No, I haven't conceded the point. Trump didn't say that they will be 4% for certain. If you listen to the speech you will see that he also claimed the...
Yes, in the process of building a family, sure! I don't see a problem with that. Building a strong community of any kind requires some form of "surren...
Yes kissing on the mouth + sexts would still consist in adultery. Though obviously less severe than if it's a 6-month long affair that involved everyt...
Understanding how economics works. Trade barriers will cause the local economy to start up once again, which means both increased investment and incre...
For those still interested in this topic, I have found this very interesting presentation built on Kant's writings: http://www.socsci.uci.edu/~jheis/b...
Why should it trickle down? The point is to have an economy that offers the possibility for economic opportunities, not to have as wide as possible a ...
Alright. Why do you reckon popular/modern interpretations of Buddhism fall more towards the nihilistic/materialistic side? It is hyperbole, and clearl...
Okay, I agree with pretty much 95% of the way you and that site interpret things. However, why do you reckon that this isn't the mainstream Buddhist i...
I don't understand what you mean here. How can the concept of "permanence" (or "impermanence" for that matter) apply to a self? A self isn't an object...
There is not a straight path from equality to rights. Iran? Also, why should we accept that theocracy is not an ideal form of government? Having freed...
I disagree with you. My view emphasises the total commitment that love itself demands from the two lovers for their relationship to be authentic. Name...
You assert maintaining the status quo, I assert changing it. Both are equally taking a stance / action. I see no reason for there being a difference b...
I haven't seen much of any relevancy there. You certainly do. Even now, when you say that my view is tyrannous, you are implying that I ought to aband...
I agree with you on this point. If I was in charge, adultery would be illegal, punished with several years in prison for both involved. I see no probl...
No, I'm not using them interchangeably, I just want to discuss the most serious one out of them, because it's easier to see the wrongness there, where...
Yes, definitely agree. I wanted to mention this example too. I have no qualms with that, it sounds very much like Heidegger, Nietzsche and Kierkegaard...
To illustrate - God is the source of goodness, in fact God is Love itself. How can you love your beloved, if you don't also love God, and hence believ...
Yes, they cannot be ethical human beings if we understand "atheist" in its spiritual sense. They may identify as atheists, but that doesn't mean that ...
Legal marriage is a way to share the "fruits" of your spiritual marriage with society. It is a cause of bringing the community together to celebrate w...
Okay, you are right, I should have put it this way, it is clearer. On a fundamental level I agree with you, since morality cannot be enforced. If you ...
What do you mean why not go forward with it? Personally, I do think that, in most cases, legal marriage ought to be one of the "fruits" of the authent...
It depends on what is between the two of them. So I cannot give a general verdict for all of them. Please also note that an "atheist" may actually be ...
You asked for evidence, I cannot provide evidence of internal, subjective matters, since I do not know them. But, as I said, under my view, the intern...
To add to what I said previously, this is a big difference between Christianity, and Buddhism, as I was discussing in the other thread. In Christianit...
Yes, exactly. Well, according to the Bible (and unlike in Buddhism for example), marriage is a divine command first and foremost, it's not (just) a so...
Yes, obviously I cannot get a graph about the kind of marriage I'm talking about since it is an internal, subjective matter as Kierkegaard would say, ...
Hmmm, you're still misunderstanding my view a bit I think. Yes, I do use marriage in an uncommon way. But that's because I want to be critical of an i...
But that's not my position. My position is no sex outside of marriage. And by marriage I don't mean what happens after a religious or public ceremony ...
Why do you take my position to be extreme? At the very least it is the position that is almost unanimously shared by the 5 main world religions - Chri...
Depends on what you understand by know well. It could be anywhere from 5-50 if you include acquaintances or friends of other friends. Mostly from my s...
I'm not sure, if I had to guess, I'd say 5-7, but it depends how well it's pitched. If it's in the middle of the street, there will be more no's, if i...
I don't see why you've made it just about American women, the point is equally about American men, probably moreso than American women actually. I hav...
No, I said you should investigate why only 30% of businesses survive more than 10 years. You have done no such thing, and by your own admission, you a...
Are you sure that 99% of the population can tell the difference? I would think it's the other way around, only 1% of the population can tell the diffe...
Yes, but why is sexual satisfaction such a scarce commodity? Isn't it precisely because it's not really possible to achieve sexual satisfaction throug...
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