No, Rod Serling opened episodes on Twilight-Zone, not Outer-Limits He also wrote some of the episodes, but the best ones were by regular Sci-Fi writer...
Not all Theists believe that God is responsible for making there "be" this physical world, &/or our lives. The Gnostics don't believe it, and I sugges...
You didn't say that God is omnipotent. Not all Theists believe that God created this physical world or is responsible for its worse aspects. (I'll avo...
Regarding my conversation with S., in this thread, just for the record, that conversation ended by S. being asked what he meant, and being unable to t...
Yes, we’re born for the purpose of being used by society. Regarding my early life, I’ve often wondered, “What was that for?”; Whom was that for?”. . F...
. We learn English in physical context. We don’t learn English from dictionaries. Something is being used, something is being pointed-to or picked up....
. Incorrect. I explained the difference in the text that followed what you quoted from me above. You left out that part. . I refer you to that part of...
. No, I didn’t say that. . No finite dictionary can noncircularly define any of its words. . But of course many words, like “here”, “go”, “with” “and”...
If, by "reality" (lower-case "r"), you're referring to physical reality, then what you're saying might be another way of saying what I've been saying....
. ???!!! :D . Yes, defining our terms is necessary. Without that, philosophy becomes meaningless, muddled gibberish. . If you can’t define it, then yo...
. Translation: . “I can’t define it.” . . Nonsense. . It’s common-knowledge that English has word-combinations whose meaning isn’t given by the meanin...
. If neither is me, then there’s no difference. If I’m A, then there’s a big difference, because, as A, I actually experience A’s experiences; I exper...
I said: I emphasize that, of course, all of your exact duplicates would know the same things about themselves, and you & they would all be right. Each...
. You asked if there is a rock. “There is” can be translated as “There exists”. But, if necessary, I’ll amend what I said to: “Exist”, “There is…” and...
The question is meaningless, because "Exist" and "Real" aren't metaphysically defined. We tend to believe in our metaphysicses too devoutly. Michael O...
. There could be a number of people identical to you, indistinguishable by anyone. But there’s one person who’d know that there others aren’t you. You...
No. Sure, if the universe (including any physically-interrelated multiverse that our Big-Bang universe is part of) is infinite, there must be many ide...
No. I'm not an Atheist, but I agree that it's undesirable to contribute the overcrowding of the world, and that it's undesirable to be the proximate p...
. 1. Sir2u is confused about what Atheism is. Atheism is defined as the position (belief) that there isn’t a God. Yes, it’s now fashionable to call on...
See above. "The truth about what?" How would I know what truth you were referring to. If you claim a truth, then presumably you believe that what you ...
. No, I said only that there isn’t such a thing as proof in matters of Ultimate-Reality, Reality as a whole, all of what-is, or God. . Proof is for ve...
There's such a thing as proof in logic and mathematics. ...and questionably in matters of physics. But not as regards ultimate reality or Reality as a...
Well-said. But you should resist the inclination to mock beliefs different from your own. Just briefly, remember that you don't know all the Theists o...
There's nothing to despise about Atheists, per se. In fact, some of my favorite people are Atheists. But yes, aggressive Atheists are undeniably tires...
Sir2u said: Sir2u, at these forums, has a history of attacking religion and arguing for Atheism, and the above-quoted passage is just another such att...
Correct. Michael Ossipoff 6 Su (South-Solstice WeekDate Calendar) ...Sunday of the 6th week of the calendar-year that started with the Monday that sta...
I don't see what the problem is, if "Good" means "Favorable to living-things from their points-of-view". The notion of "Omnipotence" is problematic, b...
Some decades ago, after a breakup, I too was at a loss about what I liked, and so I devoted myself to study related to courses I’d been taking. I chos...
Edward-- This is just a brief preliminary reply, because I wanted to answer immediately about a few topics. I emphasize that, when I spoke of angering...
Well, there are things that people like. What more purpose or meaning than that is needed? That’s really all it comes down to. . When, in some way or ...
I don't understand where you or other Nihilists, Absurdists and Existentialists get the notion that you need, or that there should be, or we should ex...
Good. If you thought that you knew what they mean, then I'd worry about you. Of course. Michael Ossipoff 6 Th (South-Solstice WeekDate Calendar) ...Th...
You already now know that the attitude is important, and living with consideration for other people and all living-things. Of course we regret for the...
There won't be any nonexistence. If that's your goal with suicide, forget it. You'll never experience a time when you aren't. There'll be ever-deepeni...
. No. Irony? There’s plenty of that in topics like this, but don’t get me started. :D . . Yes science has bettered our lives in some ways. Explain tha...
And, by the way, humans will probably be extinct within a century or two, due to such things as human-caused global-warming. Suggesting that we'll be ...
What makes you think that life needs to have "meaning"? Only philosophers think so. Presumably there are things that you like. What more meaning do yo...
. You’re right: I hadn’t said them in this thread before I said them in this thread LOL :D . . Then maybe it would be better if you didn’t assert abou...
. When I said “a very few Antinatalists and Absurdists”, I didn’t mean “a small percentage of the Antinatalists and Absurdists”. I meant that the Anti...
. Even under Materialism, it’s inevitable that you’re in a life, because, as I said in my other reply today, for it to even be meaningful to speak of ...
. No argument there. A nonexistent thing wouldn’t need anything. . Need or absence of need can only be meaningfully spoken of in reference to someone ...
. As a Christian, I see blame as ultimately irrelevant and counterproductive. . Especially since, as Nisargadatta pointed out, nothing has ever happen...
. I’ve been saying those things since my arrival at The Philosophy Forum. . . Incorrect. They plausibly, naturally, follow from my metaphysics, Ontic ...
Yes, the Roman-Gregorian Calendar is a seasonal calendar, because the seasonal meanings of the months are familiar to us all, everyone everywhere. For...
Ehlmann’s theory isn’t a new theory. For one thing, it was a theory that I considered when I was in highschool. It seemed plausible then. It doesn’t h...
Of course. That's obvious. Though pretty much all of the calendar-reform proposals bring some more convenience, and that's usually how they're justifi...
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