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    Thread: Ethics: Divine Command Theory
Post: RE: Ethics: Divine Command Theory

(08-03-2021, 05:31 AM)vulcanlogician Wrote: Also, it's worth noting, either choice can only be "more rational" if you assume the invisible premise "we ought to strive toward the best state of affair...
Bucky Ball Verbal Duels 45 2,987 Yesterday, 06:53 PM
    Thread: The U.S. Presidential Election (topical thread)
Post: RE: The U.S. Presidential Election (topical thread...

DeSantis actually said yesterday he thinks he's going to destroy the "left" in this country. Truly delusional. In a way I hope he is nominated. He would lose SO big in the general election ... right ...
Bucky Ball World News, Politics and Current Events 7,626 262,858 Yesterday, 03:46 PM
    Thread: grey throughout
Post: RE: grey throughout

(Yesterday, 03:01 PM)c172 Wrote: (03-08-2023, 10:56 AM)carusmm Wrote: Haiku's done five-seven-five or otherwise. Cool. You do you. Is this a haiku? No, but "cool you do you is this a haiku" i...
Bucky Ball Atheism & Theism 15 411 Yesterday, 03:39 PM
    Thread: NDEs
Post: RE: NDEs

(05-30-2023, 03:17 PM)Dancefortwo Wrote: (05-29-2023, 08:10 PM)Kathryn E Wrote:  I would read Anita Moorjani's story Well, I read the wikipedia page on her and this caught my attention. Quote:  ...
Bucky Ball Atheism & Theism 72 703 05-30-2023, 09:55 PM
    Thread: NDEs
Post: RE: NDEs

(05-30-2023, 12:06 PM)Inkubus Wrote: (05-29-2023, 08:10 PM)Kathryn E Wrote: ...She died of cancer in a hospital and was formally pronounced dead by the doctors.  Afterwards, she was able to get th...
Bucky Ball Atheism & Theism 72 703 05-30-2023, 02:12 PM
    Thread: The dance around the debt limit
Post: RE: The dance around the debt limit

One of THE biggest lies the Republicans are spouting is all the bullshit about "work requirements". There are already "work requirements" for anyone who is deemed well enough to do that. The rules a...
Bucky Ball World News, Politics and Current Events 39 519 05-30-2023, 09:05 AM
    Thread: NDEs
Post: RE: NDEs

(05-29-2023, 10:56 PM)Dom Wrote: (05-29-2023, 10:36 PM)Kathryn E Wrote: Is that not what you're doing here on this forum as well? Quite the opposite, I come here to look at other people's thoughts...
Bucky Ball Atheism & Theism 72 703 05-30-2023, 08:35 AM
    Thread: NDEs
Post: RE: NDEs

(05-29-2023, 10:36 PM)Kathryn E Wrote: (05-29-2023, 09:47 PM)Dom Wrote: Looks like you went full tilt down a rabbit hole that would reaffirm what you perhaps perceived. Is that not what you're doi...
Bucky Ball Atheism & Theism 72 703 05-30-2023, 08:25 AM
    Thread: Finally opening up about abortion on this forum
Post: RE: Finally opening up about abortion on this foru...

(04-02-2022, 08:14 AM)SYZ Wrote: To consider... Noninvasive prenatal testing (NIPT) is a maternal blood test that can be performed from 10 weeks gestation. There are no risks to the baby from this...
Bucky Ball Philosophy and Ethics 549 57,365 05-29-2023, 07:11 PM
    Thread: Why The Bible is Such a Horrible Information Source
Post: RE: Why The Bible is Such a Horrible Information S...

(05-29-2023, 05:22 PM)Kathryn E Wrote: I think the Bible is pretty advanced when it comes to teachings of non-judgement.  Like, do you actually know what it is to refrain from judging others or thin...
Bucky Ball Atheism & Theism 19 221 05-29-2023, 06:50 PM
    Thread: NDEs
Post: RE: NDEs

Rats have NDE's. https://www.npr.org/transcripts/21132431...=211324819 The problem with this nonsense is that all people ever see or remember in them is music from their own cultures, ideas they al...
Bucky Ball Atheism & Theism 72 703 05-25-2023, 03:45 AM
    Thread: Emotions
Post: RE: Emotions

(05-19-2023, 09:50 PM)Dom Wrote: (05-19-2023, 09:32 PM)Bucky Ball Wrote: LMAO. Nothing addressed. Nothing responded to. Total emotional response. What a fucking fraud. I have presented up to a 9...
Bucky Ball Off-topic 59 610 05-19-2023, 10:28 PM
    Thread: Emotions
Post: RE: Emotions

