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Making metaphysical claims does not show that one is a believer. Strictly speaking, there is no actual way to show (to prove) that one is in fact a tr...

Lol. I speak in that accent in all of my posts on TPF.

I always thought "fascist" emerged, loosely speaking, from Hegelianism --- that the spearhead of evolutionary progress, as the expression of absolute ...

Sometimes I wonder where the Great philosophers got their pharmaceutical tech from. How else did they think up that shit?

Lol. You know me too well! Might I add, more might be beneficial for you.

Love pharmaceutical technology!

Nice! I'm never disappointed. To add...the modern view (so to speak), was attempting to comprehend the existence of other minds. In my opinion, it can...

Only when I'm with my lady...cheers matey!

First of all, "good lord" is the greatest of contradictions, such a thing is less likely than a hexahedronical sphere. The believer believes that he h...

Not that famous. I know who James Brown is. Wait he's not a victim, nevermind (Reginald Denny is the funniest victim, no offense to any victims)

You'll have to explain what you mean by "metaphysical statement". I would definitely call it a statement about the metaphysical, even a claim about on...

Who's George Floyd? Infinite candles is a very poetic concept, but I think each person should light a candle to "his-self", the greatest tragedy one w...

For the unbeliever, true. For the believer, not true. There are definitely things that separate the believer and the nonbeliever. One of those things ...

If nothing else, its definitely cool. And being reasonless, we can ask if you believe it to be an incontrovertible truth or not? If so, I would call s...

I would not disagree, whether religious or not, morality is definitely a matter of passion. Whether it goes one way or the other depends on the reason...

By the criterion of the nonbeliever, it is ok. By the criterion of the believer, it isn't. Keep 8n mind, this is an extremely simplistic answer

When your stranded on the lowest tier of philosophical acumen, everything becomes a brick wall.

Personal insult? I wasn't personally insulted. And you haven't demonstrated evidence of special pleading in the case you specify. You have merely made...

Huh? Are you saying something? Rubbish

You are kinda getting off topic. There's no reason liberals can't be the most moral people ever. I personally think all those ideologies like liberali...

Oh no! Little banno is upset. Somebody get him his bottle before he starts whining.

I didn't say it wasn't true of the believer. Did I? Whenever I plead to you it is special, and it is special because it reeks for you.

I don't think you understood me, maybe I didn't explain it clearly enough. I forgot about your intellectual handicap, let me dumb it down for your. Th...

Good. I wonder...of an authority that lays down a principle as inconvertably true, would that authority have the authority to convert said principle i...

No worries, you're all good. But you are only telling me your subjective preference. Why is it the case that religious belief is not impossible to cha...

So we'd better do a good job assigning that meaning. I agree more or less. I might say: religion pertains to a direct relation to existence and is qui...

For the believer, ethical judgement falls upon both. The decision and the person are inseparable. An ethical decision is a matter of will, it cannot b...

This is a great example. For the nonbeliever, that which makes trust inherently right is that one can list reasons. But one can list reasons for lying...

This is a great example. For the nonbeliever, that which makes trust inherently right is that one can list reasons. But one can list reasons for lying...

You are probably correct. Nevertheless, it is as though those issues are hiding in plain sight. Everybody knows about them and can see what's happenin...

The excessive military presence around the world. A burgeoning police-state. The corporate corruption of the political process. The gradual erosion of...

:rofl: it is cultural appropriation

It's only humorous if you keep the irony in view. Otherwise it is just pitiable.

Really??? Well, in my opinion, whiteness is unbecoming of a black president.

If someone with the authority and influence of the US president was merely to shine light on the real issues that are never included on the ballot, I ...

More so in the irony and humor. Thanks

Yeah, but he had 8 years to turn into the angry black man that he should have become to really shake shit up. But he didn't. I actually think he got w...

And I own it with pride

Obama had some of the greatest policies ever advertised to the populous. But then he got elected. That is why I have no faith in an establishment poli...

Very good, I think you understand. And don't worry, it's not a bad word, everybody does it. I'm just saying, Biden will change very little that matter...

Technically, yes it is speculation. Anything that is predicted to happen but has not yet become an actuality is speculation. So, I'm not insinuating t...

The point of democratic voting is to choose who best represents your own interests, not another's. It is inherently a selfish system of government (wh...

I don't think many voters think of it that way, but that is exactly how it is.

I haven't paid attention, but I can surmise well enough. Well if you were using that to convince me, it was counterproductive. I work for a living, an...

Oh sorry, you know how we Americans are...no one else in the world but us. But their job is to represent their electorate, legislation is merely the p...

Nice point, I can't argue.

Can't even give me one ? And I don't know if you know, but Trump and Biden have much more in common with each other, than they have in common with you...

That is to assume there is a means of escape available. That's why I used "death", because of its inevtability, the futility of any attemp at escape.

Then let's dispense with the fantasy, and talk "real world". We have a very particular and real case of voting, it exists in the present world at this...

Actually, it is to represent the electorate. Presidents don't typically legislate, that is predominantly the job of Congress. You are simply giving yo...