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The world is in a difficult place right now. What can each of us do to keep it from teetering off its axis? Thoughts? Suggestions? I try to stay indoors as much as possible, so as not to make things any worse. Two raised fingers...in a "V," of course. ✌️ Child of the '60s. Sorry.

BTW, I don’t see any reason why you couldn’t‘ve had this same discussion with IC. He/she seems like a very reasonable chap. Well, I'm a "he," actually. A "chap," as you say...and I try to live up to the term "reasonable." But thanks. Yes. You are generally reasonable. ...

commonsense wrote: ↑Wed Apr 17, 2024 6:36 pm BTW, I don’t see any reason why you couldn’t‘ve had this same discussion with IC. He/she seems like a very reasonable chap.

Well, I'm a "he," actually. A "chap," as you say...and I try to live up to the term "reasonable."

But thanks.

If I have the power to prevent an immoral/wicked/evil act, and I don't prevent it, then I am immoral/wicked/evil. And, of course, moral objectivists agree. But IC's team believes its god has that power - but worships it as the source of all goodness. Moral conclusion? You'd better include more data...

Apparently, I am. I was hoping to find more reasonable people here. Many are but not all. Well, that's no doubt true. But I don't think you're right to assume that's what's going on in the present case. "Reasonable" means "willing to be governed by reason," not "unthinkingl...

... then you're clearly in the wrong place, and don't know what we do here. Apparently, I am. I was hoping to find more reasonable people here. Many are but not all. Well, that's no doubt true. But I don't think you're right to assume that's what's going on in the present case. "Reasonable&quo...

Then find something better to do that harass me over a post calling for peace. All you want to do is make me look stupid for whatever reason. I'm not harassing you, Gary. Yes. You are. The fact that you don't realize it speaks volumes. About you being oversensitive? Maybe. Not about me harassing yo...

I have no idea what your problem is with my post. I just want peace in the world. Apparently you don't. I didn't say that. All I asked is how you were going to turn this "want" into something more than a mere wish. Wishes are free. Solutions are hard. Then find something better to do that...

I posted what I think will bring peace. You replied to it but left out that half. You didn't say how any of that was going to happen. You just said you wanted... ...not sending armies beyond sovereign borders, and not stationing troops beyond sovereign borders (except in UN delegated peace keeping ...

If you know that there is no coercion from God, then Theistic Determinism is dead, of course. Something is getting lost in translation because determinism doesn't equal coercion where I'm from. If I wind my watch, I know enough about clockwork that if I were to examine each component, I could tell ...

I don't want to steal your line, but we'll see. 🙂 Oh, I see...you're itching for me to bring the "G" word into the conversation, and then you get to say, "You see? He's obsessed!" The problem is that nothing was going that direction until you just pushed it there. Ironic, that. ...

Hmm, I just can't imagine where all this is going. 🤔 I can't figure it. I don't want to steal your line, but we'll see. 🙂 Oh, I see...you're itching for me to bring the "G" word into the conversation, and then you get to say, "You see? He's obsessed!" The problem is that nothing...

Harbal wrote: ↑Tue Apr 16, 2024 8:54 pm

Immanuel Can wrote: ↑Tue Apr 16, 2024 8:33 pm
So you think the UN is going to remain, and will somehow become effective and moral, but that Biden has to go?

Hmm, I just can't imagine where all this is going.

I can't figure it.

What is your strategy for achieving peace? Assuming that you care about it. I'm interested in Gary's. He's the one who started this ball rolling. Maybe his will be better than anything I could come up with. Let's find out. I posted what I think will bring peace. You replied to it but left out that ...

Philosophy Now wrote: ↑Tue Apr 16, 2024 7:03 pm If Ludwig Wittgenstein had come from Yorkshire, what might his Tractatus have been like? Dr G.E.B. Smith imagines.

https://philosophynow.org/issues/51/A_Y ... ttgenstein

"The Yorkshire Wittgenstein"?

I thought that was Harbal.