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You also seem obsessed with parroting "fake news".

News is sometimes fake news is sometimes fake news.

Because some humans have always needed to worship a GOD.

And the Bible was written by humans, and not by a GOD.

Therefore the Bible records the wants of humans and not the wants of their proposed GOD.

I would suggest that SPACE is infinitely possible, but not infinitely necessary.

Nonetheless.

I was pondering our discussion yesterday, whilst walking my dog.

And I quickly came to the conclusion that the balloon analogy was flawed.

And raisin bread is good....... But of course, we add the raisins at the beginning.

Good reply.

And therein lies the dilemma that is consciousness with intellect.

Yep. The expanding balloon analogy is easy for me to visualise.

So another question based upon that analogy:

If the Universe is expanding in that way, do we at some point have a universal horizon.

One would suggest that nationally backed currencies, will eventually become cryptocurrencies or a part of a cryptocurrency system, and are already a significant way towards being so.

One would therefore assume that control of currency will  inevitably become decentralized, because of the nature of the controlling system.

I would further suggest that social evolution is always in a transitional state....And that technological evolution it transitioning rapidly.

Things seemed to have changed before we have had a chance to come to terms with them. (Getting old)

Interestingly.

Perhaps you could answer my ignorance based question.

One would assume that cause makes expansion directional.

So why, if the universe is expanding at a constant rate (63 0r 73 or whatever), do distant objects moving at the same rate, move apart.

One would assume that to move apart, things must move at different rates.

I can only think that for expansion theory to be correct all distant objects must move away from each other in different directions. 

Is this correct.

The Teleological argument and others like it, have a built in problem.

What designs the designers.

And what designs the designers designers etc etc.

The something from nothing conundrum cannot be ignored.

GOD principle and material evolution are sound and compatible hypotheses, but both fail to explain the beginning bit.

Designer floating about for all eternity.....And then decides to design something from nothing......Methinks not.

The former University President.

Let's hope that they were squeaky clean then.

And the old statue was replaced so quickly, that the new one must have been waiting in the wings somewhere.

How's that for clever marketing.

Incite a riot (easily done in Bristol) and then say hey I just happen to have a lovely statue that will fit there a treat.

Progressives hey.

Nothing progressive about mob violence and vandalism.

Well.

Selective morality means picking and choosing what life is or isn't a significant enough life to warrant your concern.... Which you might refer to as your "foundation".

I'm not criticising, as we are all the same....Ultimately the survival of one life depends upon the death of another.

Your "foundation" is simply your acquired and established database, from which you will select what you consider to be appropriate morality.

So the death of an embryonic bundle might be considered to be unjustifiable.....Listen to the news report and then make a song and dance about it.

Yet the death of an Afghan child might be regarded as being justifiable collateral damage.....Listen to the news report and then worry about the weather forecast.

Refined sugar is a useful product...... Though educate people not to consume it by the bagful. (Eat loads of sugary shit food)

And unprocessed red meat is as healthy as any protein substitute, but just don't eat a whole cow for lunch every day.

An unbalanced diet of processed food, which will undoubtedly contain sugar and meat derivatives, is the killer.

And of course sitting on ones backside all day avoiding movement as much as possible, isn't going to help either.

And cars will inevitably kill from time to time.....That's just a fact of cars.

And I'm not sure that 55 will make a great deal of difference. 

And I'm not desperate to save anyone.

I know that my wife and daughters eat healthily and exercise regularly, but their fate will be their fate..... And because of the fact of cars, they or I may well meet our fate at 55 or less.

And all others need to look out for themselves.

Though that does not mean to say, that I wouldn't shout WATCH OUT THERE'S A CAR COMING!

But I won't be shouting GET OF YOUR FAT BACKSIDE YOU LAZY BASTARD! anytime soon.

I couldn't give a fuck about the rock.

I was merely pointing out the absurdity of the human mind.

Just rename the rock. Call it Letisha or something.

Or paint it White....NO! Racist

Or paint it Black....NO! Racist

Paint it Orange......NO! That's Fruitist

Fuck me it's hard being Liberal.

So what's the new monument then?

Over here in Bristol, they knocked down a racist statue and replaced it with a racist statue.....D'oh.

You've got to start somewhere I suppose.

Exactly my point.

People think.

And the rock does absolutely  fuck all.

Excuse the language, but it just emphasises the point perfectly.

There are  perhaps two levels of control.

We do not necessarily do because we think.

For example:   

Why do we allow ourselves to develop cancer?

Being unvaccinated does not necessarily mean you will certainly die.

Firstly one needs to contract the virus.

Then one might or might not die as a result of contracting COVID.

Should one unfortunately contract COVID, a vaccine should increase ones chances of survival, especially if one is older and/or have a weakened immune system.

But you know all this.

You argument is unexpectedly illogical for some reason.

