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Most good plans are like that. People at large have allowed themselves to be lulled into a false sense of safety, and this is not something that can b...

Stories like that do not illustrate chance. They illustrate the standard doctrinal point that indulging in sense pleasures leads to a rebirth in the a...

I don't find them particularly moving. But that's probably because I'm actually such an optimistic person! Oh dear, Sir Rattle got so old since I last...

I'm talking about decisions that are made solely or primarily on trust. In this case, it matters not (or very little) what the evidence about the matt...

Be that as it may, some people did go mad about it. Some people also think Das Wohltemperierte Clavier is "deep". Which brings us back to the theme of...

When you burn a pile of trash, do you feel sorry for doing so? Do you think you've done something bad? If someone asks you about it, will you indulge ...

Oh, the irony of using language for saying this.

Or those people weren't particularly religious to begin with. Religions have cracks, and some people who were boon into religions, fall through those ...

Your theory would be fine, if only people wouldn't have such vastly differing ideas about what constitutes right and wrong.

I think the downfall of Western civilization will be due to its craving for drama, for emotionalism, for hedonic pursuits. Islam lite is a stepping st...

You underestimate the gravity of the issue.

Sounds more like an ironic snub in reply to an uninvited/unwelcome compliment.

? Most people call their decision making "rational". In popular parlance, "rational" has a very different meaning than in academic philosophy. I spoke...

Perhaps just to get a sense for it, yes. But for most people, such a live performance of pieces they are not yet familiar with is probably going to be...

One of the aims of classical music is for a person to feel all human emotions, and transcend them. Not to indulge in them. A good cautionary tale to t...

Not just war torn regions. There was a scandal in Sweden where they vaccinated 6,000 people with stale Pfizer. It's not clear what came of that. One o...

Based on what do governments think that people should trust them?

Indeed, it isn't evidence, but it is cause for action, or in the case of those who don't get vaccinated, inaction.

I think that in order to effectively handle a crisis, be it a medical one or a socio-economic one, or an ecological one, people first need to be in th...

I said: As long as the discussion is limited to philosophy forums, there should be no problem. I'm not talking about watercooler or family dinner conv...

My question has always been specifically as to whether chance is a necessary element on the path to nibbana. You implied that it was. This point you h...

If that were so, then why do they complain about it? Why do the vocal pro-vaccers complain about having empathy or compassion for the unvaccinated? Wh...

Then it should be easy for you to provide at least two canonical references that support the above. TY.

So you're using a teaching by the Buddha to defend a teaching for which you can provide no evidence that the Buddha taught it, and for which there is ...

Perpetrator of a bad pun.

Agreed, they can shift very quickly, as if such shifting would be the whole point. I brought up the distinction because I hoped it would help me to cl...

It's a turn of phrase, T...

Go to another party.

But to them that's like burning a pile of trash. Ie., not a bad thing, not at all, but something useful. Where you and the Christians differ is in the...

Indeed, in this regard, Judaism is a modern religion -- ineffective.

And as for the elephant in the room: Why do people live? What do they hope to accomplish by living? Should they be helped to live, made to live, solel...

Will it? With the new Sanofi vaccine, there are also concerns that it will simply not be profitable for pharmaceutical companies to develop vaccines a...

Transports you -- from whence to where?

It's still not clear why you call it a matter of "stupidity". Perhaps it's the most convenient to do so. I used to be amazed how someone can walk down...

Provided, of course, that we take for granted, based on no evidence, that this trichotomy is true (and not merely a theoretical construct bolstered by...

Read the whole sentence. Or do you think it makes sense to have a doctrine of salvation and eternal damnation, but without considering Jesus a real hi...

By religious people. I am sure that I wrote a meaningful English sentence. I was commenting to this post of yours: "My view here is just to accept the...

Seasonal greetings to Humpty Dumpty land! With a screen name like yours, I expected better.

Have you read the rest? Typical male. What's the use of saving your body when it costs you your soul?

You appear to be completely unaware of the effect that your attitudes have on people, or you just don't care. And you're not alone in this. There are ...

Do explain why lack of prescience is evidence of chance.

Riiight, you are the embodiment of kindness.

What's wrong with materialism? That materialists typically _don't_ believe things like "Matter's true nature is unknown. It stays mystique".

Salvation from eternal damnation, nirvana, etc. depending on the individual religion.

You know, I will repay you and your ilk for this contempt.

It's the level on which trust in the medical system is build, or destroyed. A point you keep avoiding. You want people to trust the medical system, bu...

*sigh* It looks like you're wed to the position that religion is ineffective, that it doesn't deliver what it promises -- and that this is perfectly o...

Oh, but you are undermining trust: https://thephilosophyforum.com/discussion/comment/599142 QUESTION: Are the vocal pro-vaccers willing to sacrifice t...

Given your righteous indignation, given your contempt, your hatred: only perfection justifies and warrants those. If you want to be justified hate peo...

As long as the discussion is limited to philosophy forums, there should be no problem. But look at Israel. Sky high vaccination rates achieved early o...