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@Athias
Define love; define communism.
Love is a more or less vague word, that we can apply to a variety of things.
And communism is a philosophers pipedream.
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@BigPimpDaddy
It also diminishes when you remove active people.
Dead is dead.
Not sure what "pretty dead" is......Perhaps adorned with brightly coloured flowers.
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@TheDredPriateRoberts
3+3 will = 6, until the end of time.
Time is only a potential relative to duration.
So based upon your own criteria, the potential for time will never end.
Interestingly though, and based simply upon quantity rather than observable quantity.
Anything between 2 and 3 could potentially be 3.
So based upon these criteria 2.9 + 2.9 or 2.1 + 2.1 could also = 6.
And GOD is representative of observable potential.
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@Tarik
If no one is actually right.
And no one is actually wrong.
Then it doesn't matter.
Because there is a continuous stalemate.
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@Tarik
Life taking is an essential survival strategy.
We simply apply overthink to the issue and conjure up notions of specialness.
To which we then apply selective moral thinking.
And then come up with varying levels of specialness.
Sometimes cuddly wuddly little foetus.
And sometimes inconsequential blob of organic matter.
You takes your pick, often relative to other notional influences.
Though the bottom line always remains the same.
No one is actually right.
And no one is actually wrong.
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@Wylted
No saying these days.
If Person 1. Was a darker skinned trans lesbian in a wheelchair, and Person 2. was a perfectly ordinary light skinned male, but perhaps a bit over bearing.
Then we have an abusive relationship with all sorts of PC violations.
So Person 3 is undoubtedly motivated by a righteous desire for social justice , especially if they are a Q Inuit with a speech impediment and an abusive father.
Under these compelling circumstances both 1 and 3, would probably get off with a slap on the wrist, and a lucrative book and film deal.
And 2 would be be portrayed as a chainsaw wielding psychopathic homophobe, played by Doug Jones or Chucky.
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@Tradesecret
Meaningless ritual speak.
In other words..........Five statements of insubstantial waffle.
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@n8nrgmi
Ooops.....Didn't think that one through.
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@sadolite
Certainly do remember.
Offence is just a modern contrivance.....Another consequence of the of the media/communication and litigation industries.
If there wasn't profit to be gained, no one would bother to be offended.
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@secularmerlin
Very true.
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@ebuc
People are inherently selfish, driven by a survival instinct.
Of course, we have immediate associates (family), who we perhaps have a great deal of faith in.
Just an observation of reality, so I'm not sure what it is that I am supposedly denying.
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@Bones
Just repeating what you stated.
That the Mother was in fact a victim, who was being violated.
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@949havoc
Christ is a character in a book.
And an analogy for GOD
And GOD might have been.
And GOD might yet be resurrected.
But not for a few billion years.
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@MarkWebberFan
Independent blobs of organic matter, inextricably tied to the past by memories.
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These days a degree is just an unnecessary but necessary notch on a stick.
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@Polytheist-Witch
123 Days Later.
And still.
Just stand and stare at the night sky.
In wonderment.
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@secularmerlin
I too, strongly hold the opinion that humans are worthwhile.
But for the reasons given above.
Nonetheless, humans are still dispensable.
Otherwise we would live forever.
We have a very brief time frame in which to be effective.
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@secularmerlin
Short explanations above, to a multi-faceted socio-material symbiosis.
Whereby "wealth" is the catalyst.
And material development and progress, is the universal objective.
And human beings are dispensable.
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@3RU7AL
In Lak'ech Ala K'in.
Do not be deceived.
Try to find the best in others.
But trust no one.
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@Bones
A foetus does not intentionally violate it's victim.
Something of a contradiction.
Pro-lifers would have us accept, that a foetus is a separate human entity.
Therefore, if the "victim" deems the foetus to be an unwanted intrusion, then the foetus is in fact, violating the "victim".
"Victim".....Your choice, not mine.
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@Tradesecret
That old "sin" thing again.
Do you really think that an omni-sensible GOD would be worried about sin.....Or ritual methodology for that matter.
I find it odd that theists who revere an omni-everything GOD, always make it out to be so stupid.
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@Tradesecret
"The Bible"
Which translation /interpretation might that be?
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@Intelligence_06
That which equates to Math is the constant, even if it might change.
Math itself is human data assessment relative to something........Always subject to the possibility of extinction.
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It's "Great" at half hearted meddling in global affairs and consequently leaving jobs half finished.
And.....Election Circus again in a couple of years (as if it hasn't already started)......That will undoubtedly make for "Great" entertainment.
Will the Rep's be rolling out that "Great" Orange and Rudi clown act again.
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@sadolite
So for some people white will always be black.
Unless white is proven to be black.
