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I feel what people outside of certain Faiths need to realise, is that even within those faiths, consensus isn’t something they have internally. Plenty...
November 06, 2019 at 13:42
Completely agree. Authentic and non-hypocritical practice of faith and values I feel is respectable in most cases.
November 06, 2019 at 13:40
Whether theism or anti theism, either way one seems to claim a knowing of the answer, or in the least knowing enough to give an answer. For those of u...
November 06, 2019 at 13:17
Yeah, I took umbrage with that too and was given a crappy argument about how agnosticism doesn’t exist while the word was being used to claim the conc...
November 06, 2019 at 13:02
@"Terrapin Station" I see you both as members of the justice league and the joker is personified by the morally indifferent and apathetic. Let me be c...
November 06, 2019 at 12:20
I did a masters in applied ethics but I kind of regret voting and divulging that here. Dunno who the others are but one of those votes is mine.
November 06, 2019 at 12:00
I get where you’re coming from. Even the apologists and internal critics of faiths are wondering what the hell is going on with all the evangelical ex...
November 06, 2019 at 01:13
Thank you haha flew over my head there! Should have a discussion on humour soon. Did you get a chance to read the last link I sent you to the philosop...
November 05, 2019 at 23:22
Encompass the whole of society and it’s structures in individual unity = force humans to conform to an individuals ideas of “unity” “Everyone shut up ...
November 05, 2019 at 20:23
Agree with this. The polling questions aren’t very well done. How can you answer yes or no to a binary choice between two options that aren’t yes or n...
November 05, 2019 at 20:19
There is a bit of an irony there; that if we acted out of care of the moral standing of future people we’d be benefitting ourselves in the present. I’...
November 05, 2019 at 03:03
Personally, I think non-philosophical rational thought isn’t something unique to humans. There is what is rational in relation to being say a crow or ...
November 05, 2019 at 01:52
I’d disagree. Crows have the capacity for rational thought, in that it has some powerful skills we’d call intelligent problem solving skills. The New ...
November 05, 2019 at 01:35
Wow, that’s pretty powerful. Don’t know if I’m reading my own biocentric ethical view in the meaning or not but it sounds like what I call god; the ov...
November 05, 2019 at 01:14
But how do you know that you cannot know? Do you know the answer?
November 05, 2019 at 00:06
Not the detail of how humans answer the question. Tell us now, it’s the last thing we need before we vaporise your planet. This one has been sent to o...
November 05, 2019 at 00:03
Oh believe me, you’re in the herd. Not us here. The key features of the “herd” is arrogance, ignorance and a blind devotion and submission to the ego....
November 05, 2019 at 00:00
Or if it’s easier, imagine the question was asked by a small child who will understand whatever your answer is.
November 04, 2019 at 23:45
assume that the alien can read what is currently on your mind and you have to tell them like that. What images, videos, words, feelings and people wou...
November 04, 2019 at 23:45
Would anyone be opposed to just being referred to as X? “Oh hey, Davina is come to the party” “Oh cool, is X going to be bringing a friend?” “No, I’m ...
November 04, 2019 at 22:04
- Joshua Harris - https://www.rawstory.com/2019/11/ex-pastor-warns-trump-embrace-will-destroy-evangelical-christianity-i-dont-think-its-going-to-end-w...
November 04, 2019 at 22:00
@"Pantagruel" Care to take a shot at this one?
November 04, 2019 at 21:56
And in the heart of Meinong’s Jungle, lies the little village of Southpark Colorado haha
November 04, 2019 at 17:09
Sticking more to the OP; in the sentence “Witchcraft is a type of supernagic” to me is describing not something of supernatural origin. It’s describin...
November 04, 2019 at 13:51
@"Echarmion" - https://plato.stanford.edu/entries/possible-objects/#SubVsExi Here it is! It was Meinongianism I was thinking of.
November 04, 2019 at 13:42
Well I think we need to have that sense else we wouldn’t be able to discuss fiction properly. Outside of books, saying “Harry Potter is a wizard” and ...
