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I'll simply ask you the question again: what's your evidence that you have a moral duty , not just a feeling? My evidence is in the life I have lived and the person I have been consistently. You can't have a clue about these things, so I guess you're not meant to know. I don't need to insist on a r...

Walker wrote: ↑Thu Jun 04, 2026 9:15 pm I think the emerging question for this thread is ...

Are there women who would be okay with a man being raped by a gorilla?

If such a punishment fits their crime.

Lacewing wrote: ↑Thu Jun 04, 2026 4:21 pm

Immanuel Can wrote: ↑Thu Jun 04, 2026 4:31 pm

Lacewing wrote: ↑Thu Jun 04, 2026 4:21 pm Prove that you're not delusional and full of crap.

It has nothing to do with me.

I knew you couldn't do it.

Immanuel Can wrote: ↑Thu Jun 04, 2026 4:31 pmNo, what you knew was that is was irrelevant.

It's absolutely relevant to know such a thing when considering anything you say. It's too bad you can't prove it.

Walker wrote: ↑Thu Jun 04, 2026 1:41 pm It's remarkable that you don't factor in the significance of politics upon the world of humans.

Your obsessive tangle of nonsensical political spew is not worth factoring into much of anything.

Walker wrote: ↑Thu Jun 04, 2026 1:49 pm Men carry guns to shoot apes that rape.
That signals their level of ... Okay.

So do women.

What do children do?

Well, that's just you. But it's not rational, it's just a feeling. And you could ignore it, or the feeling could disappear when you find something you want. Prove that it's not just a feeling. Prove it's a moral duty. Prove that you're not delusional and full of crap. It has nothing to do with me. ...

Any duty. To anybody . Show that he has one. For me, I feel that I have a 'duty' to myself, and the people in my life, and the larger cosmic web, because I feel it's all connected... and being my best is my contribution to that . That's my expression of gratitude and love. Not doing so would be a d...

Does an Atheist have a duty to be moral? Duty to himself? Duty to his family... his community... humankind? Depends on the person. Any duty. To anybody . Show that he has one. For me, I feel that I have a 'duty' to myself, and the people in my life, and the larger cosmic web, because I feel it's al...

Immanuel Can wrote: ↑Thu Jun 04, 2026 2:58 am Does an Atheist have a duty to be moral?

Duty to himself? Duty to his family... his community... humankind? Depends on the person.

Even if all the Theists were evil, it wouldn't imply that Atheists couldn't do whatever they wish. ANYBODY can do whatever they wish... and many do... for better or for worse... REGARDLESS of theism or atheism. That's not the question: the question is whether there is anything that should cause a s...

Even if all the Theists were evil, it wouldn't imply that Atheists couldn't do whatever they wish. ANYBODY can do whatever they wish... and many do... for better or for worse... REGARDLESS of theism or atheism. Human beings have inherent qualities. You can claim that they have no reason to be good ...

What if everyone reading the thread has found the McCain ape rape joke and formed an opinion, except you? This thread has nothing to do with McCain or his jokes. I don't like most politicians, regardless of party affiliation, and I don't understand your unbalanced and dishonest fixation with them. ...

Are you saying that a society couldn't decide on rational rules to govern the behavior of its members for the benefit of all if there is no God? No. But I am saying there's no reason for me to feel bound by those rules, so long as I think I can get away with something. .../... And people aren't goi...

McCain told an infamous joke about ape rape. I don't care. The associations you make are stupid and inapplicable. I guess that's your technique for avoiding real issues. Like the way you keep talking about Biden in the past instead of acknowledging the idiocy and destructiveness of the current pres...

a man is okay with being raped. If a supermodel showed up on my doorstep... I'm not talking about supermodels raping people... I'm talking about big hairy apes raping men. Would men care more about the horrors of rape if that was happening to them? Personally, I think anyone who rapes should be cas...