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by Lev Muishkin
Mon Jan 26, 2015 10:42 pm
Forum: Metaphysics
Topic: Can time be infinite?
Replies: 186
Views: 45729

Re: Can time be infinite?

Presenting the law of thermodynamics is an empty gesture. Laws have been discovered within a very narrow band of known time. Such attempts to posit time as infinite in this way are therefore circular. "Laws have been discovered..." that in due "time" will prove to be incorrect, ...
by Lev Muishkin
Mon Jan 26, 2015 10:41 pm
Forum: Philosophy of Religion
Topic: Ask an atheist..?
Replies: 103
Views: 27459

Re: Ask an atheist..?

Often when different people describe a thing there will be different descriptions of that thing, sometimes contradictory due to emphasizing different aspects of the object that is being described. It's the same with different religions describing God, different religions will have a different empha...
by Lev Muishkin
Mon Jan 26, 2015 10:38 pm
Forum: Political Philosophy
Topic: The French Question
Replies: 73
Views: 17139

Re: The French Question

Oliver Wendell Holmes: "We admit that in many places and in ordinary times the defendants in saying all that was said in the circular would have been within their constitutional rights. But the character of every act depends upon the circumstances in which it is done. Aikens v. Wisconsin, 195 ...
by Lev Muishkin
Mon Jan 26, 2015 4:30 pm
Forum: Philosophy of Religion
Topic: Ask an atheist..?
Replies: 103
Views: 27459

Re: Ask an atheist..?

Er, if this 'thing' you are talking of is God, well actually yes they do. Judaism - 14 million Christianity - 2.2 Billion Islam - 1.6 Billion Hinduism - 1 Billion Ultimately, they ALL believe in the same God. ...and some knowing of its existence through personal interaction. Hindus don't believe in...
by Lev Muishkin
Mon Jan 26, 2015 4:25 pm
Forum: Metaphysics
Topic: Can time be infinite?
Replies: 186
Views: 45729

Re: Can time be infinite?

Presenting the law of thermodynamics is an empty gesture. Laws have been discovered within a very narrow band of known time. Such attempts to posit time as infinite in this way are therefore circular. The fact is that, as we are temporal beings, we have no knowledge of whether or not time had a begi...
by Lev Muishkin
Mon Jan 26, 2015 4:16 pm
Forum: Political Philosophy
Topic: The French Question
Replies: 73
Views: 17139

Re: The French Question

The issue can be more easily solved that that. Don't fucking interfere in the politics of the middle east in the first place: a conflict that has cost the west trillions since 1918. Putting a gag on a few cartoonists is not going to solve any problems. All it would do is place unreasonable burdens ...
by Lev Muishkin
Mon Jan 26, 2015 4:06 pm
Forum: Political Philosophy
Topic: The French Question
Replies: 73
Views: 17139

Re: The French Question

Hex hammer has me on ignore but not me him. I ironically consider that a win in my win column, and not for any reason you might expect, just there is no reasoning with Hex. I don't dislike his points, I don't like them, I just don't anything them, they are trite and uninformed. A troll even could d...
by Lev Muishkin
Sun Jan 25, 2015 1:04 pm
Forum: Ethical Theory
Topic: How morality is false and science is true
Replies: 12
Views: 3595

Re: How morality is false and science is true

Morality is not a thing that is true or false.
It's a body of advise and rules on the norms of human behaviour. It is culturally specific, and open to a range of interpretations.
It's not comparable to science in any sense.
by Lev Muishkin
Sun Jan 25, 2015 12:57 pm
Forum: Political Philosophy
Topic: The French Question
Replies: 73
Views: 17139

Re: The French Question

Hex hammer has me on ignore but not me him. I ironically consider that a win in my win column, and not for any reason you might expect, just there is no reasoning with Hex. I don't dislike his points, I don't like them, I just don't anything them, they are trite and uninformed. A troll even could d...
by Lev Muishkin
Sun Jan 25, 2015 12:53 pm
Forum: Philosophy of Religion
Topic: Ask an atheist..?
Replies: 103
Views: 27459

Re: Ask an atheist..?

I do find it rather strange that for a being believed to exist by over four billion people that there is nothing at all to suggest this beyond their own conviction This might be interesting if they believed the same thing. They do not. Er, if this 'thing' you are talking of is God, well actually ye...
by Lev Muishkin
Sun Jan 25, 2015 12:13 am
Forum: Political Philosophy
Topic: The French Question
Replies: 73
Views: 17139

Re: The French Question

The issue can be more easily solved that that. Don't fucking interfere in the politics of the middle east in the first place: a conflict that has cost the west trillions since 1918. Putting a gag on a few cartoonists is not going to solve any problems. All it would do is place unreasonable burdens ...
by Lev Muishkin
Sun Jan 25, 2015 12:07 am
Forum: Political Philosophy
Topic: The French Question
Replies: 73
Views: 17139

Re: The French Question

Michel Houllebecq is France's most famous fiction writer. He wrote S oumission , which is about Islam taking political control of France in 2022. Naturally, Sharia becomes the law of the land. It's a coincidence that this book came out at the same time as the attack on Charlie Hebdo occurred. Also ...
by Lev Muishkin
Sat Jan 24, 2015 6:00 pm
Forum: Philosophy of Religion
Topic: Ask an atheist..?
Replies: 103
Views: 27459

Re: Ask an atheist..?

I do find it rather strange that for a being believed to exist by over four billion people that there is nothing at all to suggest this beyond their own conviction This might be interesting if they believed the same thing. They do not. I understand that billions are "Lovn'It' when it comes to ...
by Lev Muishkin
Sat Jan 24, 2015 5:55 pm
Forum: Political Philosophy
Topic: The French Question
Replies: 73
Views: 17139

Re: The French Question

Two things... -As I say up-thread: any one is free to say or write whatever the hell he or she likes. It's prudent, however, to be prepared for the consequences. Again: if you poke at a hornet nest, you shouldn't be surprised when the hornets swarm. Have a flamethrower on hand to burn the suckers m...
by Lev Muishkin
Sat Jan 24, 2015 5:52 pm
Forum: Articles in Philosophy Now
Topic: The Existence of God: Two New Proofs
Replies: 1
Views: 1020

Re: The Existence of God: Two New Proofs

Lawrence Crocker examines the logic of hope. https://philosophynow.org/issues/82/The_Existence_of_God_Two_New_Proofs Meet the new boss Same as the old boss We'll be fighting in the streets With our children at our feet And the morals that they worship will be gone And the men who spurred us on Sit ...