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@Greyparrot
lol. Get your gun out and open season!
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@Greyparrot
@Best.Korea
“Don’t be stupid; be a smartie. Come and join the Nazi Party!” (Or Hamas, as the case may be currently)
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@baggins
Either way it’s a waste of time imo.
Bingo, baggins! It is BK’s MO to waste people’s time. Or, in this case, BK’s alter ego aka “BK at the Mall.”
The contested thought process can be summarized thusly:
“Theory =/= fact
Fact = true information
Ergo Theory =/= true information.”
This is why I like to say that there only 2 types of thinking: binary and non binary!
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@Greyparrot
Your rate of increase in acceleration can be zero. Meanwhile, you’re at 120mph and increasing steadily.
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@Greyparrot
“Last month, inflation was zero, folks!
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@3RU7AL
are you suggesting it's ok to slaughter all palestinians because many of them hate jewsbut it's not ok to slaughter all jews because many of them hate palestinians ?
This here is what I call a double-edged sword because it makes just as much sense with the terms reversed:
“Are you saying it’s ok to slaughter all Jews because many of them hate Palestinians?
But it’s not ok to slaughter all Palestinians because many of them hate Jews?”
You have yet to address what I’ve actually said, which is telling. And your emotionally charged sophistry is as telling as it is dull *snore*
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@3RU7AL
I’m not sure what needs clarification. Can you be more specific about what words or phrases are unclear?
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@Greyparrot
Did you order the code red?!!
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@3RU7AL
I guess that answers my question in an oblique way. In stark contrast to yourself, I do not find non-sequiturs compelling at all…
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@3RU7AL
Do you find non-sequiturs somehow compelling?
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@3RU7AL
please explain to me exactly which women and children we are morally obligated to slaughter
Sounds like a conversation Hamas might have had prior to October 7. Do you believe that was a false flag operation or something?
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@3RU7AL
You’ve mastered the non-sequitur.
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@3RU7AL
PERHAPS THEY "DREAM OF LIBERTY"
I have come to the conclusion that they dream of living in a world devoid of Jews and a Jewish homeland— even if it means the destruction of their own earthly lives and the lives of their children, sadly.
It is common in the western world yet misguided for us to project our own liberal, humanistic values onto other, vastly different cultures. A Muslim warrior once boasted, “We value death the way you [westerners] value life.” If one can die a martyr in Islam, their place in paradise is assured.
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@Mall
I guess I need to be more blunt: your issue is that you are a binary thinker. That, and you’re a puppet. Not to say that being a puppet is easy— far from it:
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@Mall
What about good, quick, poor, irrational, illogical thinking?That's at least four more types.
Now, that is precious. What type of thinking is limited to a true/false dichotomy?
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@Mall
I got you guys scared to answer these questions.
Well, sockpuppets can be a bit scary, especially a sockpuppet of Best.Korea, aka BK. The good news for you is that good things can happen, even to a sockpuppet! When opportunity comes knockin’, you best answer, BK at the Mall (Parental discretion is advised):
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@Mall
So is this a "yes" which would be one of only two answers to the question I asked?If it's not , it's only a "no". Do atheists believe no gods exist?Yes or no.
My answer to your question is the most direct, complete, and informative answer I can give. That you reject it leads me to be believe that you have an underlying agenda of some sort here.
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@Mall
Strong atheism posits that gods do not exist. Weak atheism merely lacks belief in them. I hope this answers your question!
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@3RU7AL
You have the patience of Job.
Job is a character from the Bible.
Ergo I must believe in Jehovah![\sarcasm]
Patience is a noble and admirable trait, but I have learned firsthand that it can become generous to a fault.
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@RaymondSheen
My argument applies to any gods who are unfalsifiable.
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@RaymondSheen
P1: It is reasonable/rational to withhold belief in an unfalsifiable entity.
P2: God is an unfalsifiable entity.
P3: Atheists withhold belief in God.
C: It is reasonable/rational to be atheist.
P2: God is an unfalsifiable entity.
P3: Atheists withhold belief in God.
C: It is reasonable/rational to be atheist.
