The Philosophy Now Forum

No. It's their lack of evidence for Atheism that's the problem. But why do you se that as a problem? I agree, they can no more present evidence for "there is no god or gods" than you can for "there is GOD". It is simply not the sort of question that can be settled by examination...

But here you are trying to convince OTHERS of that. How? What evidence do you propose to present? I present to you the evidence God has presented to you. I present to you creation. I present to you your moral instincts. I present to you your innate awareness of God. I present to you the findings of...

In fact, there are some religions...say, Santeria, Tibetan traditional Buddhism, occultism of various kinds, paganism, some gnostic cults and so forth, where delusional, reality-detached and immoral states are actually celebrated and welcomed as part of the "religious" practices. What's n...

I think at least some of the confusion here is understanding the history of the rise of the "nation state". We now live in a world dominated by nation states but it wasn't always so. The medieval "states" had a great deal less of unified/centralized rule. That's why I am saying f...

"The King of Ruthenia (Latin: Rex Rutheniae) or King of the Ruthenians (Latin: Rex Ruthenorum), also known as the King of Rus' or King of Russia "[/i] I no longer have the desire to explain obvious things to you. THERE WAS NO RUSSIA YET. There was the term Rus', where the Slavs lived, lik...

Rumi I know. He was a Persian, not an Arab. He was primarily a poet. He was not a Shiite or a Sunni, as most Muslims are, but rather a Sufi. Rumi was an AFGHAN. He wrote his poetry in Perisan, not unusual. A number of other Afghan poets do, to this day. He was a Sunni << Sufis can be either Sunni o...

By the way, Poland, along with the Nazis, invaded Czechoslovakia before Germany invaded Poland. And before that, the West surrendered Czechoslovakia to the Nazis, taking the Sudetenland from it to the Nazis. Stalin proposed a territorial exchange with Finland, offering twice the territory he had re...

It's early days yet. This story has a loooong way to go, if you understand separatism at all. It's pretty durable in Quebec. We'll have to see how long it lasts in Alberta. Yes, but comparison of the separation movement in Quebec is very different form that in Alberta. Q is for historical/cultural ...

Catholics are the only ones who do "hail Marys," of course. And I suggest that not even they would say that what you suggest is true. Catholicism can be quite rigorous in its demands for penance...perhaps not enough, but pretty rigorous, sometimes. Uh, slightly different versions perhaps,...

IC, defend your presumed claim "Considering the entire history of the last 14 centuries, a Jew should consider Christianity more tolerant than Islam." "Presumed claim"? It's your claim, not one I made. Still, it's true for sure. No, it IS your claim since you consider Christiani...

I am a person who is neither a Christian nor a Muslim. Well, you should learn about Islam. Because for sure, they have plans for you. IC, defend your presumed claim "Considering the entire history of the last 14 centuries, a Jew should consider Christianity more tolerant than Islam." Or t...

Yeah, that's a shocking claim, isn't it? He'd be saying he doesn't know anything about Islam, its history, its commands or its present activities. If he did, he'd have tons of reasons to prefer almost any religion to it. IC, are you saying you know nothing of the history of Christianity with regard...

Confusion about random inputs versus random outcomes. If we place a small rock on a level board and subject it to random disturbances the movement of the rock will be random. If we place a small rock on a slanted board and subject it to random disturbances the movement of the rock will not be random...

State socialism regimes not experiments with that. Yeah, they are. There's no reason for ignoring the evidence, except that they all disprove that Socialism ever works. Nordic countries Not Socialist. Denmark, for example, puts far less restrictions on private capital acquisition than the US does. ...

It's both true by definition and true by empirical observation. Take your pick. There is no BOTH here. Once you have made true by definition there is no longer an observation to be made. YOU cannot observe a democratic socialist entity because as soon as you observe "the entity is democratic&q...