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by Harbal
Tue Mar 19, 2024 12:17 pm
Forum: Ethical Theory
Topic: Is morality objective or subjective?
Replies: 9042
Views: 719348

Re: Is morality objective or subjective?

Then what gives you a reason to think it wasn't created by God? I don't believe in God, so that isn't an option. Then that's arbitrary. I suspected as much. That for sure, but everything else, as well...the fine tuning of the whole universe, and of everything in it. I don't know what you are referr...
by Harbal
Tue Mar 19, 2024 2:10 am
Forum: Ethical Theory
Topic: Is morality objective or subjective?
Replies: 9042
Views: 719348

Re: Is morality objective or subjective?

Then you're not explaining how it came to be, what its origination is. You're just noting that it's here, however it got here. I've already said that I don't know how it came to be. Then what gives you a reason to think it wasn't created by God? I don't believe in God, so that isn't an option. I as...
by Harbal
Tue Mar 19, 2024 12:38 am
Forum: Ethical Theory
Topic: Is morality objective or subjective?
Replies: 9042
Views: 719348

Re: Is morality objective or subjective?

You're already assuming, then, the existence of matter. Yes, in this particular scenario, I am assuming the existence of matter. Then you're not explaining how it came to be, what its origination is. You're just noting that it's here, however it got here. I've already said that I don't know how it ...
by Harbal
Mon Mar 18, 2024 9:55 pm
Forum: Ethical Theory
Topic: Is morality objective or subjective?
Replies: 9042
Views: 719348

Re: Is morality objective or subjective?

That's like asking why traffic laws can't be the cause of roads. I am using the word, "laws" because I can't think of a better term, but by it I mean some state of affairs by which the conditions for how matter is able to exist and behave are set. You're already assuming, then, the existe...
by Harbal
Mon Mar 18, 2024 7:17 pm
Forum: General Philosophical Discussion
Topic: Sex and the Religious-Left
Replies: 830
Views: 11208

Re: Sex and the Religious-Left

But with your brainless, ill-informed quips you do nothing for your argument, So am I to take it that you don't give much weight to my opinion? 🙂 Once again your idiotic ironies. No, Harbal. Your opinion carries little weight. It is just noise. An opinion, any opinion, has no particular value unles...
by Harbal
Mon Mar 18, 2024 6:21 pm
Forum: Ethical Theory
Topic: Is morality objective or subjective?
Replies: 9042
Views: 719348

Re: Is morality objective or subjective?

But why can't the laws be the "first cause"? That's like asking why traffic laws can't be the cause of roads. I am using the word, "laws" because I can't think of a better term, but by it I mean some state of affairs by which the conditions for how matter is able to exist and be...
by Harbal
Mon Mar 18, 2024 4:19 pm
Forum: General Philosophical Discussion
Topic: Sex and the Religious-Left
Replies: 830
Views: 11208

Re: Sex and the Religious-Left

Alexis Jacobi wrote: Mon Mar 18, 2024 3:28 pm But with your brainless, ill-informed quips you do nothing for your argument,
So am I to take it that you don't give much weight to my opinion? 🙂
by Harbal
Mon Mar 18, 2024 3:17 pm
Forum: General Philosophical Discussion
Topic: Sex and the Religious-Left
Replies: 830
Views: 11208

Re: Sex and the Religious-Left

The present Democrat régime has, beyond all doubt, proved itself a substantial danger to the republic and, necessarily, has provoked and stimulated a reaction. And your response to that is to use the next election as an opportunity to do something to make the situation considerably worse? Well, I s...
by Harbal
Mon Mar 18, 2024 3:08 pm
Forum: Ethical Theory
Topic: Is morality objective or subjective?
Replies: 9042
Views: 719348

Re: Is morality objective or subjective?

What we don't know, though, and what is the real question here, as you point out, is HOW they exist. Do they exist as products of mere accident, or do they exist as the products of the creative wisdom of God. The laws of physics might be fundamental, in the same way as you claim God is. Except that...
by Harbal
Mon Mar 18, 2024 1:32 pm
Forum: General Philosophical Discussion
Topic: Sex and the Religious-Left
Replies: 830
Views: 11208

Re: Sex and the Religious-Left

The present Democrat régime has, beyond all doubt, proved itself a substantial danger to the republic and, necessarily, has provoked and stimulated a reaction. And your response to that is to use the next election as an opportunity to do something to make the situation considerably worse? Well, I s...
by Harbal
Mon Mar 18, 2024 11:08 am
Forum: General Philosophical Discussion
Topic: Sex and the Religious-Left
Replies: 830
Views: 11208

Re: Sex and the Religious-Left

Alexis Jacobi wrote: Mon Mar 18, 2024 4:38 am ✔️ This just in
Ah, more examples of legitimate concern syndrome.
by Harbal
Mon Mar 18, 2024 11:05 am
Forum: Ethical Theory
Topic: Is morality objective or subjective?
Replies: 9042
Views: 719348

Re: Is morality objective or subjective?

But we know these things [laws of physics/nature] exist, there is no doubt about that. What we don't know, though, and what is the real question here, as you point out, is HOW they exist. Do they exist as products of mere accident, or do they exist as the products of the creative wisdom of God. The...
by Harbal
Mon Mar 18, 2024 1:19 am
Forum: Ethical Theory
Topic: Is morality objective or subjective?
Replies: 9042
Views: 719348

Re: Is morality objective or subjective?

...When I look around I see trees that have grown from tiny seeds, they didn't just materialise. I see animals that started off as microscopic clumps of cells, but they never just spontaneously appear, fully grown. I see biology, not God...When matter is under the influence of particular forces it ...
by Harbal
Mon Mar 18, 2024 12:13 am
Forum: General Philosophical Discussion
Topic: Sex and the Religious-Left
Replies: 830
Views: 11208

Re: Sex and the Religious-Left

Alexis Jacobi wrote: Sun Mar 17, 2024 11:01 pm I admire your attempt to insult. That one had a few defects but I appreciate the attempt!
It was exactly as it was supposed to be, actually. 🙂
by Harbal
Sun Mar 17, 2024 10:19 pm
Forum: General Philosophical Discussion
Topic: Sex and the Religious-Left
Replies: 830
Views: 11208

Re: Sex and the Religious-Left

Frankly I believe I see all of Trump’s defects clearly — and oddly that is why I appreciate him (on a personal level) and him on an impersonal level. Bannon called him “an armor-piercing shell” while acknowledging his many unsavory imperfections. That is how I take him. It is very silly to criticiz...