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Paradox #1
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Paradox #1
I always tell the truth. Except on Wednesday. On Wednesdays everything I say is a lie.

Am I telling the truth or lying?
The god who allows children to be raped out of respect for the free will choice of the rapist, but punishes gay men for engaging in mutually consensual sex couldn't possibly be responsible for an intelligently designed universe.

I may defend your right to free speech, but i won't help you pass out flyers.

Those who can make you believe absurdities, can make you commit atrocities.
--Voltaire

Nietzsche isn't dead. How do I know he lives? He lives in my mind.
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RE: Paradox #1
... yes
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RE: Paradox #1
Lying.
"Of course, everyone will claim they respect someone who tries to speak the truth, but in reality, this is a rare quality. Most respect those who speak truths they agree with, and their respect for the speaking only extends as far as their realm of personal agreement. It is less common, almost to the point of becoming a saintly virtue, that someone truly respects and loves the truth seeker, even when their conclusions differ wildly." 

-walsh
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RE: Paradox #1
On what do you base your answers?
The god who allows children to be raped out of respect for the free will choice of the rapist, but punishes gay men for engaging in mutually consensual sex couldn't possibly be responsible for an intelligently designed universe.

I may defend your right to free speech, but i won't help you pass out flyers.

Those who can make you believe absurdities, can make you commit atrocities.
--Voltaire

Nietzsche isn't dead. How do I know he lives? He lives in my mind.
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RE: Paradox #1
[/universe]
Sum ergo sum
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RE: Paradox #1
The fact that it's a contradiction? Lol, I dunno.
"Of course, everyone will claim they respect someone who tries to speak the truth, but in reality, this is a rare quality. Most respect those who speak truths they agree with, and their respect for the speaking only extends as far as their realm of personal agreement. It is less common, almost to the point of becoming a saintly virtue, that someone truly respects and loves the truth seeker, even when their conclusions differ wildly." 

-walsh
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RE: Paradox #1
(September 16, 2015 at 11:19 am)Rhondazvous Wrote: I always tell the truth. Except on Wednesday. On Wednesdays everything I say is a lie.

Am I telling the truth or lying?

You are lying.  You don't always tell the truth except on Wednesday, nor do you only lie on Wednesday.

"A wise man ... proportions his belief to the evidence."
— David Hume, An Enquiry Concerning Human Understanding, Section X, Part I.
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RE: Paradox #1
(September 16, 2015 at 12:12 pm)Pyrrho Wrote:
(September 16, 2015 at 11:19 am)Rhondazvous Wrote: I always tell the truth. Except on Wednesday. On Wednesdays everything I say is a lie.

Am I telling the truth or lying?

You are lying.  You don't always tell the truth except on Wednesday, nor do you only lie on Wednesday.

I'm astonished. Genius hands down. And nobody can say you got it from another thread.
The god who allows children to be raped out of respect for the free will choice of the rapist, but punishes gay men for engaging in mutually consensual sex couldn't possibly be responsible for an intelligently designed universe.

I may defend your right to free speech, but i won't help you pass out flyers.

Those who can make you believe absurdities, can make you commit atrocities.
--Voltaire

Nietzsche isn't dead. How do I know he lives? He lives in my mind.
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RE: Paradox #1
(September 16, 2015 at 11:33 am)Rhondazvous Wrote: On what do you base your answers?
International Date Line?
Being told you're delusional does not necessarily mean you're mental. 
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RE: Paradox #1
(September 16, 2015 at 1:29 pm)mh.brewer Wrote:
(September 16, 2015 at 11:33 am)Rhondazvous Wrote: On what do you base your answers?
International Date Line?

Hey, vic got a new avatar!
The god who allows children to be raped out of respect for the free will choice of the rapist, but punishes gay men for engaging in mutually consensual sex couldn't possibly be responsible for an intelligently designed universe.

I may defend your right to free speech, but i won't help you pass out flyers.

Those who can make you believe absurdities, can make you commit atrocities.
--Voltaire

Nietzsche isn't dead. How do I know he lives? He lives in my mind.
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