You've got it all backwards. Man didn't challenge God. Man challenged a book about God, and a war mongering, corrupt institution built on that book, a...
Science is not many things! It is however, an increasingly coherent and valid understanding of reality, to compare to religious, political and economi...
Only it's not simple, because your conclusion is a need to "dethrone the science clergy" whatever that means. Whereas, to my mind, your Pandora's Box ...
Your determined incomprehension is not a challenge to my ideas. It's merely annoying. Sustainability is my only dogma. I believe humankind should surv...
The point you addressed, and I quote, that "science is important to every facet of modern life" - is not my point at all. You mis-characterise my argu...
With all due respect, you have not grasped my meaning - and the points you make are irrelevant and increasingly confused. If you are unable to grasp t...
A philosopher imagined a donkey, stood between two bales of hay, would not decide which to fancy, until it starved and withered away. I decided to tes...
To suggest that science can only be valid knowledge if it is a complete description of reality is incorrect. As a matter of methodology, all scientifi...
You say you understand, but the point is not that: "science and technology are critical to almost every facet of modern life." The point is that there...
G7 to agree tough measures on burning coal to tackle climate change By Dulcie Lee & Joseph Lee BBC News Published 1 hour ago https://www.bbc.co.uk/new...
You haven't got to the root of the problem. Science is not just a tool that can be used for good or ill. Science is also an understanding of reality. ...
Insofar as that occurred, it is a bad deal. I don't suppose I can induce you to understand, but there's a difference between an ideological understand...
I recognise that religion is important to people - but it's not true in the way that science is true. Science has more claim to be the word of God tha...
How does it cut both ways? Galileo proved the earth orbits the sun. The bishops in charge of the trial would not even look through a telescope. Are yo...
One can only do so much. If I have shown that it's possible to secure a prosperous sustainable future by sustaining capitalism with limitless amounts ...
I'm being less sure on purpose. I don't want to get tangled up in illuminati type conspiracy theories about the operations of capital, I don't even pr...
Difficult post to respond to. With most people, I usually have much to disagree with! The reason sustainability is such an important issue - political...
A conflict between faith and reason as means to authoritative truth was the basis upon which the Church took offence to science, but that doesn't show...
BigPantsDropper needs to realise that slavery is what happens in absence of the philosophies, politics and economics of capitalism. It's the market me...
So it's not rude to point a giant spotlight at the origins of western civilisation, and criticise particularly and relentlessly in terms of modern day...
If you have an argument to make, I have no objection to you quoting wikipedia, and posting a link, but you have to explain what your argument is - and...
At last, your values become clear. And the problem with your values is that they're poised between a truism, and being utterly false. They're false be...
I haven't played it, but I read a little about it, and just the choice of era is polemic. It speaks to a wider anti-western left wing agenda, to singl...
I don't know of any science that directly refutes the existence of 'the spirit each of us has in us.' I do know of a 400 year old religious and philos...
I don't think we agree at all. "A balance must be found between expansionism and humanism, between commercial goals and respect for local values..." "...
It's a mistake to impose one's modern day values on the past. This game does that by relating fictional game mechanics to real world history: "Each pl...
Apparently, you'd don't know the counter argument that science is the word of God - decoded by man; yet denied and decried as heresy by the Church, an...
All I see here is an appeal to authority and abuse. You offer me no reason to continue an argument I consider, conclusively proven. Thanks for the cha...
The invisible hand is a miracle. It's not a God, but it is a miracle. Imagine you are in command, over a command economy, and you want to make socks. ...
I'm thinking about selling up and moving to Portland. What do you think? Buy a house there, start a business. Send my kids to school. I was hoping to ...
I'm declining to speak on subjects I don't know much about, precisely because I don't base my views in ignorance. It seems like you're talking about t...
BC, my dear old friend, long time no see! It's always good to chat with you however briefly. That's my point though, I don't think it does require rev...
You've questioned the veracity of scope of my knowledge base and I've admitted my limitations. Now you're baffled? Surely not! If there's anyone here ...
In what sense bad? If you're saying it's bad because the poorest don't have enough, then your argument has my sympathies. What can be done? How about ...
Metaphors are fantastic, aren't they? They're like similes in play form. I'm trying to think of one that demonstrates that inequality is not necessari...
That sounds like ideologically motivated ignorance to me. Ha ha. I've offered my inexpert opinion Echarmion. I am more naturally inclined toward appro...
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