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    Thread: Can a xtian god be free?
Post: RE: Can a xtian god be free?
Total freedom isn't even a coherent concept in my view. Philosopher of religion Richard Swinburne defines it as God's acting without his desires exerting any causal influence, but surely the whole poi...
 The Omnissiunt One Christianity 66 26345 March 15, 2011 at 4:14 pm
    Thread: A Thought from a Deist
Post: RE: A Thought from a Theist
Yes, Skipper's right. 'I could care less' implies that you care to some extent, which I presume isn't what you meant. You meant, 'I couldn't care less', as in 'My level of caring is as low as it can g...
 The Omnissiunt One Religion 42 14448 March 4, 2011 at 5:02 pm
    Thread: I know that there are no gods.
Post: RE: I know that there are no gods.
Even evidence for such a claim could not establish its truth with certainty; it would still only be probabilistic. Am I right, DvF, in thinking that what you're saying is that God probably doesn't exi...
 The Omnissiunt One Atheism 110 39417 March 3, 2011 at 6:55 pm
    Thread: Anti-Utilitarianism
Post: RE: Anti-Utilitarianism
What DvF says is right. It is nonsense to treat a thousand pinpricks as equivalent to, say, one third degree burn. Assuming, however, that one action will bring a certain amount of pleasure/desire fu...
 The Omnissiunt One Philosophy 26 10288 March 2, 2011 at 5:45 pm
    Thread: Why homosexuals can't possibly exist.
Post: RE: Why homosexuals can't possibly exist.
(March 2, 2011 at 5:14 am)padraic Wrote: (February 28, 2011 at 11:17 pm)Aerzia Saerules Arktuos Wrote: I would tell you that i don't give a damn that you are gay: I can still seduce you. Reall...
 The Omnissiunt One Christianity 27 9048 March 2, 2011 at 5:31 pm
    Thread: "I disagree with you, but i don't think you're Hitler"
Post: RE: "I disagree with you, but i don't think you're...
People are much better at reasoning about everyday situations - common sense, as it were - than they are about abstruse philosophical matters like God's existence. Hence there's a logical puzzle invol...
 The Omnissiunt One Atheism 106 34665 March 2, 2011 at 5:25 pm
    Thread: A good reason not to believe in God
Post: RE: A good reason not to believe in God
Then I accept that it's logically tenable. It's still unclear though as to how the divine and mortal aspects of Jesus co-exist and interact.
The Omnissiunt One Religion 148 53324 March 1, 2011 at 5:35 pm
    Thread: Gay Marriage - are you for or against it and why?
Post: RE: Gay Marriage - are you for or against it and w...
By your definition, Dotard, left-handedness is abnormal. If that's all that you're saying, then fine, there's nothing to argue about. But by repeatedly calling homosexuality 'abnormal', it seems that ...
 The Omnissiunt One Politics 370 200893 March 1, 2011 at 4:39 pm
    Thread: A good reason not to believe in God
Post: RE: A good reason not to believe in God
Incidentally, the great Christian philosopher Kierkegaard believed that the idea of Jesus' being fully man and fully God was a paradox, which had to be accepted on faith. It only works if you say that...
 The Omnissiunt One Religion 148 53324 March 1, 2011 at 4:16 pm
    Thread: Absurdism
Post: RE: Absurdism
(February 16, 2011 at 4:06 am)theVOID Wrote: I agree a great deal with Absurdism as far as meaning and value is concerned, I firmly believe that all values that exist are the products of or are in r...
 The Omnissiunt One Philosophy 75 36344 February 22, 2011 at 7:55 am
    Thread: Welfare - are you for or against it and why?
Post: RE: Welfare - are you for or against it and why?
People who are unemployed for a certain period of time should be offered a public sector job, even if it's something like a binman. If the person then turns it down, his or her unemployment benefits s...
 The Omnissiunt One Politics 81 24469 February 21, 2011 at 6:54 am
    Thread: Ban Religion - are you for or against it and why?
Post: RE: Ban Religion - are you for or against it and w...
There seems to me little point in banning particular religions, because if they break the law they will be punished anyway. If they don't break the law, but just do morally dubious things, either we m...
 The Omnissiunt One Politics 195 47021 February 21, 2011 at 6:46 am
    Thread: The Death Penalty - are you for or against it and why?
Post: RE: The Death Penalty - are you for or against it ...
Personally, I find the notion of 'deserving' something, which is one of the main arguments in favour of the death penalty from what I've seen here, pretty dubious. Why is murder the one crime whose pu...
 The Omnissiunt One Politics 448 221551 February 21, 2011 at 6:40 am
    Thread: Gay Marriage - are you for or against it and why?
Post: RE: Gay Marriage - are you for or against it and w...
(February 18, 2011 at 10:13 am)Dotard Wrote: It is of my opinion the push for 'marriage' is an attempt to normalize an abnormality. Damn. I guess that we'll have to get rid of all those left-handed ...
 The Omnissiunt One Politics 370 200893 February 19, 2011 at 6:18 am
    Thread: Is there actually evil in the world?
Post: RE: Is there actually evil in the world?
Objective evil would have to exist independently of God, as some sort of intrinstic property of the universe. So God's existence doesn't make good and evil objective; it merely grounds them in the des...
 The Omnissiunt One Philosophy 45 11073 February 17, 2011 at 5:51 pm
    Thread: Is there actually evil in the world?
Post: RE: Is there actually evil in the world?
Clearly, evil is a concept that has altered dramatically from age to age and place to place. That doesn't mean that one is committed to moral relativism in a normative sense i.e. saying that what othe...
 The Omnissiunt One Philosophy 45 11073 February 13, 2011 at 3:31 pm
    Thread: Debating with a creationist
Post: RE: Debating with a creationist
Thanks everyone.
The Omnissiunt One Religion 12 4963 February 6, 2011 at 2:15 pm
    Thread: Debating with a creationist
Post: RE: Debating with a creationist
(February 6, 2011 at 1:11 pm)OnlyNatural Wrote: I'm actually taking a course in biological anthropology right now, and there are many fossils of common ancestors, as well as transitional fossils. Is...
 The Omnissiunt One Religion 12 4963 February 6, 2011 at 1:21 pm
    Thread: Debating with a creationist
Post: Debating with a creationist
Scientifically illiterate as I am, I need some help arguing with a rather smug creationist whom I've encountered on the blog of the Mail journalist Peter Hitchens (brother of Christopher). Any assista...
 The Omnissiunt One Religion 12 4963 February 6, 2011 at 12:43 pm
    Thread: Forum balance
Post: RE: Forum balance
*Your* estimate. 'You're' is short for 'you are'. ;)
 The Omnissiunt One Off Topic 14 3304 February 3, 2011 at 9:53 am