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- 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, ...
- 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...
- 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 ...
- 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...
- 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...
- 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 ...
- 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...
- 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.
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.
- 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...
- 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...
- 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 ...
- 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 ...
- 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 ...
- 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...
- 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 ...