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From the North Pole to the South Pole, Islam needs to be wiped from the face of the Earth. People have said the same of fascism. In the end some people will believe what they want to the point that the only way to get rid of their belief is to get rid of them. And that's a non-starter. So we may as...

Nobody has said that. I certainly haven't. An Atheist can arbitrarily to act in many ways we consider conventionally "moral." So let's you and I get clear on that, okay? But what an Atheist cannot do is explain WHY anybody SHOULD be moral. That's the point. An Atheist's morality is not at...

Stating that morality isn't possible without God is an erroneous statement. It does not follow that if there is no God then one cannot be moral. Nobody has said that. I certainly haven't. An Atheist can arbitrarily to act in many ways we consider conventionally "moral." So let's you and I...

It's an interesting sight to see a person who professes belief in God trying to demolish morality in the name of insisting that his God must necessarily exist. :D I'm not "demolishing morality," Gary. I believe in morality, and I'm arguing for it. It's Subjectivism that makes morality imp...

Well, that didn't take long, did it? He's back in Stooge mode. Making me the issue. Unless, of course, he's right?! :shock: You can't handle it when someone points out that your talk doesn't match your actions. If it did match, then you would probably have more conversations and more people willing...

Maybe ordinary people never do so, at least in those words. Probably, what they ask themselves is, "Is it really right/wrong to..." And that's extremely common: It is very common, indeed, and I do that myself. But so what? So I'm pretty much like everyone else in that respect. So? That's ...

mickthinks wrote: ↑Sat May 11, 2024 7:41 pm Erudite gibberish is still just gibberish.

There's nothing more tragic than a person who doesn't have any friends.

Moral nihilism -and I can only guess what that is- is not an option for me; I have a much too highly developed sense of morality. I don't doubt that you do. But you shouldn't have, if Subjectivism were true. Instead, you should actually believe what you say: namely, that all value judgments are mer...

I haven't read the Quran and am only going off hearsay, but is it true that there are more passages in the Quran that call for violence than in the New Testament? Could the 'violence' be in relation to like 'a war against what is Wrong, in Life'? you know, like 'a war on drugs', 'a war against terr...

I haven't read the Quran and am only going off hearsay, but is it true that there are more passages in the Quran that call for violence than in the New Testament?

I don't know anything about any gods or satans. All I know is that the world is a miserable place.

Me: Is morality subjective or objective? How do objectivity and subjectivity apply in morality or apply to morality? ChatGPT: The debate between moral subjectivism and moral objectivism has been ongoing for centuries and remains a complex philosophical issue. Here's a simplified breakdown: Moral Su...

But they don't have to, actually...anymore than they have to make some unrelated decision based on a headache or an ingrown toenail. Subjectivism is just a twinge. It doesn't signal any objective reality. That's definitional. And certainly, nobody has to make a voting decision based on your ingrown...

Yes, he does. And that's just fine: every American citizen should have that right. But to suppose that any argument against any candidate that is made by a Subjectivist means something important...that's quite a different question. All it really means is "Today, I feel icky about Biden/Trump.&...

Right. That's the Subjectivist problem. Nothing they affirm in the moral realm has any logical obligation for anybody else. He still gets to vote, though. Yes, he does. And that's just fine: every American citizen should have that right. But to suppose that any argument against any candidate that i...