My last two comments were meant to be funny... You get more votes for witty posts!

Hey, I'm not complaining. In fact I am still laughing about them.

You are. Any day you could become a bed-ridden person. ALS, a stroke, a car accident - who knows man, who knows. You can't control it.

None of that makes me weak, it just makes me human. You are going in circles with that.

If He proved that He exists, then you would have no free will, for you would be forced to believe.

So it doesn't reveal itself so that I will think I have free will, but because it exists and is hidden I don't have freewill? Or does my freewill expire when it reveals itself to me?

The whole point is that there should be enough light for those who want to believe and enough darkness for those who don't - that was Pascal's point.

But is Pascal's point correct? Does what he say actually apply to everyone?


And God can provide this infinite hope, for "nothing is impossible for God"

And there it is, man's need for HOPE. God willing everything will work out well, if it is not willing then it is god's fault.

A fool has to constantly live with the contradiction: friend AND foe to all. How does the poor guy make sense of his relationships?

Just ask any genius how they deal with the same problem. Most would say that they do the same as any fool would and stay away from people that don't like them.

What should a fool think when he meets someone? Friend/Foe?

Everyone has this problem.

Right, but what does this have to do with your weakness?

Who says I am weak?

You're weak, you don't want to be weak, therefore your only real hope is God - no other hope can even be conceived.

If my only hope is a god that refuses to even prove it exists, then I am more stupid than weak.
LUCKILY, I am not weak enough to need it. If I ever do need it, it will because my mind is too weak to fight off the stupidity and by then I won't even care.

But if he doesn't need to blame anyone, then he doesn't need God, so it seems that you're now contradicting what you first said.

I don't need to blame anyone for the problems in life, unless I know that someone actually caused them.
So I don't need a god, no contradiction at all.

In many cases that's absolutely true. I have no clue how some situations quickly and out of nowhere turned from hopeless to my favour. What am I supposed to say? It was due to me? I know it wasn't...

The wings of a butterfly.

Thank you. You created another paradox but you didn't solve the fool's predicament.

So now we have identical twin paradoxes. :P

I actually don't think either are paradoxes, just descriptions of interesting situations.

Why does he need to blame someone in the first place

He does not NEED to, but most people blame their screw ups on someone or something.
Bad luck, god's displeasure with them, allah's will, Murphy' law all get the blame.

They also seem quite willing to let them take the credit for the things that happen in their lives.
I was lucky, god has been good to me, it was allah's will.

This is paradoxical. A fool suits both as a friend and as an enemy.

How do you solve this paradox?

A fool might let you die because he doesn't realize that you are drowning until it is too late, so it would be better to have a smart person as a friend.

A smart person as an enemy would be a challenge, but you would never underestimate him as you might a fool.

A smart person suits both as a friend and as an enemy.
How do you solve this paradox?

That is why even the most powerful man is fundamentally weak - he doesn't control when he will lose his power. Thus relying on his power for his happiness is futile in the final analysis.

Because he has no control he needs someone to blame for everything. That is what he NEEDS god for, a scapegoat.

You're definitely one of the top 10 moderators!

There are only 4.

Morbid, but funny!

This is even weirder!

Or you could put it to the test with a poll. Then you could make me eat my Last Words.

But would anyone vote for your last words?

I was a student, so it was he that I learned my best "cheap tricks" from

Oh come on lady please, you are going to get me a bad reputation. >:)

Cheap tricks to get in the last word, shame on you all. X-)

And who says anyone would actually vote against my post being the last, either back up your words with concrete evidence or withdraw your claims.

THE END

Actually I think it would be sort of like real Banno and English Banno walking to the center of the earth from opposite directions. They would meet each other and each would raise his right hand in greeting.

I only find it troubling that you refer to your murdered child as an it.

I think that giving kids numbers is even weirder, especially when you reach that high a number.

I think we should add a rule to this game - you win if no one posts something meaningful after you within 24 hours.

It would be hard to find anything meaningful on this thread.

ee @Sir2u? We all win again! I'm beginning to think that's the point of this thread - so we can all feel like winners... X-)

Actually I think someone started the thread as a survey to find out how much free time we have to waste on philosophy forums.

Both, probably at the same time. X-)

I think everyone will be doing the same, on and on for all eternity.

This thread is illogical.

Or we all lose. :’(

Pleasure/happiness. — litewave

That's 2 words.

Missus

I just like asking why. :)

Just keep on going south until you get to Guatemala then turn left. Try using your thumb to get a lift (Y)

There still plenty in the refrigerator. X-)

Where is this Heaven you speak of Sir? — ArguingWAristotleTiff

Fix my house, any helpers will get free room and board, all the beer they can drink and be allowed to take a siesta after lunch. X-)

Check out the volunteering web-page My_Little_Heaven.com for details on how to get here.(Just kidding)

You have the coordinates Tiff, chug along over and visit.

Remembering old friends.

Oh and I did get the last word 8-) — ArguingWAristotleTiff

Nope, I just had to answer your question. :D

Not been around for a while, going to try and catch up a bit next week during our mid year vacation. Two weeks with no screaming kids, sounds like heaven.

I enjoy telling parents what they are doing wrong. It's usually so obvious, even the dog is appalled.

I stick to telling them what their kids are doing wrong and let them figure it out from there.

Nonsensical baby talk isn't as nonsensical as some of the nonsensical adult talk here.

Aye Aye Aye, I wonder who you mean.X-)

At least baby talk serves a useful developmental purpose.

For tiny babies yes but talking to them normally has exactly the same effect so I don't see the value of it. It is positively damaging once the child starts to imitate others speech.

If someone handed you a 9 week old puppy I bet you'd be emitting baby talk in 2 seconds.

No I would not, and I don't care how cute he is either

Why don't you give him some finger paint, then he could enjoy actual tactile sensations as well as a computer screen.

Hell no. I leave that shit to his mother. She is a preschool teacher and she is used to cleaning up the mess.

Have him play with it on the sidewalk; when he's done, just hose the kid and the sidewalk off.

Where I live there are no sidewalks, only dirt roads. They say that it will be paved within the next five years, but they have been saying that for the last ten.

Something else.
I teach at a bilingual school and at the secondary level the kids biggest problem is expressing themselves in social settings because they spend most of their time studying subject specific words.

↪Sir2u
Like... what topics would you suggest for the average toddle <2 years old?

Good question. Just what would a two year old be able to understand?
I have a nephew of that age that is a little slow starting to talk. When he comes over he has found out that I will lend him my computer to play on if I am not working. While all he really wants to do is paint, he will usually sit still for a few seconds while something is explained to him.

So I guess the topics should be things that will be useful to him /her as they interact with their surroundings.
Nonsense baby talk is definitely off the list of topics.

I usually refuse to give advise to future parents, most of the time they wont follow it any way.

And as each child is different I have no knowledge that could be applied universally accept to remind them that the kids will be the future of humanity so they should try not to fuck them up too badly.

You teach an infant to talk by talking to them and listening to them

Worth while topics are also important.

Not "Do undo others before they undo you"?

Yes Banno, that probably is better suited to the times in which we find ourselves living.

#1 Do unto others as you would have them do unto you.
unless they disagree with your ideas
then shoot them.

Are wisdom and knowledge equivalents?

"Check down the drain."

I ASKED ABOUT A CLOWN SMILIE!!!!!!!!
Not a smiley clown. :s