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god must be atheist

['Member', 'Guest Speaker Questioner']Joined: June 25, 2019 at 18:51Last active: August 09, 2024 at 01:0944 discussions5085 comments
Location: Dislocated from Hungary

Bio

Member of Mensa, and a lapsed member of The International Society for Philosophical Enquiry, which is a club for people in the 99.9th percentile of population by IQ. ISPE removed me from membership and are not letting me back in due to personal misconduct. I swore at officials without cause.

Favourite Philosopher

Socrates, Panatragoras, Argonthagoron, Dmitri Kostas, Aristoteles (Aristotle), Beethoven, Marx, Engels

Favourite Quotations

"I want to be loved by everyone. Not physically, though." -- Barry Manilow, in the mind of the Monty Python Troupe.
"Philosophy... is a walk on a slippery rock, religion... is a smile on a dog. Philosophy... is a talk on a cereal box, religion... is a light in a fog." -- Edie Brickell, musician, singer and lyricist.

Discussions (44)

Ragnarok

June 06, 2021 at 03:34 0 comments The Lounge

Burnout

July 31, 2019 at 08:09 11 comments The Lounge

Comments

In: Evidence of Consciousness Surviving the Body  — view comment
If someone showed you a phenomenon that were impossible to explain by laws of the physical world, you'd be compelled to believe in dualism. There are ...
August 09, 2024 at 01:04
In: Wittgenstein’s creative sublimation of Kant  — view comment
Yes, totally right. I can't argue with that.
February 25, 2024 at 03:54
In: Wittgenstein’s creative sublimation of Kant  — view comment
This is another humongous error in logic. We think of people as beings who have a mind. Each person has his or her own mind. Yet we don't know what a ...
February 25, 2024 at 03:52
In: Wittgenstein’s creative sublimation of Kant  — view comment
Davidson argues that thought has content if and only if the thought is related to a social system. That is my perception Davidson's opinion, after rea...
February 25, 2024 at 03:38
In: Wittgenstein’s creative sublimation of Kant  — view comment
This is interesting. Playing against an opponent inherently means that both players want to win; one wins, the other loses. There is no such thing as ...
February 25, 2024 at 03:29
In: Short Story Competition Discussion Dec 23  — view comment
Oops. One idea that may put to rest the "fly-by bombing" with "1"-votes without explanations given for the low rating. Make voters visible. Everyone w...
January 06, 2024 at 11:39
In: Short Story Competition Discussion Dec 23  — view comment
I'm not going to chew through 15 pages of previous posts, so please forgive me if a similar issue has been brought up. Contestant A has ONE vote, a fi...
January 05, 2024 at 08:49
In: Literary Activity July-Aug 2023 Discussion  — view comment
If three users tell me, on these forums, "god must be atheist, please pull out of this discussion", I will. But until then I shan't be letting others ...
August 08, 2023 at 01:57
In: Literary Activity July-Aug 2023 Discussion  — view comment
I do as I am told. But your opinion is only one. There are others on different opinions. I can't serve many masters when they give me confusing orders...
August 08, 2023 at 01:49
In: Literary Activity July-Aug 2023 Discussion  — view comment
What happened there is that you declared, rightfully, that this is not a competition but a friendly show of talent (or something to that effect). Then...
August 07, 2023 at 23:19
In: Literary Activity July-Aug 2023 Discussion  — view comment
There is a discernment to be made. You, Jack Cummings and Amity said that there is no service by negative feedback to help writers to better writing. ...
August 07, 2023 at 23:11
In: Literary Activity July-Aug 2023 Discussion  — view comment
I feel directly insulted by this talk about voting systems. I was voted down, severely, when I wanted a down vote to be included. But then I was made ...
August 07, 2023 at 18:22
In: Literary Activity July-Aug 2023 Discussion  — view comment
I appreciate your appreciation. Critique the stories? A tough nut for me. I'm getting on with my age. I am losing it. My rote memory is despicably bad...
