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Thread: A Non-Religious Case Against Abortion
Post: RE: A Non-Religious Case Against Abortion
| It just struck me that SteveII (and doubtless most other forced-birthers) always refer to the fetus as "innocent", so that abortion in their eyes amounts to killing an "innocent" being. They almost n... |
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Philosophy and Ethics
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05-09-2024, 09:10 PM |
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Thread: The trump chronicles (topical thread)
Post: RE: The trump chronicles (topical thread)
| 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 demand the Supreme Court grant absolute immunit... |
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World News, Politics and Current Events
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05-08-2024, 12:51 AM |
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Thread: The Intrinsic Honesty of Atheism
Post: RE: The Intrinsic Honesty of Atheism
| One of the unexpected barriers to becoming atheist for believers such as SteveII who widely evangelize and publicize their reasons for believing is that as their above average intellect subtly but rel... |
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05-06-2024, 07:40 PM |
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Thread: Question No. 2
Post: Question No. 2
| Would life be more or less enjoyable with neither gods nor belief in them to affect mood?
Those of us who abandoned belief because the belief had oppressive effects find life more enjoyable than prev... |
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airportkid |
Atheism & Theism
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05-06-2024, 10:31 AM |
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Thread: Question No. 1
Post: Question No. 1
| Would the world be a more or less dangerous place without gods?
You have to be careful with the answer here because there's belief gods exist even if they don't actually exist, and the belief alone i... |
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05-06-2024, 10:23 AM |
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Thread: The Intrinsic Honesty of Atheism
Post: RE: The Intrinsic Honesty of Atheism
| So it comes to this. The intrinsic honesty of atheism leads to the unveiled truth of colonoscopy. Is there any wonder youngsters the world over give philosophy a pass and head for the beach with the... |
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05-06-2024, 05:49 AM |
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Thread: The trump chronicles (topical thread)
Post: RE: The trump chronicles (topical thread)
| (04-21-2024, 07:09 PM)airportkid Wrote: It just struck me that Trump should be charged with reckless endangerment, not just violating a gag order. That is, after all, the point of the gag orders, t... |
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World News, Politics and Current Events
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05-03-2024, 02:51 AM |
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Thread: The trump chronicles (topical thread)
Post: RE: The trump chronicles (topical thread)
| Something else that just struck me that I haven't heard addressed in the press is that Trump's concern was about articles appearing in the National Enquirer, not Newsweek, or Time, or journals with ac... |
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airportkid |
World News, Politics and Current Events
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04-30-2024, 07:53 PM |
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Thread: The trump chronicles (topical thread)
Post: RE: The trump chronicles (topical thread)
| Here's an intractable problem - getting voters who don't look at news to see the actual Trump. Those who see the actual Trump reject him by 49 points.
How do you put a window into the walls of peopl... |
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airportkid |
World News, Politics and Current Events
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04-30-2024, 04:58 PM |
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Thread: my "philosophy" as a humanist
Post: RE: my "philosophy" as a humanist
| (04-29-2024, 08:15 PM)mordant Wrote: ... Ultimately he has no new arguments ...
That's the crux. He thinks changing an adjective from "quickly" to "expeditiously" makes a new argument. The supply ... |
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airportkid |
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04-29-2024, 08:29 PM |
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Thread: Trump Trials
Post: RE: Trump Trials
| (04-29-2024, 06:25 PM)Charladele Wrote: Why the heck not?
Trump's popularity and wealth create an irresolvable dilemma: imposing a sanction harsh enough to actually affect him would have to be much... |
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airportkid |
World News, Politics and Current Events
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04-29-2024, 08:20 PM |
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Thread: The Intrinsic Honesty of Atheism
Post: RE: The Intrinsic Honesty of Atheism
| (04-28-2024, 06:27 PM)Huggy Bear Wrote: ... continuing to dismiss peer reviewed articles ...
You seem to think sheer peer review fully validates a published study. It doesn't, not by itself.
The s... |
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airportkid |
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04-28-2024, 07:05 PM |
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Thread: Taking the Last Step
Post: Taking the Last Step
| What follows is TL;DR, 1700 words. That's just how it emerged. It sets forth what kept me from becoming atheist for some time. It omits all of what made me skeptical of religion; that's been rehash... |
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04-28-2024, 01:27 PM |
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Thread: The Intrinsic Honesty of Atheism
Post: RE: The Intrinsic Honesty of Atheism
| (04-27-2024, 11:44 PM)Dānu Wrote: If you don't know how then you don't know that.
