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From your reading, when do you imagine souls are created? We are not told. But I see no justification in presupposing any pre-existent state of the soul. I see no justification for supposing any existent state of the soul. A soul has never been seen, measured or detected in any way whatsoever, yet ...

Morality refers to behaviours that facilitate certain strategies. Men call them 'moral' because they offer an advantage that is ingrained in social species. I'm not saying these behaviours ae moral, I'm saying humans call these behaviours moral, ensuring their continuance. They are "good"...

Morality evolved to regulate all individual behaviours, including sexual. Our behavioural tendencies evolved because they fulfilled particular biological and social functions, and while you could say the concept of morality developed along side that evolution, I don't think it is useful to say it e...

Incest Deterrence or Inbreeding Avoidance an inherent biological functions which is also one of the many moral element. The incest deterrence systems is a normative in all humans and justifiable via the sciences, it is scientifically objective [FSERC]; when inputted into a moral FSERC, it an object...

Yes...genes to memes. Mind/Body dissonance is caused when the latter contradicts the former. Really? The cause seems to be, attempting to match form to a subjective, conceptual abstraction of what that form should be. Much like AI, the former contradicting the latter. I see you are still experiment...

Peter Kropotkin wrote: ↑Sun Apr 21, 2024 4:33 pm

now the next aspect to be aware of is this change from the beginning of
human ''economics'' which is going from the hunter-gatherer, in which we
were in very small groups/tribes and we hunted our food...

And gathered it.

I just wanted to show the folly of trying to mix religion and reality. Well, "religion" is something in which I have no interest, but reality is quite important. So you might have to take your case where it's more appropriate, I guess. I don't have much choice in the matter; my case usual...

Alexis Jacobi wrote: ↑Mon Apr 22, 2024 8:11 pm
One could say, of you, that you’ve dug your hole and, if it were like a bed, lie in it.

You don't see many bed shaped holes; I don't suppose there's much demand for them.

If you think there's such a thing as "my logic" or "your logic," as opposed to just "logic," then you don't know what real logic is. The idea is as absurd as saying, "my mathematics," or "my natural laws," or "my truth." I'm quite satisfie...

And if this were a religion forum I wouldn't be challenging him. Actually, I wouldn't even be here. It actually is a "religion forum". I've never seen a philosophy forum as obsessed with God and religion as this place. It seems to make its way into practically every thread. This thread is...

"Happy" or not, what should be quite clear to you is that you're not being logical. But okay; if being "happy" is the goal, I'll take your word for it that you've arrived. I'm quite satisfied with the quality of my logic, but I can see why you don't think much of it. 🙂 If you th...

Whatever "jiggery pockery and nonsense" IC has ... The idea that God can know the future without the future being predetermined is pretty common in religion and Christianity. So he's just repeating a standard line of thinking. And if this were a religion forum I wouldn't be challenging hi...

I'm just trying to figure out how you think that knowing and predetermination work together. I don't really have that many thoughts about it. It was only a case of pointing to the logical implications of IC's claim that God knows everything, including the contents of the future. If we use the fact ...

What I have noticed, and what I have been trying to get worked out in my own thinking, is the degree to which many people -- indeed most who participate on this site -- have a huge problem understanding the concept of revelation . Not understanding it has never been a problem to me. Of course, Harb...

Alexis Jacobi wrote: ↑Mon Apr 22, 2024 3:26 pm
What I have noticed, and what I have been trying to get worked out in my own thinking, is the degree to which many people -- indeed most who participate on this site -- have a huge problem understanding the concept of revelation.

Not understanding it has never been a problem to me.