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You’re not even nice to your followers. If finding God turns you in to such a sourpuss I don’t see why anyone would want to find it.

You are good at constructing feel-good narratives. I’ll give you that.

You say yes but then go on as though they play the same role, the role of explaining the universe. Do you believe that God’s only role and only power ...

Perhaps I should try to rephrase. Let’s say we have God’s role in one hand, and in the other hand we have the scientific method and its results (earth...

Now you’re back to claiming that science replaced God. Okay, whatever. Again, I’m rather surprised to hear from a believer that God plays such a minor...

You claimed that science replaced God, and now say that is not the case. If it’s not the case then what’s the problem?

Do you really believe that God is so easily replaced?

10 years at Sam Harris’ forum.

:lol: dart meet bullseye.

I imagine there’s no other way for you to think of it, that great experiences, such as those involving God, make a great person. I believe that transc...

In the OP you mention being in a monastery for five years 40 years ago. God didn’t teach you to respect yourself or those around you?

You can’t even imagine not taking it personally and honestly answering the question?

I hope Joe isn’t this rude to God.

Wow, you took that personally. Sorry. I don't think that I've ever told anyone that. I don't think it's provable.

Seems a tad polarizing. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WWLbI9KUZKs

You keep mentioning your credentials and vast mystical experience and in doing so it appears as though being seen as an authority is very important to...

Not true, unless you’re intimidated by groups, which you don’t seem to be. Interesting that you consider yourself an antagonist. Is God cool with that...

Uh-oh, you don’t fit in his safe little box.

Interdependent means dependent upon one another: mutually dependent. Take your relationship with God for instance, God cannot be loved by you without ...

@"jamalrob" Any insights about how the average Russian feels about the invasion?

Well, no, more specifically I was referring to similarities between Marcusean and Orwellian.

It’s an interesting progression, going from the elements to life, then to thought, to love, and finally to God. The last step seems unnecessary. In an...

Apparently communing with God makes a person mysterious and arrogant. A story as old as time.

Oh, I see, God is not physical. Stupid stupid stupid me. I suppose that if God isn’t physical then nothing God does is finite. Doesn’t that meaning th...

Then if God exists, God is a finite thing. That’s rather disappointing. :sad:

Another stoicism is that we can’t control other people, or anything really, outside of ourselves, so we’re bound to be disappointed from time to time ...

I kid, but that is the general idea, yes?

I was thinking of it in terms of your well-being. Stoic advice would be to act (bring up reciprocation with the subject of your generosity) or put it ...

Bringing up the subject of reciprocation, a good relationship should be able to handle it, or if you decide not to then put it out of your mind becaus...

It seems to me that an omnipotent God can only express its omnipotence within a universe of finite things and a universe without finite things would b...

Problem is that the something greater than the greater thing needs to be created, and the greater thing of that greater thing needs to be created, and...

Thinking laterally, you were the accountant or cook? Welcome.

I think he's arguing for a kind of immersion therapy. A little QAnon here, a little Mein Kampf there, until you become desensitized and nonreactive.

Nicely polarizing. I read a similar characterization on Breitbart News this morning.

https://news.yahoo.com/trump-praises-putins-genius-incursion-into-ukraine-234001858.html

She lost her billionaire status when she donated 16% of her net worth or $160 million. In addition to the charitable trust called Volant, she’s the fo...

How is it rational see a biologically male sex and a psychologically female gender as a woman, or a biologically female sex and a psychologically male...

Just reviewed some of the findings on the site, interesting. Strangely, I noticed that one of the most commonly searched topics on the site is penis s...

People take little notice of the important things that you mention regardless of "First-world neuroses", and if we were actually the selfless and rati...

Very true, nevertheless heterosexuals who can enjoy sexual relations with both sexes, perhaps even in a ‘twinning dance’, are still sexuality attracte...

You seem to be saying that ignorance of gender identity theory is part of the problem and Bitter Crank seems to be saying that “delusion” is problemat...

Because you believe she’s transphobic or don’t want to be associated with someone who’s been accused of transphobia? Not sure which is worse. Or perha...

That’s an excellent example. Goodonya, mate. I just bought Material Girls and may have more to say on the subject after reading it.

Frank receives more than his share of charity in many many discussions. Trust me on that. :wink: Oh to be young and innocent. I searched the web for h...

You asked me what was missing, Isaac, and I made a complete list. I honestly didn’t know that it would upset you so. If it makes you feel any better, ...

So Frank, I can’t help wondering how committed you are to ‘growing the psychological muscles necessary for listening to a view we don't like’. Imagine...

Good example that sufficiently support the claims. The examples that you so generously provided do not match the claims very well, though I think the ...

It was not a lack of specificity but a lack of supporting evidence, and it's still not settled for me.

It seems that you agree with the title of the topic, that cancel culture doesn't exist.

You need to work on your reading comprehension. I didn't say that I agreed with James Bennet’s resignation, assuming it was forced. I don't care that ...