Doubtful. Knowing that too much sun exposure causes burns is a connection understood for millenia without knowing h... |
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04-28-2024, 12:46 AM |
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Thread: Boeing CEO Dennis Muilenburg ousted after a disastrous year
Post: RE: Boeing CEO Dennis Muilenburg ousted after a di...
| (04-27-2024, 08:55 PM)Minimalist Wrote: I put the phrase < Boeing engire fire > into Google and got 16.7 million hits in a quarter of a second. I would really have to think hard about getting ... |
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airportkid |
World News, Politics and Current Events
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04-27-2024, 10:40 PM |
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Thread: The Intrinsic Honesty of Atheism
Post: RE: The Intrinsic Honesty of Atheism
| (04-27-2024, 02:54 AM)Thumpalumpacus Wrote: "Have you ever noticed how everyone who drives faster than you is a maniac, and everyone who drives slower than you is an asshole?" -- George Carlin
No on... |
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04-27-2024, 03:03 AM |
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Thread: The Intrinsic Honesty of Atheism
Post: RE: The Intrinsic Honesty of Atheism
| (04-27-2024, 01:50 AM)epronovost Wrote: If I smash your head with a rock and you lose a large stretch of your memory, a significant amount of coordination and the capacity to regulate your emotions.... |
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04-27-2024, 02:52 AM |
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Thread: Food!!! What are you eating today??!
Post: RE: Food!!! What are you eating today??!
| (04-24-2024, 10:28 PM)pattylt Wrote: ... with smashed potatoes ...
I've always found smashed potatoes more flavorful than mashed, likely because the smashed potato bits have to be picked off the flo... |
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Eats and Treats
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04-25-2024, 12:54 AM |
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Thread: Trump Trials
Post: RE: Trump Trials
| (04-24-2024, 11:55 PM)Minimalist Wrote: ... maybe he's dead?
You really shouldn't tease us like that. |
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World News, Politics and Current Events
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04-25-2024, 12:43 AM |
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Thread: Trump Trials
Post: RE: Trump Trials
| Trump is In A Cage He Can't Escape Out Of
Probably for the first time in his life. After nearly 8 decades of always getting away with his crimes this new debacle doesn't just irritate him it bewilde... |
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04-24-2024, 06:18 PM |
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Thread: Political Memes
Post: RE: Political Memes
| (04-23-2024, 10:55 PM)Minimalist Wrote: [Image: https://uploads.disquscdn.com/images/516...=800&h=392]
Oh, I think he'll make it - it's only about 7 - 8000 miles straight down underneath him. |
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World News, Politics and Current Events
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04-23-2024, 11:47 PM |
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Thread: Food!!! What are you eating today??!
Post: RE: Food!!! What are you eating today??!
| Tuna & salmon sushi with half the rice discarded (to keep the carbs down), a few breaded chicken tenders (so as to not be totally carb deprived), and a diet Orange Crush soda.
Later a bowl of ric... |
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04-23-2024, 11:00 PM |
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Thread: Australia's Broken Jurisprudence System...
Post: RE: Australia's Broken Jurisprudence System...
| (04-23-2024, 10:19 PM)pattylt Wrote: ... when a woman is evil, she can put men to shame ...
Probably because women are generally more bright than men, with superior planning capabilities, and plenty... |
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airportkid |
World News, Politics and Current Events
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04-23-2024, 10:50 PM |
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Thread: Australia's Broken Jurisprudence System...
Post: RE: Australia's Broken Jurisprudence System...
| (04-23-2024, 12:52 PM)SYZ Wrote: Thoughts?
There is no information in the OP about the circumstances, which could have been mitigating (abusive spouse, self defense), or aggravating (she's having an... |
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04-23-2024, 08:10 PM |
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Thread: The Intrinsic Honesty of Atheism
Post: RE: The Intrinsic Honesty of Atheism
| (04-23-2024, 06:22 PM)Minimalist Wrote: Delusional people do not think they are delusional. They think we are.
It is significant that virtually every believer believes it possible to believe incorr... |
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