So then Existential Contingency is an ontological concept, the existence of something is constructed out of other things, which are by implication sim...
Is polygamy morally bad. Apparently the majority of the world does not think so. So then if we are discussing Western culture whose laws, practices an...
I decided to visit my daughter in Colorado, Florida is stiffing right now, and its been a couple of years since I've seen her. She lives in a little t...
Silicon Valley baron Elon Musk insulted rival billionaire Mark Zuckerberg regarding to possibility of killer robots which Zukerberg thinks is "irrespo...
Only true in formal sense. There is no truth outside of our own determination and our agreement. The statement might be true formally but this may hav...
I think there are only two points of view, the first person subjective and the second person inter-subjective. If truth lies somewhere, my money is on...
So a fool can be a friend or an enemy. I don't think that's paradoxical. If there are two sets, a) the set of all friends and b) the set of all enemie...
The principal of sufficient reason requires reasons why the laws that govern the universe are as they are and are not otherwise and even if such a rea...
I am not a logician either, I think thought indicates being, but it cannot formally confirm any being beyond itself since our only access to being is ...
I think there is a close connection between desire as 'lack of' and progress as its fulfillment. The connection has to do with our attitude towards ti...
My parents always had a glass of wine with their dinners, and at around age 7 they would mix a little wine in with some 7-Up and I could drink along w...
A doctor makes a vow to do no harm. The patient in asking to be euthanized, asks doctor to void his vow, in order to help end the horrible pain, which...
K, but , includes life, I have the right to life. What does that mean to you John? My life is mine to do what I want with it? To end it if I want to? ...
I think you need to become clearer on what you mean by "rights" for example do I have the right to suicide, and do you have the right to assist or sto...
We as a nation confer certain values on currency, we give it a social reality, a social function, social power. It's has a subjective ontological real...
I don't doubt the climate issue, but I wonder about the effectiveness of any international treaty of this sort. Sure there will be countries that will...
The pressure to 'break' a news story, must be tremendous for news organizations such as the Washington Post, NYTimes, and the rest. It is not surprisi...
Lights, Cameras, CRISPR: Biologists Use Gene Editing to Store Movies in DNA https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/lights-cameras-crispr-biologist...
A sole proprietor owns all assets individually or with spouse. A sole proprietor can own multiple corporations, trusts and partnerships, and a corpora...
The owners of a corporation do not have to be involved in the day to day activity of the corporation, although many are involved that way. The shareho...
The corporate structure has several advantages for stockholders. Sure protection of the shareholder from personal liability is important but I think c...
If you accept that God is outside of time, that he knows everything that ever was or will ever be, then "whatever comes to pass" is memory for him, an...
Do you think reincarnation and eternal re-occurrence are different? Perhaps reincarnation suggests a history and eternal re-occurrence does not. Also ...
Wallace Stevens Six Significant Landscapes Six Significant Landscapes I An old man sits In the shadow of a pine tree In China. He sees larkspur, Blue ...
It is a process, not a place. "Purgatory is like a purifying fire burning inside a person, a painful experience of regret for one's sins," so a tempor...
Yea, I am lucky. I have a good friend who almost died until they figured out he has celiac disease. He is happy about all the new gluten-free products...
http://www.hindustantimes.com/rf/image_size_960x540/HT/p2/2017/07/14/Pictures/_257c79b0-688d-11e7-99b4-5703255acffe.jpg Pope Francis put this on his h...
Trotsky and the molecular structure of the revolution...“tobogganing towards catastrophe,” All social changes, minute at first , accumulates unseen an...
Agree here with TS, very difficult argument if taken seriously. The analogy argument between human and non-human animal suffering, breaks down I think...
Ladies, this a jubilee year so if you are Catholic there still is time to get your plenary indulgence. Three ways to obtain your Indulgence: 1) Make a...
You're boobing and weaving here, "the something more going on here" is a claim which based on a deduction, and is not intrinsic to the situation of lo...
Bernie needs to take someone under his wing. The DEMs are going down the tubes with the Clintons. Have you seen what's happening with Michael Bloomber...
They do studies on numbers of people, and from that information they extrapolate....using well tested measures to apply such results. There are many r...
Getting hot up there in Minni-soda...? yes there is a lot of nonsense, but it is driven by the fact that here And, the food companies see they have an...
"The lay faithful who are not able to receive Holy Communion at all under the species of bread, even of low-gluten hosts, may receive Holy Communion u...
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