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The purpose of life seems self-referential. Really, it comes down to maintaining homeostasis, scratching your ass, and not killing anyone else in the ...

What is the difference here between these two? I don't think you're saying anything particularly interesting here other than we should not hurt others...

Alright, I'm convinced you're a troll.

The only argument I see we can make for this is that no one deserves to endure suffering that has no utility. Suffering without any utility applies to...

I could be the most retarded person on this site, and still not care. I am just here to argue my points. If your point is literal brain damage, I'll s...

The distinction is right in your very quote. And only pulls out what I was discussing in my very post. That the wrongness in arguments from anti-natal...

Yeah, because as I said in post #300, you quoted me when I wasn't even talking to you to simply say, "I'm not convinced," while offering no warranted ...

Literal brain damage. You can't even distinguish from me mocking you; and still follow up with strawman's. I know you can't (lack the ability?) to com...

My post doesn't have a brain :wink: It applies to all of them. Continue to strawman and contradict in your own posts about lack of sense-making. And y...

Your post is brain damaged. Reread what I said when you're not so focused on being obtuse.

It's not an "is-ought," fallacy and now I'm not convinced you have a clue what you're talking about, since you have completely personalized the debate...

Well, seeing how these are not refutes to the argument nor have you made any argument, just responded with a matter of your personal dislikes, I'll be...

Well, "seemed" is idly speculative and not to be confused with the actual case, the facts of the case, analyzing or interesting information. Put what ...

I am not talking about "you" in specific, I use it a generalist fashion. The fact of the matter is "happiness" does not solely inform public health or...

Hey, thanks. I just answered E. Maybe you can extract from that. By "objective" I mean constrained by homeostasis and ignoring this inevitably leads t...

Unless you're apolitical or abiotic, I find this optimist argument to be completely delusional. Personal (happiness/personal desires), do not inform p...

The question is not now that, because this not conducive to my previous post, and seems to be another strawman. I did not say that - nor is that what ...

I am an anti-natalist, and will try address your points, because I do think some anti-natalists argue it rather lazily, such as the irrationality arou...

I want to know who voted what so I can start blocking the authorians.

I think the difference is approach to morality, less so optimist/pessimist states and/or expectations, as this seems like a dismissive simplification ...

..? Dumbass reply like most of the OP's/pro-lifers MRM shit.

All forms of life do not have the necessary attributes to form the necessary substances. In the case of abortion, you are comparing a human fetus with...

I think what you are alluding to is more to do with rationality than science itself. Science is only a death trap if you do not have the reasoning ski...

I never said you did.

This one sentence is all you offer in response to my post? I addressed this - to me it is not so much can animals have "existential" thoughts, but whe...

I've watched a few episodes of that show, and I don't really see the significance of them being naked other than it increasing the likelihood to be ha...

I voted for matter. I just don't see how 'mind/matter' and 'mind' make any sense. Can someone who voted both explain? Are you saying that the mind con...

You are just throwing together many claims, some in which are inconsistent with others you've mentioned, without any form of source or evidence to sup...

You'd be surprised. There are many people that fit this description; narcissism is one of many. But I suppose it's what you mean by "knowing their sit...

There are humans that do this very thing. Instead of doing a sort of reductionism in comparing humans to fish, it's probably better to compare philoso...

Only as reference tools for grounding us in actual reality.

Yes it is for sanitary reasons. Bacteria and viruses are notoriously and easily transferred through fluids. I don't want to leave snail trails everywh...

What sound arguments does theism have?

Masks are making my face itch and I'm tired of it. So I am hoping for a vaccine soon enough.

No. Even for preconditions to manifest themselves, there must be existing potentiality of some kind. Yes? Although physics argues "something can come ...

We should embrace this, if anything. Complimentary doesn't mean "the same," in means two parts of the same whole. I like Jung, but only for his work o...

Atheism only addresses the claims of theism. Atheism is a hypothetical 'reaction' of varying degrees to theism's existing claims of (X, Y, Z). But the...

Hey, I've read this multiple times and appreciate the response and the time you took to expound a bit better. I suppose when I say fear of death, it i...

Could you care to elaborate? Are you suggesting that those with death fears are not necessarily "living," or that you simply carry on?

Hey, thanks for the response, as usual. :eyes: You may have an idea of who I am (broken silence). I have somewhat come to the similar conclusion that ...

What does parochial knowledge have to do with atheism? I mostly mean the first form of knowledge we receive through a perceptive lens i.e., intuitive,...

Thanks for the response. I really appreciate it. Maybe this is what peace is like. Haha. I'm currently working through three books. They're all philos...

I enjoy my hobbies and free time very much, but I do recognize them as distractions from a certain blandness and boredom that comes with having not mu...

Funny you mention this. I just got back from a nature walk. I try to walk and get out into nature daily, visit parks. I grow flowers and vegetables, a...

Thanks for taking the time to write that out, Gnom. It was pretty poetic to read. I do find it interesting how all others deal with this, from reincar...

Are you saying something like in the quest for ultimate truth, or more so, a strive for truth embedded in reality, the world, living, we can avoid, or...

Haha, thanks for the honesty. I am fascinated by those who are older that seem have to grown content or fond in this. Or have at least, learned how to...

Thanks for the response. What do you mean by explicit attachment? I am happy and appreciative of being alive, but there isn't an explicit attachment (...

I'm 26 and don't necessarily feel there is a next. The next isn't a compulsive thought, I suppose. The goals I once set now seem trivial and unnecessa...

Thanks for the response. This is exactly what I feel. But living seems to consists of various behaviors and activities that are molded specifically ar...