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Well, I was serious until they started repeating themselves and saying things like "souls are different from person to person"..thats when I thought; "You know..thats the same way I feel about unicorns!" Did I bait them after that? FUCK YEAH I DID! I dont think its rude. I consider it adding flare to the forum. Hey, I tried to be serious. As far as your example..GOOD GOD GIRL..my lampooning of a soul doesnt come anywhere close to mocking a dying baby!!! Dare you suggest I, as a 40 year old man, do not realize REAL seriousness when it is in front of me?

Dying baby = dead serious.
Souls = May as well discuss Goblins and magical swords along with it.

The seriousness of a dying baby is a far cry from the seriousness of a dying hero. Fetuses don't set my emotions on fire, and neither do babies. Granted: suffering things in front of me is scarcely fun, but it could get a lot more serious than a dying baby. Don't worry: i understand that the gravity of a dying baby is many times greater than not adhering perfectly to social protocol

I was attempting to suggest that the same thing is behind being ridiculous/silly towards anything that others are being quite serious about, and that is either a lack of concern for the cares of those people, or intentional rudeness.

I apologise if my sword was not up for the occasion. I will try better next time...then again, it is called "death of dreams".

Yes, it would be quite ironic to succeed with a sword of that name

Yes, I am well aware that "reality" includes everything.. including things that we imagine right on the spot. So that means Allah, Zues and Jesus are real at the same time. That means young Earth creationism and modern evolution are both real at the same time...but "really real" is different.

By the way..dont ever question my sword again!

Existence and reality are not the same, however. I tend to avoid using 'real' to mean anything other than 'of the intersubjective world', and I noted alternative definitions mostly to not intentionally omit them (although i do not adhere to any that is not 'exists intersubjectively'). As it turns out, Allah, Zeus, and Jesus are intersubjective as characters... but as gods they are 'only subjective' (if a solipsist enters this thread and argues against the existence of the intersubjective, i am going to pull the faith card so fast. I already have it out and ready ). Young Earth Creationism and Evolution are both real. Lies are quite real, as it happens

I question your sword, and the man behind it

Why the hell don't we have any solipsists on this board? I"m going to go ahead and call it for now: everyone here has faith in the intersubjective (aka: reality as most humans seem to understand it).