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Morality is obvious, socially it's only ever about how you should respect others, and treat them as their own individuality requires. We live in a give and take world, and that should only ever be realized in a mutually exclusive manor, like minds and all, you know. Privately anything goes that the ...

A much more nuanced and informative video than the title suggests. A pity, since it is bound to alienate precisely the people who most need to watch. But then, as the video explains, through no fault of their own, they are unlikely to listen anyway. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j9MubNsh3rs It's ...

Idiotic expectation. The atheist would not be basing much of anything directly on his/her atheism. Right. So Atheism does not offer anybody any moral guidance, right? Essentially, it's an amoral worldview, one without moral information of any kind in it. Anyone that requires guidance is a mental mi...

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That's silly. He follows the law and the constitution quite carefully, but not to destroy the country like a programmed robot, the Dem way. Ignoring the law and the constitution results in open borders and abused citizens ... Bad Democrats. Bad. https://img.patriotpost.us/01KSR085KS3G62YJH9YFB9K8KK...

... Well, hello there! That post by me was quite a while ago. Still applies! :lol: (As has been widely acknowledged...) Much of the Trump fanaticism appears to hinge on some kind of identity cult, and such cultists seem committed to doubling-down to ever more insane degrees. As long as they never a...

The common sense understanding of truth is the correspondence theory of truth. From now on referred to as CTT. If the CTT is true,what does it refer to? Another CTT? Depending on your perspective that is a tautology or an infinite regress. So what is truth? PS;The CTT is the theory that a propositi...

I am moving this to start another topic, because it is a a topic all to its own among radical environmentalists. Should we attempt to restore damage we have done, do we even know enough how to do that properly, or should it be left to Nature to restore what can be restored bu natural processes. Lea...

Are rhino population allowed to decline more? Are rhino populations already below the 50% allowance and people have to rebuild them in some unclear way? When are they at the exact 50% level? I am moving this to start another topic, because it is a a topic all to its own among radical environmentali...

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If there is a God, then the question arises, what would/does God want me to do? Christianity says, "love one another". Islam says, "submit to God". Judaism says, "God chooses me". But none of these things is something I want, or else something that seems realistic. I t...

The common sense understanding of truth is the correspondence theory of truth. From now on referred to as CTT. If the CTT is true,what does it refer to? Another CTT? Depending on your perspective that is a tautology or an infinite regress. So what is truth? PS;The CTT is the theory that a propositi...

The fundamental equation for sustainabiity is usually shown as: Total ecological production = per capita standard of living (consumption) times number of persons (population) But are we humans really entitled to the entire eological production of the planet? None left for the rest of Nature? So I p...

English is isomorphic with Reality : English is the language of the Universe We are told mathematics is the language of the universe The terms "recursive" and "emergent" have become pervasive in contemporary physics and philosophy, marking a significant expansion of the conceptu...

Idiotic expectation. The atheist would not be basing much of anything directly on his/her atheism. Right. So Atheism does not offer anybody any moral guidance, right? Essentially, it's an amoral worldview, one without moral information of any kind in it. Well first of all I wasn't saying/agreeing a...