Why do you think this happens? — Vera Mont

Is it confined to a related group of cultures or is it world-wide?

Do you do this yourself - follow the procession on screen, or leave flowers and messages at the site?

What do you think about the practice?

How do you feel about it?

How is this not property dualism? — Bob Ross

Are you, then, a necessitarian?

Since I seem to be misrepresenting you, let me just ask for clarification: are you claiming that these promises are moral facts because (1) they are mind-independent (as biologically embedded into us as organisms) and (2) also obligations? Is that the idea? — Bob Ross

So I am failing to see how I misrepresented you ... — Bob Ross

To suffer is also to desire help to reduce my suffering; but there are only other sufferers who can offer, and effectuate, (some) help. This desire, or need, for help, however, implicitly promises to help others to reduce their suffering. This promise is natally prior to reciprocity, contract, cooperation, etc; it's implicit, fundamental, and inheres in each of us being individual members of the same species with the same functional defects (re: physical & psychological homeostasis) which if neglected or harmed render an individual dysfunctioning or worse [...] — 180 Proof

I am misunderstanding what 'dual-aspect' means in your use of 'monism'. — Bob Ross

What is modal-ontological determinism?

It seems clear to me that Jesus has anticipated the self-defense/just-war question: What if someone attacks me? Do not resist evil ... I don't know how you can read Jesus's teachings as anything other than total pacifism. — RogueAI

'Spirit' comes from the Latin word 'to breathe.' What we breathe is air, which is certainly matter, however thin. Despite usage to the contrary, there is no necessary implication in the word 'spiritual' that we are talking of anything other than matter (including the matter of which the brain is made), or anything outside the realm of science. On occasion, I will feel free to use the word. Science is not only compatible with spirituality; it is a profound source of spirituality. When we recognize our place in an immensity of light-years and in the passage of ages, when we grasp the intricacy, beauty, and subtlety of life, then that soaring feeling, that sense of elation and humility combined, is surely spiritual. So are our emotions in the presence of great art or music or literature, or of acts of exemplary selfless courage such as those of Mohandas Gandhi or Martin Luther King, Jr. The notion that science and spirituality are somehow mutually exclusive does a disservice to both. — Carl Sagan and Ann Druyan, The Demon-Haunted World: Science as a Candle in the Dark

By ‘panpsychism’, are you referring to idealism? If so, then I think Spinoza can very easily be interpreted as an idealist. — Bob Ross

I would like to hear more about your irreductivist approach to explanation.

... could you elaborate on your theory of explanation here?

My point is trying to examine whether self-organizing systems, accountable for self-organizing complexity, possess purpose. Are they instead automatons? — ucarr

Abortion is always wrong. It's not complicated. — NotAristotle

Do environmental forces such as temperature, gravitation and radiation impact "events?" — ucarr

Macro, not micro
— 180 Proof

But macro objects are combinations of micro objects, are they not? — universeness

If you believe that the macro universe is deterministic but the micro or sub-atomic universe is not, then is it size or the complexity of combinatorials or both, that makes all future events in the macroscopic universe, deterministic?

Am I misinterpreting your meaning, again?

A promise is not an ‘is that entails an ought’, for it is the obligation to fulfill one’s promises that furnishes one with a valid deductive argument for any obligation contained in the promise itself — Bob Ross

Here's the problems I have with personhood arguments: [ ... ] — Bob Ross

A seed is not a tree. A sapling is a potential tree. A pre-26th week old unviable fetus is not a person. A viable fetus aka "baby" is a potential person. — 180 Proof

What do you make of the following [...] — ucarr

I had assumed you were an atheist, through and through, — universeness

... well, perhaps pandeism is pretty close to atheism, as such a divinity would be ...

A woo-free speculation much more consistent with the observed universe of natural science — 180 Proof

... which paraphrases Epicurus' observation about death: when we are, "God" is not; when "God" is, we are not. — 180 Proof

If I understand this list correctly, you are positing an eternal cycle, via your numbering of events, yes? — universeness

Does event 1, 'not deity' just mean the deity is no longer involved?

Does event 1 'Deity becomes' suggest a 'before' when deity did not exist?

Does this list mean that you accept that a first cause with intent is likely or 'at your most speculative?'

Do you think the universe is fully deterministic, ...

My vague and distant impression is that

he didn't drain the swamp,

he didn't build the wall or make 'them' pay for it,

didn't lock her up,

didn't de-rust the rustbelt, transform the economy, or bring back the good old days.

Above all, he didn't make America great again, but made it a place where drinking disinfectant is suggested as an anti-viral, and religious fundamentalism is encouraged. — unenlightened

It may be that our role on this planet is not to worship God - but to create him. — Arthur C. Clarke

Quando paramucho
mi amore de felice carathon
Mundo paparazzi
mi amore cicce verdi parasol
Questo abrigado
tantamucho que canite carousel

In my understanding: before 24-26 weeks of gestation, a human foetus lacks intact thalamocortical circutry and therefore isn't sentient (i.e. feels pain as an independent organism with the potential for learning to anticipate pain in other organisms (empathy)) – not a person, so excising it is a lumpectomy, not homicide ... — 180 Proof

This is you positing ... — ucarr

This is you claiming ... AND also claiming ...

What is… — Mikie

Being

Awareness

Consciousness

Thinking

Time

Sensation

Perception

Mind

Body

Good

Happiness

Justice

Truth

Reading Like a Writer: A Guide for People Who Love Books and for Those Who Want to Write Them
- Francine Prose

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reading_Like_a_Writer — Amity

Kindle, but I so much prefer physical books, I hardly ever use it. — Vera Mont

... cosmic sentience ... — ucarr