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Allow me to present "mortal".
October 09, 2018 at 20:59
https://www.theatlantic.com/photo/2018/08/photos-along-the-namibian-coast/569041/ See also Chile, Morocco Australia.
October 09, 2018 at 12:34
As to the politics and economics, what is required is to wage a global war against CO2. Money becomes irrelevant in wartime, one does whatever it take...
October 09, 2018 at 11:29
May I point out that covering the oceans will prevent phytoplankton from absorbing CO2. Put your solar panels on coastal deserts instead, and use the ...
October 09, 2018 at 11:22
About half the members here have no posts. The mere sight of us chronic sufferers seems sufficient to cure them entirely. What you see in this hospita...
October 09, 2018 at 07:28
We're all in heaven already, but we get bored singing hallelujah, So God has made us this totally immersive game full of goodies and baddies and diffi...
October 09, 2018 at 07:20
Perhaps, I don't know, not having a crystal ball, but I don't see why - there's nothing can be done about society without free will, except what is in...
October 08, 2018 at 15:00
Then the court has no free will either, and nothing will be other than it is determined to be.
October 08, 2018 at 14:54
That's all I require of free will, that when I realise I am going the wrong way, I can turn around; that my actions are determined by my understanding...
October 08, 2018 at 14:33
Definition. God is that which is most important. Everyone has something that is most important in their life. One gives supreme worth to something - w...
October 08, 2018 at 13:47
No, no mention of conspiracy there. I agree with this and what follows. Except to say that being disgruntled at the loss of privilege is not cranky, b...
October 08, 2018 at 12:10
I'm not a great creator myself, but I have come across rocks so heavy I cannot lift them. But not rocks so heavy that an omnipotent being cannot lift ...
October 08, 2018 at 09:40
Nor do I. I imagine it involves some notion of justice, and comes under the general rubric of sociology and social studies. And of course that is a fi...
October 08, 2018 at 09:05
When I was admin on the old site, (admin is like editor), there were times I could not e sure if a post was garbage or something I didn't understand, ...
October 07, 2018 at 20:37
And turkeys often vote for Christmas, but that doesn't make it vegetarian.
October 07, 2018 at 17:26
He isn't. vegetarian - not made of meat bacon - a meat product. God cannot make vegetarian bacon, although he is omnipotent, because I have just defin...
October 07, 2018 at 13:48
Well my darlings, it is very easy to find and mock contradictions in human endeavours of all kinds, and such mockery is not without purpose. First you...
October 07, 2018 at 11:07
You and me are a mob. It means two or more people who disagree with received wisdom.
October 07, 2018 at 09:57
Twas ever thus. https://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/2016/oct/05/artemisia-gentileshi-painter-beyond-caravaggio?CMP=fb_gu
October 06, 2018 at 22:02
This seems an odd sentiment to me. Suspicious characters get arrested, locked up, remanded in custody, sometimes for months, and then eventually maybe...
October 06, 2018 at 21:25
Do children steal their DNA from their parents? Property seems the wrong concept for this area.
October 06, 2018 at 19:07
When I was a night porter for a hotel for the disabled, I had a police background check, because I would be alone with vulnerable adults. I imagine it...
October 06, 2018 at 13:37
No it doesn't. I justifies erring on the side of caution and protection when there is a credible accusation. I'm not basing this on his ugly face and ...
October 06, 2018 at 12:28
Yes, he might. I wouldn't want my daughter working for him. But more to the point, I wouldn't want my daughter tried by him or have his decision rule ...
October 06, 2018 at 11:47
Which mob is that? You have heard of a precautionary principle, right? It applies in all sorts of situations, but particularly in matters of the prote...
October 06, 2018 at 11:38
When it comes to my daughter, I wouldn't wait for proof, and I wouldn't be concerned about the rights of the accused, I simply wouldn't leave her in t...
October 06, 2018 at 11:20
A bit of history and economics with your politics? Sorry, this vid is a bit long, but what it shows is not that democracy is a bad idea, so much as th...
October 04, 2018 at 13:43
Ok, can I press you a little further? If atheism is impoverished in relation to monotheism, is not monotheism impoverished in relation to animism? (I ...
October 03, 2018 at 14:16
This is a comparatively weak criticism of psychiatry. It is part of the process of medial science that one begins with a group of symptoms, that used ...
October 03, 2018 at 13:38
I find it hard not to continue the progression to the denial of the last God, and eventually the de-animation of humanity itself into a 'mechanism'. E...
October 03, 2018 at 11:28
Then it must be wrong. No, it sounds like him, because he is a plausible deceiver.
October 02, 2018 at 20:18
Well sure. But the question only arises in the context of it not being ok in general. My own view is that every lie is destructive of meaning, and of ...
October 02, 2018 at 20:10
It seems entirely natural to me to treat things as beings. People even now talk to their cars or computers and try to cajole them into behaving themse...
October 02, 2018 at 15:16
I applaud and honour your vocation. It is perhaps particularly appropriate to the times to begin with truth and honesty. It's as old as Aesop's 'The B...
October 01, 2018 at 19:40
Interesting topic - to me anyway - I studied both at ninnyversity. I think a historical account is a good place to begin. Philosophy is old, and psych...
October 01, 2018 at 10:56
Thetans are stupid then, by the sound of it. In which case there's no particular reason to go back to that state. This seems like the equivalent to th...
September 30, 2018 at 12:36
I think we might agree that in this case a moment's consideration is due consideration, if not rather more than is due. Whereof one cannot eat, thereo...
September 30, 2018 at 11:58
Indeed, and so we have the notion of holding to account, whereby we like to show folks their crap and rub their noses in it. In this case, the cameras...
September 30, 2018 at 11:02
A moment's consideration shows that to be true.
September 30, 2018 at 10:32
What's the story about how a mighty OT comes to be a neurotic wimp that has to or wants to or ought to, go through the process of rehabilitation? What...
September 30, 2018 at 09:22
You have my nomination to the supreme court.
September 30, 2018 at 09:11
A moment's reflection shows me that this is the opposite of the truth. We all eat worms, don't we? And we understand that eventually we will be worm-f...
September 30, 2018 at 09:04
Yes, that is clear, as to the process, it is a job interview not a court room. But in that case, there is no reason to be overly concerned about corro...
September 30, 2018 at 08:54
This isn't a very interesting topic either.
September 29, 2018 at 21:18
I'm with Trump on that, not merely evasive, "Kavanaugh's testimony was 'incredible". Are US prosecutors routinely partisan in their case management, o...
September 29, 2018 at 20:57
You may well be right on that score. I'm not really competent to judge the background behaviour, only the couple of days of hearing I have followed. I...
September 29, 2018 at 20:25
It goes to church on Sunday, and cleans its teeth twice a day, and likes beer. Or is that a good supreme court judge? Size isn't everything, and speed...
September 29, 2018 at 18:31
Perhaps it was his point, and perhaps it's true. I wonder what you or he would count as evidence? One could obviously count anyone admitting they were...
September 29, 2018 at 17:51
Robocop is not my utopia.
September 29, 2018 at 10:40
I don't think these are alternatives. I'm not sure about others, but I tend to think my opinions are true, and when I stop thinking they are, I change...
September 29, 2018 at 10:39