praxis

They sound like honest people to me.

Pretti assaulted federal agents?

How do you know he didn’t lie? Stupid people lie. I told you that after graduating from Harvard she was hired a top international law firm. She’s had ...

Well, personally, I wouldn’t make false claims—claims that politifact or others could easily debunk—to people I love. Michelle Obama has never acknowl...

Honestly I think the salvation is found in the limitations or order that religion provides. The grand narratives and moral codes offer a sense securit...

If that's your point of view then you must be saved. Congrats! :party:

To be a little more specific: Warrantless home entry policies that ignore judicial warrant requirements. Expanded mandatory detention without bond opp...

I think it’s pretty much the same with all religions: they promise salvation but only deliver limitations.

There are things in religion that no one knows and there are no answers to.

If you can’t say anything about it that appears to mean it’s basically meaningless to you—just empty words. Okay, that’s one meaningful indicator of w...

I would be fascinated to hear what you think loving everyone means, if you’re able to take the question seriously.

The story is that Kirk was killed because he spread hate, and we might assume perceived hatred towards transgender people was particularly egregious t...

No worries, mate, I'll walk you through it and explain it as simply as I can. If you still don't understand DM me and I'll try to help further. I woul...

Watch the video again. Williams completely ignores all admittance considerations beside academic metrics. He reduces the Harvard admittance process to...

A Buddhist told me that all divisions are both illusory and real.

I've read the OP and conclude that the debate is sexistential. I'll leave y'all to it.

I will, thanks.

Don’t you mean heterodox rather than liberal? Liberal seems too ideologically divergent.

Which religions are the liberal ones?

Exurb didn’t request to be trolled or to troll others. The request was for distraction. My impression is that it was suggesting some distraction/levit...

Posting a video of cat silliness to distract a fellow debater after they requested distraction is trolling?

We’ve been preaching to the choir the whole time and didn’t realize it. Silly us. :lol:

You haven’t read the chapters and can’t point out where it says that?

Philosophy politicizing would not be an extrication but an immersion in witchcraft.

It seems clear to me that you're simply trying to faithfully support your religious beliefs. It's curious that in your last post you're largely arguin...

Once again I can’t make sense of what you’re saying. I made it explicitly clear that I was referring to what you posted. This: That can’t be “sufferin...

Unexpectedly, we seem to be in complete agreement that the cessation of suffering is not the point of Buddhism.

Alright, we'll set aside my suggestion that religions function and fulfill various needs in ways that most people don't realize and focus on the ultim...

For me, "practice" is too broad a brush to be meaningful here. Religious practice has many facets/goals – I think more than most people realize. For i...

There are scientific studies that indicate meditation practices help with pain management. I don’t think this is controversial. I don’t think self-imm...

This part makes sense. :up:

This doesn’t make any sense to me. Can you explain? You believe that there are no unique entities? If that were true we couldn’t distinguish individua...

If you believe there are levels of attainment and a destination it seems you’ve already drank much of the Kool-Aid.

Merry Christmas :party: So no short stories under the tree this year?

I didn't say that Kirk was a racist, fascist, natzi, homophobe, transphobe, or claim that his personal view is that trans people are awful and shouldn...

At an anti-sexual assault event in 2018 Biden said, in context of Trump boasting about pussy grabbing, "They asked me if I’d like to debate this gentl...

"You hear that William Thomas ? You're an abomination to God." –– Charlie Kirk The congregation applauds.

Indeed, a wise man once said that there are no mistakes, only happy accidents.

Charlie Kirk pointed out that God thinks trans are abominations. Kinda worse to be hated by your dad than a stranger.

It’s silly to think that anyone other than a sociopath can be without compassion or morality. My theory is that people on the top should be conservati...

It’s rather telling that AmadeusD doesn’t take issue with Trump boasting about sexual assault (pussy grabbing) but does take issue with Biden’s condem...

There is literally no chance that Biden can go back in time to high school and beat Trumps ass. :lol:

I like his Trump/Reiner and Biden/Kirk compassion comparison. Reiner was a harsh critic of Trump and Kirk was a harsh critic of Biden so I think it's ...

I was seriously hoping that you were joking.

Oh, you're being serious?

:lol:

Of course there were weirdos celebrating Kirk's death. Kirk was a culture warrior and warriors have enemies. The difference is that Trump is the chose...

Less than 24 hours after the Reiners were found stabbed to death in their Brentwood home on Sunday, Trump –– the leader of the Conservative Party –– l...

All X's are ossified by tribes, whether they be political, religious, or whatever.

Drug lords might be showing the raw potential for 'active nihilism' and breaking bad (from the herd), but without self-mastery or higher vision, they'...