Yes, beauty is more general than sexual appeal. Also sexual appeal can be elicited in ways that are independent of beauty, but rather dependent on soc...
I'm suggesting that the pregnant body of a woman isn't meant to be beautiful, and yes, I don't consider that picture of Serena to be beautiful, but ra...
>:O >:O >:O If you believe that, you're absolutely crazy. That's just like saying I don't want my wife to have sex with other men because I'm insecure...
>:O - this must win bullshit of the day. Let me guess, you're a progressive who voted Clinton - you're with HER? :D Why do I give a damn about candour...
Okay, but those represent bacteria which have a positive role inside the gut in breaking down food. Probably most bacteria you encounter in dirt don't...
Yes, I agree with much of this, and I've noticed similar things myself. Having grown up part of the time at the countryside I can say this is very muc...
Why do you think that existent means just what is perceptible by the senses? Number 2 is not perceptible by the senses, but clearly it exists, albeit ...
Would you say that the necessity of X logically requires the existence of X, in the sense that the two are one and the same? Can X be necessary and no...
Interesting, I did not know of this quote. Thanks for sharing that. However, Augustine also says: "For necessary sexual intercourse for begetting is f...
I honestly think you (and other progressives) don't understand what love means. You seem to think that love is some sort of all-encompassing benevolen...
Yes, but those depictions certainly did not mean to illustrate beauty. The pregnant woman's body is not supposed to be beautiful, but rather nourishin...
Actually, I think just about as ugly as that. Both of them have no place in the public arena as far as I'm concerned, and neither are art. I think suc...
I actually second this. It does look ugly. The purpose of art is to depict beauty and ideals, not ugliness. The fact these "artists" create "art" for ...
Have a read of what Aristotle, Epicurus, and other philosophers have meant by "natural desire". For example. Why do you think sex with the tramp is th...
That doesn't make it art. For that matter, I think most modern "art" isn't really art to begin with. Just because someone is well regarded doesn't als...
Yeah, if they produced sculptures of the ideal human body, I wouldn't mind. They're not doing that, they're taking pictures of actual people, for no r...
Absolutely unlikely to die from such stuff. Kids put their fingers in dog shit, and all the dirty parts of parks, and as far as I see, they're still s...
It is an interesting thing, but I doubt most people were great womanizers back in the day. Furthermore, is the best doctor the one who benefits you, o...
I do play tennis myself and I've played against both female players who beat me, and female players who I've beaten. What I noticed is that a female p...
:s LOL What's weird is that you singled out one female member who you like sending PMs to and who isn't you and asked the question about her. Of cours...
A natural desire is one which belongs to the essence of that organism. Cannibalism isn't a natural desire for example. Nourishing your body, however, ...
Okay, but I do not dispute that. Eastern Orthodoxy (of which I'm a member) teaches that Jesus Christ became man so that we may become gods. This inclu...
This is false, Jesus DID claim to not only be the Son of God, but to be one with the Father. This is actually one of the charges of the Pharisees agai...
That's not that terrible if the floor is relatively clean. In my case it was actually dirty, as in visibly dirty, so I had to throw it away and cry >:...
Not a disaster, happened many times. One time I was really hungry, put the pizza in, and then hurried to take it out, and I dropped it on the dirty fl...
:s this is very bullshitty. It follows almost by definition that it is good for an organism to fulfil its natural desires. Not all desires are of the ...
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