T_Clark

If that's the definition of "intrinsic value," then I don't think it exists. Values that I would think of as intrinsic are those that are built into u...

Alas, they are human. I was a fan of the original Star Trek and New Generation. I watched all the others a bit, but never was pulled in. At work, when...

I just figured it out - hey TimeLine, it's Kardashians not Cardassians. No wonder you're so confused.

I believe that all people are created equal and are endowed with certain unalienable rights. That among these are life, liberty, and the pursuit of ha...

Yes. Your affinity for hugs is well established. Alas, I cannot hug the people on this forum. Also, I'm not sure any would appreciate it or take it in...

I'm not sure I understand. Is that what you think I said? Is it what I said? Let me think....I'll say it again differently - When you get to the botto...

Ha! As if it were you who gets to decide.

To me, transubstantiation is interesting as an idea, a belief, as part of a vision of the world. It's not an understanding I share. I do put energy in...

I don't particularly trust scientists. I don't particularly distrust them either. I do, conditionally, within limits, trust science. I put my conditio...

I think this misses the point. The fact that you see the world as divided into different entities is an illusion, a failure of perception and understa...

I love the fact that you have set such high standards for yourself. I think you're the only person I've ever met who might be able to meet them. It's ...

Are you saying that just because you don't believe life is good it isn't? Or are you saying that you don't believe your life is good.

Here, I'll try to say it better without the judgment. In my experience, which is substantial, the claim that most people's desire for love and accepta...

I might want to make the case that it isn't just a statement of value that life is good. I think it is built into us that we feel life is good. Thinki...

What I said was "Pretty arrogant. For you to tell people what their life means. For you to claim that most people's desire for love and acceptance is ...

Do you really believe that discussions of value have no place in philosophy? Pretty much all philosophy talks about is values and opinions. There is n...

Can't you see that BC believes it? Are you saying he should hide his thoughts and feelings so you won't be put off?

Pretty arrogant. For you to tell people what their life means. For you to claim that most people's desire for love and acceptance is "solely for sexua...

I'm really enjoying this thread, although I am getting in late. I have a hard time discussing things with you. Our backgrounds and attitudes are simil...

Geez... TimeLine is always hating on the Kardashians and now you're picking on Paris. You people.

First off - thanks for a thoughtful reply. I think bringing up the bad things the church has done is fine, but I don't think it's relevant to this dis...

Thank you

I've already responded to your comment. Yes, I agree. And when you and I are in charge, we can stomp religion out. We'll get the NSA to do something r...

How do I link to an old post of my own in a different thread than I am currently in?

I can not figure how to link to one of my old posts on a different thread. The thread is called "objective reality vs. the Tao". I'll go learn how to ...

Sorry. I don't understand what you're trying to say. I went back and looked at what I wrote and I can't figure it out. You didn't read my post careful...

Knock yourself out. Have as much antipathy as you want. What does that have to do with the value of a Catholic world view? And the sins you have enume...

I have expanded on that thought much more in other threads. I even started one where I tried to discuss it in depth. I made a valid point - in my opin...

It's just that the way he talks about time matches how it feels looking back. Not exactly the same thing - but I often feel as if everything that ever...

I have never liked T.S. Elliot, but I liked that. I wonder if it's because I'm almost 66.

For me, poetry either works or it doesn't. Most of it doesn't. If it doesn't for you, that's just the way things go.

Well, we're not talking about Nazism here. It's Catholicism - a world view followed by hundreds of millions of people over two thousand years. It woul...

A bit snooty. Where do you need to go but good?

Is that your own? Don't make me bring out my poetry. Things could get ugly.

I think the same thing happens to writers. Probably all artists. I think it's not so much that they sell out as that they have some wonderful ideas th...

Of course, a reasonable person would know that reasoning is not "arguing against." You're playing a game, that's not reason.

The non-believers are arguing semantics as much as the believers. More than 400 posts and people are still making the same arguments they did at the b...

It is my understanding that the eye for an eye principle was established before the dates of the old testament. As for the Golden Rule, it's pretty cl...

I met a Seamus the other day. There's a great name.

It's been so cold here in Boston, I saw a chicken with a capon.

Aw, shucks, jamalrob. Stop it. You're embarrassing me. There is a lot of controversy around using IQ testing as a measure of intelligence, which could...

So, how does that work in terms of the laws being applied uniformly and fairly? Putting that kind of flexibility in the hands of judges increases the ...

You can't demand compassion at all. The Golden Rule is not universally accepted, especially in cases of crime and punishment. Many people believe in r...

The Golden Rule is the most gracious possible ethical guide. Yours is the least gracious interpretation of it I have ever heard. It's also a misinterp...

That's what Tutu and Mandela did in South Africa. They applied it to a whole population, some of whom did things you would think were unforgivable. It...

Sorry, and this is not intended as a dig, this forum shows, if it wasn't obvious already, that some people do think better than others.

I think this is sort of what I was talking about - writing being associated with the more - I'd say "abstract" rather than "objective" - approach to p...

I'd be interested in seeing your commentary when you finish. It really is kind of naïve of you to expect an open response. But, as my daughter said to...

Reason is for those of us who want to know the truth. Wanting to know the truth is not a rational impulse - it's about values. A statement - This is i...

Hey, put the Bab on one of those Christian forums and see how far he goes. They'd inquisition his ass. From what you say, that's kind of what happened...