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    Thread: Should a woman be treated differently if...
Post: RE: Should a woman be treated differently if...

Define "treated differently" please.
quip Religion 107 9628 September 14, 2016 at 12:01 pm
    Thread: How do you deal with life now that you are an atheist? (With a little of my life)
Post: RE: How do you deal with life now that you are an ...

(August 25, 2016 at 12:12 am)Macoleco Wrote: Hi, So, the question is: How do you face the unavoidable reality of life, with no God by your side? Meditation.
quip Philosophy 135 15385 August 31, 2016 at 10:33 am
    Thread: Existence as a real predicate
Post: RE: Existence as a real predicate

(August 29, 2016 at 7:48 pm)TheMuslim Wrote: (August 29, 2016 at 5:44 pm)quip Wrote: Provide evidence of essence and we may proceed from there. (Essence exists?!) I don't think he's asserting the ...
quip Philosophy 20 4133 August 30, 2016 at 9:37 am
    Thread: Christianity Can't Be True Because...
Post: RE: Christianity Can't Be True Because...

(August 29, 2016 at 10:53 pm)pipw1995 Wrote: Hi, I'm a Christian genuinely interested in athiest's views about God and/or Jesus.  I'm taking a survey which I hope might generate some thoughtful dis...
quip Christianity 75 11566 August 30, 2016 at 8:54 am
    Thread: Political Test
Post: RE: Political Test

Socialist Dem, no Cosmo though.
quip Off Topic 179 14834 August 30, 2016 at 8:38 am
    Thread: Existence as a real predicate
Post: RE: Existence as a real predicate

(August 29, 2016 at 12:49 am)TheMuslim Wrote:  "Existence is a real predicate for Mulla Sadra since it is a property of an essence that is found in extra-mental reality Provide evidence of essence a...
quip Philosophy 20 4133 August 29, 2016 at 5:44 pm
    Thread: A Necessary Being?
Post: RE: A Necessary Being?

(August 29, 2016 at 5:30 pm)Aoi Magi Wrote: (August 29, 2016 at 5:27 pm)quip Wrote: Not logical necessity. Logical necessity without purpose is illogical necessity :huh:
quip Philosophy 155 15053 August 29, 2016 at 5:32 pm
    Thread: A Necessary Being?
Post: RE: A Necessary Being?

(August 29, 2016 at 5:26 pm)Aoi Magi Wrote: (August 29, 2016 at 5:24 pm)Rhythm Wrote: Again, there is no purpose...I don't know why you keep referring to purpose. Because "necessary" implies "purp...
quip Philosophy 155 15053 August 29, 2016 at 5:27 pm
    Thread: A Necessary Being?
Post: RE: A Necessary Being?

(August 29, 2016 at 5:21 pm)Arkilogue Wrote: (August 29, 2016 at 4:44 pm)quip Wrote: "Being" means existing in space and time which of course implied an inevitable ending. A "necessary" being su...
quip Philosophy 155 15053 August 29, 2016 at 5:24 pm
    Thread: A Necessary Being?
Post: RE: A Necessary Being?

(August 29, 2016 at 4:56 pm)TheMuslim Wrote: No need to get all worked up, fellas. I did not say or imply anything about whether a Necessary Being actually exists. In this thread, I am not trying to...
quip Philosophy 155 15053 August 29, 2016 at 5:11 pm
    Thread: Why is life programmed to survive?
Post: RE: Why is life programmed to survive?

(August 28, 2016 at 9:30 pm)Macoleco Wrote: A world with or without life is no different for the universe.  The universe may or may not exist sans life's sentient experiences of, but then again - gi...
quip Life Sciences 104 11685 August 29, 2016 at 5:05 pm
    Thread: A Necessary Being?
Post: RE: A Necessary Being?

"Being" means existing in space and time which of course implied an inevitable ending. A "necessary" being suggest an existence beyond the normal parameters given above, mere metaphysical speculatio...
quip Philosophy 155 15053 August 29, 2016 at 4:44 pm
    Thread: The last person to post wins !
Post: RE: The last person to post wins !

(August 2, 2016 at 5:57 pm)Bella Morte Wrote: (August 2, 2016 at 5:56 pm)quip Wrote: What did I win...wait,  don't tell me! No, you didn't. There's always one in the room.  :(
quip Off Topic 13901 999521 August 2, 2016 at 6:00 pm
    Thread: The last person to post wins !
Post: RE: The last person to post wins !

What did I win...wait, don't tell me!
quip Off Topic 13901 999521 August 2, 2016 at 5:56 pm
    Thread: If free will was not real
Post: RE: If free will was not real

(July 8, 2016 at 3:08 am)Maelstrom Wrote: You made the choice to post here, thus you had the free will to post. Too many people confuse free will with religious bullshit, when free will is just the...
quip Religion 508 40113 August 1, 2016 at 5:01 pm
    Thread: Never ending story: add 3 words!
Post: RE: Never ending story: add 3 words!

Eventually it became
quip Off Topic 9620 550252 July 31, 2016 at 4:43 am
    Thread: Never ending story: add 3 words!
Post: RE: Never ending story: add 3 words!

with artificial hemorrhoids
quip Off Topic 9620 550252 July 31, 2016 at 4:39 am
    Thread: If free will was not real
Post: RE: If free will was not real

(July 29, 2016 at 8:07 pm)bennyboy Wrote: (July 29, 2016 at 4:07 pm)quip Wrote: Any action you propose to take remains contingent upon a near infinite set of circumstances. The very capacity to ex...
quip Religion 508 40113 July 29, 2016 at 9:51 pm
    Thread: If free will was not real
Post: RE: If free will was not real

(July 29, 2016 at 3:37 pm)bennyboy Wrote: (July 29, 2016 at 1:35 pm)quip Wrote: The same problem persists. Freedom of the will is contingent upon external circumstances (the absence or existence t...
quip Religion 508 40113 July 29, 2016 at 4:07 pm
    Thread: If free will was not real
Post: RE: If free will was not real

(July 29, 2016 at 5:41 am)bennyboy Wrote: (July 29, 2016 at 4:21 am)quip Wrote: Then don't introduce intention as a supporting argument for free-will.  Senselessness.  :-/ Intention isn't a suppor...
quip Religion 508 40113 July 29, 2016 at 1:35 pm