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In: Is terrorism justified ?  — view comment
A 'realpolitik' rule of thumb: The sisyphusean terrorism by the oppressed is justified – made inevitable, or inescapable – by the wanton terrorism of ...
June 26, 2021 at 13:50
In: How Do We Think About the Bible From a Philosophical Point of View?  — view comment
:halo:
June 26, 2021 at 13:31
In: Error Correction  — view comment
A ventriloquist gestures ... :wink:
June 26, 2021 at 13:14
In: Error Correction  — view comment
The fucker had read Hobbes after all ... https://www.theguardian.com/books/2021/jun/24/lost-memoir-paints-revered-philosopher-john-locke-as-vain-lazy-...
June 26, 2021 at 03:38
In: China’s ‘whole-process democracy’ explained  — view comment
'Political democracy' minus – contra – economic democracy (inclusivist stakeholder control) equals oligarchy/plutocracy (exclusionist shareholder cont...
June 26, 2021 at 03:15
In: Is Dewey's pragmatism misunderstood ?  — view comment
Experience and Nature and Art as Experience are also excellent.
June 26, 2021 at 02:11
In: Nietzsche's Antichrist  — view comment
:100: :fire:
June 26, 2021 at 02:01
In: Does systemic racism exist in the US?  — view comment
:100: Chauvin's just a minor race warrior who will die sooner rather than later in one of "lily white" Minnesota's state prisons he'd helped dispropor...
June 26, 2021 at 01:35
In: Logic and Disbelief  — view comment
:up:
June 26, 2021 at 01:29
In: Richness  — view comment
Yes. Yes, as in ... who doesn't invest much effort or time acquiring or keeping those things which can be (easily) lost or taken away.
June 26, 2021 at 01:08
In: How Do We Think About the Bible From a Philosophical Point of View?  — view comment
No worries, my man. Our interpretations of Christianity's – the NT's – historical role as per the OP are divergent enough that there's not much point ...
June 25, 2021 at 10:29
In: Error Correction  — view comment
:up:
June 25, 2021 at 10:09
In: How Do We Think About the Bible From a Philosophical Point of View?  — view comment
Okay. :roll:
June 25, 2021 at 08:30
In: A holey theory  — view comment
Expound on what?
June 25, 2021 at 08:29
In: Do we really fear death?  — view comment
:fire:
June 25, 2021 at 03:54
In: Do we really fear death?  — view comment
Go figure.
June 25, 2021 at 01:16
In: A holey theory  — view comment
:sweat:
June 25, 2021 at 01:15
In: Do we really fear death?  — view comment
Every living thing 'inherently fears' to cease living, no?
June 25, 2021 at 00:18
In: Deep Songs  — view comment
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=qJL-WPeuJzc "Helpless" (3:30) Déjà Vu, 1970 writer Neil Young CSN&Y https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=gZI_WQuacvM "Carry On"...
June 25, 2021 at 00:16
In: How Do We Think About the Bible From a Philosophical Point of View?  — view comment
My understanding is that gnostics consider 'material reality' a prison to escape from (i.e. transcend) and so, in this way, are anti-realists (or idea...
June 24, 2021 at 23:30
In: Is Human Nature Inherently Destructive or Not?  — view comment
Human Nature? Well, from cradle to grave, we're all cunts. Whatever else each individual makes of him or her self, we're always that, a congential, 's...
June 24, 2021 at 22:01
In: POLL: Is morality - objective, subjective or relative?  — view comment
Subjectively desiring chocolate cake is not itself a sufficient condition for actually – objectively – having or eating chocolate cake. :yum:
June 24, 2021 at 21:40
In: A holey theory  — view comment
:up:
June 24, 2021 at 21:33
In: How Do We Think About the Bible From a Philosophical Point of View?  — view comment
@"Gregory" @"Jack Cummins" :up: I also see the resemblance of Vedanta to Gnosis, the descent midwifed, perhaps, through (Neo)Platonism. At least in We...
June 24, 2021 at 21:32
In: Logic and Disbelief  — view comment
Truisms. So what? Knowledge does not require "the feeling of certainty" or "absolute truth". This is special pleading for not excluding woo-woo and ps...
June 24, 2021 at 20:50
In: How Do We Think About the Bible From a Philosophical Point of View?  — view comment
:up:
June 24, 2021 at 19:42
In: A holey theory  — view comment
Or I'm not expressing what I mean intelligibly.
