Oh, some scriptural passages are unrealistic and some traditions are nonsensical. I just don't define "religion" by those passages and traditions. Muc...
I'm using "wrong" to mean: violates one's moral code, not a final conclusion after considering all possible points of view (including but not limited ...
Happy to. First, while you are correct that religious faith does not present answers, you missed the point that those particular "questions" are not m...
No. Atheism is neither logical nor illogical, just at theism is equally neither. Metaphysical entities, like gods do no leave behind physical proof on...
Well first of all, the "average person", isn't on dating apps. And depending on what the app specializes in, it may actually select against what you'r...
From a more practical standpoint, if a prospective parent is either 1) so depressed that they (incorrectly) view their life (since they have no true k...
Your not pulling the lever is perfectly reasonable, is internally logical and no one can (correctly) fault you for your choice. However, pulling the l...
Exactly. In the heirarchies of decision making, moral vs immoral (like legal vs illegal) are rarely used in Real Life. Most decisions are preferences ...
In my experience gods are categorized by those who worship the god (the religion), not by the god itself. Thus: "the Christian god", "a Roman god", "a...
As a non expert on Stoicism, my understanding is that Stoicism would come into play in reacting (or not reacting) to impending death, as opposed to di...
The problem with evaluating "perfect" or "perfection" as a term is that is has no definitive (objective) intrinsic meaning, rather it is a comparative...
Oh boy. You're familiar with the concept of a Thought Experiment, right? (They're pretty common when dealing with Philosophical topics). Of course you...
Well, while your observation is accurate, your guess as to it's cause is... shall we say: less accurate (to be charitable). Most folks through "histor...
Yes and no. You're correct that the Fonda example does nothing to capture the details and nuances of pregnancy. However, the abortion "argument" revol...
Uummm... yeah you would (have a clear conscience). If you (or I, for that matter) followed our personal moral codes perfectly, you'd be very proud of ...
Driving less worked (works) for me. I lived about 20 minutes from work and we don't take car trip vacations. I don't have a problem with electric vehi...
I have an ICE car and drive routinely, BUT I drive less than half of the average number of miles per year in my state. So my carbon footprint is proba...
To my mind the idea that morality is objective and that acting immorally leads to unhappiness, makes no logical sense. If morality is objective, then ...
An excellent example of recall bias. Unfortunately for your opinion, extraordinary claims require extraordinary evidence, alas. Though your posting il...
To my mind the biggest philosophical impact of theism vs atheism would be that theists would tend to believe that morality is objective (that is likel...
This entire train of thought entirely ignores numerous illogical suppositions. Firstly, after the internal combustion engine was invented, how buses a...
The OP is a not unreasonable first glance proposition that many, many folks have made repeatedly over time. As it happens when investigated beyond a l...
Well, agnosticism means that one doesn't "know" whether gods exist or not. However it is an error to then assume that believers and nonbelievers "know...
Agreed, though atheism isn't (for most) possession of proof positive that gods don't exist, it is the disbelief in gods (regardless of the source of t...
Not so much. Most common entities without evidence for their existance are in the "I don't believe in it" category not the "well, it's possible" categ...
To me you're describing classic atheism. You're not saying the jury's out on the existance of gods, you're saying in the absence of evidence I don't b...
Well written. This is an example of a topic that can be difficult to parse the details and nuances of verbally, yet is completely obvious when encount...
Less governmental intrusion is not a plank of the conservative platform (though conservatives commonly claim it is). Rather it is a trope that gets dr...
I'm giving advice based on MY experience, but I acknowledge that your experience may be that your overwrought assumptions outweigh what others bring t...
Exactly. Individuals are who they are regardless of their vocabulary. The n word, for example is often a semi-magical insight into the mindset of folk...
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