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You cite inflation as if that gives us an accurate picture of the health of the economy and quote the Heritage Foundation's questionable claim that: T...
September 26, 2022 at 01:42
During Trump's presidency:
September 25, 2022 at 23:11
Trump attempted to take credit for an economy that was greatly improved under Obama, claiming, contrary to the facts, that he had inherited a "disaste...
September 25, 2022 at 20:00
It is not my assertion, it is what is clearly stated in the executive order. What happens when a president disregards the procedures in place is not s...
September 25, 2022 at 19:41
Once again, executive orders have the force of law and can only be overturned by another executive order. What is at issue is not what can and cannot ...
September 25, 2022 at 17:41
It is what you didn't say that is important. Which is the more charitable conclusion, you did not read or understand the document or you willfully ign...
September 25, 2022 at 13:58
It is evident that you did not read the document or did not understand it. The statement you quote begins: What is at issue in this case was not Trump...
September 24, 2022 at 17:57
In my opinion, the problem is not too much thought but too many opinions lacking careful, insightful, imaginative, informed thought. In order to achie...
September 21, 2022 at 22:42
This is one of the things Xenophon talks about. What is of profit is not the money or the possessions, but their right use. Another of Xenophon's them...
September 21, 2022 at 13:31
What is true in the case of Xenophon is not true in general. His writing is deceptively simple. There is much more there than meets the eye.
September 21, 2022 at 12:23
Teacher: This rock exists. Student: What about that rock? Teacher: That rock exists. Student: And these others, do they exist. Teacher: Yes, all these...
September 21, 2022 at 00:35
According to the research done by Frans de Waal, the differences are not exclusive to humans. The Gendered Ape, Essay 3: Do Only Humans Have Genders? ...
September 20, 2022 at 23:23
The only sensible answer is to keep turning around, faster and faster, until you puke.
September 20, 2022 at 22:44
I am wondering more about what it is saying about the person who says it and in what situation saying it would be of any use.
September 20, 2022 at 21:23
Why?
September 20, 2022 at 15:12
Yes, many years ago. If you are reading from perseus.tufts.edu it is corrupted. After the first page it switched to his Apology. The difficulty of rea...
September 20, 2022 at 13:11
As the White Queen tried to explain to Alice when Alice said she didn't want any jam:
September 20, 2022 at 00:17
Ask me tomorrow.
September 19, 2022 at 23:19
My claim was with regard to what Hawking said, which had to do with rules and equations formulated by physicists. With regard to your hypothesis, what...
September 19, 2022 at 18:15
Okay, so I will respond as you did to me. Can you demonstrate that this hypothesis is correct? In any case, this is not what Hawking was talking about...
September 19, 2022 at 16:04
Xenophon, a contemporary of Plato and student of Socrates, wrote a Socratic dialogue called "Oeconomicus", on household management.
September 19, 2022 at 13:37
Both the human beings formulate rules and equations and the world they describe exist. The claim that the rules and equations are prior to and give ri...
September 19, 2022 at 12:30
This is how I understand what he is saying as well. Rules and equations do not give rise to the universe. The model describes the universe. It takes i...
September 19, 2022 at 00:11
This is what you said: and Do you even understand what you wrote? If X does not exist because it is not material then if Y is not material then Y does...
September 18, 2022 at 23:59
First you deny that time exists in reality because it is not material: but then in the case of space you say: In that case either materiality is not a...
September 18, 2022 at 16:23
It is better that you don't know. Let's just say that if you were looking for an example of someone who contributes to the he would be near to top of ...
September 18, 2022 at 12:58
Follow up to my last post If what exists exists in space and if space is an existent then space exists in itself. If it exists in itself it cannot be ...
September 18, 2022 at 00:14
@"Banno" With the return of Joe Mello the scales are closer to tipping in your favor.
September 18, 2022 at 00:04
This is what you said, followed by my response. An existent is something that exists. If space exists then it cannot be what makes existence possible,...
September 18, 2022 at 00:01
Mww and I are in good company!
September 17, 2022 at 23:00
An evaluation of opinions includes the question of which opinions are worthy of our consideration. What is central to the life of hairdressers is not ...
September 17, 2022 at 22:59
A reality definition that is limited to what is material and does not include time is an inadequate definition. There are concepts of time but that do...
September 17, 2022 at 22:25
Even if the components are not destroyed that does not mean that we are not. Perhaps we are the form those components takes. When the form those compo...
September 17, 2022 at 19:56
That was quite a poria! From Plato to King Charles. With regard to justified true belief, this is a long standing but, in my opinion, incorrect interp...
September 17, 2022 at 14:50
If hairdressing were as central to human life as theology has been and continues to be, then a thread on hairdressing would not only be fine with me, ...
September 17, 2022 at 01:39
I agree. Yes, this occured to me as well, as did Ecclesiastes.
September 17, 2022 at 01:27
That is how it seems to me as well. It is as if he looks at all the problems that arise when claims of God are made and ends up defining God out of ex...
September 17, 2022 at 01:15
What do you see as the advantage of Tillich's use of what Heidegger called the ontological difference, the difference between Being and beings, the cl...
September 16, 2022 at 18:07
In typical Socratic fashion, this is not an answer but is intended to raise questions.
September 16, 2022 at 15:48
In my opinion the scope of philosophy is the scope of opinion. It is the examination and evaluation of opinions. Theology in the broadest sense of the...
September 16, 2022 at 15:40
No, you're assuming that I am assuming it actually happened. This is what I actually said: A story's terms should be bound by what happens in the stor...
September 16, 2022 at 13:47
This has taken a couple of unexpected, and for my part unintended turns. I do not wish to trespass, so will leave off.
September 15, 2022 at 22:00
What would you do differently if you were convinced there was no afterlife? For all you know, that might be the universe you live in. If your preferen...
September 15, 2022 at 19:54
What I was responding to is this: It may be that the specifics of an afterlife don't matter too much, but whether or not there is an afterlife does. B...
September 15, 2022 at 16:38
I think it is rather the case that you are imposing assumptions on the text. In my opinion, as a general principle of interpretation, the attempt must...
September 15, 2022 at 14:59
He does not say that they are wrong. He does not claim to be blameless. He challenges Eliphaz the Temanite: In the next chapter he asks God: I am not ...
September 15, 2022 at 14:09
Yes, I know. The problem is, what is the real meaning of the afterlife according to the gospels? Things are not as clear as you might think. In Matthe...
September 15, 2022 at 13:46
I see the wager somewhat differently. The adversary (the satan) says: The claim is that it is because of his good fortune he is blameless and upright,...
September 15, 2022 at 01:24
Where will one end up? The messianic promise in for the kingdom of heaven on earth. It is "at hand" or "near," but it has been over 2,000 years and it...
September 15, 2022 at 00:02
I made the same point regarding nihilism in one of the other of the three (!) threads on Jesus. Maybe you will get a response.
September 14, 2022 at 20:14