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Thread: The Intrinsic Honesty of Atheism
Post: RE: The Intrinsic Honesty of Atheism
| (04-22-2024, 01:43 AM)Huggy Bear Wrote: (04-21-2024, 08:36 PM)1Sam15 Wrote: What are “atheist beliefs”?
Let's not play games, y'all make claims all the time with zero evidence, you're in the same ... |
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Alan V |
Atheism & Theism
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04-22-2024, 10:43 AM |
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Thread: The trump chronicles (topical thread)
Post: RE: The trump chronicles (topical thread)
| (03-30-2024, 02:52 PM)brewerb Wrote: I think some people are just in it for the hate.
And that's true almost anywhere. |
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Alan V |
World News, Politics and Current Events
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03-30-2024, 11:08 PM |
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Thread: Random thoughts - Mk II
Post: RE: Random thoughts - Mk II
| We people:
:hobo: :hobo: :hobo: |
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Alan V |
Off-topic
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03-30-2024, 11:04 PM |
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Thread: God Doesn't Exist
Post: RE: God Doesn't Exist
| (03-30-2024, 05:18 PM)pattylt Wrote: My journey began with gods silence and finally was complete when I listened to some PhD talking about information storage and how it requires a physical media to... |
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Alan V |
Atheism & Theism
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03-30-2024, 06:21 PM |
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Thread: God Doesn't Exist
Post: RE: God Doesn't Exist
| (03-30-2024, 12:04 PM)SteveII Wrote: The existence of an immaterial God with consciousness is what's in question. You presuppose a naturalistic worldview that denies the existence of God. The argume... |
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Alan V |
Atheism & Theism
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03-30-2024, 05:15 PM |
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Thread: God Doesn't Exist
Post: RE: God Doesn't Exist
| (03-30-2024, 01:34 PM)Dānu Wrote: (03-30-2024, 08:06 AM)Alan V Wrote: I disagree. I was making an argument from evidence.
Philosophers may speculate otherwise, but I'm not a philosopher.
Then yo... |
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Alan V |
Atheism & Theism
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03-30-2024, 05:03 PM |
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Thread: God Doesn't Exist
Post: RE: God Doesn't Exist
| (03-29-2024, 07:06 PM)Dānu Wrote: (03-29-2024, 06:50 PM)Alan V Wrote: Consciousness requires a material substrate. So far scientists have not shown that such a substrate can be anything other tha... |
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Alan V |
Atheism & Theism
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03-30-2024, 08:06 AM |
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Thread: I LOVE HIM!!!!!!
Post: RE: I LOVE HIM!!!!!!
| This is the way I feel most of the time: :hobo: |
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Alan V |
Off-topic
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03-29-2024, 06:52 PM |
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Thread: God Doesn't Exist
Post: RE: God Doesn't Exist
| (03-29-2024, 05:20 PM)Dānu Wrote: Brain dependent doesn't mean solely brain dependent, and even if it did, the argument would still be a non sequitur.
Consciousness requires a material substrate. S... |
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Alan V |
Atheism & Theism
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03-29-2024, 06:50 PM |
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Thread: God Doesn't Exist
Post: RE: God Doesn't Exist
| (03-29-2024, 06:08 PM)Paleophyte Wrote: Strictly speaking, what's been demonstrated is that the manifestation of consciousness in the physical world is dependent on the brain. No big shock there, ph... |
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Alan V |
Atheism & Theism
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03-29-2024, 06:44 PM |
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Thread: God Doesn't Exist
Post: God Doesn't Exist
| This is my favorite argument for why God doesn't exist:
Science has shown that consciousness is brain-dependent. All sorts of studies and observations support this: dementia, brain injuries, localiz... |
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Alan V |
Atheism & Theism
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03-29-2024, 12:10 PM |
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Thread: What are you doing right now?
Post: RE: What are you doing right now?
| (03-27-2024, 01:25 PM)brewerb Wrote: (03-27-2024, 01:02 PM)Alan V Wrote: Have you read The Children of Hurin, with Alan Lee's illustrations? That's the extended version of the story from The Silm... |
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Alan V |
Getting to Know You
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03-27-2024, 02:12 PM |
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Thread: What are you doing right now?
Post: RE: What are you doing right now?
| (03-27-2024, 12:21 PM)brewerb Wrote: (03-27-2024, 11:25 AM)Alan V Wrote: I just finished reading The Silmarillion for the fourth time. It's uniquely weird and interesting, but difficult to follow... |
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Alan V |
Getting to Know You
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03-27-2024, 01:02 PM |
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Thread: What are you doing right now?
