Hey, EricH, now you and I are BOTH Nazis! If you're not too busy tomorrow, shall we invade Poland? — Herg
That's like a burglar telling me it's not about theft.↪Herg
It's not about insults. — Gregory
An atheist who believes there are such things as souls is a new one on me.Your abortion stance is contrary to what your soul tells you.
Your first statement does not provide any grounds for accepting your second statement. Was it supposed to? If not, what is the first statement doing there? Do you understand how to construct a logical argument?Babies have heart beats and brain waves by the tenth week. They are alive and sentient at conception. — Gregory
Your first statement does not provide any grounds for accepting your second statement. — Herg
Find me a scientist who agrees with this statement.Brains are not necessary for sentience. — Gregory
No, you're right I don't understand anything about philosophy, I only have an honours degree in it from one of the world's best universities.Most people don't really understand anything about philosophy, apparently you included (after all, you asked for "proof" for the soul lol, gee) — Gregory
I'm afraid that if you post an opinion in any philosophy forum, particularly if it's as contentious as some of your opinions, people are not going to just let you have the last word and go away. They will argue with you, and it will take up your time. That's how it works. If you don't like it, don't post here.Again, I don't like this forum to take up much of my time because I read philosophy mostly for myself and spend much of my time doing that — Gregory
I read Kant to Hegel, who were obviously atheists who COULD feel their souls and knew morality well. — Gregory
Except for Kant, these authors are not central to current Western philosophy. You need to read more in the English and American tradition. I suggest you dip into the online Stanford Encyclopedia (https://plato.stanford.edu/), which is free and contains excellent articles summarising the status of current debates on a huge variety of philosophical subjects. Just search using a keyword and find what interests you.As for flux and substance, there is Heidegger, Sartre, Hegel, and most phenomenology — Gregory
I'm not cold-blooded. Since in my view a pre-sentient foetus is no more deserving of consideration than a pot plant, it is no more cold-blooded for me to say I'd be willing to kill a foetus than for me to say I'd be willing to kill a pot plant.The only people I called Nazis was, firstly, you because you did not hesitate to say "I'd be perfectly willing to kill a pre-sentient foetus". That's very cold blooded — Gregory
I think it is YOUR philosophy that makes things worse, by denying a woman the right to abort a pre-sentient foetus if having a baby is not in her best interests.and the type of of philosophy your into makes the situation worse.
Letting fertilized eggs die outside the womb is not killing them. — Gregory
If there is some way to save the embryos we must do it instead of taking away what we give to it for it to live — Gregory
This is selective punishment. Any punishment for the abortionist must apply equally to the woman. Take this example: you and I agree to murder someone. I grab the person from behind and seize their hands so they cannot defend themselves - and then you stick the knife into their heart. Even tho I did not perform the final act of killing, I am equally responsible for the murder.and have capital punishment for the doctor (and him alone) for illegal abortions — Gregory
As for frozen embryos, you just don't make ones you plan to kill and if you have too many you let some die. — Gregory
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