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Still waiting for an answer.

Why?

People typically seem to have a list of things they consider obvious, intuitive, and axiomatic. What exactly is on that list can differ greatly from o...

But the question is how a person will interpret and handle such "deceptive appearance". How would our confident non-philosopher from the OP interpret ...

Then you don't have very good vision. Or you're rather idealistic (to wit: infatuated) or naive. Take up up-close photography, to train your vision.

The primary problem theists typically have is that their reason in faith (for this particular task) is so deep, and so unexamined, that they don't rea...

I'm not talking about pictures taken with cameras. Look at people: a beautiful person only seems beautiful when looking at them from about 5 to 2 mete...

Surely he wasn't Catholic (because a Catholic isn't supposed to have certainty about who in particular will go to hell or not; although a Catholic sti...

Of course. Religious people will often talk about their beliefs with others (ingroup or outgroup), but not actually discuss them. That's my point. The...

Depends on the distance from which one looks at a face, and under what lighting conditions. In broad daylight, up close, nobody looks beautiful.

But he aged so badly! Many beautiful people age badly.

You will die. Prior to that, your teeth will rot, possibly for quite some time. Anyway, what are you really/also asking? Whether it is worth it to inv...

Where would you apply that, other than in relation to optical illusions and similar?

This is how psychologically normal people think of philosophy (which they hold in very low regard).

It's a question, intended to make you state your case regarding the connection between God belief and poverty.

Basically, would you agree with something like this: As more people survive past childhood and live well into their 70's, human life and culture have ...

*facepalm*

Because mostly, what there is is actually scientism, not science. And many people rightly recognize it as such, and disparage it. Somehow, science doe...

Neither, I'm pointing out where the other poster's position becomes absurd. One cannot consistently criticize others for believing there is One True P...

A typical statement made by someone who believes there is One True Philosophy.

Lyotard has a theory according to which there are essentially just two periods in cultural history: classicism and modernism, one repeatedly following...

We were taught in highschool that philosophy is about how one thinks and talks about things, not about coming to definitive conclusions about things.

IOW, you do believe there is One True Philosophy (which also happens to be yours).

But what if a person is only perceived as aggravating by some other people?

Isn't life grand?! That's what granpa fought for in WWII!

The countries listed earlier in the graph that are both high in God belief and high in poverty are mostly countries that have a history of colonial ex...

What you need to "get" is that believers don't see you (or any critical person, whether theist or atheist) as someone with whom to discuss their belie...

As I was sitting in my chair, I knew the bottom wasn't there, Nor legs nor back, but I just sat, Ignoring little things like that. ? Hughes Mearns

With that, to the Atheist I say: Can we learn from the belief systems of a Helen Keller? No, she didn't work for a living (a crucial aspect of a perso...

Hence a formal study of philosophy is a contradiction in terms.

Grrr! After a long stretch of rain, the weather is now finally suitable for gardening, so I barely have any time left. I haven't even turned on the co...

How so?? Vaccination doesn't stop you from being a spreader. (In a twist of sad irony, it's a modern, egotistical vaccine that reduces morbidity and m...

Likewise. There is a real pro-vaccination hysteria going on. Which just goes to show how much importance faith has in applied medicine.

A person is not a statistic. For the person who ends up with bad side effects, it does not matter if they are in the statistical minority. Then why ta...

It's very simple: If the vaccine is indeed so safe and effective (that accepting it should be a no-brainer), then why isn't it mandatory by law?

Exactly. Still, medical lays are being fooled by the medical system there is such a thing as "informed consent". I'm questioning the concept. No, that...

You should have something to say to that. You should have something to say for those for whom the vaccine wasn't safe and effective. And there is a nu...

Wrong. Infectuous diseases (esp. those with potentially fatal outcomes) are a matter of public health, and therefore, cannot be left to the individual...

By law, the laws made by the government of a country. If the vaccine is truly so very safe and effective and if it is truly the best practice to accep...

In medicine, a person can give no informed consent if they don't have a medical degree. It all comes down to trusting one's doctors. Leaving aside for...

Then why isn't it mandatory? What are there no laws stating that people must accept the covid vaccine, or else face dire legal and penal consequences?

It wasn't for those who had to be hospitalized afterwards or even died. What do you have to say to that?

Who are those others? Just any member of Homo sapiens?

And that's something to count on when applying for a lobotomy? Whatever happened to critical thinking ... (So who is that "karma-challenged and depres...

And this is bad? Poor people are bad? People with less edication are bad? People who tend to the political right are bad? People who are older than th...

Why do you disagree with people (and publicly ridicule them etc.), if not because you believe there is One True Philosophy (which also happens to be y...

It was you who on page 22 of your own thread asked: You're holding it against people for actually replying to the bloody OP quest, which was, to remin...

The contemplation of mu brings the mind to a halt, so to speak, similar as they way a computer freezes when it faces too many requests or when it's ca...

I was trying to make the discussion shorter and more concise. My point has been to show that it is questionabale whether religious people indeed neces...

I personally do not know anyone who believes that. Everyone I know is either rich, striving to get rich, or bemoaning not being rich.