(05-19-2023, 08:13 PM)Alan V Wrote: (05-19-2023, 07:39 PM)Bucky Ball Wrote: In the philosophy of mind, emergent (or emergentist) materialism is a theory which asserts that the mind is irreducibly ...
Bucky Ball Off-topic 59 610 05-19-2023, 09:32 PM
    Thread: Emotions
Post: RE: Emotions

(05-14-2023, 10:56 PM)Alan V Wrote: (05-14-2023, 04:59 PM)Bucky Ball Wrote: I don't know any determinists. I wonder if the the attributes and definitions normally assigned to them are real or imag...
Bucky Ball Off-topic 59 610 05-19-2023, 07:39 PM
    Thread: The Latest Mass Shooting
Post: RE: The Latest Mass Shooting

(05-18-2023, 08:53 AM)abaris Wrote: (05-18-2023, 03:18 AM)Minimalist Wrote: No.  They truncated half of the text in order to reach the political decision that their asshole supporters wanted.  Tha...
Bucky Ball World News, Politics and Current Events 892 19,702 05-18-2023, 07:19 PM
    Thread: Chicken is better than Jesus.
Post: RE: Chicken is better than Jesus.

The Chicken was brined and basted for our sins, and for our iniquities its giblets were ripped out.
Bucky Ball Atheism & Theism 27 397 05-18-2023, 05:32 AM
    Thread: The trump chronicles (topical thread)
Post: RE: The trump chronicles (topical thread)

(05-14-2023, 09:31 PM)Cavebear Wrote: (05-14-2023, 05:28 PM)Bucky Ball Wrote: This was a huge fail on the part of CNN. They should have been "media-savvy" enough to know what Trump would pull. I ...
Bucky Ball World News, Politics and Current Events 15,712 277,398 05-17-2023, 08:55 PM
    Thread: The trump chronicles (topical thread)
Post: RE: The trump chronicles (topical thread)

(05-14-2023, 06:03 AM)Cavebear Wrote: (05-14-2023, 05:38 AM)Thumpalumpacus Wrote: I hope you're right, but I don't think his supporters care, and they will turn out in Nov 24 anyway. I think Trump...
Bucky Ball World News, Politics and Current Events 15,712 277,398 05-14-2023, 05:28 PM
    Thread: Emotions
Post: RE: Emotions

I don't know any determinists. I wonder if the the attributes and definitions normally assigned to them are real or imagined. It's often a knee-jerk (useless) label "slapped on" without any definition...
Bucky Ball Off-topic 59 610 05-14-2023, 04:59 PM
    Thread: Emotions
Post: RE: Emotions

In the epochs during which emotions evolved, the negative ones kept you alive. In that sense they may not have caught up to the very recent time frames.
Bucky Ball Off-topic 59 610 05-14-2023, 12:53 AM
    Thread: Emotions
Post: RE: Emotions

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8228195/ "Emotions played a major role in survival during human evolution and in effective psychological functioning in human societies. Unlike reflexes—a...
Bucky Ball Off-topic 59 610 05-13-2023, 11:57 PM
    Thread: The trump chronicles (topical thread)
Post: RE: The trump chronicles (topical thread)

(05-10-2023, 05:11 PM)Rhythmcs Wrote: Mike Pence has demoted trump to "my former running mate" - as he downplayed the trial results, ofc. Pence also said he "never heard of anything like this in the...
Bucky Ball World News, Politics and Current Events 15,712 277,398 05-11-2023, 07:37 PM
    Thread: The trump chronicles (topical thread)
Post: RE: The trump chronicles (topical thread)

(05-10-2023, 10:28 AM)Alan V Wrote: The Republican stance on abortion and Trump's sexual battery conviction should make him much less appealing to women voters. Personally, I never understood why T...
Bucky Ball World News, Politics and Current Events 15,712 277,398 05-11-2023, 06:56 PM
    Thread: The trump chronicles (topical thread)
Post: RE: The trump chronicles (topical thread)

(05-10-2023, 12:17 AM)Inkubus Wrote: Five million? That's arse pocket change his retard supporters will soon gather up 5 million plus, but then the appeals will likely go on for years. You're entire...
Bucky Ball World News, Politics and Current Events 15,712 277,398 05-10-2023, 01:07 AM
    Thread: The trump chronicles (topical thread)
Post: RE: The trump chronicles (topical thread)

Two interesting things ... there was a bunch of testimony concerning how Trump "lies" all the time. I would like to hear more about that. It was a significant part of this trial. Second is, that the...
Bucky Ball World News, Politics and Current Events 15,712 277,398 05-09-2023, 09:02 PM