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    Thread: A Non-Religious Case Against Abortion
Post: RE: A Non-Religious Case Against Abortion
The only actual reason for the current christofascist policy on abortion was that taking up the catholic issue was part of the price they paid to slow their demographic irrelevance. So it's a rock an...
 Rhythmcs Philosophy and Ethics 816 18,599 9 hours ago
    Thread: A Non-Religious Case Against Abortion
Post: RE: A Non-Religious Case Against Abortion
In the direct aftermath of the civil war, white supremacists who also happened to be gynecologists believed that they had to push black women from the marketplace in order to realize the level of earn...
 Rhythmcs Philosophy and Ethics 816 18,599 05-12-2024, 02:13 PM
    Thread: The probability of the existence of the Christian God
Post: RE: The probability of the existence of the Christ...
(05-12-2024, 09:58 AM)neutral Wrote: (05-10-2024, 08:23 PM)Rhythmcs Wrote: If 96.4% of x produces 3k billionaires, why would you expect 3.6% of x to produce more...? $1,500 dollars of cocaine ...
 Rhythmcs Atheism & Theism 212 5,329 05-12-2024, 01:27 PM
    Thread: A Non-Religious Case Against Abortion
Post: RE: A Non-Religious Case Against Abortion
But nothing wrong with strapping whores to gurneys, ofc. Or creating panty sniffing police squads to determine who done did the whore thing. Or charging the evil murderess and throwing her away for ...
 Rhythmcs Philosophy and Ethics 816 18,599 05-11-2024, 02:07 PM
    Thread: Question No. 2
Post: RE: Question No. 2
(05-08-2024, 06:03 AM)Cavebear Wrote: (05-08-2024, 01:16 AM)brewerb Wrote: I believe I read that archeology indicates that early religious remains and human burials appeared approximately around t...
 Rhythmcs Atheism & Theism 21 252 05-11-2024, 01:21 AM
    Thread: Sometimes I crave belief in God (which one?) and to be part of a local church..
Post: RE: Sometimes I crave belief in God (which one?) a...
So do most christian churches, lol.
 Rhythmcs Atheism & Theism 30 346 05-10-2024, 11:14 PM
    Thread: A Non-Religious Case Against Abortion
Post: RE: A Non-Religious Case Against Abortion
(05-10-2024, 03:45 PM)SteveII Wrote: (05-09-2024, 11:32 PM)mordant Wrote: It's frequently forgotten these days, but the notion that life begins at conception was famously critiqued as "the doctrin...
 Rhythmcs Philosophy and Ethics 816 18,599 05-10-2024, 11:10 PM
    Thread: The probability of the existence of the Christian God
Post: RE: The probability of the existence of the Christ...
So much for the global laundromat. Anywho, your math continues to be off in a simple way. The estimated value of organized crime is only 3.6% of world gdp. 96.4%>3.6%. If 96.4% of x produces 3k...
 Rhythmcs Atheism & Theism 212 5,329 05-10-2024, 08:23 PM
    Thread: Sometimes I crave belief in God (which one?) and to be part of a local church..
Post: RE: Sometimes I crave belief in God (which one?) a...
If what you're looking for is a church, but atheist, then you might be out of luck. Atheism isn't the kind of statement that lends itself to community building. It's not a claim about how the world ...
 Rhythmcs Atheism & Theism 30 346 05-09-2024, 08:59 PM
    Thread: Sometimes I crave belief in God (which one?) and to be part of a local church..
Post: RE: Sometimes I crave belief in God (which one?) a...
That zappa quote is a time capsule.  Cults have made huge progress in the real estate market since, lol.   Hard to miss something that refuses to go away.  Personally, though, I think it would be ea...
 Rhythmcs Atheism & Theism 30 346 05-09-2024, 05:05 PM
    Thread: Trump Trials
Post: RE: Trump Trials
Aileen Cannon has indefinitely postponed her portion of trumps trials, surprising no one.
 Rhythmcs World News, Politics and Current Events 51 819 05-08-2024, 01:59 PM
    Thread: A Non-Religious Case Against Abortion
Post: RE: A Non-Religious Case Against Abortion
Her eyes they shone like diamonds, I thought her the queen of the land, and her hair it hung o'er her shoulder, tied up with a black velvet band.
 Rhythmcs Philosophy and Ethics 816 18,599 05-08-2024, 01:34 PM
    Thread: The probability of the existence of the Christian God
Post: RE: The probability of the existence of the Christ...