August 07, 2023 at 16:11
In: Sunday Creep by Baden  — view comment
You two convinced me. I did give serious thought to this poem. And your analysis with re-reading the poem, have made me come to a conclusion like this...
August 07, 2023 at 14:00
In: Sunday Creep by Baden  — view comment
Flower sex is dirty, too. Ah, those bees and bumblebees!! With their long, lean legs, big bottoms... quick, gimme a block of ice to sit on.
August 07, 2023 at 01:41
In: Sunday Creep by Baden  — view comment
I did not sense any money changing hands, which is an essential part of prostitution. Payment of any sort is not even implied, not even in the remotes...
August 07, 2023 at 01:37
In: Sunday Creep by Baden  — view comment
you did not get my meaning. I am very sorry about that. Explanation to you: Inanimate objects are believed to be incapable of emoting. Brood is verb t...
August 07, 2023 at 01:32
In: The Shoutbox  — view comment
The question mark is not inverted. It is converted. Therefore the old Testament's claim stays: God is Jewish. That's A. B. is that if you move your fo...
August 06, 2023 at 12:50
In: Literary Activity July-Aug 2023 Discussion  — view comment
i read all poetry entries (except one I could not read to to the end, no fault to the poem, except I ran out of energy to pay attention.) Two poems we...
August 06, 2023 at 07:38
In: Sempre by Amity  — view comment
I am sorry, but I am not getting this poem. Can't follow its events. Don't know what it talks about, what it says. Kudos to Javi who sees the emotions...
August 06, 2023 at 07:26
In: My dog by javi2541997  — view comment
Excellent! Full of emotion, and sentimental, melancholic nostalgia. My favourite feelings; I cry when I sense that mood, and the crying the tears brin...
August 06, 2023 at 07:23
In: The Body of Music by ucarr  — view comment
happiness of realizing that one has one's own consciousness. This rings true, but for some the opposite. This is just my take on the philosophy of the...
August 06, 2023 at 07:20
In: Protennoia by Noble Dust  — view comment
I have a personal bias against poems that start with a present participle. And I have a bias against poems that have the sturcture "noun verb, past pa...
August 06, 2023 at 07:15
In: Saying Nothing by Janus  — view comment
The poem started off very nicely, and it kept its mood and point consistent. It is NO FAULT OF THE POEM but I had to quit halfway through. It was too ...
August 06, 2023 at 07:04
In: this little boy by 180 Proof  — view comment
Brilliant imagery; the faster we mature, the faster we age, no matter at what age we are at. Life is resplendent with dangers, life-threatening danger...
August 06, 2023 at 07:00
In: Nailing a Philosopher by god must an atheist  — view comment
It sounds so true. Not an overly artistic poem, although the attempt at rhyming indicates an effort. More of a cerebral work than a song, a sentiment,...
August 06, 2023 at 06:52
In: Poem #19 by T Clark  — view comment
Definitely a song-inspired poem. (And there is nothing wrong with that.) Someone in the "discussion" did say that their spark to write poetry often co...
August 06, 2023 at 06:48
In: Sunrise by Benkei  — view comment
This poem has mood, has atmosphere, has style, and has an underlying sense of beauty and calm. I felt good with myself while reading it. Very, very ni...
August 06, 2023 at 06:45
In: Sunday Creep by Baden  — view comment
Beautiful poem. What is it about? I can't get any meaning out of it. It sounds nice, though. If it only also made sense to me. This is about a romanti...
August 06, 2023 at 06:41
In: Literary Activity July-Aug 2023 Discussion  — view comment
You're right. This site is well-organized. I have seen sites, set up by humanities-oriented people, which made no sense in their structures; impossibl...
August 04, 2023 at 18:09
In: Literary Activity July-Aug 2023 Discussion  — view comment
Thanks!!
August 04, 2023 at 18:06
In: Literary Activity July-Aug 2023 Discussion  — view comment
This is serious. I don't get this. Honest. If someone comments on a story, nobody can see it, because it will not be released into a discussion? Pleas...