June 24, 2021 at 19:17
In: Philosophy of mystery.  — view comment
I suppose it must be "mysterious" to non-philosophers. At the very least, however, philosophy is (strives to be) the art of demystification.
June 24, 2021 at 19:14
In: POLL: Short Story Competition Proposal  — view comment
:yikes: :chin: :lol:
June 24, 2021 at 19:04
In: How Do We Think About the Bible From a Philosophical Point of View?  — view comment
:100: :up: (If only I was so aptly succinct!)
June 24, 2021 at 19:01
In: A holey theory  — view comment
No. What the hell does "void has being" even mean? Your heideggerasty, y'know, is against my irreligion... :mask: "My take" is simply this, Moliere :p...
June 24, 2021 at 19:00
In: A holey theory  — view comment
I'm saying the opposite: holes, empty spaces, voids are far more in evidence than 'stuff'. Btw, that Feyerabend quote in your profile recall the pleas...
June 24, 2021 at 18:47
In: Logic and Disbelief  — view comment
Well, that may be, but is besides the point as far as I'm concerned. Truth-values are what they are regardless of "emotions and feelings" which is why...
June 24, 2021 at 18:44
In: A holey theory  — view comment
What?
June 24, 2021 at 18:25
In: POLL: Is morality - objective, subjective or relative?  — view comment
This reductio is absurd and moronic – the vast majority of us are not "wired" for suicide; almost all aspects of culture function as prophylactics aga...
June 24, 2021 at 18:24
In: How Do We Think About the Bible From a Philosophical Point of View?  — view comment
The 'Gentile Christianity' of Paul (re: the Christ) had completely vanguished the rival 'Jewish Christianity' of James (re: the Nazarene) by the time ...
June 24, 2021 at 17:53
In: POLL: Short Story Competition Proposal  — view comment
:up:
June 24, 2021 at 16:51
In: How Do We Think About the Bible From a Philosophical Point of View?  — view comment
Look at the "civilized" regions bordering Christendom, particularly the Levant. Muslims were able to recover, preserve and publish (in Arabic translat...
June 24, 2021 at 08:16
In: Deep Songs  — view comment
https://youtu.be/FGG0yPsSPDw "My Old School" (5:48) Countdown to Ecstasy, 1973 Steely Dan * https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=w5ezeUM6c74 "Memphis, Tennes...
June 24, 2021 at 07:26
In: How Do We Think About the Bible From a Philosophical Point of View?  — view comment
Whatever.
June 24, 2021 at 06:08
In: Richness  — view comment
A person who is "rich" has good health (healthy habits) and has a small circle of old, good friends (even some who are family) and never strives for a...
June 24, 2021 at 06:00
In: How Do We Think About the Bible From a Philosophical Point of View?  — view comment
Yes, but in no way does your truism contest my interpretation of the historically detrimental role "The Church" directly played in hastening, deepenin...
June 24, 2021 at 05:55
In: Logic and Disbelief  — view comment
Well, for me, where theism consists in truth-claims I find that upon examination these claims do not evince positive truth-values (and therefore "agno...
June 24, 2021 at 05:49
In: How Do We Think About the Bible From a Philosophical Point of View?  — view comment
That's a fairly pollyannish view of history, Jack. Without "The Church" Western societies almost certainly would have been more ... civilized. And wit...
June 24, 2021 at 05:31
In: A Global Awakening  — view comment
Or Kurtzweil + Brin: Only a "singularity" can "uplift" us.
June 24, 2021 at 04:52
In: How Do We Think About the Bible From a Philosophical Point of View?  — view comment
Since 5th/6th century CE ... "for at least the first millennium of Christendom", and then the rapid emergence of counter / secular discourses on ethic...
June 23, 2021 at 22:19
In: POLL: Short Story Competition Proposal  — view comment
We should kick off the contest in July (Bastille Day?) since we've missed the summer solstice that is, if we go forward with it. What do you think?
June 23, 2021 at 21:50
In: How Do We Think About the Bible From a Philosophical Point of View?  — view comment
If anything, by this list of particulars, the Christian Bible maldeveloped ethics in Western societies for at least the first millennium of Christendo...
June 23, 2021 at 21:41
In: POLL: Is morality - objective, subjective or relative?  — view comment
Same reason, I suspect, falling into holes distresses folks.
June 23, 2021 at 21:25
In: Error Correction  — view comment
Metaphysics. Over a decade ago, influenced mostly by various thread discussions with @"Tobias", I'd reconsidered and thereby gradually translated my v...
June 23, 2021 at 21:20
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