100% of people who have not contracted COVID, simply have not contracted COVID......In this instance, it doesn't matter if one is vaccinated or not

I'm still assuming that Trypanophobia is the reason for your  illogic.

Everyone in a Democratic Republic, should be both Republican and Democratic.

And some people will inevitably rape children....Though I would suggest that this is not a politically motivated decision.

Boulders do not carry racial connotations.

Racial connotations are carried inside heads.

See boulder....Internally connote....Skin tone completely irrelevant.

Same old dumb, hypocritically racist, bullshit.

It was the rock what did it....D'oh.

People discriminate all the time....Making judgements relative to programming.

Perceive, think, decide, discriminate.

Though we might decide to adapt output if we feel constrained by social pressure.

We do not always say what we initially think.

Sometimes secondary consideration is appropriate.

7.9 billion and counting.

Abortion is not a problem.

Exactly.

Pro choice.

Selectively moral.

Like us all.

Is that a compound word?

Should U.S soldiers be charged with murder too.

Seeing as you are advocating perfect morality.

Or are you selectively moral just like all the other hypocrites?

Are you selectively moral?

Most pro-lifers are.

Do you sit as uneasily with US drones remotely killing whosoever might be in the way, as you do with the thought of killing a cute cuddly wuddly baby.

Not that embryos and foetuses are necessarily cute and cuddly wuddly... 

Pro-choicers on the whole, do not advocate the killing of babies.

Killing babies is a typical pro-lifers plea to the emotions.......Generally backed up with religious baloney.

In my opinion, the responsibility for the fertilized egg rests with the mother, and certainly not with a load of pious do-gooders, and certainly not with a make believe god.

Good and Bad.

Therein lies a philosophical argument.

And "misspoke" is such a brilliant word.

Within the current context, so very appropriate.

I understand what you are saying.

Though I would draw a distinction between overthink and positive thought. 

I was referring to the negativity of overthink....Not seeing the wood for the trees as it were.

Sound advice from Reece101. 

Expectations or over expectations are driven by marketeers, who constantly try and sell us the unachievable.... It's there in our faces, day in and day out.

Freudian slip methinks.

Birth, life, death.

It's a pretty straightforward reality.

The life bit is about 95% repetition.

But the trouble is we have a tendency to overthink.

Though you can find contentment in the unlikeliest of places.

And career is a buzz word....That basically, just means working for financial reward.

And any career can be just as boring as any other.....Repetition.

You makes your label and you stick it on.

Though in the end, I don't expect that it will make much difference.

But hey!......Here's to hoping .

HaHa.

The plausible alternative is that the tale is pure fantasy.

Somewhat sums up the whole stupid contradiction.

He was probably hiding in a cupboard or behind a curtain Stephen.

Would make a great comedy sketch, with J jumping out, shouting hallelujah and doing the jazz hands thing.

Probably by drinking too many spirits.

Procreation V Acquired social convention.

Such is the evolution of our species I suppose.

As profound as you want it to be.

As clear as mud.

What's new?

And so what two cleanly divisible categories are you alluding to.

Marriage is a contractual agreement, ultimately only  applicable when said marriage breaks down, or for financial considerations such as taxation and assets.

Family is a construct, and marriage certainly isn't an absolute requirement thereof. 

Raising children and sustaining a long term partnership is absolutely not guaranteed by marriage...This can only be guaranteed by the sensibilities of responsible individuals.

Marriage is a ritual..... These days somewhat loosely maintained by religion and cultural inheritance.

Everything that can supposedly be achieved by marriage, can be achieved without marriage. 

Death alleviates some of the burden that the Earth endures.

Some might argue that there's not enough of it about....... Death not burden

And "tragedy" is overthink. 

What is marriage anyway.

It's an unnecessary relationship contract, embellished with a load of frippery and as big a party as can be afforded.

And then back to the same old daily routine of eating, working, sleeping and a bit of recreational how's your father. 

Until divorce or death do us part.

Concepts are philosophical.

And a god's omniscience is an assumption.

One can also refer to freewill philosophically, in contexts other than established religions.

A reasonably liberal society allows us more freedom to choose, but social programming is inevitably the basis of our choices.

Religion is just a greater or lesser part of social programming.

In my opinion Adam and Eve were just an analogy, in an ancient and naive text.

We will have to disagree on this one.

As I stated previously, all new vaccines are experimental.

So what is the experimental vaccine that you referred to....#14

And I chose:

1. Heart Disease....So, mandatory  health advice and education, and mandatory food standards within the  food processing industry.

And I'm pretty confident that Governments will not mandate confinement, treadmills and salads.

People readily criticise government and yet readily expect Nanny State to pic up the pieces when the shit of self abuse hits the proverbial fan.

It's always a no win situation for Governments.

Consider the process Doc.

How random can random  be?

Ultimately a random choice is an internal choice, subject to internal data analysis.

More like a snap decision perhaps?

Good question.

And currently I cannot offer an  answer.

Let's see what others have to say.