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John K wrote:

Lark wrote:If it can even be called a philosophy I think that Ayn Rand's ideas are the worst in the history of mankind.

Objectivism has its points. Why shouldn't I take care of myself?

Are you serious? You didnt know that without Objectivism?

If it can even be called a philosophy I think that Ayn Rand's ideas are the worst in the history of mankind.

What does anyone think about the discussions of cyber bullying and online harassment like the rape and bomb threats on twitter, which resulted in an arrest, and the bullying of a child in the UK to suicide, which resulted in some sponsorship being removed from the site. Is it all as simple as "...

The government can provide any number of benefits to its citizens. However, it is improper to single out certain citizens for certain benefits. Everybody must be treated equally in a free society. The problem is that by providing too many benefits, the tax rate will go up accordingly, and even unde...

because PeoPle act on belief. and because I've not gotten anyone to sneer it. This is a forum where topics are discussed, questions are asked, and in the real world people answer questions. And because I have adopted the goal, from Matt Dillahunty, to know as many true things as possible. and the f...

http://basicincome2013.eu/ubi/ I dont think I posted about this before, what do you think about the idea of a basic income to all citizens replacing all welfare in cash or kind/services? I've read about it as a cash payment, paid annually or more frequently, even a combination of both, some citizen...

Philosophy of religion addresses broad questions concerning the nature of religious experience, leaving to the various religions, the job of describing their particular theologies. Although I'm a neophyte in this branch of philosophy, I'm immediately drawn to a particular general question: When did...

I think we'll be eating whatever the monopolists decide to be honest.

Why is it important? Whether you believe in God or not and whether you are born believing or not?

Got to say that I liked the criticism of Jayne Jaures (or however its spelt) by the Rational Optimist, I wish to God that someone would do something similar for the whole "self is an illusion" idea because it aggrivates me to no end. It reflects the feeble relativism which seems to have in...

Hjarloprillar wrote:reincarnation is a crock of shyte.

Be that as it may, I dont believe it is impossible to God.

... for atheists it matters if people are guided by faith, regardless of how they act and in fact they only want to talk about the atrocious behaviour and not the rest. Many of the beneficient legacies they owe a lot to and dont acknowledge at all. You appear to be doing what you decry, i.e. tarrin...

doesn't the bible say somewhere that god desires everyone to be saved and is it conceivable that god may desire something and yet it will not occur? so universalism does seem to follow from the bible what does eastern orthodoxy have to say on universalism? I think nothing is impossible to God, whet...

So many memes trolling Christianity, I think the creators of these are more obsessed by the Christian religion, particularly in its scriptural literalists and solo scriptural sense, than many proponents of the faith themselves. This highlights the straight symbiotic relationship which now exists bet...

Really? Internet memes are a very poor substitute for thinking and reflection and discussion. Anyway, this is a little concerning, it confirms what I find disturbing about atheism, it is truly, in the shape it takes today and in the shape it is in the OP that it is majoring in thought policing. Ther...