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Thread: Jan. 6 Committee
Post: RE: Jan. 6 Committee
| (June 9, 2022 at 11:57 pm)LadyForCamus Wrote: (June 9, 2022 at 10:06 pm)Alan V Wrote: Too many people are far too cynical about this.
Facts matter. Upholding the Constitution matters. "Boring" ... |
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Politics
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June 10, 2022 at 7:51 am |
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Thread: Jan. 6 Committee
Post: RE: Jan. 6 Committee
| Too many people are far too cynical about this.
Facts matter. Upholding the Constitution matters. "Boring" or "political theater" or "useless" all miss the point in my opinion. |
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June 9, 2022 at 10:06 pm |
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Thread: Maximizing Moral Virtue
Post: RE: Maximizing Moral Virtue
| (June 6, 2022 at 10:39 pm)The Grand Nudger Wrote: The problem with abrahamic religion is not that people pretend to know good from bad...they actually do... It's that they conflate maximal evil wit... |
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Alan V |
Philosophy
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June 7, 2022 at 6:34 am |
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Thread: Maximizing Moral Virtue
Post: RE: Maximizing Moral Virtue
| (June 4, 2022 at 5:49 am)h311inac311 Wrote: Atheists talk about how good they are without religion but in all honesty I don't see all that much fruit.
I've been talking with atheists for over 15 yea... |
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Alan V |
Philosophy
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June 6, 2022 at 10:21 pm |
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Thread: Can God be objectively good despite criticism against Him/Her/It?
Post: RE: Can God be objectively good despite criticism ...
| (May 5, 2022 at 9:40 am)Angrboda Wrote: I could say the same about your response.
You are correct that I am not frustrated with you in particular but with people in general. I see over-generalizing... |
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Alan V |
Religion
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May 5, 2022 at 7:09 pm |
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Thread: What's everyone up to right now?
Post: RE: What's everyone up to right now?
| My wife and I visited the Academy of Natural Sciences in downtown Philadelphia this afternoon, to see the dinosaur bones and dioramas again. |
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Alan V |
Lifestyle & Personal Matters
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May 5, 2022 at 3:52 pm |
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Thread: My Almighty VS your argument against it
Post: RE: My Almighty VS your argument against it
| (May 4, 2022 at 9:24 pm)vulcanlogician Wrote: At it's best religion can be a description of deeply held (communal?) normative beliefs.
More typically, religious displays are varieties of virtue sign... |
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Alan V |
Atheism
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May 5, 2022 at 8:17 am |
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Thread: Can God be objectively good despite criticism against Him/Her/It?
Post: RE: Can God be objectively good despite criticism ...
| (May 4, 2022 at 8:18 pm)Angrboda Wrote: (May 4, 2022 at 4:45 pm)Alan V Wrote: That's called loaded terminology, which is most often used in thought-control systems.
"Wise men speak because they ha... |
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Religion
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May 5, 2022 at 6:25 am |
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Thread: Stupid things religious people say
Post: RE: Stupid things religious people say
| (May 4, 2022 at 7:16 pm)The Grand Nudger Wrote: You're thinking of superstitious beliefs. Religions are the things superstitious beliefs are (otr at least have been) commonly draped in. They're no... |
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Alan V |
Religion
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May 4, 2022 at 7:19 pm |
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Thread: Stupid things religious people say
Post: RE: Stupid things religious people say
| "No one has ever been tricked into a religion."
(I was lied to by apologists and regretted believing any of it.) |
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May 4, 2022 at 6:58 pm |
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Thread: My Almighty VS your argument against it
Post: RE: My Almighty VS your argument against it
| It seems to me that half the problem is that religious people trick others into thinking of meaning only from their own religious or spiritual perspectives. For them, "meaning" is a loaded term.
For... |
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Alan V |
Atheism
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May 4, 2022 at 4:57 pm |
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Thread: Can God be objectively good despite criticism against Him/Her/It?
Post: RE: Can God be objectively good despite criticism ...
| (May 4, 2022 at 4:07 pm)Angrboda Wrote: The Judeo-Christian god is the ultimate good by definition. This isn't complicated.
That's called loaded terminology, which is most often used in thought-co... |
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May 4, 2022 at 4:45 pm |
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Thread: Can God be objectively good despite criticism against Him/Her/It?
Post: RE: Can God be objectively good despite criticism ...
| (May 4, 2022 at 1:48 pm)Ahriman Wrote: I mean, I know I've said some pretty harsh things about God (in real life), but perhaps God is above all forms of criticism? And acts like the one truly object... |
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Alan V |
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May 4, 2022 at 1:58 pm |
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Thread: My Almighty VS your argument against it
Post: RE: My Almighty VS your argument against it
| (May 4, 2022 at 1:03 pm)vulcanlogician Wrote: @Won2blv
Are you gonna respond to the things folks have said in your thread? Angrboda asked for some clarity on exactly what you mean, and that's wher... |
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Alan V |
Atheism
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May 4, 2022 at 1:13 pm |
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Thread: My Almighty VS your argument against it
Post: RE: My Almighty VS your argument against it
| (May 4, 2022 at 10:12 am)Ahriman Wrote: (May 3, 2022 at 11:19 pm)Fake Messiah Wrote: I don't get how does God give someone meaning in life? Is it because they think they would kill themselves if t... |
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Alan V |
Atheism
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May 4, 2022 at 10:30 am |
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Thread: Stupid things religious people say
Post: RE: Stupid things religious people say
| "If we get visited by aliens in physical space crafts, then I'm a Deist. Conversely, if I witness humanity changing from their evil ways and killing the Devil themselves, then I'm a Polytheist." |
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Alan V |
Religion
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May 4, 2022 at 9:32 am |
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Thread: My Almighty VS your argument against it
Post: RE: My Almighty VS your argument against it
| (May 3, 2022 at 6:24 pm)Won2blv Wrote: "If there is no God, then there is no meaning" Meaning, all meaning is a delusional construct carried out by a narrative we tell ourselves why we do the things... |
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Alan V |
Atheism
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May 3, 2022 at 7:29 pm |
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Thread: Stupid things religious people say
Post: RE: Stupid things religious people say
| "My question is this, will being an atheist cause little children in Africa to die if we become an atheist country like Great Britain?" |
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Alan V |
Religion
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May 1, 2022 at 5:40 pm |
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Thread: How many of you would punish religious people for being religious?
Post: RE: How many of you would punish religious people ...
| (April 16, 2022 at 6:59 pm)Ahriman Wrote: (April 16, 2022 at 4:55 pm)Mermaid Wrote: What would make an atheist arrogant to you?
If he/she thought science was provably superior to religion, and if ... |
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Alan V |
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April 16, 2022 at 7:24 pm |
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Thread: Free Will Debate
Post: RE: Free Will Debate
| (November 23, 2021 at 4:24 pm)The Grand Nudger Wrote: @ Alan V
I get that…but the different vantage point the author provided was terminally silly. An example of how a person might be brilliant at... |
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Alan V |
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November 23, 2021 at 8:50 pm |