Why should there be thousands of billionaires from drugs when there are only 3k billionaires from the other much larger chunks of global wealth? Anywho, I think you got sooo close by the end. The g...
 Rhythmcs Atheism & Theism 212 5,329 05-08-2024, 01:22 PM
    Thread: The Intrinsic Honesty of Atheism
Post: RE: The Intrinsic Honesty of Atheism
The upper end of addict resistance sets a baseline for possible impotency in the gp. Something to think about, when we think about painkillers.
 Rhythmcs Atheism & Theism 131 2,447 05-08-2024, 06:17 AM
    Thread: Question No. 1
Post: RE: Question No. 1
It's just a question of how many wild animals we're willing to put up with in the gated community.
 Rhythmcs Atheism & Theism 17 263 05-08-2024, 06:12 AM
    Thread: What Prohibits God From Being Natural?
Post: RE: What Prohibits God From Being Natural?
"It's supernatural!" https://twitter.com/RonFilipkowski/statu...1277982755
 Rhythmcs Atheism & Theism 147 2,617 05-08-2024, 03:16 AM
    Thread: The trump chronicles (topical thread)
Post: RE: The trump chronicles (topical thread)
(05-08-2024, 12:51 AM)airportkid Wrote: Trump has lately promised to arrest Biden and his family among his highest priorities if put into the Oval Office. This the same Trump who continues to deman...
 Rhythmcs World News, Politics and Current Events 16,647 412,188 05-08-2024, 01:45 AM
    Thread: A Non-Religious Case Against Abortion
Post: RE: A Non-Religious Case Against Abortion
Anyone looking to him to end systemic abuse in the church, apparently.
 Rhythmcs Philosophy and Ethics 816 18,599 05-08-2024, 01:21 AM
    Thread: What Prohibits God From Being Natural?
Post: RE: What Prohibits God From Being Natural?
(05-06-2024, 08:34 PM)SteveII Wrote: So now we can understand the distinction between the natural and supernatural. Natural is the matter, energy and the laws governing them within the universe--as ...
 Rhythmcs Atheism & Theism 147 2,617 05-06-2024, 11:53 PM
    Thread: Question No. 1
Post: RE: Question No. 1
If there were a god of lost car keys that would be convenient - for better and for worse. Depending on whose keys said god found and what date they needed to make.... I think it would be far better ...
 Rhythmcs Atheism & Theism 17 263 05-06-2024, 05:50 PM
    Thread: my "philosophy" as a humanist
Post: RE: my "philosophy" as a humanist
(05-05-2024, 05:35 PM)SYZ Wrote: The classic rock and a hard place.      :PHumanism strikes again.   In old magic book god is effable and contractual - as steve so helpfully demonstrates with his s...
 Rhythmcs Philosophy and Ethics 140 2,472 05-06-2024, 04:47 PM
    Thread: my "philosophy" as a humanist
Post: RE: my "philosophy" as a humanist
Sure. The italian renaissance followed up on the work of medieval monks who had turned to pre-christian classical antiquity as an ad hoc justification of their beliefs. This same catholic church w...
 Rhythmcs Philosophy and Ethics 140 2,472 05-04-2024, 11:20 AM
    Thread: my "philosophy" as a humanist
Post: RE: my "philosophy" as a humanist
...all because someone decided to mount a doomed objection, that they don't even believe in, to an ethical philosophy that they very likely do. Reminds me of some moocher you've evicted wandering aro...
 Rhythmcs Philosophy and Ethics 140 2,472 05-03-2024, 09:45 PM
    Thread: my "philosophy" as a humanist
Post: RE: my "philosophy" as a humanist
(05-01-2024, 12:17 PM)SteveII Wrote: Exactly! Empirical does not mean detectable. The atheist talking points usually say to demand empirical evidence. That is the wrong standard. The universe, all t...
 Rhythmcs Philosophy and Ethics 140 2,472 05-01-2024, 05:00 PM
    Thread: The probability of the existence of the Christian God
Post: RE: The probability of the existence of the Christ...
Screening future ministers at the age of 3-5? Pass. Frankly, when you said "knowledge society" nothing about those two terms either alone or in conjunction would have immediately lead to me thinking...
 Rhythmcs Atheism & Theism 212 5,329 05-01-2024, 10:17 AM