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Thread: does evil exist?
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(November 14, 2022 at 3:04 pm)HappySkeptic Wrote: (November 10, 2022 at 6:52 pm)bennyboy Wrote: Let me plug this series for anyone who hasn't read it yet. Really fantastic sci-fi:
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November 14, 2022 at 8:51 pm |
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Thread: does evil exist?
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(November 14, 2022 at 5:23 pm)h4ym4n Wrote: (November 10, 2022 at 6:52 pm)bennyboy Wrote: Let me plug this series for anyone who hasn't read it yet. Really fantastic sci-fi:
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November 14, 2022 at 8:49 pm |
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Thread: does evil exist?
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(November 10, 2022 at 8:31 pm)Angrboda Wrote: (November 10, 2022 at 6:52 pm)bennyboy Wrote: Let me plug this series for anyone who hasn't read it yet. Really fantastic sci-fi:
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November 10, 2022 at 11:42 pm |
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Thread: does evil exist?
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(November 10, 2022 at 5:56 am)BrianSoddingBoru4 Wrote: (November 9, 2022 at 9:15 pm)bennyboy Wrote: That's making assumptions about free will, determinism, etc., no?
Maybe it's inevitable that an... |
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Thread: does evil exist?
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(November 9, 2022 at 7:07 pm)The Grand Nudger Wrote: You may have goals, but that would be additional to and separate from whatever was necessary. It makes little sense (logicaly speaking) to aim g... |
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Thread: does evil exist?
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(November 8, 2022 at 11:13 pm)The Grand Nudger Wrote: Necessity doesn't imply any goals. If you step off a buildings ledge you will necessarily fall. The building isn't looking to kill you, or mak... |
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Thread: does evil exist?
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(November 8, 2022 at 6:18 pm)Ahriman Wrote: This is correct, suffering is not necessary at all, no matter how many stupid people will claim suffering is necessary.
Yes, but with a caveat.
Necessity... |
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November 8, 2022 at 10:50 pm |
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Thread: Is the Past Real?
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(October 16, 2022 at 7:44 pm)LadyForCamus Wrote: (October 16, 2022 at 4:36 pm)scamper Wrote:
Let's get back to the universal question,
"Why are we here?"
You don't have to... |
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October 18, 2022 at 7:17 pm |
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Thread: Is the Past Real?
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Quote:no, it is much better to dismiss what physics says about physics in favor of folksy put downs because, oh, untutored intuition is so much more reliable and making common cause with anti-intelle... |
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October 16, 2022 at 7:42 pm |
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Thread: Is the Past Real?
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(October 16, 2022 at 12:10 pm)Anomalocaris Wrote: Physicists don’t seem to agree the many world interpretation is extravagant. In fact many seem to regard it as elegantly parsimonious in terms of ... |
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October 16, 2022 at 2:26 pm |
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Thread: Is the Past Real?
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(October 15, 2022 at 11:28 pm)Neo-Scholastic Wrote: There is nothing outside actual physical reality.
Physical reality? Like what? The solidity of my desk? The color white? The experience of "do... |
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October 16, 2022 at 12:55 am |
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Thread: does evil exist?
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October 13, 2022 at 11:01 pm |
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Thread: does evil exist?
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(October 8, 2022 at 12:05 am)The Grand Nudger Wrote: Good luck with that one.
Indeed. Good luck to us all. |
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October 8, 2022 at 1:52 am |
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Thread: does evil exist?
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(October 7, 2022 at 12:44 pm)The Grand Nudger Wrote: Ostensibly, because some suffering does not qualify as evil, just as suffering -and- evil do not require miasma going around spreading it out lik... |
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October 7, 2022 at 10:36 pm |
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Thread: does evil exist?
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Same as asking if God exists. Probably not, but you'll have to provide a definition.
Certainly, many things which cause humans to suffer greatly exist. I'd say cancer is pretty fucking evil, or chi... |
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October 7, 2022 at 8:29 am |
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Thread: Biden Losing It
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(October 5, 2022 at 5:48 pm)The Grand Nudger Wrote: (October 5, 2022 at 5:35 pm)Helios Wrote: You can on one hand hate blacks and Muslims but still vote for one because they have policies you agre... |
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October 5, 2022 at 6:49 pm |
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Thread: Biden Losing It
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(October 5, 2022 at 12:32 pm)Helios Wrote: (October 5, 2022 at 6:21 am)bennyboy Wrote: Seems pretty accurate.Except the part about the Airports ..... :hehe:
And this is the guy that 49% of America... |
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October 5, 2022 at 6:46 pm |
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Thread: Biden Losing It
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(October 4, 2022 at 10:49 am)Nay_Sayer Wrote: (October 4, 2022 at 10:42 am)Helios Wrote: Rambling isn't evidence of dementia...... :dodgy:
Did your mom? :dodgy:
“In June of 1775, the Continental... |
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October 5, 2022 at 6:21 am |
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Thread: Biden Losing It
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(October 3, 2022 at 11:09 am)BrianSoddingBoru4 Wrote: (October 3, 2022 at 9:00 am)bennyboy Wrote: If you want to call me a liar about words said in this thread and clarified, then go ahead. You c... |
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October 4, 2022 at 5:58 am |
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Thread: Biden Losing It
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(October 2, 2022 at 1:06 pm)BrianSoddingBoru4 Wrote: Nice try, but I saw you palm that card.
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If you want to call me a liar about words said in this thread and clarified, then go ahead. You ca... |
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October 3, 2022 at 9:00 am |