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Yes it is not great anymore because it has lost virtue, and by losing virtue it has lost everything worth having. That's why people need a MORAL educa...

No, what you're talking about is not sexual morality. Everything that involves another person should have the other's consent before going through. If...

Yes it has. There's many brown, black, Asian and all other colors and races that have done well in America. The period of slavery was an unfortuante p...

I hear this childish remark all the time: we don't live in 1776, or we don't live in the Middle Ages anymore, etc. etc. Of course. But what does this ...

Traditions should not be abolished for foolish reasons. What reasons do we have to put in "liberal" judges?

I find it sad that some Americans have failed to learn from the Soviet experiment with socialism and communism. Alas, I think it's safe to say that Be...

I think this isn't so true about the rest of the world. If you look at countries like Brasil, China, Russia, etc. you're seeing a shift back towards t...

Well BC, thanks for sharing your story, I'm sorry to hear about the loss of your partner. There's elements of good in every life, and I am sure you ha...

That is why vice is dangerous - it blinds one to its effects until it is too late...

Discussing and teaching people sexual morality is not policing. They are free to do what they want. But surprisingly, you will find that when you talk...

Hi BC, thanks for your replies! I don't think fulfilment is only about a subjective experience. Again, this simply is not how we use the word in our d...

A committed relationship counts as marriage for me, in the spirit, if not in the letter. In fact, in ancient times, people were married quite often wh...

Of course it doesn't, and in some of those points Donald Trump (though not Ted Cruz) is lacking. Why? Do you think promiscuity is a virtue that should...

The latter. The former is impossible to agree to, because I can see someone having homosexual tendencies and not giving in to them, and I would think ...

Yeah, how about we check out what Putin thinks: https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/putin-no-major-gaps-with-washington-over-efforts-to-end-syria-con...

So your refusal to be friends with X person because you don't like their character is wrong because it discriminates against them? Do I discriminate a...

So thinking homosexuality is immoral is wrong? Why? Cruz accepts that there are homosexuals, and it is their right to be homosexuals, but nevertheless...

Trump and Ted Cruz are the only great people running for President in the US. Sanders and Hillary both have no character, and cannot build a great nat...

Generalized label: Classical Conservative liberal Form of government: Democracy led by an enlightened ruler. Form of economy: Regulated capitalism Abo...

This wasn't very well phrased from me, my apologies. I mean to say that there's no abrupt change between the two (friendship and relationship), but ra...

Ok, I agree to this by and large. However, I disagree that screwing my best friend will necessarily change our relationship, anymore than taking her o...

Symptom relief, a temporary forgetfulness, of their low self-esteem. Yes I agree that there's not that many, that's why I stated that most people aren...

Why not? Compulsive behavior, and dependence are not the traits of a healthy mind. I didn't argue we are complete islands. On the contrary, we should ...

Yes indeed. Celibacy is good only if a good and virtuous partner fit for one is unavailable. The Greek Orthodox priests, on the other hand, are free t...

Thanks BC, these facts are very interesting. Was not previously aware of many of these before! Also, I stand corrected regarding the 50%.

As for your study, this is supporting EXACTLY what I am saying. "Stressful relationship could increase the risk of heart attacks by 34%". The other ca...

It's not suggesting that, it's suggesting that people should work on improving themselves so that most marriages stop being disastrous (50% divorce ra...

Why would you be opposed to consumating it?

I don't know if it necessarily follows. First, many priests do, for example, release sexual tension via masturbation. Also I'm not sure if it's the ab...

Just curious Thorongil, on a side point, if you don't mind. When you say you are celibate, do you mean you avoid sexual pleasure completely, or you me...

Nope, this is false. We don't have a reason to expect that this is the case, but you are right that we do expect that it is the case. Why do we expect...

How do we know that what held up in the past will hold up in the future? Let's suppose I try to justify some principle of uniformity of nature; how wi...

Yes but it is not reasonable to expect the future to be like the past just because that has been the case up until now. As for having a deductively va...

What makes you think induction is reasonable?

Refining and consumption of oil also overlap, which must be taken into account. Yes you are right - oil was fourth, even in my view. I've analysed the...

Also - having worked in related fields. 60% of the world's CO2 is from coal energy production, 11% from natural gas energy production and 8% from ceme...

So I think that if you argue against the practice of the Koch brothers when it comes to selling waste, then you should really be arguing against the p...

I will say that because people have died in the past, I believe that people will die in the future, but this is not a deductively valid reasoning, and...

Very interesting. If you ask me, yes they should be forced to obey some more environmentally friendly practices in their business. Also, there is quit...

Yes, and I showed that custom can be trusted because of experience, neither reason, nor blindly. Furthermore, Hume and I think we do not have any good...

Yes - but thinking the future is like the past is not based on reason. Hence the acceptance of custom is not based on reason, as you yourself have jus...

I don't know enough about them to approve or disapprove. But from the text you have posted, after I eliminate the author's bias (ex aggressive capital...

Ask me and they're doing a great thing. Protecting private property :P

Experience. As Hume showed, it's not reasonable because it's not reasonable to expect that the future will be like the past just because the present h...

Indeed.

There can be an arbiter. Custom. ;)

Do you think we find a faith, or do we rather get trained in a faith? I think since faith is a way of life, then surely it is less about finding it, t...

Fideism cannot be blind because reason could not be applied to it even in principle. We can only talk about blindness in contexts where it can exist.

But if belief and faith are not based on argument, what is the point of complementing faith with arguments? What is the point of combatting faith with...

Belief in God cannot be disturbed by argument, because one does not believe because of arguments in the first place... How do you justify the presumpt...