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@skittlez09
No but yeah but!
Was he just or was he an asshole?
Or are you saying that he was a just asshole?
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@Mharman
What is a bad sports team or individual?
Better to take part, rather than sit about pontificating hey?
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@Vader
So:
What do you think that any of the above data output actually means in a presumably realistic context?
In other words, what are you on about?
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@ethang5
The general term is.
So why are Semite children lowlife?
Nope, no hate, only preferred entertainers perhaps.
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@Vader
Typically. All started by the U.S. and their Middle Eastern meddling's. (Ok, so the U.K's lick arse government has to stand shoulder to shoulder.)
And Turkey is overburdened with refugees, so as the problem is effectively the U.S's, wouldn't it be right and proper to set up refugee camps somewhere in the South Eastern U.S.
Not In My Back Yard, hey?
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@ethang5
LOL.
What is an actual deity?
Concepts are concepts and the ability to conceptualise should be defended. Freedom of thought and all that.
A fact of life is just that. Both hypothetical and assumed actuality are facts of life. They must be, otherwise we wouldn't have been discussing them for several days.
Nope, no one mentioned the sky.
"Rare characteristics". Et tu Brute.
Hey! Give me a burning fact then Ethang5. The best digging dodger on debateart.
And "StupZedpidity" needs a bit more work.
How about Zedipitydoodaa.
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@ethang5
Just for the record:
Semite is a general term for people who speak a Semitic language, which includes both Jews and Arabs.
And as I stated previously, in a separate thread perhaps. I have no political allegiances.
I regard politicians and political debate for their entertainment value.
So, Donny marches for life and the U.S drones another Semite. Isn't that a tad hypocritical.
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@Dr.Franklin
You're a person of few words.
But you will need a few more to substantiate your claim of 100% correctness.
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@ethang5
LOL.
Hypothesis is just that.
As is your god.
So neither I nor you can show a hypothetical god.
Therefore we have conclusively shown that a real god cannot be shown either..
Lets call it the Thangvictor Razor.
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@ethang5
Hey Orange Guy you march for life.
And rest easy.
We'll just drone a few more A-rabs.
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@Alec
It was the clever that made all the technology.
And the enjoyment argument could be regarded as a tad shallow.
Enjoyment often tends to be a short lived fix for boredom.
Pink Floyd...Money....Great song.
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@Dr.Franklin
Well it might be within a socio-conceptual context but you could say that about a lot of things and it's unlikely that anything is ever 100% correct.
Nonetheless, realistically sentimental bullshit.
Ok. So the interface between concept and realism is a tad blurry, in so much, as when is a concept not real?
I know.
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@Christen
How taxes should work is simple stuff.
Understanding the various ways of avoiding tax is what you need to get your head around.
Hence professional accountants.
Such is the case in the U.K.
I'm not sure if the U.S is the same.
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@ethang5
@Alec
And the dodgy Orange Guy will march if he thinks it's worth it.
And just like the Orange guy we're all selectively moral when push comes to shove.
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@Dr.Franklin
Sentimental bullshit though.
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@skittlez09
Stick a urinal on a plinth and call it fountain.
Was Marcel being serious or literally taking the piss?
Hey, but he convinced people that it had value. Which as you suggested, is what it's all about.
If you can convince the gullible it's art, then they will happily part with their money.
Money, that's what really makes society tick.
Fuck art.
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@ethang5
What is an actual deity?
Can you show me one?
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@Alec
If the cap fits as they say.
Nonetheless:
What's the point of having loads of excess stuff, including money, that you don't necessarily need or use. When there are fellow human beings that could make good use of your excesses?
Have a go at giving me a pragmatic answer to this question. Rather than just the same old us and them rhetoric.
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@Mopac
"People are and sin is or isn't depending upon how the individual has been conditioned and therefore predictably reacts.
And God fornicated with an unmarried women and people model themselves upon God's image or vice versa".....St Me the Fantastic.
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@Deb-8-a-bull
We have hot cross buns because a bloke named Jesus might have existed once upon a time a couple of thousand years ago.
Similarly, that's why we stuff ourselves senseless in December.
Religion hey!
It's all food and drink based really.
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@n8nrgmi
Perhaps a war on greed would be more pertinent.
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@ethang5
LOL.
Nope, the phrase fact of life (something that often happens and cannot be avoided), not facts of life.....Look it up.
Perhaps not a widely used phrase in the U.S.
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@ethang5
Read it again.....Politicians answer.
Try this one:
Is it possible to believe in a god and not bother about all the associated ritual. Not going to Church and saying prayers and singing hymns for example.
And honestly, I never attend church weddings, funerals or baptisms. It would be a tad hypocritical.
Unfortunately I didn't have any say in my own baptism. An odd affair, seeing has how my Dad was a devout atheist and my Mum was a rather lapsed Christian.....Such was tradition 60 years ago I suppose.
And I didn't vote for Boris or anyone else for that matter (another story).
I just enjoy Boris's and the Orange Guy's personalities.
They're both very entertaining. As is politics generally.
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@ethang5
You missed the point completely.
