. Anyone who has had to give a lecture or write an essay will ...
I think this kind of question will become more and more of an issue as technology advances. I mean this across multiple areas. For instance, if we cou...
I think you’ve got that backwards. I think meaningless distraction is where boredom stems from. Freedom is also something to consider. All too often p...
I think this is more of a modern problem (as in a problem of the last couple of thousand years ish). There is nothing to suggest that we were living ‘...
Religion and Nationalist views share many commonalities. Neither countries nor religions exist, yet countries are more bound to the profane world than...
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