Rereading what I wrote, I wasn't dismissive of your thoughts at all, I just disagreed with them. When I said you were dismissive, I was referring to t...
In my post, I was agreeing with you but..... The point I was trying to make is that while the Tao Te Ching has been really important to me intellectua...
I don't remember if it was in ZAMM, but it's true. On the other hand, when it's appropriate for the discussion or if I'm in the mood, I'm willing to t...
I hope everyone will be tolerant of what is becoming, if not an obsession, at least a preoccupation for me. As I think people can tell, I find this th...
People say that to me all the time but it is not true at all. You can hold people responsible for their actions without being judgmental about them, w...
I personally like or , but using them makes me feel pompous. The male symbol is also the alchemical symbol for iron. I don't hate . I like to put brac...
You're right, I wasn't thinking of the subject just in relation to an insult or hurt feelings, although I think what I had to say is still appropriate...
I get it. Yes, there are plenty of robust ways of understanding the world that don't involve God or any supernatural agency. If I were to describe the...
It has happened to me. I was turning around in someone's driveway and backed into it. They weren't home. I went back my home, got my tools, and did my...
I don't think legal responsibility comes into this. I guess we're talking about personal responsibility. Acknowledgement that my behavior caused someo...
If you cause harm by accident or through bad behavior, the correct actions are 1) acknowledge the error and 2) make things right. Giving an apology is...
That's certainly true, but there were people in that discussion who I am used to being very willing to discuss others ideas who shut things down. And ...
It's funny. I hadn't been following this discussion but I have a lot of experience with depression and unhappiness. I thought I might have something t...
Ok, let's be philosophical about this. You say she has a flawed philosophy of human nature and it leads to problems. What kind of problems? Is she beh...
It takes a bit of hubris to think you can explain the motivations of billions of people with whom you disagree in a single dismissive sentence. To thi...
Seems like a really bad analogy. The specifics of religion are clearly cultural. People aren't born Christians or Muslims. People do seem to be born h...
"God's Song" by Randy Newman. What a wonderful song, not because I'm against religion. It's just so well written and funny. Listen on YouTube. Cain sl...
Although I hate emojis with a deep, philosophical, esthetic, and linguistic fervor, I've decided I need to use them because people have trouble tellin...
Well, now... I resemble that remark, although I don't call myself a "secular humanist." I tend to be more sympathetic to a theistic point of view than...
My wife and two eldest children went to Europe in the late 1980s to visit my brother and his wife who were working there. We went to Paris, the Nether...
The wine we drank was from the grapes growing right near where we were. No labels. No choices. Just Weiswine - troken or susse (dry or sweet). Dry was...
The slopes were amazing - almost 45%. There were old men 100 feet up the slopes cultivating and picking grapes. They had small monorails to transport ...
Your photos of Italy made me think about the trip to Europe I made with my brother in 2014. On the trip, after 10 days together, sharing rooms most ni...
I don't think there's any justification for saying what an alien civilization would do if they tripped over us in their travels. I also don't share yo...
You've just addressed my comment. You put religion in with philosophy. To me, that doesn't make sense and I don't think it would to many philosophers ...
I have no problem with saying negative things about religion in general, Christianity, or the Bible. As you've said, a lot of the threads on this foru...
The Bible is not philosophy. It's not fiction. It's not a cookbook. There is no way it can be legitimately discussed without including the fact it is ...
I think that answers my question. Your intent is to discredit Christianity. The specific question I asked was what the consequences or implications of...
Third option - As many Christians believe, it is the revealed word of God. The fact that you don't even mention that says a lot about where you are co...
As I've asked in two posts so far, what point is the scientific philosopher trying to make? What are the implications of the terrible things he says t...
Extraordinary Popular Delusions And The Madness Of Crowds, by Charles MacKay, 1841 - famous book. I found it as a PDF on the web. Sometimes those web ...
All our minds are subject to illusions, prejudices, fears, superstitions, habits, ideologies, misunderstandings, misperceptions. How are these differe...
Some biologists disagree. That's not much of a paradox. Here are some possible reasons: Advanced civilizations tend to destroy themselves. This seems ...
Here's what I said: I didn't dispute the litany of terrible things the church was accused of, I asked a question. What is the point of this? What do w...
Orange does something to me. You talk about favorite colors, but it's something more. It makes me feel at home. It calms me down. It feels like part o...
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