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One sentence that throws the problem of evil out of the window.
RE: One sentence that throws the problem of evil out of the window.
(November 7, 2017 at 2:22 pm)Catholic_Lady Wrote:
(November 7, 2017 at 2:15 pm)Whateverist Wrote: I don't see why you keep equating "subjective" with "personal opinion".  Subjects are beings possessed of personhood who experience a wide range of things: sensations, emotions, feelings, ideas, intuitions, faith, conviction, remorse, etc.  Everyone of those experiences accrue to the individual by virtue of their being a subject - not on the basis of their material state as an object.  You can't say all those things are "just their personal opinion, something arbitrary and easily changed".  That just isn't accurate.  I doubt if you consider your faith just your personal opinion, I know I don't hold my moral convictions that way.

I meant the morality of it, whether its right or wrong, being personal opinion.


Well then what does subjective or objective have to with that.  Do you think all subjective experience is on the same level as the holding of an opinion?  I don't think you've thought this through.
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RE: One sentence that throws the problem of evil out of the window. - by Whateverist - November 7, 2017 at 2:37 pm

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