The said people will undoubtedly change their minds.
Such is some peoples necessity.
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@949havoc
So the Bible is a mish mash of made up stuff.
We already know that.
And Mormon is just another Abrahamic business model.
So what's new?
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Explains the orange staining.
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@949havoc
Very Faux.
Getting the fuck out of Afghanistan.
And deposing the intellectually challenged Orange Man.
Two of the single most worthy accomplishments of recent U.S. history.
Good old Joe.
And inciting riots and refusing to admit that Orange lost the democratic vote, is democratic.....Hmmmmmm......LOL.
The Republicans need to give the jackboot to their current, us and them fascist mob and reassess their democratic credentials.
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@sadolite
"Negligible" or significant or globally significant?
As adjectives go "negligible" is perhaps a tad inappropriate.
Nonetheless, the "urban heat island effect" is an obvious example of how "man" influences climate.
The significance or negligibility of this effect may be argued over by "scientists", but the effect itself is indisputable.
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@Amoranemix
What is mythicist?
Just another data label we apply to a variable database.
So neurons fire and conditioned data is readily retrieved and applied.
And yet we are still no closer to an answer.
And so....Most religious hypotheses are largely embellished with nonsense.
Therefore I am awarded a badge.
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@949havoc
"The press" is a profit driven industry.
Why would one expect it to be free and fair.
Politics is also a profit driven industry.
So ditto.
You are the client and you make a choice, and you part with your cash accordingly.
Though sometimes your favourite brand isn't always in stock.
Which is a bummer, but it shouldn't stop you from getting up in the mornings and doing pretty much the same as you usually do.
And Captain Kirk finally made it.
It's life Jim.
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@Tradesecret
I also agree with you and Elijah.
#78.....What some ridiculous" baloney.
All meaningless ritual-speak.
OK...So it fires your conditioned neurons
As it fires my conditioned neurons
Such is meaning.
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@949havoc
Trouble is.
You make some good points.
But it often descends into abusive chaos.
Your conditioned political bias and intolerance dictates that:
Democrat always bad, even though they might actually sometimes get things right.
Republican always good, even though they might actually sometimes get things wrong.
If the Orange Man had said goosestep, would you have goosestepped?
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@secularmerlin
Conductors wave their arms about a lot.
But does anyone pay much attention.
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@BigPimpDaddy
If Tung Twista is currently your favourite rapper.
The why would we want to convince you otherwise.
I personally, do not enjoy rap.
To old.....So I was never conditioned to enjoy rap.
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@949havoc
I also do not eat cornflakes.
As they do not occur to me.
And brain chemistry is everything
Inextricably a part the universe.
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@EtrnlVw
Quite simply.
And despite what you might choose to believe.
No one can actually receive insight from spiritual beings or human souls.
End of story as far as I am concerned.
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@Polytheist-Witch
Hate......A powerful emotion.
And often referred to, glibly.
Once again.....If you are referring to me.
I love you Poly.....In so much as love is a glib word, used glibly.
Debate isn't about pats on the back.....Debate is generally about discussing conflicting ideas.
Disbelief Poly.....Nothing so intense as hatred.
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@Polytheist-Witch
If you're referring to me.
I never argue about the specifics of theism.
I just like to point out the general illogic that is popular theism....Inherited folk tales that some people place so much importance on.
As far as the tale goes.....The character Jesus was supposedly crucified by the Romans at the behest of the Jews, for the crime of heresy.
Nothing at all to do with mine or your sins......Just Middle Eastern, factional infighting.....Nothing new there.
Correct me if I'm wrong....But I think that the sin thing was made up later by a bloke named Paul.
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@sadolite
@Dr.Franklin
Two pearls of wisdom there.
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@secularmerlin
I agree.
Would therefore suggest that it's normal behaviour.
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@Tradesecret
So what I conclude from the above statement is:
You haven't actually got a clue.
I have heard all sorts of stories
Me too.
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@949havoc
Jesus died for our sins
What does shit like that even mean?
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It's out there to be baited.
And one could have put money on who would have been the first baitee past the post.
Poly...Evens Favourite.
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@secularmerlin
So when was that?
Certainly wasn't just a few hundred years ago, in the land mass now known as the U.S.A.
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@secularmerlin
Judging past events by todays standards.
Is easy peasy.
How do you think that you would have behaved back in the day aboard the Santa Maria?
Humanity has moved on 500 years, or hadn't you realised?
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@949havoc
When you consider the logistics of the operation, the Brit Empire whilst it lasted, was a pretty amazing achievement.
I'm not sure that you can prefix the US's endeavours in Iraq and Afghanistan with the word amazing.
And let's not even go to Vietnam or Korea.
Stand down.
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