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@triangle.128k
Is this the same triangle from DDO? It seems you've gotten more radical.
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@Polytheist-Witch
They shouldn't play politics with this sort of stuff. Although I doubt people will proceed with late-term abortion. I guess we'll have to see.
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@thett3
Right off the bat, I disagree with late-term abortion for non-medical reasons. But what's the actual rationale behind the legalization?
A vast majority of the left would agree with me by the way.
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@Castin
Depends on what definition of atheism you go by. If you go by the origins of the word "atheism", then agnostic-atheists are just atheist.
Original atheism (atheos) meant having a lack of belief in god(s).
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@janesix
If you're technically an agnostic, you're technically an atheist too. You lack belief in god(s).
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@Mopac
God is omnipresent right? Who are you to say that God isn't in my garage.
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@Mopac
He's ultimate reality though. Just because you can't comprehend it...
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@Mopac
What if I said the dragon is God?
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@Mopac
We were talking about something that is incomprehensible weren't we?
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@Mopac
No, just try to reason.
What if I said there was a dragon in my garage. What would you say or ask?
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@Mopac
Do you know what else is incomprehensible? The dragon in my garage.
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@Mopac
Something that is incomprehensible?
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@Mopac
Ummm okay. And where does truth fit in?
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@Mopac
What's your definition of God then? I'm confused.
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@Mopac
Define to me what a god is.
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@Mopac
If you want to strip all objective meaning, go right ahead.
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@Outplayz
Everyone seems to like Kyle, both left and right. If he ran as a politician, at least you'd know where he stands. He's 100% genuine.
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@Mopac
Okay, if that's your definition.
I would just call it the cosmos in both senses of the definition.
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@Mopac
And I could say the ultimate reality is anything.
When it comes down to it, it's still a claim.
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@Polytheist-Witch
I was going by his logic. Read what He said at #81. He was asking for evidence.
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@Fallaneze
I'll be your dual partner. What needs to be established first is the existence of god(s). Atheism isn't a claim traditionally speaking. The burden of proof is on the theist.
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@Fallaneze
You seem like someone I could have popcorn with although our metaphysical opinions differ.
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@keithprosser
The same way you and I do of course.... by exercising its free will!But if 'free will does not exist' there there would be no behavoural difference between a decision making making robot and a Browninan motion robot.There are entities without free will - (toy balloons for example) and entities with free will (airline pilots). With that perpective free will comes out aas a complex and interesting phenomenon.
Just because something is complex doesn't necessarily mean it has free will. It sort of reminds me how civilizations used to believe the sun and other celestial objects represented gods. It comes down to a lack of understanding.
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@mustardness
No doubt.
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@mustardness
What's the program called? Might be interesting.
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@mustardness
That reminds me. Some animals are biologically immortal. Meaning they don't die of old age. Although they can die of other causes such as food scarcity, disease and injury.
The Immortal jellyfish is one such animal.
There's probably a list out there you can have a look at. I think crocodiles are also biologically immortal. Not sure.
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@mustardness
I'm looking for facts that many people don't already know. That's what I mean by extraordinary.
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@triangle.128k
Seriously? Is that meant to be a trick question? Try to follow the reasoning. When trying to group people like this, there are obviously outliers.
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@mustardness
Yes, I agree they do and especially cetacceans, however, humans degree of access to metaphysical-1, mind/intellect/concepts is so much greater.
Yeah, I still wouldn't call that extraordinary. It's like saying what the fastest land animal is. Enough Said.
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@mustardness
Don't many animals have access to 'mind/intellect/concepts'.
I wouldn't consider that extraordinary.
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@mustardness
Aren't your facts 'micro-irrelevant' to the question at hand?
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@Mopac
Drugs are not good, and they are illegal.
For you to blanket drugs like that I can tell you're highly uninformed.
Resisting the police is stupid, and will cause more problems.
But can try to imagine the frustration?
You are literally underminig your own argument and proving my point.
What are you talking about?
There are other factors besides being a minority.
For all the issues I've discussed, is that all you have to say? Are you just trying to smear to see what sticks?
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@mustardness
How convenient.
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@Mopac
behaving supiciously
Very subjective.
not cooperating with police, or actually being engaged in criminal activity
Maybe because they're being arrested for bullsh!t reasons such as carrying marijuana.
Both caucasians and african americans consume the same amount. Guess who gets targeted the most?
flashing weapons at police
Yes, hardened behavior from the war on drugs and other such endeavors from "law enforcement".
It's systemic.
Besides that, not all ethnic minorities are "low income".
It's your turn to give me an example, just for kicks.
Give me another example, because I don't buy into this one.
Sure, after we're done with this one.
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@Mopac
That's not just my opinion brah, it's empirical.
Police in low income neighborhoods target Minority groups by stop and frisk and other means.
This creates/hardens negative behaviors.
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@Mopac
Police brutality on minorities.
I was going to give the war on christmas as an example, but then I thought nah.
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@Mopac
Should have gone with ethnocism. Do you have a better word?
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@ravensjt
There's no need to debate it. When there is a large ethnic divide in ones country/abroad of course there are racists on both sides. What matters is the extent and the cause.
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@Greyparrot
I haven't come across anyone claiming that.
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Mine is how powerful sperm whale codas is (codas is the name given to the echolocation/clicking sounds you hear).
It's 230 decibels
That's about how powerful the sound is from 30,000 tons of TNT.
At those levels a divers body heats up.
Can anyone top that?
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I'd mostly say yes if racism required someone getting offended.
I personally think it's hard to ethnically offend someone when their ethnic group is the majority in your social sphere
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@secularmerlin
Utility, precisely. Manage what trick? Feelings are sufficient enough for some people to believe in relatively outlandish things.
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@secularmerlin
An afterlife for example. It's understandable and reasonable for someone to want their loved ones to watch over them after they pass away. It might give them strength to carry on.
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@secularmerlin
If you're trying to get to the truth, I totally agree. If you have faith in something, then it's understandable.
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@secularmerlin
I agree. You can place this 'reality is an illusion' argument under the fairy tale argument.
It comes back to testability.
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@secularmerlin
It provides accuracy if it's based on well established knowledge. Why are you even asking me that question? If anything, I should be asking you that. By the way, the answer is no, it wouldn't seem discernibly different.
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@secularmerlin
Why can't we presuppose If such presuppositions are based on well established knowledge and predictable results?
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@secularmerlin
In this circumstance I trust my experience to be real over something I haven't had an experience with.
What do you think about last thursdayism and other such philosophies?
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