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According to Google search and Wikiquote (and how could there be any error in that) they both said it. It could be that one of them was quoting the ot...

Good. Keep it up. I think musical composition would have to be more intuitively integrative and experiential than literary or plastic arts, because th...

And if influence is a hair too obvious, then we sneer dismissively, "Derivative". But it doesn't matter whether we think the arts make progress or not...

It's the nature of artistic creativity: It comes out of an individual's particular history, and that is unique to each person. Even if I study all pri...

They are a part of life, and people with normal cognitive processing are able to distinguish between "a sexual advance", wanted or unwanted, and rape....

You are not actually digging yourself out of the humorless hole you put yourself in. You should probably drop the shovel.

More evidence confirming diagnosis. NOTE TO MICHEL: References to your diagnosis and lack of treatment options are mostly a joke, which, of course, yo...

He doesn't get it. Impaired sense of humor. Not treatable. Next case, please.

Clinically interesting.

It's a joke; like, "I am still a virgin, unfortunately." The preceding example is also a joke, fortunately.

Good dog. Welcome to the Philosophy Forum.

Honesty is always better, of course, but you'll be just as crapped on, they'll just be frank about it.

That is an interesting list. GLBT, immigrants, non-whites, and women are the groups presumed to be oppressed by the masses of straight, native, white,...

The state of MN collects income and sales taxes and some other taxes and fees. MN cities and counties collect property and/or sales taxes to pay for m...

I don't think Philosophy makes progress, but neither does literature, music, or art. Which doesn't mean within these non-progressing fields there is n...

Here are two good sites for thoughtful folk: Aero and Quillette Collision with Reality: What Depth Psychology Can Tell us About Victimhood Culture (Qu...

I like this formulation, "The Christian church frames its creed not with "God exists," but instead with "We believe." "fundamentalists want all of us ...

I believe polygamous marriage would require freedom and equality to exist prior to it's being adopted. Their group marriages would be more a demonstra...

I have been both a believing Christian and a non-believing 'cultural Christian'. I used to pray, and I tried very hard to hear some kind of response. ...

What about you? You are an animal, and apparently have desires behind the equilibrium set by nature. Schopenhauer notes that "A man can do what he wan...

I can claim male, plus certified WASP status. It's a moderately satisfactory comfort. A man can do what he wants, but not want what he wants. Schopenh...

We all need to earn our own fatigue.

Don't look at me; I'm not claiming Englishness, Frenchness, or any-thing-else-ness is genetic. Clearly, identity is learned from one's parents, peers,...

The language of a given group of people may disappear IF it is advantageous to abandon one's own language for someone else's. Take the languages spoke...

That reminds me of the National Public Radio satire, Mr. Science: "He knows more than you do. He has a Masters Degree –– in SCIENCE" You are the only ...

You are doing a remarkably bad job at it. If you want people to engage with you, you would do well to be more forthcoming about what you think in supp...

Drink lots of fluids, take some ibuprofen, or whatever single medication you prefer for discomfort. Don't mix a bunch of different flu/cold meds -- yo...

Oh, the magic moment just came and went for the Mountain Time Zone. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zsH1_Xp8nCQ

I gather that this would not be the first time that not-so-real voices has been a problem for you. As for whether I am, or anybody here including you ...

I don't much care what you think it is arbitrary, subjective, or bizarre. I set up a minimal standard of interest to indicate whether an proposal was ...

My understanding is that Europe has been infused with new populations moving east to west several times. If I remember correctly (and this may not be ...

We are totally screwed. Definitely.

We can see how that would be the case. Now, don't get all paranoid. Remember, you are not going to be paranoid in 2018?

I would hop on you solo solipsistic soul train but I am just too busy being me to boss all the nonentities I once spawned and who now linger on. I hav...

Good idea.

And really, you do have the freedom to commit suicide if you so wish. Get a gun, learn how suicide by gun is best carried out, and then pull the trigg...

You are willfully misreading what I am saying here. I adore free speech, but I didn't say anything to the contrary. I did not address whether polygamo...

What time zone are you in? Go back to bed, get some coffee, cook some oatmeal, or open a couple of Mountain Dews, whatever it takes to get your cognit...

Of course, it isn't just those texts. Christianity, in particular, acquired and kept a lot of pagan stuff that its members like a lot. Christmas trees...

Sure it does, because similar approaches produced similar results. If you look at the world's major religions, those that actively go out and recruit ...

People get around this problem by interpreting sacred texts as they like, a perfectly normal procedure.

The Koran and the Bible are quite different books, composed by quite different methods. How many believers there are is a separate matter, not related...

In a nutshell, Christianity and Islam are both missionary religions. That is, they believe they can, should, and ought to convert people. Judaism is b...

Dank, thanks. Back to the bluejay.

The Old Testament is a book that reflects the growth and formation of a religion and a people (the Jews) over an extended period of time. Judaism prob...

The life Jesus Christ was the event that started the Christian church. The nascent church preceded the New Testament. There was Jesus, the disciples, ...

There are people who are terminally ill but who remain mentally acute. The last stage of life (between the diagnosis of hopeless disease and death) ca...

According to some, borders are "the vanity of nations"; we should be citizens of the world. Fine and dandy, except we are not yet. People are driven o...

Or nothing at all.