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There is no fundamental reason that I know of for theists denying evolution. They might deny it -- and woe unto them if they do. Clearly god has optio...

My foundational theism has been crumbling for decades, but it seems to be an effective organizing system for billions of people, as it has been for me...

I find that your post is not yielding much light. Really. You might find more enlightenment about the matter if you don't insist on only "philosophica...

Well, why do you not believe that God created the world? What justification do you have for this belief? IF God is omnipotent, who else could have cre...

The problem isn't software. Software and machinery have no agency. They are tools. Whether the tools are deployed for collective benefit, or very indi...

How very odd. For whatever reason, good luck. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=64K3vX-kpRI

Didn't Bolsanaro say there are three possible outcomes: he rules, he is arrested, or he is killed.

Some chattering class anthropologist (not sure, might have been Stephen Pinker) wrote a book (can't remember--might have been The Better Angels of our...

I mentioned Uruk because I had read something about them recently. I was aware of Jericho's more ancient history. Thanks for the video -- I do tend to...

Have the bars all closed? Are there no comedy clubs? Have you no porn? Has the Internet shut down?

I wasn't arguing in favor of national interests leading to the kind of history we have (going back to Uruk the first city-state). I was arguing in fav...

Do you think that "national behavior" can be managed like "individual behavior?" Individuals have morals, emotions, desires, thought, etc. What the co...

Yes, I saw the irony. However, it is a little disconcerting when long time members depart without so much as a goodbye, fare thee well, or kiss my ass...

So do I. What ever happened to @"Shawn"? I hope he's well and happy, like a pig in a mud hole. https://i.etsystatic.com/14338826/r/il/3fa196/208928834...

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There's are several hundred pants in that plaid and style kicking around the musty charity thrift shops of England. Pick up a pair or two on your next...

Scots Grab Rock https://static01.nyt.com/images/2022/10/25/obituaries/21Hamilton1/21Hamilton1-superJumbo.jpg?quality=75&auto=webp Well done! NYT Obitu...

The problem here is more monomania or monotony than evangelism. I am not an antinatalist despite the grim prospects for generations following in a hot...

Looks like the sort of New Yorker cartoon that I just don't get.

BoJo admits to being as thick as a brick -- either one. https://static01.nyt.com/images/2022/10/23/world/23uk-politics-sub-boris/merlin_215180184_21df...

Our evolutionary history leads directly to philosophy. Installing the capacity for complex thinking on top of seething emotions leads to all sorts of ...

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Well done, Johnathan Pie.

Isn't there a rule somewhere that says "when you're done, you're done"? Boris is way done. We are sick and tired of Bojo. We're even more sick and tir...

Voters' attention spans are the same as everybody else's. Unless an election is called soon, which seems unlikely if the Tories are in power -- they a...

Shhhh, don't say such things--it might encourage them. The DEM vs GOP polls are already sending me into the slough of despond.

Here's a nice, concise update from the Financial Times on how Brexit is panning out, especially under the Truss. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wO2lW...

Here's a clear, concise report from the Financial Times on how the 'promise' of Brexit is being fulfilled under PM Truss. https://www.youtube.com/watc...

No, no -- I meant their compositions are fresh and young -- as opposed to old and stale.

I could not make sense of Soundgarden vs. Breaking Benjamin. This may be equally incomprehensible: Below is a large serving of Vivaldi musical matter-...

Ah. Got it.

come again?

You don't need a list from me. I think you are a competent reality tester. Sherlock Holmes and the old fashioned Celtic 'fairies' are not real because...

Of course Sherlock Holmes exists (is real) as a character created by A. C. Doyle. Just don't count on him solving your mystery. Contra Clark, the imag...

clarifies the matter.

Hammurabi's stele weighs about 4 tons, Do you have any idea how much UPS will charge to ship it to Atlanta? Plus, UPS will need armed men to carry the...

There are some considerations to be made. a) is it possible to save x wild animals? b) if saved, will there be habitat for them c) humans come first; ...

So that's settled. Fill your bird feeder with big earthworms so the northern forest survives.

But I am saying humans have obligations to them, because their survival is largely in our hands.

In a perverse way we do have kingly dominion over the earth. Heard about global warming? Heard about chemical contamination? Heard about soil exhausti...

10 points for remembering where the joke comes from.

The dogs probably got ahold of stolen credit cards and are using Uber to get around now.

Are you sure you don't have a dead pretzel? (See Monty Python, dead parrot). Shirley everyone has seen this classic by now about 1000 times, but it's ...

Jamal, one of my favorite Youtube videos is about stray dogs who have learned how to use the Moscow subway. They commute. There are also videos about ...

This instance is the most I have thought about Jeanne d'Arc since 1946.

Bizarrely, we're taking a 15th century trial transcript as a faithful rendering of what actually happened? George Bernard Shaw apparently used the tri...

Kind of a diesel dyke here. Very butch, I don't see her in chiffon. https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e9/Lenepveu%2C_Jeanne_d%27A...

Just stop it. Immediately! Not so, Frank. It is true that Jeanne d'Arc wore men's clothing when she engaged in military activity on behalf of France a...

How large a field must one poll before one photographs a street scene? Just the subjects close by, or... everyone?

I don't think we can be in public under a dome of presumed privacy or 'copyright'. When we are actually "in private" at home or in an otherwise public...