August 04, 2023 at 16:54
In: Literary Activity July-Aug 2023 Discussion  — view comment
ChatGPT's a machine. It can't possibly sense all the beauty and grace in a well-executed fuck.
August 04, 2023 at 16:50
In: Literary Activity July-Aug 2023 Discussion  — view comment
I wonder when there are only a few hours to deadline, someone will ask for an hour, and when there is an hour left, someone will ask for a minute, and...
August 04, 2023 at 16:47
In: Literary Activity July-Aug 2023 Discussion  — view comment
I guess you two are right about that. Ignorance is bliss, as they say. I think you two are right on this issue. Truth hurts. By chance, yesterday I bi...
August 03, 2023 at 18:40
In: Literary Activity July-Aug 2023 Discussion  — view comment
No sweat. I can call you anything you like. Or anything I like. Not on these pages, of course. :-)
August 03, 2023 at 16:01
In: Literary Activity July-Aug 2023 Discussion  — view comment
Some people, like Jamal, do not leave any comment if they don't like a story. And there is no "dislike" voting. How will the writer know his or her st...
August 03, 2023 at 15:57
In: Literary Activity July-Aug 2023 Discussion  — view comment
I can make you enjoy more things. For instance, you could paint my house, inside and out, and plow my fields, and work 17 hours sewing garments in a w...
August 03, 2023 at 15:39
In: Literary Activity July-Aug 2023 Discussion  — view comment
Wise move, but the writer needs to know, in the spirit of improvement, which everyone has been touting as important. In other words: if some writer ge...
August 03, 2023 at 15:28
In: Literary Activity July-Aug 2023 Discussion  — view comment
Okay, I give in. Let kindness prevail. No negative options in the voting system. This puts a little damper on the decision-process of declaring a winn...
August 03, 2023 at 05:38
In: Literary Activity July-Aug 2023 Discussion  — view comment
What? You think I am deaf?
August 03, 2023 at 05:28
In: Literary Activity July-Aug 2023 Discussion  — view comment
Jack, you need to create a math system in which negatives do not exist. You need to create a language in which negation, denial and reversal do not ex...
August 03, 2023 at 05:27
In: Literary Activity July-Aug 2023 Discussion  — view comment
Voting is I hear anonymous. Opinions expressed as comments are user-identified. This excludes the enforcement (which I would actually like to see, but...
August 03, 2023 at 02:28
In: Literary Activity July-Aug 2023 Discussion  — view comment
I applaud your opinion of not naming a third option. That said, I would like to have a third option, which denotes a dislike. This would help would-be...
August 02, 2023 at 11:09
In: Literary Activity July-Aug 2023 Discussion  — view comment
I was musing. I hope musing does afford me in this social millieu the luxurious allowance to overthink. To me it does not matter how the third option ...
August 01, 2023 at 03:07
In: Literary Activity July-Aug 2023 Discussion  — view comment
With regard of toning down the third option: Reminds me of three things: "No matter how you slice it, it's still baloney." Meaning if you make a state...
July 31, 2023 at 14:21
In: Why isn't there a special page for solipsists?  — view comment
I tried that... playing games. They're no fun. I always know ahead of time who the winner will be.
July 29, 2023 at 03:34
In: Why isn't there a special page for solipsists?  — view comment
There are two schools of solipsism: one says that the experiences a solipsist feels are subject to his will; the other school says that they are indep...
July 29, 2023 at 03:32
In: Why isn't there a special page for solipsists?  — view comment
The experience of the sopsist does not change or get influenced by the experiences of other solipsists. There is room for an infinite number of solips...
July 28, 2023 at 06:38
In: Why isn't there a special page for solipsists?  — view comment
Solipsism; is it the belief that only the self exists, or is it a belief that all that the self experiences is generated by the self? if the second on...
July 28, 2023 at 06:36
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