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The Cat Came Back
… Old Mister Johnson had troubles of his own
He had a yellow cat that wouldn't leave its home
He tried and he tried to give the cat away
He gave it to a man goin' far, far away
… But the cat came back the very next day
The cat came back, they thought he was a goner
But the cat came back, it just couldn't stay away
Away, away
… Can you make a cat sound?
Meow, meow, meow
… So he gave it to a woman going up in a balloon
He told him for to take it to the man up in the moon
The balloon came down about 90 miles away
And where the woman is now, well, I cannot say
… But the cat came back the very next day
The cat came back, we thought he was a goner
But the cat came back, it just couldn't stay away
Away, away
… Is that cat sound?
Meow, meow, meow, meow
… So he gave it to a man going way out West
He told him for to take it to the one he loved the best
First the train hit the curve, then it jumped the rail
And nobody was left to tell the awful tale
… But the cat came back the very next day
The cat came back, we thought he was a goner
But the cat came back, it just couldn't stay away
Away, away
… The cat came back the very next day
The cat came back, we thought he was a goner
But the cat came back, it just couldn't stay away
Away, away
… Meow, meow, meow
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@ADreamOfLiberty
rofl aderol (sic) and food, what's the difference?
One could even say it’s an adderall to oranges comparison.
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@Benjamin
This argument also applies to abortion. Every aborted child will go to heaven or simply stop existing while not a single aborted child will go to hell (otherwise wtf God).
Pretty much! I have come to the same conclusion. Hell doctrine is pretty difficult to defend. *crickets* And I don’t hear anyone around here coming to its defense…
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@Greyparrot
Biden can't straddle the fence this time.
Well, he can, but not without chafing his sack.
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@IwantRooseveltagain
Captain Queeg, you have returned. How’s your search for those missing strawberries going?
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@Amber
And?
There is no “and.” Just think of it this way: he reads WaPoo so you don’t have to.
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@TheUnderdog
A disturbing precedent for the 5th Circuit to set, yes, but there is some comfort to be had on this issue. Here is SCOTUS Justice Sotomayor’s statement on the Court’s decision not to hear this case:
And here’s a good article which explains why hope is not lost:
You might notice from these that the recent Counterman v. Colorado ruling changes things.
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@zedvictor4
I still like listening to Rush
RIP Neil Peart
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@n8nrgim
What are the numbers regarding a person from a non Christian upbringing/culture having a Christian themed NDE?
How many Muslims have had a Christian themed NDE? Vice versa? How many interreligion conversions have occurred as a result of NDEs themed in a different religious faith?
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@Benjamin
Basically, if your moral code is more compelling, you align with that, but if your personal feelings are more compelling, you acquiesce to those?
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@Benjamin
Also, Hindus tend not to tattoo swastikas, I think. In any case, your moral code doesn’t simply involve the number of lives at stake, but also your personal feelings toward the people involved?
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@Benjamin
Now, imagine an infant (not yours) vs a group of 12 adults, who each have a prominent swastika tattoo.
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@WyIted
That’s not exactly what Trump was saying, and yes, I was also making fun of people who believe that was exactly what Trump was saying.
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@WyIted
I’m not saying he supports Hamas, I am saying that a US President cannot effectively be on both sides of this conflict involving an ally. He only attempts to do so because his voter base happens to be split over the issue.
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@Greyparrot
The real enemy is Cornpop. He’s a bad dude!
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@Greyparrot
The President’s position is informed by his belief that there are “good people on both sides.”
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@Benjamin
The mother/your significant other might thank you for your moment of weakness.
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@Benjamin
Not really answering the question I posed to you but oh, well.
Now, imagine the same scenario but… the infant is yours.
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@Benjamin
12 dead infants is worse than 1 dead infant.
As I stated in post 27, it is 12 adults, not 12 infants. Of course, you can still claim that numbers always matter over youth and innocence. I’m just asking what the moral philosophy underpinning that is?
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@Benjamin
But yes 1 infant is less morally valuable than 12 people of any age.
Can you explain the moral philosophy underpinning that?
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@Benjamin
Thats just extra late term abortion.
For the infant or for the 12 adults?
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@Benjamin
A runaway trolley is headed toward 12 people. You can divert the trolley to another track, but that track has an infant on it.
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