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...
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...
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...
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 ...
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...
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...
In my opinion, the problem is not too much thought but too many opinions lacking careful, insightful, imaginative, informed thought. In order to achie...
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...
Teacher: This rock exists. Student: What about that rock? Teacher: That rock exists. Student: And these others, do they exist. Teacher: Yes, all these...
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? ...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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 ...
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 ...
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,...
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 ...
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...
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...
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...
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, ...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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 ...
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...
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,...
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...
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