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There are so many studies out there and conflicting interests in regards to THC effects in the brain. Now, I do think that chronic smokers of cannabis...

Yeah, I suppose leave it to the States to further the cause if people want it legalized. Ultimately I want to drive to my local Shell station where I ...

Yeah, there's a sort of stigma associated in workplaces and elsewhere towards psychoactive compounds like antidepressants, though this stigma is being...

@"ArguingWAristotleTiff", what are your thoughts about the MORE Act? Progress or should we go all out and demand legalization instead of decriminaliza...

A wallowsome issue... But progress in being made in Mexico and the US with the MORE Act. Yay!

And eat. I like to eat... :)

The reason for posting this is that I used to be prescribed lorazepam, another addictive chemical from the benzodiazepine class. Long story short, the...

But, but, 4% GDP!!! Isn't that all that matters?

Do go on, Australia has always fascinated me... Cool point, man. I do wonder if the money changers and the clearing of The Second Temple by Jesus, was...

Yeah; but, what about the blatant exploitation of foreign nations by capitalism? Isn't that something we should be concerned about as good Christians?

You know, I don't think even Chairman Mao would have been able to turn China to veganism even if he wanted to...

Btw, @"NOS4A2", the nick definitely checks out: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nosferatu_(word)

Yeah, I'm afraid that most sensibilities have been lost in regards to the issue. I say if you don't like what Nosferatu is saying then leave him be.

Oh, nuphin muffin. Just wallowing like this potbelly pig: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T4noLsXiQEA Just ate some chicken, with some tasty sweet chi...

Yes, Peterson is a pretty interesting character, though, I think he owes a debt to Stoic thought, that he doesn't necessarily acknowledge. Some people...

Oh dear. That is a real tragedy.

Read all about it: https://thephilosophyforum.com/discussion/7089/discuss-philosophy-with-professor-massimo-pigliucci/p1

This might be taboo to ask a philosopher to criticize another psychologist (philosopher)? But, I am keenly interested in Prof. Pigliucci's take on the...

To be honest, though, the thoughts Bartricks is professing is not that different than the caricature of Stoicism that any newbie might encounter, thro...

True, true. I don't mean to instill any conspiracies, as Hollywood does that enough to no end with their Da Vinci Code - Angels, and Demons, ehh... Bu...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0hEXRMWba8k

Grazie. :cool:

Semi-serious. I mean, if you account for all the years the Catholic Church has been around, and combine their liquid and non-liquid assets, along with...

Yeah, it's definitely a message in the New Testament that often gets left out. Humdrum.

Yes, it does make one wonder just how the Vatican or Opus Dei maintain and expand their wealth through the stock market.

I see that we're talking about money, so I might as well comment that the only instance where I picked out the fundamentally humanistic trait of Jesus...

Across the board, food stamps are deceptively a form of subsidizing goods such as food. There's a lot of socialism in America if you're poor enough to...

I lived in Eastern Europe, for a good decade, and definitely there is resentment, that goes both ways, towards Catholicism and communism. Personally, ...

Yeah, a definitely interesting corollary question would be, how much of Stoic thought was incorporated into the Holy Roman Empire?

Here's what I think about what happened. Corn prices plummeted, and the gov stepped in to set a price floor for the farmers. I don't think it got to t...

Not nice, Amity. :naughty:

Yeah, so why does the religiously oriented right hate on it so much, and this isn't something exclusive to the right in the US, also. Centrists like C...

Well, yes. The US spends more than any other country on charities or philanthropism. It is exceedingly paradoxical that this has become an individual ...

And, for the matter, the current Pope, Francis, is a hardline socialist, if anyone follows this line of thought from within Catholicism.

Yes, views vary on the relationship between socialism and Christianity to such a large degree that one may as well feel lost in regards to it. I'm afr...

Oh yeah, Robin Hood as Martin Luther, for sure. But, I believe this is all history to a large degree. Maybe to guide the conversation, I would propose...

I see you're going further back than I had anticipated. Please elaborate on this fact of the aristocracy adopting Christianity and thus making it poli...

The following thread is quite pertinent to the topic at hand: https://thephilosophyforum.com/discussion/2456/communism-socialism-distributivism-capita...

See that this thread got moved to The Lounge. But, I'm serious about the last bit in my previous post... Being, why isn't Christianity more left-leani...

Well, it was a bit of a joke as the majority of the thread posters here are atheistic or agnostic. But, it seems like it wouldn't hurt anyone if we ad...

Oh dear. :yikes: I must wallow to sleep. :yawn: Goodnight! :love:

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The thing that is really a watershed moment in all this, is connecting the Republican party with/to Trump. Let's see if another investigation is (seem...

Great, so the followup question, is do you believe the stuff you post in the Trump thread, or just get a kick outta seeing people argue with you? I'm ...

What's really worrying to me is that these people feel like their being protected by Trump, or that they can just about do anything they please. Shit ...

Watch another shietstorm emerge. Personally, I am relieved the scum is being flushed down the toilet. https://i.imgur.com/nqTcBYL.png

There's a conscious umph towards more high-quality and structured content. The hope is that trolling, animosity, and such babble gets shoved aside, an...

*silently falls in love with @"Amity"* https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f9X1C7pTu-M

I don't know why exactly, but I'm getting the same vibe as in the Naming and Necessity reading group thread. Nevermind if what I'm suggesting is irrel...