JerseyFlight

"A scientific analysis of religion rests on the premise that it is a complex social phenomenon, a system of specific ideas, feelings and religious rit...

What do you mean by measuring? What do you mean by indicating? What do you mean by insecure? What do you mean by novices? One cannot get very far in t...

You want to ban every thinker on here who doesn't have your own skill in precision, come on man?

- Perfect, you've managed to squeeze Davidson down to a paragraph. Language isn't exactly like mathematics and it doesn't try to be, so I don't see wh...

If what you say is correct I should not be able to discourse on this topic with anyone until a formal definition has been established, but that is not...

I am aware of what Davidson said, but here your distinction doesn't matter: "I conclude that there is no such thing as a language, not if a language i...

This is not philosophy, but it is a form of derogation. Elitist discrimination? I don't get it, not sure what calling me an ant has to do with Davidso...

Let's get back to the point shall we, unless you want to carry on with your authoritarian emotivism? Banno said: And my reply was, so what? 'We sudden...

Pardon me, but Banno posted this thread asking every single member on this Forum what they thought about Davidson's paper. Reading the paper, does in ...

People are already doing this and have been doing it for quite some time, that is, having "better understanding." There are people who work with blind...

We are already getting into analytical semantics, not my cup of tea friend. I never said my time here was a waste, I said 'I consider these kind of co...

Contrary to the assumption behind your premise, there is a value to it. That value is in recovering quality minds from the irrelevance of this abstrac...

So what? And? We suddenly can't use it because it fails to meet Davidson's analytical criteria? Such a conclusion is impossible given the vast world o...

Trying to move this conversation back to the topic of private property and away from the straw-man of State Marxism. This is truly an example of Marx'...

That was not my point. My point was your dogmatism.

I like to ask Christians, 'is it possible that what the Bible says could be false?' They usually say no, which proves they are dogmatists, have invinc...

I would just like to take a moment and thank you for being a responsible thinker. Most thinkers are playing abstract games with each other until the d...

Sorry, I can't help you here MadFool.

Only that, "if you don't see no matter what," then I don't see the point of discoursing with you. You have already made up your mind.

Retreat I did not, what I did was explain why I am not interested in this approach and provide an argument. Your credentials cannot save you from an a...

Mass confusion on this thread regarding morality. Let me repeat myself: Point of clarification: just because a group embraces, let's say, cannibalism,...

Things that fall under the heading of technology, at least photos. Interesting, technology allows us to worship ourselves, Christianity did the same, ...

It doesn't matter how one feels about a particular thinker, if a person makes valid points then they are speaking to the relevance of philosophy. I ha...

As usual, an interesting, original comment. Friend, I hope you just keep on being you. The universe is certainly hostile to the life that we are, on s...

Strange you say this, because people are only turning to organized religion in a superficial sense. Are you really suggesting that people will choose ...

It takes time to learn this about dialectics, but it also takes time to be able to put this into practice because one has to gain some knowledge in or...

Yes. We are all in this predicament no matter how intelligent or well read we might be, the world of knowledge has surpassed the ability of the indivi...

One thing I would try to clarify about this topic is that we need to be able to impart critical thinking skills to people. This helps to narrow the ob...

Yes, it does require some definitions, but you fail to grasp my point. What you are talking about is the process of novice dialectics. This is proven ...

While technology is free of a formalized, dogmatic structure humans do have beliefs regarding its value, but like I mentioned above, I think what warr...

I think one of the main things for me is its status of reverence in the lives of individuals and cultures.

Making predictions is an interesting topic. Who can do it infallibly? Nevertheless, I would argue that probable anticipation is a duty of philosophy. ...

Will private message to keep thread on track. :smile:

I'm not so sure about this. I think on this forum it eventually comes down to how many people our questions offend, which is backward because the esse...

If they in any way use nature to form their conclusion I don't see how they could possibly get around it.

"Yes, it is an ideal we project, but that's exactly what the law of identity is, an ideal." -- Metaphysician Undercover Even as an ideal the concept i...

The topic here is the question, 'Is Technology a New Religion,' you are talking about people deriving pleasure or satisfaction from religion.

Yes, your comment is an equivocation, though an innocent one. :smile:

That was so hard hitting I need to collect my teeth from the floor. Damn. :strong:

For me the qualifier here is not idol worship, but the irrational role it comes to dominate in one's life. The above quote by Modrow is interesting be...

Well, I never thought about this before. But I think my position would come something close to this. Can worship ever be a good thing? (Interesting qu...

Not this. Not this as well. What I'm getting at is man's embrace of technology, not in the sense that we formally consider it religion, this would not...

Neither truth or quality can be dictated or restricted on the basis of offense, which is just one's emotive psychology thwarting more objective consid...

There are many morally condemning acts, such as spanking children, we now know this is destructive to their development as healthy humans. (Good luck ...

I already answered this, see above.

Forget this academic preponderance and just proceed to the act of interpreting information that's important. This is my approach, I suspect nearly eve...

This is true, and I think, a good point. Literal symbolism is hyperized by technology, but instead of giving allegiance to a solitary symbolic structu...

Religion is already operating and functioning in the world and has been for thousands of years. The formal definition is not needed. My approach to th...

Point of clarification: just because a group embraces, let's say, cannibalism, wouldn't mean that group was practicing a justified or intelligent mora...