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['Member']Joined: April 12, 2020 at 00:23Last active: April 18, 2020 at 08:43None discussions24 comments

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Ending your claim that my argument is a false dichotomy by presenting one yourself doesn't bode well for your case. EITHER I don't understand that it ...
April 16, 2020 at 04:33
I suppose one place to start would be in the broadest terms: 1] Evil, in terms of human actions, may be thought of as a violation of a standard of beh...
April 15, 2020 at 09:41
So is your question about ethical relativsm vs. objectivism? In other words, are some actions inherently wrong, regardless of an individual's persuasi...
April 15, 2020 at 09:17
I did not suggest he was referring to a building. Exactly the opposite in fact, if you go back and re-read my post. In the absence of some compelling ...
April 15, 2020 at 08:12
I'd have to disagree. Democracy, as a form of government, is solely for the administration of it purpose. While a well educated electorate probably ma...
April 15, 2020 at 07:26
Suggest it if you like, but one does not exist. What other option exists? Our senses either provide us reliable perceptions of the world around us (at...
April 15, 2020 at 02:51
Disclaimer: please read this post in the lighthearted manner in which it was posted. That's an awfully reductive approach to a metaphysical question. ...
April 14, 2020 at 08:26
Which delusions? What is the process for identifying the delusional parts of a culture? Are you not reasoning with your culturally deluded mind to ans...
April 14, 2020 at 02:56
Certainly it is authorized (?) in the Bible. Heb 10 And let us consider one another to provoke unto love and to good works: Not forsaking the assembli...
April 14, 2020 at 02:22
No one...I think. Not even Jesus, since we're discussing Christianity. John 16:33 "...In this world ye shall have tribulation..." But that doesn't ans...
April 14, 2020 at 02:03
I think it not only possible but actual. As is the converse. Certainly, through the constant, close interaction between the sexes there is an adaptati...
April 13, 2020 at 09:29
How so? Democracy is a political system for the administration of daily life. In what way does a "search for truth" form the foundation? Can a politic...
April 13, 2020 at 08:21
“In a universe of electrons and selfish genes, blind physical forces and genetic replication, some people are going to get hurt, other people are goin...
April 13, 2020 at 05:37
In what way does it make life harder? The alternative to believing in something supernatural is materialism...which, if we're honest, is nihilism. How...
April 13, 2020 at 05:35
No doubt. Better said, an invisible heart moves the market more than some decapitated hand. At the risk of waxing religious...I think the book of Jere...
April 13, 2020 at 04:46
The logic, however, indicates both Christians AND non-Christians attend church (both return true on a truth table). It is reasonable, then, to say goi...
April 13, 2020 at 04:38
For the argument P > Q, the converse need not necessarily be true. If you are a living human being (P) then you have a human head (Q) If you have a hu...
April 13, 2020 at 04:36
My point exactly.
April 13, 2020 at 04:09
Equilibrium (roughly speaking) -> A distorting event (shocks, booms, crises, , etc) -->Disequilibrium (relative scarcities of goods, including money, ...
April 13, 2020 at 04:06
Point of clarification. I said: You asked: I was speaking of the aggregate. As a whole, yes, markets show a very strong tendency toward that so I beli...
April 13, 2020 at 03:13
So, as a "blank slate", then, how do you determine your FIRST TRUTH on which to base your second...and third...and... Is there such a thing as an unco...
April 13, 2020 at 03:06
You ought not have been chastised. Let's call a spade a spade. If by "greed" we mean an insatiable desire for more then that seems a fair description....
April 13, 2020 at 02:50
Yeah, I hear you. Technical definitions and what the folks on main street see can certainly be different. I'll attempt to clarify. The first question ...
April 13, 2020 at 02:03
Yes (all other things being equal), because inflation is, by definition, a relative increase in the money supply. The $1,200 "given to" various indivi...
April 13, 2020 at 01:22