The Grim Reaper paradox is interesting, but immaterial in responding to Hume's argument. That is so because the Grim Reaper paradox assumes too many h...
1. Correct. 2. How to respond to Hume? Try this: "You're right." Or try this: "This is purely a matter of faith. Both are possible, and neither can be...
Joshua, your point is valid, inasmuch as the bastardization of the words and teachings of the bible are valid. People these days take a lot of bible t...
This would stand, if and only if God, Jesus and the HOLY SPIRIT appeared or existed while the other two did not exist. But all three can and do exist ...
This is an application of the equivocation fallacy. If each leaf of the three is a separate leaf, then the three together is not "a leaf" but a conglo...
I am Jewish, but I deny that the Holocaust was objectively wrong because of a moral principle. It was wrong for the Jews, it was a crime against human...
Idol worship is not about ideals. It is very constricted to the worship of a figure. A physical figure, a manifestation or likeness in physical featur...
Who knows for sure what god looks like? If you worship something that does not look like god, you are worshipping an idol. Which is a sin. On the othe...
Your wording is a bit unfortunate, as to "take their right to dignity" may mean to TAKE AWAY THEIR RIGHT TO DIGNITY IN DEATH, as well as it may mean t...
True. But how do you reconcile this with the fact that to be human means to NOT know how it feels like being a god, a swan, a tapeworm, a rock? Becaus...
This argument, on the other hand, can be shot down easily. One can argue that some law books do not have a scope of regulating all behaviour, and only...
These two laws, the commandments from Mark 12: 30-31 are partly counter-productive to obey, partly impossible. Let me focus on the second one first. I...
I would say what people believe as real on the pattern of their experiences is based largely not only on what constitutes a valid inference, but also ...
What one believes and what one can self-suggest is incredible. There was a story that was regaled in Hungary in intellectual circles, which told of a ...
One has to be careful, however, to be sure that there are no rational explanations extant before one claims that s/he witnessed an act of a supernatur...
Well, I took my own hypothetical experience to be an example, and instead of creating an example of an epiphany stemming from a spiritual impression o...
You did not ask me, S, but if Jesus, Yahweh, or Beelzeboob (sp?) appeared in front of me and created 100 fish out of nothing instantly in a set of bar...
To me it's the impossibility to explain feelings, emotions, desires, even things like seeing and not just looking, and hearing, not just listening, an...
Thank you. Injustice is harm done to you also, no? So who is to say it is the moral implication that heightens the response? I am not denying your poi...
I can't say a straight yes or no. Do what your conscience dictates. You justify your decision by predicting whether you feel good about it (because yo...
We also hate wrongdoing or harm done to us. Or to someone we care about. Regardless of morality. I think hate is a general dislike, and as such, you c...
As far as I understand, it is one of the laws of thermodynamics. Work and movement change can only occur if there is a differential in energy levels. ...
I agree, with the sad fact that I don't see a dichotomous optimistic realism. The first problem, of course, the extreme anthropocentricism of religion...
The literary doomsday scenario has begun when I started to write poetry. There is bad poetry. There is BAAAD poetry. And then there is mine. (I know I...
@"Wayfarer" this reminds me of an old Jewish joke. Green goes to the rabbi with Black, to get justice done. "Black borrowed my hat and never returned ...
@"Wayfarer", @"Isaac", and @"T. Clark", the three of you seem to be divided on the subject of unity. This actually unifies the three of you into a com...
Die. Die your hair blonde, and get a boob job, or work out and develop muscles. Humans are frightfully superficial; good looks are everything in our w...
I won't engage with you in an infinitely long exchange of swearing to the truth because I need to defend myself from your accusing me of lying, and of...
I distorted your story only in retrospect. It appeared to be distorted to you, because you knew the whole story from the beginning, but you must admit...
AGE OF CONSENT LAWS IN TORONTO, ONTARIO I passed that age, whatever it is. The significant law for me is that the city fathers decreed that children o...
So the planet won't be destroyed, after all, despite your foreboding prophecy? "Finding a solution to man's habit of destroying the planet" actually i...
Thanks for your thoughtful and helpful post re: principle of charity and how it applies to autists. I have met many autists in social circles, who you...
More revelations to the "Great unwashed": "Part for the course" is a secret sign among Maoists to identify their stand on "rice or buffalo". "I'll sla...
I also heard that "card-Blanche" is used by extreme supremacists only. It is a secret sign to designate their belonging to the group. I also heard "It...
With regard to the above, that is, my view on Principle of Charity: If you refuse to use it, then the holy scriptures of any and all religions appear ...
Okay, I read the link in Wikipaedia, and it makes sense now. Please tell me the name of the process that is the opposite of "Principle of Charity". I ...
How does this explain the principle of charity? You, @"Pfhorrest", set out to explain it to me, and then you did not, but instead told me what @"uncan...
Ditto. You are biassed against a posting because you were too tired, too bored, too lazy, or too impatient to read it through. Please next time don't ...
Absolutely not, and I can prove it. The JIngoist Anthropologists said that the white race is more skilled, more intelligent. I deny that. I believe, a...
So what is the way to establish the code translation? Please tell us. Clearly, the coded message works for them, you, @"Echarmion" say. But how do you...
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