JerseyFlight

Subjectivity does not equal freedom. Further, where did you get this idea of "willpower" being the agent of renovation? Your conclusion is mistaken. I...

It demonstrates a consciousness that was unable to get behind the mirage of social constructs, or to put it another way, a consciousness that was tota...

Surely there are more important things in the world than these kind of abstractions? What's the point of this? Let's not do anything "for the sake of ...

"We ought first to know that there are no good works except those which God has commanded, even as there is no sin except that which God has forbidden...

Example of how cultural stupidity gets transferred to the next generation. Head of the household? Discipline the family in the Protestant Canon? I wou...

You are sore mistaken if you think your rosy view of religion is reality. The horrors and tyranny of religion have only been put in check by secular h...

Don't flatter yourself. I don't consider theology of any importance. I ignore just about every theistic thread on this forum, as they are full of inte...

This is exactly what I said I don't do. Yeah, still waiting for this charge to be sustained. This would not be good for faith. There is no equivalence...

I agree with this. I agree with this. I agree with this. I agree with this as well. Vetting in this sense should not be conducted on the basis of supe...

Listen, game player, epistemological hypocrite, let's watch you contradict yourself: Affirmations of knowledge:

By first teaching them the importance and relevance of intellectual standards.

I'm an American, in America we deal with Christians. I don't have time to deal with every religion in the world. My provincialism in this sense is a m...

Maybe in some idealistic form, but you are a material being and you live in a material world. I don't think your object much applies to this original ...

Right here, sign that this person is serious about 1) not being a hypocrite and 2) actually achieving civil discourse.

There is nothing better for a thinker, in developing his thought, than to go up against a quality contrary mind. One cannot replicate this vital negat...

It does not matter what this wack-job argues. This guy tries to pass off the Holy Spirit as a valid premise in philosophical reasoning. The guy is a n...

"Is Christianity really Satanic?" Interesting argument, Christianity is a form functional Satanism. Psychologically this makes sense, because the conc...

What's interesting about this belief is that those who arrive at it do so through an online procedure that makes them feel like they have accomplished...

Your ability or lack of ability for empathy comes from your maturation environment. Humans are what their environments shape them to be. There is no s...

Ignorance needs to die. When horses get the proper training they fluctuation on and off from winning. The horses that do not get the proper training w...

No you are emphasizing a vague category to the detriment of concrete reality. These are not talents now are they? These are physical attributes. And w...

Not true. Man is only religious in his psychology. Reality is material, religion is not. You are here thinking about religion absent from meta-cogniti...

Whoever claims this, did they have a mama that fed them when they was a baby? If selves only existed there would be no selves. The party claiming this...

This fella should be applauded for using his time to foster civil discourse. This is a good thread.

Part of the problem is the limited format of things like twitter, youtube and reddit, these formats lend themselves, not to quality, but to misinforma...

Out of courtesy and respect for the discourse I was trying to simply presume your terms. This is often the more mature way to discourse. Asking for a ...

By hedonism I am not necessarily referring to a philosophy of pleasure, I am referring to the pursuit of subjectivity over that of social responsibili...

So very well said, though tragic. It's quite hard to fight off hedonism from this vantage.

Religion is just a crude form of ideology, the master ideologies of the world do not reveal their presence so easy. I always try to tell young atheist...

Thanks. That was swift help, even though I didn't need it. Good to know about the Eye of Mordor lurking at the bottom of the sub-forums. :grin: Also, ...

I would like everything, minus the lounge, to show up under All Discussions. This is where I spend most of my time, and I would like to see what's goi...

Yeah, well I did reference a book that argued exactly this thing. Further, is it the case that your democratic interpretation is the only one that can...

The question is whether or not Hierarchy Theory really escapes this model, or just ends up reframing it under the name of "organic hierarchy?" I don't...

That this topic is not just "much ado about nothing."

This delusion is not confined to fundamentalism. If you believe in the existence of unicorns it doesn't matter whether you classify the belief as extr...

This brings us to interesting questions. What happens to philosophy in light of this awareness? How should a wise person proceed in light of such nega...

Where did you grow up? Did you have both parents? Were they home or gone most of the time? Did they have any substance use dependence? Were you abused...

I believe that all humans, including myself, are tragically prone to error, that is why we make use of intellectual standards. You are changing the to...

Is the ideological text I cited much ado about nothing? It won't be long until we see its proliferation. I think you're the only person on this thread...

No, I am referring to the fact that God-belief is a human psychological delusion, a projection. What's this? Your argument is that people should be de...

These statements are empirical statements regarding the concrete nature of your being and your quality. It has never been my intent to create a "ridic...

I recently watched Perfume again. What an excellent film. It's on Amazon prime right now. It has some of the greatest movie sets ever constructed, bec...

Tyranny of the majority? We must first ask the question why society is organized the way it is? Which group or class of people are organizing it? Whic...

The left is in a much more serious situation than it thinks. Trump's cult is not going to play by the rules of democracy. If he loses he will not vaca...

"...alteration of the infant’s social environment specifically induces a diminution of the former socioaffective adaptations. The dyad’s response to t...

That is correct. He has simply validated what many other responsible philosophers have speculated about. Keep in mind, he is not using his work polemi...

Yes, this is correct. Nihilism was actually birthed from Christianity. This was Nietzsche's accurate evaluation of it. Don't take my word for it, see:...

Carlos nowhere made this argument. You are here making the assertion of it, hoping that it will bolster your false metaphysic of predetermined and pre...

What? This is false. It is the projection of the ideal that poisons life and suffocates the creature. Man lived on this earth for thousands of years w...

I can only wonder if the technical knowledge you speak of really does untrench the system from the questions that were raised? If not, then all you ar...