November 04, 2019 at 13:36
- @"dazed" While I agree somewhat with the sentiment, when you said describe physical characteristics I immediately thought that skin colour is a phys...
November 04, 2019 at 13:27
Do words not physically exist? Can we not say Harry Potter physically exists as a word in a book which is attached to our idea of Harry Potter?
November 04, 2019 at 12:09
@"Pantagruel" I feel that Descartes here goes against your argument. He would see us as the masters and possessors of nature rather than its shepherds...
November 04, 2019 at 01:09
I want to know who has the Doctorate. Would love to pick their brain.
November 03, 2019 at 23:09
As soon as I hear someone self describe themselves as a holder of radical ideas or beliefs, I back away slowly. The Ego trap is strong with this one.....
November 03, 2019 at 02:06
it’s okay :) thanks!
November 03, 2019 at 01:46
Guys, if you want to talk about Donald trump and the current presidential candidacies can you please keep your discussions in the appropriate threads....
November 03, 2019 at 01:03
I mean the definition at the time and now of Nonetheless and Notwithstanding to mean “Not hindered or obstructed by” seems pretty clear to me. Then th...
November 02, 2019 at 23:13
Uhm the White House transcript of the call is accessible to anyone https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2019/09/25/us/politics/trump-ukraine-transcript...
November 02, 2019 at 22:58
The testimony so far has seemed to outline a clear quid pro quo, even without quid pro quo a sitting president SHOULD NOT be requesting political dirt...
November 02, 2019 at 21:42
While I agree with you; that doesn’t change the issue of the constitution and how it relates to the processes of both Impeachment and Indictment, it i...
November 02, 2019 at 21:35
Modified argument in the link below. https://www.reddit.com/r/Ask_Politics/comments/dqlooo/dear_doj_this_is_how_you_properly_interpret_the/?utm_medium...
November 02, 2019 at 17:38
Modified argument in the Link below. https://www.reddit.com/r/Ask_Politics/comments/dqlooo/dear_doj_this_is_how_you_properly_interpret_the/?utm_medium...
November 02, 2019 at 17:37
Just use whatever their fucking name is. Gender is a social construct, biological sex isn’t. However I’d prefer not to be him, I’d just prefer my name...
November 02, 2019 at 06:53
Expert in Constitutional Law at Harvard will be reading the argument and viewing the Poll results contained in this link. Need as many people to vote ...
November 02, 2019 at 05:57
Maybe just one trait; they do all share a locus, that is to say an anchor point based in physical reality. A Rock has its true physical existence outs...
November 01, 2019 at 16:22
Indeed. I feel it also ignores the variables of states we do know about. These sorts of arguments are nearly always made in relation to the physics of...
November 01, 2019 at 15:14
goalposts have been exactly in the same place the whole time. You just haven’t reached them. Artemis is getting closer than you at least. I don’t know...
November 01, 2019 at 14:20
My intellectual honesty is debating with you. Do you want me to lie to you and tell you that you’ve convinced me? You haven’t.
November 01, 2019 at 14:14
I get it. Obviously I’m acknowledging that I and everyone else acts as if A priori knowledge exists because we wouldn’t be able to live our lives othe...
November 01, 2019 at 14:13
Careful, now you’re moving towards the etymology of those words and it only gets trickier from there. Nothing about Tri inherently implies three and n...
November 01, 2019 at 13:31
As for all Bachelors are unmarried, that is a self negating statement. Bachelors already means unmarried. Besides my issue with language, the phrase y...
November 01, 2019 at 13:09
Ein Dreieck hat drei Seiten. A Triangle has three sides. ?????3???????? If it can’t be universally true in this world, why would it be true of others?
November 01, 2019 at 13:05
That’s because of logic, not knowledge. It’s still not considered perfect knowledge since anyone can change the rules of a game and make a new one. Th...
November 01, 2019 at 11:24