Post: RE: What are you doing right now?
| I finally slept on my side again this morning, after two weeks had passed since I cracked a rib falling on our stairs.
I just finished reading The Silmarillion for the fourth time. It's uniquely wei... |
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Alan V |
Getting to Know You
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03-27-2024, 11:25 AM |
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Thread: My philosophy of good, bad, and emotions (rewritten)
Post: RE: My philosophy of good, bad, and emotions (rewr...
| (03-26-2024, 03:10 PM)Mindwave Wrote: Honestly, I don't know if any other philosophy will ever work for me because a life of emotional pleasure has always been the only life that works for me. So, I... |
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Alan V |
Philosophy and Ethics
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03-26-2024, 11:36 PM |
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Thread: Word association thread
Post: RE: Word association thread
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Alan V |
Gaming
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03-26-2024, 11:22 PM |
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Thread: God can Ground Objective Morality
Post: RE: God can Ground Objective Morality
| (03-26-2024, 08:01 AM)Cavebear Wrote: I'm not really good at all the "subjectivities vs objectivisms". I know the difference, but the arguments don't fit my discussion style.
But I liked "You just... |
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Alan V |
Philosophy and Ethics
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03-26-2024, 09:14 AM |
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Thread: God can Ground Objective Morality
Post: RE: God can Ground Objective Morality
| Even if God existed and offered humanity an objective morality, humans themselves would always distort it by their own subjectivities, including in any reporting of it in so-called inspired holy books... |
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Alan V |
Philosophy and Ethics
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03-26-2024, 02:42 AM |
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Thread: God can Ground Objective Morality
Post: RE: God can Ground Objective Morality
| (03-25-2024, 02:27 PM)SteveII Wrote: There is nothing logically prior to the existence of God. This is core to very concept of God.
The problem is that the universe doesn't necessarily follow rules ... |
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Alan V |
Philosophy and Ethics
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03-25-2024, 06:05 PM |
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Thread: My philosophy of good, bad, and emotions (rewritten)
Post: RE: My philosophy of good, bad, and emotions (rewr...
| (03-23-2024, 10:12 PM)Mindwave Wrote: I never said it had to be an emotional experience that changes my philosophy.
This is what you wrote which I interpreted as you saying exactly that:
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Alan V |
Philosophy and Ethics
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03-23-2024, 11:17 PM |
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Thread: My philosophy of good, bad, and emotions (rewritten)
Post: RE: My philosophy of good, bad, and emotions (rewr...
| (03-23-2024, 06:15 PM)Mindwave Wrote: I think anyone who has a different philosophy than mine is delusional, even if his/her philosophy is based upon his/her personal experience and supportive argum... |
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Alan V |
Philosophy and Ethics
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03-23-2024, 09:12 PM |
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Thread: The trump chronicles (topical thread)
Post: RE: The trump chronicles (topical thread)
| (03-23-2024, 05:33 PM)Thumpalumpacus Wrote: (03-23-2024, 08:14 AM)Alan V Wrote: Many Republicans in the House want to assure that Congress does NOT work, so voters will choose a strongman for pres... |
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Alan V |
World News, Politics and Current Events
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03-23-2024, 08:50 PM |
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Thread: God can Ground Objective Morality
Post: RE: God can Ground Objective Morality
| (03-23-2024, 02:42 AM)epronovost Wrote: If "Objective morality" is based on unchanging, inherent principles that are not dependent on personal opinions or preferences, said unchanging principles are... |
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Alan V |
Philosophy and Ethics
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03-23-2024, 08:28 AM |
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Thread: The trump chronicles (topical thread)
Post: RE: The trump chronicles (topical thread)
| (03-23-2024, 05:07 AM)Thumpalumpacus Wrote: I just want the Congress to work. This do-nothing bullshit is not why they get the big bucks.
Many Republicans in the House want to assure that Congress d... |
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Alan V |
World News, Politics and Current Events
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03-23-2024, 08:14 AM |
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Thread: God can Ground Objective Morality
Post: RE: God can Ground Objective Morality
| (03-22-2024, 08:03 PM)SteveII Wrote: The traditional conception of God underscores the stability and immutability (does not change) of divine nature in general and maximal goodness specifically--it'... |
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Alan V |
Philosophy and Ethics
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