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Your habit of polarizing what people say is irritating, irrational, and unproductive. We’ve already been over the benefits it offers and you’ve agreed...

Naturally I compared the lowest to the highest, and I prefaced it by saying that it only offers a clue. Still, you have to admit that it would be odd ...

We can look at data for clues. I just looked up some statistics and out of similar size nations, Sweden is the least religious (17% feel it is importa...

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Alright, starting with your facts from the OP. Given these facts, that the vast majority of people in the world are religious and that there is enormo...

Yes, I have a problem with the way you claim to value logic but do not express that value in action. It is an incongruity that creates distrust, in me...

That is exactly what someone who doesn't care about the truth says. If you were interested in the truth you might ask me to substantiate my claim or t...

It’s suspicious that from the start you praise the value of logic or reasoning according to strict rules of validity, and yet in action behave as thou...

Just thought I’d show you a proper use of scare quotes. Carry on!

In religion there is necessarily an intermediary or higher authority that requires faith, and that authority holds all the cards. Maybe you’re familia...

Hope it goes well for you. I had a sore arm for a few days and some lethargy.

Whatever you like to call it, the key affect being the reduction of existential anxiety, something commonly believed to be exclusive to the religious ...

Philosophim never used the phrase "new moral umbrella". I know what you mean but you appear to be quoting him. The scare quotes are unnecessary and mi...

Take care, and thanks for sharing this.

I took a brief peek at the first in the album and got the feeling that it's best to experience the album as a whole rather than as I did, just listeni...

Philosophim appears to be claiming that there's no viable alternative to religion for non-religious people because they're not as dependent on social ...

Yup, to build a strong tribal identity there needs to be others or an out-group, so there can never be a universal bonding in this model. However the ...

I listened to it twice and with a decidedly intuitive ear the second time round, I’d like to add, and the feeling invoked was mostly curious befuddlem...

The OP of the merged thread: Given this nonsense, the implication is that the moderating mergerer generally views mysticism as similarly nonsensical. ...

I blame Ozi. I just went back and did a search for "snorted" and there were seven snorts. That damn horse can be a bit irritating.

Interesting. Joan of Arc comes to mind.

The monkey is a dog toy. That’s why half its face is chewed off. About the dragon baby shoes, I was looking around in a Salvation Army store searching...

Truth be told, I am sorry, and voted for Untitled. I’ve always been a sucker for a meaningless saga. In this topic I think, and that his character sta...

I voted for the atheist God out of pity, and because I wrote something the other day that upset the poor fellow. I am sorry for that, btw.

Dang! Not right about Flight and I lose the guessing game. Great concept (that I missed).

Woofarer would never portray Gods as vicious cuts. :lol:

When the atheist God shows and admits that he’s responsible for Flight then all my guesses will be proved :100:

So did I get the moral of the story about right? (see comments with story) And whoever wrote Hitchhikers, what's that about?

We're Not Alone - AI Dead Baby Shoes - Hanover Flight - god must be atheist. Ghost in my Hands - Jack Cummins

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So I was right, you voted for Flight, long before it was time, and in brief rhyme.

Agreed, there’s a nice variety and they’ve taken me to some unexpected and interesting places. I’m a little surprised that Baby Shoes is the front run...

Transience, or what @litewave said.

Emptiness.

Indeed, there’s no telling what Baden is capable of.

Maybe guess-the-author would be more fun if, after the voting, we had a list of the authors.

Reminds me of this… https://encrypted-tbn0.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcShySWC8qvEgp_FixINt_rVdaGCZSXd6tttlg&usqp=CAU The threat of guaranteed mutua...

I thought that I recall you mentioning recently that you got the VID from an impetuous hookup.

Fixed.

The American Association for the Advancement of Science describes a liberal education in this way: "Ideally, a liberal education produces persons who ...

Are religious folk renown for practicing what they preach? :lol: So the question becomes, what is the cornerstone of religion?

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"Don't be a dick" ~ Baden

You’re free to write to your heart’s content in the lounge area, providing you don’t offend any of the tender sensibilities of the PC Police, and at l...

My only complaint is that it was like eating dry toast, action-packed but lacking emotion (butter and jam :yum: ), and as Hanover mentioned, read like...

Yeah, about that, smoke can be both blanco AND negro.

I thought the shoutbox was mostly for jokes. Note to self: remember to expose your fragile soul in the TPF shoutbox!

I don't really like the comic book hero movies but watched The Suicide Squad last night on HBO. Had some good funny bits, and sharkman is awesome.

I thought of that but then I thought how heavy rain is.

Nice! You are a good riddler.