The sequence that I briefly explained is the process of transmitting ideas through language.
I was questioning where the responsibility lies for how received data is interpreted.
Is it the responsibility of the sender or of the receiver.
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@Alec
A. The current World population is approximately 7.6 billion.
B. It would mean that we would not breed billions of animals, rather than save billions of animals lives.
C. The planet will save itself..... What you are worried about is saving yourself and humankind.
D. "If we can force a huge amount of pain etc"...…..What has this got to do with veganism and who is doing the forcing?
E. A healthy diet is only one aspect of healthy living. Veganism is not a panacea for the sustainability of both the individual and humanity.
F. Meat has a quite bland taste. We tend to add the flavour with mostly vegetable derived substances and a substantial amount of salt of course.
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@Vader
With the greatest of respect, the final 22 words of your last post were a tad ridiculous.
Perhaps you could explain in greater detail, the rationale that supports these comments.
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@ethang5
@Vader
And such beautiful non-sense.
The juxtaposition of sound and sense.
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@ethang5
Obsessive derangement.
Nice one.
It's so easy to wind you up....Just mention the Orange Guy.
I love the Orange Guy.
He's far more entertaining than Boring Obama or Haughty Hilary.
That's why I love Boris the Buffoon too.
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Why the need for religious ritual and eulogy?...You went off at a tangent again and avoided the question again.
And yep I agree. Church weddings, funerals and baptisms....pointless ritual and eulogy.....So why?
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@ethang5
In short:
Data is formulated and then projected as sound waves, the sound is detected by an aural sensor, converted back into data and is interpreted as the receiver chooses.
So who is being stupid. Is it the sender or the receiver?
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@ethang5
Whether or not you are a grand master at chess could easily be proven.
And you're confusing the phrase "fact of life" with the word fact.
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@ethang5
So why is there a need for religious ritual and eulogy?
Now, if you weren't quite so irritable you would be on "board" and make a pertinent case for these practices.
Rather than just giving a somewhat abstract and mildly abusive response.
"I know Americans etc".....Do you think that the Orange Guy is one of these?
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@RationalMadman
Exactly.
As I said the God and Satan principles are interchangeable, but nonetheless opposed.
I was referring to the principles and not to the hypothetical deities and their mythical tests.
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@ethang5
Have you ever looked up the definition of the word belief?
You will probably find that it defines a lot more than you think it does....You work it out.
Second....All deities are at best hypothetical and that's a fact of life.
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@OntologicalSpider
@FLRW
Wouldn't it be better to say that the universe might be a simulation, therefore a universal creator might exist. Though that still doesn't account for the creator or it's ability to create.
Occam...….The simplest solution is most likely the right one..... So magic then?
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@RationalMadman.
Venus is Lucifer and Lucifer is Jesus, makes sense as a mythological representation.
The God and Satan principles maybe interchangeable, but are nonetheless opposed.
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@ethang5
As I continue to stress and as you would be aware if you paid attention to what others say.
I am very open minded about the god thing.
Deism is a reasonable hypothesis, although deism could mean 101 different things.
Theism and more so it's associated ritualism is the more non-sensical aspect of religious behaviour that I question the need for.
That which Mopac is fond of and that which you have started to display in your recent eulogising.
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@Mopac
Not at all. Though I think that the phrase organic fluff, is more appropriate.Is it so strange to refer to oneself as a grain of dust?
The Earth is but a grain of dust within the context of the universe.
A grain of dust with a very tenuous coating of organic fluff and water.
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@ethang5
What is an actual deity as opposed to a hypothetical one?
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@ethang5
"They" was Mopac.
I wasn't certain of their gender.
All this recent departure of yours into religious eulogising is hard to take seriously, it all seems very tongue in cheek and over the top.
"King Jesus accepts my rags and counts me a grain of dust" etc.
Seriously?
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@ebuc
Cube.
Space and dimension is cube and time is.
Event and duration are regarded within the cube, because that is seemingly possibly.
What we would like to know, is why?
Any rational, logical common sense answers?
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@Greyparrot
Nice.
I can't argue with that.
If fat dumb and happy = contentment.... then so be it.
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@Justify
Perhaps it would be better value to spend your money on a good therapist and a cheap hooker.I would like to visit a luxury escort agency because I divorced my wife and want to get rid of bad thoughts.
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@ethang5
Good morning America. (Thought perhaps it not morning in America)
Your opinion is always interesting, that's why I enjoy interacting with you.
And my opinion obviously did mean something, because you were keen to reply.
And if my attention is caught, it is. Value doesn't really come into it.
And If I'm directly challenged or questioned I will always respond out of courtesy. (The real purpose of DART I would suggest).
And your religious fervour gets more and more Mopacian. Do you intend to take over their mantle once they finally retreat into a monastic existence?
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@Greyparrot
Obesity is the problem of greedy, lazy people.
Are you trying to say that U.S. citizens are forced to sit on their backsides all day and stuff their faces with pizzas, burgers and fizzy drinks.
Not that this as anything much to do with State provision of healthcare. Other than the issue of a healthcare system that might be overburdened with greedy, lazy obese people.
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