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    Thread: Perfect, Best of Possible, or Better than Nothing: Which criterion?
Post: RE: Perfect, Best of Possible, or Better than Noth...

I'm leaving the forum but wished to express thanks to everyone for the discussions. It was enjoyable. :)
Hatshepsut Christianity 35 6625 May 16, 2015 at 7:26 pm
  Rainbow Thread: The Ultimate Why There Is Evil in the World Thread.
Post: RE: The Ultimate Why There Is Evil in the World Th...

@ Stimbo I accept that my presence here is probably unwelcome, and that I cannot contribute meaningfully to the kinds of discussions preferred on this bulletin board. I did not come with the intentio...
Hatshepsut Christianity 74 15854 May 16, 2015 at 7:24 pm
    Thread: Perfect, Best of Possible, or Better than Nothing: Which criterion?
Post: RE: Perfect, Best of Possible, or Better than Noth...

(May 16, 2015 at 8:57 am)Rhythm Wrote: Meh, the counter doesn't actually address the statement....so calling it a counter is a bit of an exaggeration, I think. (May 16, 2015 at 9:01 am)robvalue Wrot...
Hatshepsut Christianity 35 6625 May 16, 2015 at 10:06 am
    Thread: Proof of God
Post: RE: Proof of God

(May 15, 2015 at 2:00 pm)FatAndFaithless Wrote: And the whole thing of loving Jesus more than your own family. Almost. But not quite. Reading more carefully, we find "Whoever loves father or mother...
Hatshepsut Philosophy 257 52580 May 16, 2015 at 9:03 am
    Thread: Perfect, Best of Possible, or Better than Nothing: Which criterion?
Post: RE: Perfect, Best of Possible, or Better than Noth...

(May 15, 2015 at 6:19 pm)Pyrrho Wrote: Kirk is a human, with finite capabilities.  God is supposedly omnipotent, and if God were in Kirk's situation, God could save the woman's life and then God cou...
Hatshepsut Christianity 35 6625 May 16, 2015 at 8:51 am
    Thread: The Ultimate Why There Is Evil in the World Thread.
Post: RE: The Ultimate Why There Is Evil in the World Th...

(May 15, 2015 at 7:06 pm)Stimbo Wrote: (May 15, 2015 at 6:08 pm)Hatshepsut Wrote: But which request? Are you capable of reading comprehension, or are you deliberately trying to muddy the water? In...
Hatshepsut Christianity 74 15854 May 16, 2015 at 8:20 am
    Thread: Do Fruit Flies Have Emotions?
Post: RE: Do Fruit Flies Have Emotions?

(May 15, 2015 at 1:49 pm)TRJF Wrote: I think allowing the indiscriminate killing of, say, orangutans would be inconsistent with our ideas about human rights.  But it's pretty clear that there's a sl...
Hatshepsut Philosophy 28 3281 May 16, 2015 at 7:51 am
    Thread: The Ultimate Why There Is Evil in the World Thread.
Post: RE: The Ultimate Why There Is Evil in the World Th...

Replies to rexbeccarox #36 and Pyrrho #40 on new thread [link]. (May 15, 2015 at 3:37 pm)Stimbo Wrote: Demonstrating that the initial request was...set up to fail. But which request? The OP itself ...
Hatshepsut Christianity 74 15854 May 15, 2015 at 6:08 pm
    Thread: Perfect, Best of Possible, or Better than Nothing: Which criterion?
Post: RE: Perfect, Best of Possible, or Better than Noth...

Okay. This one's now different, about the basics of what we should show before we can take omnibenevolence seriously. None of the three kinds of world, perfect, best possible, or better than nothing, ...
Hatshepsut Christianity 35 6625 May 15, 2015 at 4:20 pm
    Thread: Perfect, Best of Possible, or Better than Nothing: Which criterion?
Post: Perfect, Best of Possible, or Better than Nothing:...

