Noble Dust

*Thumbs up* And on top of that, helping mentally homeless and emotionally destitute people, spiritually poor people, is even more difficult, and even ...

And so, the assertion that "we are evil" only describes one half of the human dichotomy.

The problem is that everyone is both; you do good, and you do bad. I do good, and I do bad. It's not a dichotomy of "bad vs. good", of "us vs. them". ...

Right; religions traditionally did that (impose positive rules). The dichotomy isn't "criminal activity vs. upholding positive values (love each other...

No, it's not fair, and it never has been, for anyone. Fairness has nothing to do with happiness, let alone spiritual or psychological well-being. Your...

I can't see how our ability to imagine things that we already know about, like babies, could be an argument for God's existence. What would be way mor...

I almost agree; before asking "what am I", I need to just acknowledge "I am me". I'm writing this post, I'm responding to your question, I'm tired fro...

Because your feelings are feelings about the aesthetic of the film itself. The film created the context in which the feelings about Wilson evolved. Th...

Keep questioning; keep being the bee buzzing in their ear.

Day 4 of no cigarettes for me.

I like Wilson.

>:O

So now it's hand drawn faces for avatars? Damn

What makes intellectual dishonesty a subjective moral?

Thought I'd just leave this here https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dXlao2KNYjQ

No; what makes torturing children not objectively wrong?

*applause*

We're talking past one another at this point, so I'll leave it for another time.

Pretty much covered it in his response to your paragraph which was essentially the same as what you wrote to me here. But I wanted to point out one mo...

What I think is worse are insulting jokes amongst friends or co-workers; I’ve never been partial to those. They seem to reveal insecurity.

Do you know that I typed out this response?

That's very clear; that's the assertion I've been critiquing. A self-fulfilling prophecy, which presumably is your reasoning for your previous stateme...

You have a lot of research ahead of you.

The issue is simple; literal interpretations of scripture. Your view of scripture is a literal caricature. And alternatively, if the issue is "hundred...

To reiterate, T Clark said: "Do you really believe that discussions of value have no place in philosophy?" To which you said:

Let yourself be lonely.

Not to derail, but I'd be fascinated to hear more about your reasoning here. As I read that sentence, I keep going "Yes! Wait, no! what? yes! No!"

Again, none of this is an actual argument for your position. I'm not trying to be smart or trite; it really isn't. You've yet to show why or how or to...

A few beliefs of mine: -The existence of a deity can't be proved or disproved via reasoning at all. -Any knowledge of God has to be direct, experienti...

Ok; in that case I see no actual argument for morality being subjective preferences.

I'm not seeing an actual argument for the idea that morality is just subjective preferences. Except maybe this: Here you're essentially describing mor...

I thought belief was for religious Forums?

A year's supply of bird seed and a strong migratory wind.

Human life.

No change in avatar suggests self-confidence. Either that or a fear of self-expression...

It's all the rage; get in on it while you can. Maybe a red-tailed hawk for you? I could see you as a hawk. A natural predator to the dove, like our fr...

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Where would you recommend I start?

I keep meaning to read him.

Yeah, but who do you still admire? Your life may have no purpose, but that's not a bad thing. By the way, should I give up philosophy?

I've always felt like the one refutation of nihilism was life itself. Life exists. You exist.

Mysticism - Evelyn Underhill The Divine Invasion - Philip K. Dick

Aesthetics are not measurable in a mathematical sense, no, and I didn't mean that when I used the word. But if aesthetics is not figuratively measurab...

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Those are some hoary roots!

Your kind of strawmanning a little bit here; your original offerings of a) and b) were set up to make a) the only reasonable choice, which is why I su...

I don't equate personal "truths" with aesthetic preferences, because I don't use the term "personal truth"; I'm not sure what it means. Personal exper...

Ohhh, the deep cuts, num num.

Nice edits I cedar, I'd say you're at the 'elm of tree puns, but if'ins cypress you further, will you branch out, or turn into a weeping willow?