(March 11, 2016 at 5:57 pm)Tiberius Wrote: Well my point was that without suffering, we have nothing to compare happiness with, so happiness would become a meaningless emotion.
I do not see that. One could be happy to hear the first words of their child or see the first steps. I cannot fathom where the non-existence of rape, murder and pillaging would affect that happiness.
You make people miserable and there's nothing they can do about it, just like god.
-- Homer Simpson
God has no place within these walls, just as facts have no place within organized religion.
-- Superintendent Chalmers
Science is like a blabbermouth who ruins a movie by telling you how it ends. There are some things we don't want to know. Important things.
-- Ned Flanders
Once something's been approved by the government, it's no longer immoral.
-- The Rev Lovejoy
-- Homer Simpson
God has no place within these walls, just as facts have no place within organized religion.
-- Superintendent Chalmers
Science is like a blabbermouth who ruins a movie by telling you how it ends. There are some things we don't want to know. Important things.
-- Ned Flanders
Once something's been approved by the government, it's no longer immoral.
-- The Rev Lovejoy