The "Ultimate Why Evil" thread suddenly snapped shut; thus I've moved my response to parts of it here. As Stimbo says, this topic is loaded with speculation, some of which I engage in forthwith. An in...
Hatshepsut Christianity 35 6625 May 15, 2015 at 3:52 pm
    Thread: For fuck's sake.
Post: RE: For fuck's sake.

(May 15, 2015 at 1:31 am)ignoramus Wrote: Why are the majority of users'' "gender" status in their bio still showing "undisclosed"? Perhaps just the security & safety bit. There might be Hijras ...
Hatshepsut Introductions 48 7013 May 15, 2015 at 1:59 pm
    Thread: Proof of God
Post: RE: Proof of God

(May 15, 2015 at 11:52 am)Stimbo Wrote: And what have we learned? Make appeasement to me in the form of human sacrifice and if it pleases me, I increase your Internet speed. Though I'm afraid I'll ...
Hatshepsut Philosophy 257 52580 May 15, 2015 at 1:56 pm
    Thread: Do Fruit Flies Have Emotions?
Post: RE: Do Fruit Flies Have Emotions?

(May 15, 2015 at 11:12 am)JuliaL Wrote: As always, the answer to your question is, "It depends on your definition of emotion." ... So yes, flies have emotions..... maybe, depending on whether you ar...
Hatshepsut Philosophy 28 3281 May 15, 2015 at 1:37 pm
    Thread: IS: "Islam was never a religion of peace. Islam is the religion of fighting"
Post: RE: IS: "Islam was never a religion of peace. Isla...

(May 15, 2015 at 7:47 am)Napoléon Wrote: I think most of us here would agree, that support for Sharia law, and death for apostasy, aren't 'moderate views'...fuck these people who try to downplay how...
Hatshepsut Islam 11 5465 May 15, 2015 at 12:57 pm
    Thread: Logo Competition
Post: RE: Logo Competition

(May 14, 2015 at 1:28 am)whateverist Wrote: Let's see .. a dog or two .. Cystine ... A dog-god fits with that palindrome thing. Anubis, perhaps. Or Wepwawet. But Cystine = Sistine (Italy) or Cystein...
Hatshepsut Announcements 93 17858 May 15, 2015 at 11:15 am
    Thread: Proof of God
Post: RE: Proof of God

(May 13, 2015 at 5:38 pm)LostLocke Wrote: P1 In the past 20 years the murder rate has gone up in Chicago. P2 In the past 20 the internet speeds have gone up in Chicago. C Therefore, raising internet...
Hatshepsut Philosophy 257 52580 May 15, 2015 at 10:26 am
    Thread: The Ultimate Why There Is Evil in the World Thread.
Post: RE: The Ultimate Why There Is Evil in the World Th...

(May 14, 2015 at 11:41 pm)Stimbo Wrote: ...on sanctimising. --- (gerund), in USA with z. A new word. I'll have to add it to my dictionary. As distinguished from sanctifying.  :P (May 14, 2015 at ...
Hatshepsut Christianity 74 15854 May 15, 2015 at 9:41 am
  Bug Thread: Do Fruit Flies Have Emotions?
Post: Do Fruit Flies Have Emotions?

This just in from Caltech: When a shadow passes over a fruit fly at rest, it might take off or freeze as a defensive response. But researchers have found that is not just a robotic reflex. Fruit flies...
Hatshepsut Philosophy 28 3281 May 15, 2015 at 8:44 am
    Thread: The Ultimate Why There Is Evil in the World Thread.
Post: RE: The Ultimate Why There Is Evil in the World Th...

I find the whole business of arguing that God doesn't exist and then blaming him for the needle and the damage done a bit hard to understand. Perhaps God wants us to solve our problems of evil through...
Hatshepsut Christianity 74 15854 May 15, 2015 at 8:19 am
    Thread: Good and Evil
Post: RE: Good and Evil

(May 14, 2015 at 2:29 pm)emjay Wrote: 1st person vs 3rd person... [and] mindfulness, and studying the subjects. 3rd person just means if Sarah stubs her toe, you don't feel it. You may have empathy ...
Hatshepsut Philosophy 145 28700 May 14, 2015 at 9:54 pm