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February 24th, 2013, 6:17 pm
I don't have much time so I won't take the time to quote you, but a couple of things. 1) You mention that the moon and earth are in relationship with one another and each has their own gravitational pull. 2) I would suggest you view subjectivity and objectivity the same way. 3) In that the subject q...
January 30th, 2013, 9:48 pm
According to dictionary.com:Autism 1. Psychiatry. a pervasive developmental disorder of children, characterized by impaired communication, excessive rigidity, and emotional detachment: now considered one of the autism spectrum disorders. 2. a tendency to view life in terms of one's own needs and des...
January 18th, 2013, 4:17 pm
I asked a Bible-Prof about this once; according to him the Hebrew(the original old-testement lanuguage) the word is actually closer to 'murder' then the all-encompassing 'killing' it is normally translated. Which leaves room for acts of self-defense in my mind.
March 29th, 2012, 10:29 pm
(quote not shown) A game can be won or lost depending on how one play's his pawns, saying a pawn has free-will or at least apparent free-will; then it would be necessary to allow the projector to know you are on his side by teaching yourself to lose gracefully.....and allow your 'capture' to be base...
March 25th, 2012, 4:19 pm
Mort wrote:Can you prove your existence? When this question was first put to me I was momentarily disarmed. That is, my first reply was sure, There are the immediately apparent. Such as, I'm aware that I'm breathing. I can observe the world around me. I can feel. etc... but that doesn't Prove that I exist. I thought this might be a good question for my first post, and a way I may introduce myself.
Mort
1) I think therefore I am {exist}
2) I doubt therefore I think
3) I doubt therefore I exist!
March 25th, 2012, 4:08 pm
philoreaderguy wrote:What makes an action immoral? How do we know if a certain choice, action, or behavior is immoral?
1) Immoral = When their is malicious intent and another is caused harm, immorality results.
March 11th, 2012, 5:09 pm
Love-of-wisdom said, 'Chopping Rabbit , ...Hum, I tend to consider free will as a conditional potentiality to attain relative objective understanding, which is independent from predetermined available choices. As choice is caused by the exercise of will, thus free will and choice are two sides on th...
March 11th, 2012, 4:48 pm
(quote not shown) As in democracy so as with life. Free-will constitutes the power of all to decide for themselves. We can't always choose the consequence, but we can choose nonetheless. 'Do not go silently into that dark night' ,we always have a choice in 'how' we will respond to any given circumst...
March 9th, 2012, 2:13 pm
Hey Prof, Thanks, I've been to other forums and the tone(s) all seem to be the same one-up-manship where feelings get hurt. I've been the receiver and honestly the giver of such tone(s), and want to publicly apologize here to anyone I may have offended. Some just aren't ready for win/win especially ...
March 9th, 2012, 1:54 pm
Here's how I see it: 1) Life is a chessgame, and we are just beginners. 2) Fate, Destiny, God, etc. is the chessmaster that can see 600 moves ahead. 3) We can only choose to make the 'best' move fate has for us. 4) If we choose a lesser-move, a greater consequence results. 5) Not all consequences ar...
March 9th, 2012, 1:34 pm
Hi Misty,
Thanks for your honesty, I believe free-will to mean the capacity to actively say 'no' to requests that would otherwise guilt you into saying 'yes'.
Thanks for your honesty, I believe free-will to mean the capacity to actively say 'no' to requests that would otherwise guilt you into saying 'yes'.
March 6th, 2012, 9:53 pm
-- Updated March 6th, 2012, 9:09 pm to add the following -- (quote not shown) I disagree with this parenthetical thought, Certainty according to Ayn Rand/Peikoff is, ‘represents an assessment of the evidence for a conclusion; it is usually contrasted with two other broad types of assessment: “possib...
February 28th, 2012, 4:42 am
Fhbradley wrote:I am not a Theist. However, as of late, I have been finding the arguments for God's existence more and more compelling. Here is one:
1) Either God's existence is necessary or impossible.
2) God's existence is not impossible.
3) Therefore, God's existence is necessary.
I'm sure one would right away claim the first premise is a false dichotomy, but it isn't. Essentially, if God existed, he could not exist contingently, he would have to exist necessarily (that is, exist in all possible worlds). It would be a part of his nature, just as if abstract objects existed, they would also exist necessarily. If one would then want to argue God's existence is impossible to avoid the conclusion, they would have to show that the idea of God is contradictory, or at least incoherent.
A) I'm agnostic myself
B) I believe this is a false-dichotomy-fallacy
C) [necessary] & [impossible] aren't opposites
better would be:
a) God's necessity is an abstraction
b) God's possiblity is necessary
c) Therefore God's possiblilty is an abstraction
February 28th, 2012, 4:30 am
Floyd wrote:If there is a God, why is there evil? Why do bad things happen to good people? Why is there so much needless suffering in the world, from natural disasters and such? Why would a loving God do this?
Would love be necessary if pain was absent from this world?
February 28th, 2012, 4:21 am
Hello everyone, I've posted about five posts before visiting here, my apologies for not following protocol. Appreciate your patience while I figure this out. Could anyone help me with the quote button, I guess we're not supposed to post web-sites as beginners. though I feel bad for not listing 'x' a...
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