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This is from a conversation from different thread with me and @"180 Proof" My response to him: His response to me: I take his response to imply that t...

Are you sure? I know that some of my preferences have changed since childhood. This is what attractiveness is; the majority of people agreeing on cert...

You could also add to that that “evil” is sometimes viewed as a force, as in the “forces of good and evil.” If I’m not mistaken, this is what Nietzsch...

Any attitude or emotion you have towards life will result in this same issue. However, I tend to disagree that sadness is necessary to be a philosophi...

Not sure if I agree or not. Rules of grammar dictate the relationship between different types of words (i.e. verbs and adverbs), as well as things lik...

I’m going to say no. A lot of this question comes down to sentence structure and which words are used. “All Gods are fictional” and “Gods don’t exist”...

Ok, there are other ways God is defined, but it just seems like God is so commonly used in the context of Theism that that would be your default assum...

Makes sense to me, but when is God ever defined as something different than claims 1,2, and 3? I’m just not understanding why it is necessary to ask f...

I don’t understand this. If God is meaningless, then doesn’t that render Theism meaningless as well, since it is defined by one’s belief in this meani...

Perhaps? All Gods are fictional. No Gods are fictional.

I really don’t have a way to argue for or against this. It’s possible Atheists use that term to mean what you describe, but that doesn’t mean they’re ...

Of course I accept this; it doesn’t imply belief in the nonexistence of God.

“I have no money” is making the claim that something is in my possession. However, if taken literally, it is a contradiction because really I don’t ha...

Sure, but it doesn’t mean you have to. That’s all I’m saying

I don’t think that fearing death necessarily follows logically from the conclusion that it is bad. Your attitude towards it could be more stoic, or in...

Right, I agree, because that type of belief is impossible to hold. It is empty. Let me give you an example. The statements “I don’t have any money” an...

How do you know that?

Unless we have evolved to respond with positive emotions to what we now call “moral oughts.” In which case all thinking done on the subject is after t...

But making a statement like that means that you can change the position of the “positive” and “negative” aspects and retain the same meaning. “I belie...

Sorry if I misrepresented your claim. I found your previous post to be confusing. I’ll try to explain. This seems to disagree with this: However, this...

Insane according to the definition I provided?

If insanity is defined as above, then repeatedly using the same philosophical methods that have failed so many times before, and expecting them to suc...

https://www.lexico.com/en/definition/atheism Good luck finding an Atheist that would agree with Feuerbach’s quote.

They are denying any and all “images” of God.

Lol, I agree. :rofl:

I can agree that logic is more useful with intuition, but even their combination, along with whatever other philosophical methods you want to add, are...

I can agree with this, but the issue is that mistakes will still be made, regardless of how skilled you become. I would say even if you had an AI that...

You’re either misunderstanding me, or are wording things wrong. I agree that an Atheist doesn’t believe in God. I’m arguing that to say an Atheist bel...

No problem, take care of yourself. Hope it’s nothing serious.

That makes sense, but I’m not sure that there is a good way to tell if your skills are improving or not. I guess making fewer mistakes could be a mark...

I think all beliefs require an object, whether true or untrue. To say you “believe” makes no sense without specifying what it is you believe, and if y...

Hey, I’d still like to see what you think of this.

To me it only half way counts as hedonism. It is pleasure seeking, but it is also pain seeking. Or are you saying that everything pleasurable is hedon...

Maybe this is off topic or irrelevant, but how does masochism factor into all this?

Perhaps going to church is part of the criteria for having a “Christian mindset?” In other words, if you have a Christian mindset, then you will want ...

I don’t think this is accurate. You may be correct that affirming “God exists” is really a guess, but the person actually affirming that statement may...

Ok, sure that is a possibility, but I don’t see how there’s enough evidence to make it true or convincing. Conversely, there isn’t enough evidence to ...

Wouldn’t them being “super-intelligent” depend on their ability to be consistent? Or better yet, their ability to communicate effectively without inco...

1 is unknowable, because the evidence for it (the holy books) is suspect. The goodness we’re all familiar with doesn’t include endorsing murder, etc. ...

Maybe, but it would depend on Gods definition of “good.” Who’s to say God doesn’t consider what we call atrocities good (except for the contradictory ...

Fair enough, I suppose. Does this mean you accept your belief on faith?

I essentially agree with this. However, I’m questioning how you, or anyone else, can know that these power grabs that you’re describing aren’t the int...

I see. I’m not interested in the justification, or lack there of, of Joshua’s actions. That’s not necessary. I’m not trying to move into post-modernis...

If you try, I could be persuaded. Of course, I’m not implying that the founders of any religion were corrupt, I don’t think that’s even possible, unle...

Thanks for this. :up:

@"Wayfarer" @"christian2017" @"TheMadFool" Would any of you care to explain what a corrupt religion is, and how you determine it to be so? What is you...

Sure, but I don’t see the relevance here. You mentioned the corruption of religion, but not of a specific religion. They aren’t deemed heretical by wh...

That’s not at all what I am saying or implying. The overwhelming majority of people in general are at least decent. I just don’t understand what @"chr...

The corruption of religion implies that there is a more, for lack of a better term, pure form of it that exists, or at least existed. However, every d...

Well said. And I think your sentiments are spot on as well.