I agree with meleagar that not all men have free will Thats very easily proven actually. People sell their souls for money, fame, or whatever else, after that they dont have any free will at all. Most people in this world have free will.... part time Whenever there is no need for those who govern th...

(quote not shown) This quote seems to sum up the main point of your post. Do you think it impossible to have law without theology (like good without evil)? Or do you just think that the two are always inextricably intertwined, in practice (like peas 'n' carrots)? So far there has never been "la...

(quote not shown) Ok let me focus on this. It should be clear enough that for me, a Christian, the 10 Commandments of my God have been incorporated into the human law that applies to me, as a matter a fact they are the cornerstone of the law. (Thou shall not kill, steel, etc, etc.) Now if i look at ...

Why do we live ?? This question is not answerable. The right question should be "why do i live?" There is not any particular need to share a cause of "living" is there? So if there is no common cause then the question in plural is pointless. We dont share fate so we cant pinpoint...

(quote not shown) Well, honesty is applied on money transactions right? (among other things) It's keeping your word once you give it. This sometimes requires sacrifices, selflesness, and other qualities also. It is difficult to do. An honest person does not lie but he/she has also more superior valu...

Meleagar wrote:Wonder:
I agree that evil energies can manifest as personalized entities as I've experienced a few. It seems their intent is to dissuade people from their good purpose by arranging events that confuse, embitter, and otherwise move them in the other direction.

I am really glad somebody understands what I am talking about in this subject of evil.
You know, I must have read more than 300 different bios of Christian saints. And the phenomena described there are beyond the knowledge of most people.
Which is very unfortunate

(quote not shown) I agree with you in a way. Not in the essential sense of your conclusion but because of the implications that are caused by it. I don't think that we may conclude with certainty that a person who does not believe in the after life is neccesarily evil. However this belief would poss...

reflected_light wrote:Is there a difference between honesty and truthfulness Wonder?
Where did you find this list anyway?

Yes, there certainly is a difference

Wikipedia encyclopedia
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Virtue

Belinda wrote:Cannibalism would solve two problems at one stroke. There would be fewer mouths to feed, and the few who consumed the others would be well fed.

..... man does not live by bread alone

Very good, excellent !!

I am still laughing

(quote not shown) It's not an angry tone, just a hypothetical situation. After all you are trying to dismiss the concept of evil all togeter as if it doesn't exist. Thats too naive in my opinion. Let me ask you another way, hypothetically again: You shoot me in the head, beacause i wronged you terri...

Some examples of virtues include: * benevolence * candor * caring * charity * cleanliness * compassion * cooperativeness * courage * creativity * equanimity * fairness * faithfulness, fidelity * forgiveness * fortitude * friendliness * generosity * gentleness * goodness * honesty * honor * hopefulne...

(quote not shown) Well, in filosophy a priori knowledge is true to everybody. For example certain theorems may start with an axiom, which does not need to be proven beacause it is a kind of universal truth, and it is accepted as such. In the personal level however, as much as the self is concerned, ...

(quote not shown) So if I shoot you in the head and you instantly die of cource, I do no evil because perhaps I thought you were somebody else !! No evil is done to you, eventhough you are deprived of your life. And the observers don't know the real reason so they can't charge me with murder !! (the...

It could be the second
A priori means that there is no proof required for it.

Socrates asked whether or not "knowledge" can be taught, not moral virtue.