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Harbal, OK. So chill, brother. Stretch your legs. You washed your hair two months back so no need again till August. But open a window. You smoke too damn much as it is. Relax. I’ll tell you my theory in a bit. Heading out •for a bike ride•.

Harbal wrote: ↑Tue May 21, 2024 4:53 pm I am much more curious about the strange phenomenon of objective moral truth, but nobody seems to have enough confidence in the idea to risk making a fool of himself by trying to explain it

Here I am, Harbal. Prepare your mind!

So do you believe that the communion wine is literally the blood of Jesus and the bread the flesh? I believe in supernatural power that enters our world. That is likely what separates your and my understandings. Do you believe that it is okay to pay money to the Pope to have your sins washed away? ...

Surely moral subjectivism and epistemological subjectivism share common presuppositions…

Harbal just say: “I give up, you’re right IC”.

You’ll feel better and then there will be a base to build on.

Alexiev wrote an interesting post. Bravo!

Not all is lost here ….

I add the •we• back in. Just to be difficult!

Sculptor wrote: ↑Tue May 21, 2024 3:33 pm You seem to be dancing around a point.

An odd statement. Every post of mine is composed strictly of points.

What the •shack• is and what •on fire• refers to — these ideas need development.

It’s not impossible but it is difficult to explain.

No shack is on fire, except in your imagination. People dont need telling. And are not likely to listen to you given your track record. If you succumb to IC’s “preaching” — he is an absolutely bad apologist for Christianity and also despises Catholicism — you will commit an intellectual error: mist...

Which ones? Protestant, Catholic, Rastafarian, Orthodox, Mormon?? Which ? The last census finds that Atheists are now the majority group is Scotland. This is progress. Catholic theology — the chief Encyclicals and Catholic social doctrine — and certainly a social focus oriented to the supernaturali...

I work with what is close at hand.

They tend to form themselves into tiny cabals of like minded fools who think that their personal ideas of morality are objective, absolute and universal. But this is just delusion. When they come across other groups who similarly pretend Objective moral ideas they are affronted and demand that the ...

I edited the format so that what you wrote is clearer. I think you have brought up some valid points. The only people with a limited platform is those that pretend to espouse morally objecrive ideas. They tend to form themselves into tiny cabals of like minded fools who think that their personal ide...

IC : Well, first of all, I'm not "overlooking" anything. I have no particular affinity or concern with Trump. He's a candidate in a country I don't live in, for an election I can't vote in. Why should I care who he is? Harbal : You seem to care enough to keep coming to his defense. Harbal...