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    Thread: What good is atheism?
Post: RE: What good is atheism?

(September 16, 2015 at 11:44 am)Cato Wrote: (September 16, 2015 at 10:13 am)Detective L Ryuzaki Wrote: So that is the reason why I would choose to sacrifice all of my humanity in order to cure my ...
Detective L Ryuzaki Atheism 46 7990 September 16, 2015 at 12:46 pm
    Thread: What good is atheism?
Post: RE: What good is atheism?

(September 16, 2015 at 10:40 am)Minimalist Wrote: [Image: http://blog.timesunion.com/mdtobe/files/...psych1.jpg] No.  It is instead those people I mentioned who are insane.
Detective L Ryuzaki Atheism 46 7990 September 16, 2015 at 11:10 am
    Thread: What good is atheism?
Post: RE: What good is atheism?

(September 15, 2015 at 7:04 pm)BrianSoddingBoru4 Wrote: OP:  You come off as mind-bendingly selfish and self-absorbed.  All through your post runs the sentiment 'If atheism doesn't benefit me, then ...
Detective L Ryuzaki Atheism 46 7990 September 16, 2015 at 10:13 am
    Thread: What good is atheism?
Post: RE: What good is atheism?

(September 15, 2015 at 2:45 am)robvalue Wrote: Yeah, I've already pointed out that this isn't science. This is philosphy. Science models reality, and makes predictions which can be tested. All you...
Detective L Ryuzaki Atheism 46 7990 September 15, 2015 at 11:34 am
    Thread: What good is atheism?
Post: RE: What good is atheism?

(September 15, 2015 at 2:18 am)robvalue Wrote: If you insist on defining words that way, then yes, that is true. I think you are hampering your ability to find meaning in your life by using such in...
Detective L Ryuzaki Atheism 46 7990 September 15, 2015 at 2:20 am
    Thread: What good is atheism?
Post: RE: What good is atheism?

(September 15, 2015 at 1:54 am)robvalue Wrote: You are free to find whatever meaning you want in life. Atheism is no barrier, and it's not a choice either. It's simply being honest with yourself. It...
Detective L Ryuzaki Atheism 46 7990 September 15, 2015 at 2:03 am
    Thread: What good is atheism?
Post: RE: What good is atheism?

(September 15, 2015 at 1:34 am)robvalue Wrote: Atheism is a state of mind, it's not supposed to provide any purpose. It is a way of describing yourself and your lack of belief on a single issue, not...
Detective L Ryuzaki Atheism 46 7990 September 15, 2015 at 1:47 am
    Thread: What good is atheism?
Post: What good is atheism?

First off, before I get to my main point, there are actually many benefits to being an atheist and one can find far more good meaning in life being an atheist than a religious believer.  I will bring ...
Detective L Ryuzaki Atheism 46 7990 September 15, 2015 at 1:28 am
    Thread: The science of joy and happiness
Post: RE: The science of joy and happiness

(September 7, 2015 at 2:47 pm)rexbeccarox Wrote: First: that still doesn't answer the question. Second, if you're not able to engage people in discussion on the seventy hundred and eighty three foru...
Detective L Ryuzaki General Science 15 3838 September 7, 2015 at 2:54 pm
    Thread: The science of joy and happiness
Post: RE: The science of joy and happiness

(September 7, 2015 at 2:41 pm)rexbeccarox Wrote: So... you're going to reply to a staff member with a link, which is against the rules for you right now, to another forum that you spammed? Why don't...
Detective L Ryuzaki General Science 15 3838 September 7, 2015 at 2:42 pm
    Thread: The science of joy and happiness
Post: RE: The science of joy and happiness

(September 7, 2015 at 2:11 pm)rexbeccarox Wrote: (September 7, 2015 at 11:30 am)Detective L Ryuzaki Wrote: There are many philosophies out there on how to live a happy/joy...
Detective L Ryuzaki General Science 15 3838 September 7, 2015 at 2:27 pm
    Thread: The science of joy and happiness
Post: RE: The science of joy and happiness

(September 7, 2015 at 1:43 pm)robvalue Wrote: This is third time you've said basically the same thing. I reduced it to a logical tautology the first time and you didn't even comment. Science makes m...
Detective L Ryuzaki General Science 15 3838 September 7, 2015 at 2:04 pm
    Thread: The science of joy and happiness
Post: The science of joy and happiness

There are many philosophies out there on how to live a happy/joyful life. But these are nothing scientific. They know nothing about science and how the brain really works (what our mental experience...
Detective L Ryuzaki General Science 15 3838 September 7, 2015 at 11:30 am
    Thread: The scientific version of good and bad
Post: RE: The scientific version of good and bad

(August 26, 2015 at 4:29 pm)mh.brewer Wrote: This will be my final post here. I fear that a continued discussion with you will only serve to reinforce your deluded thought processes. Please continue...
Detective L Ryuzaki General Science 15 5072 August 26, 2015 at 4:59 pm
    Thread: The scientific version of good and bad
Post: RE: The scientific version of good and bad

(August 26, 2015 at 2:23 pm)mh.brewer Wrote: I've read the entire OP. You've got some major flawed thinking. According to what you stated, any action that I take (or action that is directed at me)...
Detective L Ryuzaki General Science 15 5072 August 26, 2015 at 3:53 pm
    Thread: The scientific version of good and bad
Post: RE: The scientific version of good and bad

(August 26, 2015 at 11:46 am)Pyrrho Wrote: Your idea of "rewarding experience" reminds me of David Hume's ethical theory, which can be found in his Enquiry Concerning the Principles of Morals. A ve...
Detective L Ryuzaki General Science 15 5072 August 26, 2015 at 12:15 pm
    Thread: The scientific version of good and bad
Post: RE: The scientific version of good and bad

I am on the quest for truth here.  I need to know the answer to my theory.
Detective L Ryuzaki General Science 15 5072 August 26, 2015 at 11:35 am
    Thread: The scientific version of good and bad
Post: RE: The scientific version of good and bad

(August 26, 2015 at 11:21 am)abaris Wrote: Being the Phil Spector of text isn't a good way to catch attention. Also, it seems to be your opinion - what exactly is scientific about your opinion? Well...
Detective L Ryuzaki General Science 15 5072 August 26, 2015 at 11:25 am
    Thread: The scientific version of good and bad
Post: The scientific version of good and bad

Note to Reader:  My logical argument (conclusion) I make below about how it is only our rewarding experiences (pleasant emotions) that give our lives good meaning, this applies to all human beings.  I...
Detective L Ryuzaki General Science 15 5072 August 26, 2015 at 11:07 am
    Thread: Morality is like a religion
Post: RE: Morality is like a religion

Let me add something new here. I can't help but really wonder if the moral version of good and bad really is fake even though we do not realize it yet. That we are all just blindly believing in it whe...
Detective L Ryuzaki Atheism 29 7629 August 20, 2015 at 12:53 am