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I see no need to make it personal like that. If one is so inclined to have a conversation on the topic of Einstein being wrong about the speed of ligh...

But MP taught us to.

Sometimes (often), the insulting party expects that the insultee will infer the intended argument, based on the discussion thus far. People usually do...

Of course you have the freedom to say what you want. But others have the freedom not to accomodate you. Your freedom of speech doesn't obligate others...

Don't have enough time and money to do philosophy What are you trying to get out of doing philosophy? What do you hope to achieve by it?

Then you will be trod upon. Just because philosophizers don't use AK 47s doesn't mean they aren't engaging in battle.

I didn't mean to be cynical. But in general, human interactions are hierarchical and/or competitive. Setting oneself up as the authority on what shoul...

So that blondie is 's alter ego or something? Blegh.

Well, this is just a philosophy discussion forum, not the Holy Inquisition. So, no pressure. https://minapim.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/11/01-yes-bab...

Not for me, though. I'm extrapolating from my own example. For instance, in terms of clothing: I buy about 5 quality clothing items per year and I int...

It's not like we're at a philosophy forum or anything, dude.

Will the irony never end! Anyway, I'd like to see the OP's reply -- ! -- that's why I posted in this thread to begin with.

(See the linked resources above.) Non-fallacious ad hominems can often be found and made when it comes to issues of morality, religion, and spirituali...

Some more resources: In brief, if the characteristics of a person constitute a disconfirming instance of what that person claims, then an argumentum a...

One can always talk about one's own perceptions and formulate one's verbal expressions accordingly. It's a whole other world of interacting with peopl...

Of course, but this thread is about the proverbial foxholes. Ie. those times and places when health and wealth are gone, when friends, family, home ar...

So what? If they don't think they are arseholes, they are wrong, in denial? We're talking past eachother ... I'm saying that other people don't have c...

It seems to me that by nature, people wouldn't just take from others and they would show a measure of consideration for others. It takes some kind of ...

I look at this Wiki page at least a few times a year, and I can say it has been changed a lot over time. Have you read the section https://en.wikipedi...

Some old textbooks (not in English) on the topic of "introduction to critical thinking and informal logic" had a nice introduction where the context o...

This sounds awfully abstract.

To protect the environment, people would need to radically decrease consumption in general and establish ways to produce less harmful and longer lasti...

But the religious can actually say the same thing!

So you neither feel nor take any responsibility for how you feel about (and react to) others. It must be terrible to have one's state of mind so affec...

Sure, but whence this desire to build an empire, whence the motivation for it, whence the justification for the killing, raping, and pillaging? It doe...

Exactly. People generally seem to believe there is an important difference between intentionally doing something that can result in outcome X, as oppo...

Those who are superior to you in a particular context. E.g. your teacher in school, or your boss at work. The standard of the person who has more powe...

By that time, it's too late anyway. That's why it's so important to live in such a way that you either don't make enemies at all, or you become so big...

This is not a realistic possibility, because natural resources are scarce, and as such, need to be fought for, in one way or another.

But is this really a fact? Do you know of any study that shows that in the face of grave danger or hardship, (previously non-religious) people tend to...

We're at a philosophy forum, where critical thinking shall reign supreme! Empirically proving what a particular war was (actually) about is virtually ...

Not that I wished this upon you, but it would be more relevant for the OP topic to see your reaction and your attitude toward life if the accident wou...

Not if the creator has a thing for tormenting some of his children. Why on earth should the creator abide by the motto of the French revolution?!

My issue with atheism is that it's a fairweather friend. Atheism, and along with it, hedonism, nihilism, pessimism are all fine and well -- as long as...

Not my problem. I only go where the syllogism takes me. No, you keep mixing discourses, mixing the argument prodived by religion with the one provided...

And, of course, he was sipping latte in the shade of his villa while he penned those thoughts, eh.

It's not my "theory", duh. Jesus. This is a philosophy forum, we shouldn't have to put up with misrepresentation like that. The point is that there ar...

Our ideas of normalcy were formed by idealists living in times of relative stability and abundance. As such, they are misplaced, anachronistic, counte...

But how could that help?? If enough people lived more frugally, the economy as we know it would collapse. So how can that possibly help? One way or an...

And if the two of you want to make ad personams, then at least have the decency to consider _all_ of what I say on a topic, instead of just selecting ...

Well, since they're using words, I assume they mean something by those words, and that they aren't just glossolaling or blowing hot air. (They should ...

Do we really? It's not clear that there is a need to do so.

I'm saying that material success depends on a great number of factors, many of which are systemic and outside of an individual's control (e.g. climate...

No, you're just measuring everything by your own human standards (instead of by God's) -- that's why you see injustice in the world. Of course not. Bu...

And I don't understand why some are so eager to make up their own definitions of "God". Lack of critical ability, lack of insight, or simple self-dece...

A longitudinal study is relevant because it studies the development of a particular population over a long period of time. A study of development give...

So, have you wirtten your last will and testament and had it properly legalized? Have you gotten all your affairs in order and cleaned out your house?

Are you a zombie or something??! is there nobody home there?? I'm not saying that if something happens to me, then the statistics are wrong. Oh god. I...

Of course, such things are consistent with their pantheism. But what I'm saying is that some of your formulations (e.g. "On a personal level, piety is...

This is what I said in the rest of the post you quoted: