This is an ad hom, you take a cheap shot rather than engage with the specific criticisms I made. — DingoJones
Mainly though she was banned just because her posts were shit. Whoops, I did it again. — Baden
You notice how you've subtly made the mind or self an object by asking this question - an 'it'. The mind, the self are not an object. There is no 'it' but then neither is it correct to say there is no mind or self. That's a very subtle point but crucial to get. — Wayfarer
Convincing arguments supporting theism are lacking, therefore atheism. — Pinprick
Do you know why I didnt call you out for claiming authority on philosophical value even though I could have used the same semantic strawmans you did? Intellectual honesty. — DingoJones
If the comments are insulting or snooty then that is perfectly in line with all the other threads and comments. This is the internet…people talk shit. — DingoJones
You excluded your opinion from consideration when you confessed to purposely acting like a jerk and fucking around. — DingoJones
Russia, if my memory serves me right, advocated for dismantling Germany but the other countries didn't want that and Versailles ended up in an unhappy compromise where Germany was left severely weakened, but not destroyed. — BitconnectCarlos
I give up trying to understand. — BitconnectCarlos
Even if this is true - and there's strong reason to believe that the Versailles treaty was overly harsh and unfair — BitconnectCarlos
If we apply logic to questions like these - we must ask ourselves if in the last 2000 years - everywhere jews have lived - they always slaughtered others around them? — Iris0
The language barrier helped disguise the lack of philosophical value I think — DingoJones
The politest thing I can say is... Fuck it, I give up. — Baden
Unfortunately, millions were "rescued" by being starved to death when Mao insisted on putting Marxist intellectuals with no experience or knowledge of agriculture in charge of the countryside. Same happened under Stalin and others. — Apollodorus
and has thus rescued
a considerable part of the population from the idiocy of rural life." — Apollodorus
One kind of property that minds have, that matter does not, is the subject of logic — Wayfarer
Take religion for instance. It's, however much one objects to it, been a source of solace, hope, even truths to boot. It's now losing ground to reason that promotes a more skeptical attitude — TheMadFool
Overpopulation in urban areas is going to be a big problem everywhere as everyone wants to live in megacities where the jobs and the nightlife are. — Apollodorus
Can a male be turned into a female? — Andrew4Handel
If you put North America and South America together, you get pretty close. It may not be a nice thought but what else do you suggest? — Apollodorus
but the point is. it seems to me, now i have be careful who i speak with. — skyblack
He does this rather regularly which is why I've started ignoring him. You should do the same. — Benkei
None of us are interested — Hanover
Mods note: is almost an exact duplicate of this thread — Wayfarer
SO you're studying necromancy; raising threads from the dead. — Banno
Or is it that theists need to believe folk are unthinkingly avoiding theism, because the alternative - that they are giving the issue of god due consideration and then rejecting it - is too unpalatable for them? — Banno
The "delusion" of Atheism is that it has found a plausible answer to the "hard" questions of "God, the Universe, and Everything". — Gnomon
I would normally consider myself an atheist, however recently I’ve wondered whether some sort of theistic claims are actually reasonable. — Franz Liszt
Yeah, not interested anymore. — Hanover
I am interested to really know... who is God - the logically refuted one by atheists — Iris0
I asked what you proposed, not for an exploration of satisfaction levels. — Hanover
I do not understand your suggestion — Iris0