Ok, ok. I apologize. I should have learned your nature by now. Everything you have said is fair in this context. Sorry, but I have been conditioned to...
Fine, I will bite. "I have faith in a god that does not exist" seems nonsensical to me. Can you tell me how you define "faith", "god", and "exist" and...
Well I looked it up and you are right here. I am not sure if Greece was not hereditary or I just made that shit up. Either way, Rome had way more slav...
Phew. I wasn't sure where you were going with the argument. I am more OK with this direction...but I may still argue a little, haha. Surely, slavery f...
Ok, just to measure where we are at; are you equally skeptical of the claim, "prior to the Civil War, most Americans were NOT racist"...? Fair enough,...
We have had a good run for the last couple weeks. I am alternating between complete agreement in one thread, to utter disbelief in the next. Fun times...
Yes, but not to the same extent. For me where slavery goes from an inappropriate method of labor usage (I don't think you think you are suggesting tha...
Yes, I felt a little bad after I sent that, since I had asked for more of an argument...and you gave one. But as I was responding I was realizing that...
I typed for a while, but then changed my mind and deleted it As long as everyone admits that racism was a major problem, and that segregation was cert...
This is reasonable. But it suggests an understanding of "omnipotent" that I don't think we can ever have. Omnipotence is like saying black holes have ...
I agree that there are. Hence why I said: Surely, slavery and racism are more significant causes of racial segregation than anything you mentioned her...
Indeed. Which is why I am finding it a little strange that I am here being forced to defend "most were racist before the Civ War." For sure. Racial sl...
Yes, as long as whites were held in check at gunpoint (the union army), black people made progress. Indeed, but without Reconstruction and the Union A...
Really? The FACT that they made no effort to hide it means we have a LOT of evidence. And I am not talking new racism where you are racist if you are ...
I can accept this as generally true. Do you have any suggested courses of action? Or are we all aware of this, but due to the status quo, can do nothi...
Seems obvious enough. I agree, but you are the one that added the word "simple". While all of the above occurred, that just adds to the complexity tha...
You concede too much Echarmion. Terrapin, aren't you from the U.S. (I am almost always wrong in my assumptions about people here)? It shouldn't seem t...
I (mostly, haha) understand the colloquial usage of evil. However, once evil is defined, I am not sure it actually exists. Isn't your quote saying tha...
well if we define evil: profoundly immoral and wicked. (a quick definition of wicked gives "morally wrong") Isn't morality put simply, "how we ought t...
I am not sure what they are aware of, as they are using a quote that does not seem to reflect reality. So what exactly is the quote I was ranting agai...
So, are you saying, what is the purpose of life? your post seems to suggest that reproducing is the meaning of life? You imply without it, what is the...
Hahaha. Yes, you have to be 18 to marry, but there are huge loopholes, so that if certain criteria, including parental consent, are met, then 25 state...
Dang, perfect. I have been saying this for years. How many grey area real life anti-heroes do I have to put up with? I am not sure anyone has ever agr...
After a quick read of the wikipedia page, I am not sure who is going to disagree with your assessment. In America, one at least needs to get parental ...
One of my all time least favorite quotes :grimace: . My parents spewed that garbage from a young age, but even a few questions from a 16 year old (me)...
I think I approve. I am going to try to answer Gnostic Christian Bishop for you, and we will see if I have it correct. I think it is largely your stat...
Haha, yes for the cautious and meticulous person that enjoys the occasional head change, life just got better. Although not that amazing, the doses do...
Yep, I agree. Everything else is changing the definition of omnipotent (adding "limits" to something that is, by definition, "unlimited"). Ideas like ...
Interesting idea, but I am not convinced of its purpose. Wouldn't it be easier to just find a guy that does his share of the housework? Maybe one that...
I think Bitter Crank will better provide the facts of this particular case, but I just want to get at what I see as potential implications of your com...
Yes, assuming sufficient power and knowledge, this creates a serious problem for a loving god. Indeed, it is a constant admission of inferiority, and ...
I thought that the problem only existed in relation to an ALL knowing, ALL powerful, and ALL good god. The POE is that it seems to make such a god imp...
That is the feeling I have been getting. Despite all the people 'feeling the Bern', It seems that people (like me) are unwilling to sacrifice convenie...
Has ANYONE conceded this premise yet? It seems that so far, everyone but you has some problem with this premise. I am not convinced that I did anythin...
You seem pretty unflappable, but I just wanted to confirm that what you are saying should make sense to most people. I just didn't want you to get too...
I would be happy (well short-term satisfied anyway) if new rules are put in place that change things going forward...even if there is no (or little) a...
uh oh, I don't understand all types of justice, but I thought I knew retributive. I thought it was JUST about making the violator suffer...like hell. ...
Yep, the great analogy continues. It is like listening to Michio Kaku, I usually feel like his topics of discussion are beyond me, but his explanation...
Yep, entirely agreed. FOR ME, anyone that can be shown to be part of the cause, are in some way responsible, and should be punished in some way (a fin...
OK, now I am getting how I implied that. Yes, I can understand that interpretation. I was really just referring to the way a whole bunch of Nazis, hol...
When clicking the link, it said "page unavailable". As that seems important to the discussion, I will wait a while and see if you can make it work bef...
Ooops, I must have communicated poorly...I agree there should NOT be retroactive applications of law. My post was supposed to be less about how are we...
I don't know enough about QM to know if you are right with this analogy, BUT I SURE HOPE YOU ARE :smile: This seems a great analogy that does help eve...
I am very confused here. So what if there is no proof? I don't know if there is a god and view the answer to a nonsense question as unanswerable. Howe...
I can solve this problem...when did your brain become perfect? What I mean is, do you remember 100% of what you have learned forever? Or do we only re...
@"TheMadFool"@"Fernando Rios" Sorry, I missed a whole page of responses before posting above. Ignore my oversimplified summary if you have already rec...
If we know the devices (rulers, scales, telescope, etc) existed before Newton, and therefor before Newton's laws, what were the devices measuring? (so...
Once computer programs can monitor the cameras, it makes sense. In the meantime, who watches the people watching the cameras? Can't we just invent som...
In the age of Enlightenment, "enlightenment" is no more than humanism right? The idea that humans can use their brains to solve problems? I can see ho...
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