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We agree thus far at least, so I might be able to convince you to consider that the medical model may be somewhat at fault. Witch doctors have a rathe...

Rigid thinking, along the lines that if I do not have absolute control, I have no freedom at all, is mistaken. To the contrary, operating a brain is l...

Yes, I think that must be right; your small brain cannot fathom that to address racism is not racist. You are by no means alone.

You don't seem willing to entertain a social analysis, and at the same time seem reluctant to actually say what you mean. *shrug* It's an example. Wha...

I'm willing to consider, but where do you want me to consider redirecting? It's a hypothetical example - nuance is to be avoided in making the distinc...

There is definitely something wrong, that's not in dispute. The medical model is that there is something wrong with the patient; the social model is t...

You get, in most circumstances, "the medical model". This consists of a history, interpreted by the expert to form a diagnosis, followed by a recommen...

Is this not the natural consequence of having a generally positive attitude? I assume everyone is amenable, cooperative and kind, and so it is remarka...

This sounds right to me, and reduces contrast theory to the principle of a Venn diagram. a word has meaning by making a distinction between what it re...

No, we should not. It is offensive to suggest that it can be done. And can we maybe address the case of mixed race folk both paying and receiving repa...

People tend to favour getting something for nothing. But a better remedy would be a proper education of the history of white racism, and white people ...

The damage of the slave trade and colonisation is irreparable. Reparations are for white people's benefit, to assuage their guilt; they cannot conceiv...

I am, but with my own articles of faith.

Such articles of faith are what you use to control people. It doesn't work in every case, but it works on average, and not even a threat is required.

Yes. Pax Romana. A sheepdog gone rogue can herd a flock of sheep over a cliff without touching them.

Yes indeed, the UK is ahead of the pack as usual. That is one of the ways I can foretell your future. But I love authoritarianism in the service of pe...

This is the topic at hand, and it is addressed to christians. You seem to be obsessed with mormons for some reason; I haven't said anything about them...

Sure. If you don't use the roads, or the shops, or the internet, or oil products, or imports, etc, you can come close to self-sufficiency (neglecting ...

Panic not chaps, your country is fucked whoever wins, because you are all insane. But go down smiling would be my preference.

Sure it has. Exponential growth is what happens to populations until a constraint or limit halts it. As long as there were new worlds to conquer, new ...

Your friend, in claiming direct access to 'internal' events and only indirect access to 'external' events seems to me to fall into the abyss of solips...

I'm not sure what you mean, as you give no date or reference. If you mean the invention of artificial fertiliser, then the 1900s seems very late date....

Still overvalued by about $19.50. Who buys these shit sandwiches?

I commend to you the writing of David Smail, and particularly his book "The Origins of Unhappiness". Meanwhile, I will take issue with this. Most peop...

Talkin’ World War III Blues WRITTEN BY: BOB DYLAN Guy's a poet, so what d'you expect. Me, I'm more realistic. I'm keeping stum because there's no one ...

And here is some bad news for Democrats: turns out refutal is a word. https://www.collinsdictionary.com/dictionary/english/refutal

And I hold that Christianity purports to be an universal religion. What it excludes is hatred, Some folks have not heard the Good News, others have no...

Then don't make that argument, and don't accuse me of making it. No I am reciting a creed, not The creed. We can discuss, as long as you do not have e...

That's a lovely thought, and I do not want to deny it. Then yes, as our current pope said to a small boy who was afraid that his unbelieving dead fath...

We know a song about that. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xa8ImA_wSKI

Thanks. I wouldn't call myself a Christian, but I appreciate the story, and hate it when people wilfully distort the meaning or claim the copyright on...

I'm so glad you asked me, because not many people know this. He didn't just carry his cross up the hill, when he got to the top, he was nailed there t...

It's not an argument indeed. It is a piece of history; the plain fact of the matter is that the term "Christian" has always been disputed from its inc...

"Christians" have been accusing each other of blasphemy, setting each other beyond the pale as apostates, heretics, heathens, or whatever, from before...

I find it odd that one can be pro-life on moral grounds, but against free school meals, child support and so on. As though a woman does not have the r...

Imagine JD sharing a platform with his non-verbal son, and having the presence of mind and care to pull that son aside when he was about to walk into ...

Telegram, Xtwitter, and undue Russian influence. Get your latest conspiracies here while they are fresh. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N9KL4ytrNko

I have lived through a divorce in the UK. It consisted of signing some papers and if I remember perhaps swearing an affidavit or something. There was ...

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Great_Replacement Two clicks worth for you.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Christian_atheism But no true Scotsman would reveal what lies beneath his kilt,

I am sufficiently full filled to lay my pearls of wisdom before you at no charge at all. Who would pay for @"Benkei"'s insights when they can have min...

I'm not a Christian, except by cultural heritage. But moving on... These are two very different questions. but let me ask you, are you "just a man"? I...

Sell it now! Next year it might be territorial waters, or at least uninsurable.

Hey guys, I'm struck by how many fairly prominent seeming republicans are speaking at the DNC. Is that a normal thing in your politics? In the UK, we ...

Can you justify this claim? Where do justifications bottom out? I'm probing the probing here. Edit: Also, what more can be provided?

Possibly. But probably not, given that society just is a number of selves interacting and justifying stuff to each other. I guess I want a justificati...

I thought the claim to have acted in self defence was the way one justified an act of harm. You want a justification of the justification?

We are so polite and restrained on this site, as if we were all democrats or something. But have a proper gander at how the republicans take on The gr...

No solidarity amongst whites, that's the problem. :wink:

Everywhere else.